The aim of this call for proposal is to provide an impulse to the purchase of innovative solutions in the Union and spreading of good procurement practices with a growing number of buyers.

Update: There has been a corrigendum to the Call document. The deadline for submitting applications for stage 2 has been updated to 13 July 2021. The text of the Call has been updated according to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/173 of 12 February 2021. Based on Article 15 of this Decision the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) (the ‘former granting authority’) has been replaced by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) (the ‘new granting aut