Public procurement and innovation within the health sector - Nordic workshop 8. December 2012, Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen

1. Nordic Workshop: Public procurement and
innovation within the health sector
København, 8. desember 2012
Seniorrådgiver Eivind Lorentzen

2. Nordic Lighthouse Project on Innovation, Public
Procurement and Health Care
• One of Six ”Lighthouse projects” in: Nordisk
samarbejdsprogram for innovation og
erhvervspolitik 2011–2013
• ”I am often asked what we shall live of in the
future, one of my replies is that we shall live of
providing health care”
• - Trond Giske, Norwegian Minister of Trade and
Industry

3. Better procurement = better health care
• Why health care?
• An ageing population
• The need to curb costs
• The desire for better servics
• Why procurement?
• The kinder egg of innovation: Procurement
is the key to better products and services
for the citizens, budget efficiency and
innovation in business
• Health budgets will grow. How we spend
money matters.

4. Purpose of Today’s Workshop – what will we
have at the end of the day
• Outlines of Nordic projects with interested
partners
• Projects that create value for you and your
clients
• We want the projects to start in 2012.
• We want the best projects.

5. Examples of Nordic Projects
• Development of Common Procurement Projects
• Development of Common Solutions: websites,
reports, workshops, training programs.
• Networks
• Sharing of Best Practices