Public procurement is a powerful tool for driving innovation, but despite regulatory reforms and incentives, many healthcare systems across Europe struggle to adopt new solutions. InnoHSupport addresses these challenges by providing a structured framework and capacity-building resources that support the successful implementation of innovation procurement processes.
Our mission is to create an inclusive, interconnected, and effective innovation ecosystem for healthcare procurement in Europe. We aim to empower healthcare procurers and suppliers by providing specialised advisory services and fostering a collaborative environment that bridges gaps, reduces barriers, and facilitates the adoption of innovative solutions. By promoting strong partnerships among procurers, suppliers, investors, and other stakeholders, we strive to accelerate the impact of innovation procurement across Europe’s healthcare systems.
Enhancing the skills and competencies of healthcare procurers, suppliers, and other stakeholders by offering tailored training and educational resources. Through the development of a comprehensive capacity-building program, including executive education, masterclasses, and toolkits, InnoHSupport supports the transition from traditional procurement to strategic and innovative procurement practices.
Providing hands-on advisory services designed to support stakeholders throughout the entire innovation procurement cycle. This includes strategic planning, needs identification, market consultation, tendering, contract management, and more. By offering guidance and support, these advisory services help healthcare procurers and suppliers overcome barriers, reduce risks, and implement successful innovation procurement strategies.
Fostering collaboration and networking among innovation ecosystem actors, including public and private procurers, SMEs, startups, research organisations, and investors. The Innovation Procurement Agora serves as a digital platform where stakeholders can connect, share best practices, and engage in co-creation and matchmaking activities. This pillar promotes a collaborative environment to bridge the gap between supply and demand, facilitating partnerships and enabling the successful implementation of innovative solutions in healthcare procurement.
The InnoHSupport consortium consists of 7 European partners +2 affiliated entities, based in 6 different countries: Spain, The Netherlands, Ireland, Bulgaria, Belgium, and United Kingdom. They will join forces to map, build, foster and reinforce capabilities in healthcare public procurement of innovation at national and regional level to increase preparedness for future public health challenges.
Science & Innovation Link Office (SILO) is a Madrid-based management consultancy firm specialising in innovation policy, business development, and public-private collaboration. SILO supports clients across Spain and South America, primarily in Colombia and Uruguay, with a focus on research, funding, and public sector advisory services. The firm has extensive expertise in public procurement of innovative solutions, helping clients address complex challenges in this field.
SILO’s strategic integration with Ascendo Sanidad & Farma enhances its capabilities in the life sciences and healthcare sectors and enables SILO to provide comprehensive support to research centres, companies, and public administrations. In the InnoHSupport project, SILO serves as the Project Coordinator, acting as the main intermediary between the consortium partners and the Granting Authority. SILO’s key responsibilities include overseeing the technical planning, coordinating project activities, and managing the administrative and financial aspects. As the PC, SILO ensures effective communication among all parties, monitors progress and guarantees the timely delivery of milestones and reports.
Science & Innovation Link Office (SILO) is a Madrid-based management consultancy firm specialising in innovation policy, business development, and public-private collaboration. SILO supports clients across Spain and South America, primarily in Colombia and Uruguay, with a focus on research, funding, and public sector advisory services. The firm has extensive expertise in public procurement of innovative solutions, helping clients address complex challenges in this field.
SILO’s strategic integration with Ascendo Sanidad & Farma enhances its capabilities in the life sciences and healthcare sectors and enables SILO to provide comprehensive support to research centres, companies, and public administrations. In the InnoHSupport project, SILO serves as the Project Coordinator, acting as the main intermediary between the consortium partners and the Granting Authority. SILO’s key responsibilities include overseeing the technical planning, coordinating project activities, and managing the administrative and financial aspects. As the PC, SILO ensures effective communication among all parties, monitors progress and guarantees the timely delivery of milestones and reports.
The University of Twente will lead WP2. The main objective of WP2 is to identify and meet the learning needs of the healthcare innovation ecosystem, with a focus on promoting equality, addressing cultural barriers to change, and fostering collaborative learning for lasting change. To achieve this goal, WP2 has several specific objectives, including: mapping learning resources and needs for healthcare innovation procurement across stakeholder groups, developing healthcare innovation procurement-specific resources and making them freely accessible (Innovation Procurement Toolkit), designing and delivering masterclasses for various healthcare innovation procurement stakeholders, developing and delivering a multi-session ‘train the facilitator’ (TTF) course, evaluating and, if necessary, revising the WP2 learning materials and interventions, and planning for their long-term availability (sustainable learning).
The University of Twente will lead WP2. The main objective of WP2 is to identify and meet the learning needs of the healthcare innovation ecosystem, with a focus on promoting equality, addressing cultural barriers to change, and fostering collaborative learning for lasting change. To achieve this goal, WP2 has several specific objectives, including: mapping learning resources and needs for healthcare innovation procurement across stakeholder groups, developing healthcare innovation procurement-specific resources and making them freely accessible (Innovation Procurement Toolkit), designing and delivering masterclasses for various healthcare innovation procurement stakeholders, developing and delivering a multi-session 'train the facilitator' (TTF) course, evaluating and, if necessary, revising the WP2 learning materials and interventions, and planning for their long-term availability (sustainable learning).
Madrid Health Care Service (Servicio Madrileño de Salud – SERMAS) is the main procurer and provider of health services in the Madrid region. It has a network of integrated and organised healthcare services including 429 primary care centres, 37 hospitals, public health, and the emergency medical service (SUMMA112) with 80,000+ professionals across primary and specialised care. The main characteristics are the universal access and free services. SERMAS is considered at the same time a very advanced region in participation in research and innovation.
The Biomedical Research Foundation FIIBAP aims to promote research and scientific-technical innovation in order to enhance the quality of care in health centres dependent on SERMAS. An Agreement with SERMAS allows the role of the foundation in economic and administrative support.
FIIBAP is an affiliated entity of the InnoHSupport project.
Madrid Health Care Service (Servicio Madrileño de Salud – SERMAS) is the main procurer and provider of health services in the Madrid region. It has a network of integrated and organised healthcare services including 429 primary care centres, 37 hospitals, public health, and the emergency medical service (SUMMA112) with 80,000+ professionals across primary and specialised care. The main characteristics are the universal access and free services. SERMAS is considered at the same time a very advanced region in participation in research and innovation.
The Biomedical Research Foundation FIIBAP aims to promote research and scientific-technical innovation in order to enhance the quality of care in health centres dependent on SERMAS. An Agreement with SERMAS allows the role of the foundation in economic and administrative support.
FIIBAP is an affiliated entity of the InnoHSupport project.
The ECHAlliance is the Global Connector for Digital Health connecting 78 Countries and 4.4 billion people. As a member organisation ECHAlliance brings its global community together in a network of ecosystems that match needs and solutions, break down silos, transform healthcare, transfer best practices and lessons learned and create economic opportunities.
The ECHAlliance is the Global Connector for Digital Health connecting 78 Countries and 4.4 billion people. As a member organisation ECHAlliance brings its global community together in a network of ecosystems that match needs and solutions, break down silos, transform healthcare, transfer best practices and lessons learned and create economic opportunities.
Tech Tour is the largest tech entrepreneurship and investment community in Europe. It engages the most promising tech entrepreneurs selected by the most active investment experts to raise funding and grow through smart partnerships and strategies in collaborative programmes leading up to events. Tech Tour’s mission is to foster a robust ecosystem for networking and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, researchers, and advisors, as well as to facilitate ambitious tech entrepreneurship and investment, with the final aim to empower Europe’s technology innovators to scale up and become global leaders.
Tech Tour is the largest tech entrepreneurship and investment community in Europe. It engages the most promising tech entrepreneurs selected by the most active investment experts to raise funding and grow through smart partnerships and strategies in collaborative programmes leading up to events. Tech Tour’s mission is to foster a robust ecosystem for networking and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, researchers, and advisors, as well as to facilitate ambitious tech entrepreneurship and investment, with the final aim to empower Europe's technology innovators to scale up and become global leaders.
Ticbiomed is a Spanish association that promotes open innovation across Europe. We specialise in helping demanders of innovation to identify and polish their unmet needs. Our team also assists them to connect with innovative suppliers, and then support their co-creation of new solutions (we are especially good when the needs come from the Healthcare sector). Finally, we care that the end user-developer collaboration is as smooth and productive as possible.
Something that differentiates us is our emphasis on the adoption of successful innovations. We are committed to maximising the chances that those innovative solutions that work get deployed. That is, they survive the valley of death of pilots and are uptaken and scaled. First within the organisation that demanded the innovation, and then within other potential customers. We call this impactful innovation.
Ticbiomed is a Spanish association that promotes open innovation across Europe. We specialise in helping demanders of innovation to identify and polish their unmet needs. Our team also assists them to connect with innovative suppliers, and then support their co-creation of new solutions (we are especially good when the needs come from the Healthcare sector). Finally, we care that the end user-developer collaboration is as smooth and productive as possible.
Something that differentiates us is our emphasis on the adoption of successful innovations. We are committed to maximising the chances that those innovative solutions that work get deployed. That is, they survive the valley of death of pilots and are uptaken and scaled. First within the organisation that demanded the innovation, and then within other potential customers. We call this impactful innovation.
Health Proc Europe Association is the interest group of European hospital and healthcare procurement managers, serving as the largest digital procurement ecosystem in the healthcare sector across Europe. As a non-profit organisation, our mission is to elevate procurement as a strategic business driver for healthcare organisations. We achieve this by fostering a community of procurement professionals dedicated to innovating and enhancing procurement practices. By facilitating knowledge exchange and sharing best practices, we help healthcare providers optimize their procurement strategies, improve operational efficiency, and ultimately deliver better patient care.
With a focus on digital transformation, sustainability, and collaboration, Health Proc Europe Association is committed to shaping the future of healthcare procurement. Through our network, we empower procurement leaders to address the complex challenges of the modern healthcare environment and drive positive change across Europe. We are a supporting partner for communication, dissemination, and exploitation, as well as providing support for setting up digital infrastructure.
Health Proc Europe Association is the interest group of European hospital and healthcare procurement managers, serving as the largest digital procurement ecosystem in the healthcare sector across Europe. As a non-profit organisation, our mission is to elevate procurement as a strategic business driver for healthcare organisations. We achieve this by fostering a community of procurement professionals dedicated to innovating and enhancing procurement practices. By facilitating knowledge exchange and sharing best practices, we help healthcare providers optimize their procurement strategies, improve operational efficiency, and ultimately deliver better patient care.
With a focus on digital transformation, sustainability, and collaboration, Health Proc Europe Association is committed to shaping the future of healthcare procurement. Through our network, we empower procurement leaders to address the complex challenges of the modern healthcare environment and drive positive change across Europe. We are a supporting partner for communication, dissemination, and exploitation, as well as providing support for setting up digital infrastructure.
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