ACR+

This report was developed within the PPI4Waste project about public procurement of innovation in the waste sector. It aims to define strategies in order to reduce risks associated with innovation, as well as to foster innovation all along the procurement process for waste management, on the basis of the information provided by the project activities. All main innovation related risks will be assessed: legal risks, technological risks, organizational risks, financial risks… In addition, the following issues will be included in the strategy: monitoring of optional phase, control of performance indicators and guarantee of quality through quality checks, as well as definition of roles and responsibilities in the public procurement of innovation process, and analysis of risk sharing between procurer and contractor.