The state of play in strategic procurement for innovation

This chapter presents the state of play with regard to strategic use of procurement for innovation in OECD member countries and non-member economies. It presents the findings in six sections that lead up to the development of a framework to support procurement for innovation: 1) policies, strategies and instruments employed by countries to support procurement for innovation 2) objectives of, and results following from, procurement for innovation as set out by the countries 3) partners and beneficiaries of procurement for innovation 4) challenges pertaining to the implementation of procurement for innovation 5) lessons learned or successful levers to tackle these challenges and 6) how different policy objectives can be combined.