MLE on Innovation Related Public Procurement: Topic Report C - Financial Mechanisms in support of Innovation-enhancing Procurement and Pre-commercial Procurement

This report sets out the rationale for financing in support of innovation related procurement and considers the framework conditions necessary for successful financing mechanisms. It concludes with several recommendations arising from the MLE process and includes national profiles summarising the different approaches taken at a national level. The Topic C MLE process concluded that there is a clear rationale for financing for innovation related procurement in the context of the overall policy framework, be it at a national or EC level.