practitioner DEMO
AI for Local Government
What local government can and cannot responsibly automate, how to classify a use case, and how to write the obligations into a contract.
ESCA Academy / practitioner
Smart Procurement
Buying complex outcomes under EU procurement law without excluding the suppliers who could deliver them.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the programme, a participant can:
- Structure lots along technical rather than departmental boundaries
- Set proportionate selection criteria
- Run a lawful and useful market consultation
- Write award criteria that reward what the city actually needs
Who it is for
- Procurement officers
- Legal advisers
- Project managers
Faculty
Faculty for the next cohort is confirmed at least eight weeks before it begins and is published here. DEMO
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EU Funding for Cities
How the instruments actually differ, which one fits which project, and what each requires a city to be able to prove.
foundation DEMO
EU Accession for Local Governments
What accession requires of a municipality, in the three functions that decide whether allocations become contracts.