This case study was commissioned by the Portuguese National Innovation Agency (ANI).

The principle objective of this case study is to take a look at the (organisational) set-up and role of the competence centre PIANOo within the context of the Dutch Innovation Procurement Policy.

The case study aims at (1) summarizing the Dutch policy framework for IPP, (2) mapping the IPP results in the Netherlands, and (3) describing how PIANOo features as a competence centre. The structure of the case study is related to these three topics, each topic is outlined in a chapter.

Every chapter starts with the ‘reasons behind’ the topic, in other words: (1) why did the Netherlands start with Innovation Procurement Policy, (2) what is the purpose – and difficulty – of looking at IPP results, and (3) why did the Netherlands start with PIANOo as a competence centre.

After outlining each of these ways of thinking, each respective chapter pays attention to the questions ‘how’ this is done and ‘what’ has been done.