Innovation procurement can improve the economic recovery of the EU after the COVID-19 crisis with better public investment. It is a major tool to foster the transformation of our economy towards a green and digital economy. Adopted in the context of the Communication on “A renewed European Agenda for Research and Innovation – Europe’s chance to shape its technological leadership” and the input to the Leaders’ informal dinner in Sofia on 16 May 2018, this guidance is updated following the adoption of the European SMEs and Industrial Strategies1 and of the Recovery and Resilience Facility2 . It aims to support public buyers so that they can contribute better to the economic recovery, the twin green and digital transition and to the resilience of the EU.