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Las Rozas de Madrid changes its innovation policy
March 23, 2026
Las Rozas de Madrid changes its innovation policy
Procura+ participant Las Rozas de Madrid is seeking to transform its innovation policy, transitioning from a Smart City approach to an Intelligent Community model. In doing so, they will change their relationship with suppliers, moving away from a business-as-usual approach.
The city’s new approach will have a stronger focus on sustainability and innovation, requiring suppliers to achieve a 5% annual reduction in CO2 emissions through innovative solutions. In addition, suppliers will be obligated to comply with a dedicated and compulsory chapter on innovation clauses.
With this policy, the municipality would like to create an open innovation programme, where big contractors, through the innovation clauses, can include smaller actors and SMEs into the contract. Potentially this approach could also make it easier to engage with international innovative start-ups who are currently unable to access the complicated Spanish procurement bureaucracy.
Las Rozas de Madrid has developed a shared guidance to support other municipalities in replicating their innovative procurement model. The document can be found here. More information about the municipality’s work can be found here.
Learn more at ICLEI sustainable procurement platform.
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