On 22 March all 36 contact points of the regional hubs network received their questionnaire for the network's first consultation via EU Survey. The topic is the EU's public procurement policy, a hugely important matter for Europe's regions and cities and the questions focus on the implementation of the 2014 public procurement directives.

The network's contact points now have until 6 May at midnight to gather feedback from their relevant stakeholders, compile it, fill in the questionnaire and submit it to the regional hubs' secretariat.

We will then gather all this pertinent information and use it to draft an 'implementation report' on the EU's 2014 public procurement directives.

Once the implementation report is final, it will be published on this website. In the meanwhile we will keep you posted on the progress of our work…