Korea and Italy Join Forces on AI-Driven Public Procurement Innovation

Korea and Italy Join Forces on AI-Driven Public Procurement InnovationExpanding AI and Digital Procurement Cooperation, Opening a New Chapter in Their 19-Year Partnership - Sixth renewal of the MOU since the first agreement signed in 2008 amid strong bilateral ties - Expanding cooperation in e-procurement, innovative procurement, and green procurement, while strengthening digital collaboration in AI and data integrationPublic Procurement Service (PPS) (Administrator Baek Seung-bo) and Consip, Italy's central purchasing body (CEO and General Manager Marco Reggiani), signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) online on June 1, 2026, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of public procurement.PPS and Consip have jointly played a leading role in the Multilateral Meeting on Government Procurement (MMGP), a consultative body of central procurement agencies worldwide, since 2009.Since first signing an MOU in 2008, the two institutions have maintained a cooperative partnership for