UN procurement opportunities

Are you interested in the UN’s nearly EUR 20 billion € annual procurement market? Could your company’s solution suit the needs of UN organisations alone or together with other companies in North Savo?

Join us for an afternoon coffee or join remotely for a hands-on hour-long webinar. You will get a concise overview of how the UN procurement market works, which organisations buy, what kind of products and services are procured, and how your company can take the first steps towards becoming a UN supplier.

Who is the webinar suitable for?

The webinar is particularly useful for SMEs, growth companies and companies planning internationalisation in North Savo who have a scalable product, technology, service or special expertise in the following areas, for example:

• Health Technology, Medical Devices & Healthcare Solutions
• Digital solutions, software, data and artificial intelligence
• Educational technology and competence development solutions
• Clean energy, energy efficiency and environmental technology
• Water, waste and circular economy solutions
• Construction, infrastructure and technical systems
• Logistics, Transportation & Supply Chain Solutions
• Security, preparedness and comprehensive security solutions
• Consulting, design and other expert and professional services

The webinar is also suitable for companies for which the UN market still feels far away. Previous experience in UN procurements is not required. The event helps to assess whether there could be a demand for one’s own product or expertise and whether it would be worthwhile to enter the market alone, with a partner or as part of a broader joint offering in North Savo.

What does the UN buy?

The UN procures a wide range of products and services, from healthcare solutions and digital services to infrastructure, logistics, education technology, public safety solutions, consulting services and clean energy systems.

Finland has a strong reputation for innovation, technology and sustainable development solutions, but relatively few Finnish companies are still active suppliers of UN organisations.

Program 24.11.2026

13.30 Afternoon coffee, conference room POINTTI, Microkatu 1 Kuopio

14.00–15.00 Webinar / Teams

• Access to the UN market
  What a company needs to know about one of the world’s largest public procurement markets: market size, trends and opportunities.
• Who buys and what?
  What procurements are made by UNICEF, UNOPS and UNDP, for example? Potential sectors include health technology, education technology, digital solutions and artificial intelligence, as well as consulting and professional services.
• Finnish success stories, possibilities of co-offerings
• UN Global Marketplace
  How a company can get started in the UN procurement market.
• How can the Ministry for Foreign Affairs help?
  Support provided by the Embassy of Finland, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Team Finland network.
• Nordic-Baltic UN Procurement Seminar
  Advance information on the seminar to be held in Copenhagen in 2027.
• Speakers
  Philip Bank, adviser, Embassy of Finland, Copenhagen
  Renne Klinge, senior advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland