{"id":6047,"date":"2025-04-29T10:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:11:17","slug":"commercial-week-2025-which-runs-from-19-to-23-may-is-an-opportunity-to-build-greater-awareness-of-commercial-programmes-activities-and-key-skills-required-within-the-public-sector-across-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2025\/04\/29\/commercial-week-2025-which-runs-from-19-to-23-may-is-an-opportunity-to-build-greater-awareness-of-commercial-programmes-activities-and-key-skills-required-within-the-public-sector-across-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Commercial Week will be held from Monday 19 to Friday 23 May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial Week is an opportunity to build greater awareness of commercial programmes, activities and the key skills required within the Public Sector across Scotland, to deliver better outcomes and play a pivotal role in ensuring Scotland will be a wealthier, fairer, greener and a more equal country. Last year\u2019s event saw 60 public sector organisations engage in sessions during the week, with over 1300 bookings &#8211; up 60% from 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some resources to help you improve your commercial capability:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>if you require training tailored to your organisation or sector, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-training-frameworks\/\">Scottish Government Procurement Training Framework<\/a>\u00a0is available.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.scotland-excel.org.uk\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=251\">Scotland Excel Academy courses<\/a>\u00a0are available through the Scottish Government Procurement Training Framework (Lot 1)<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/index.cfm\/all-tools\/?display=login&amp;returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Fsustainableprocurementtools%2Escot%2Findex%2Ecfm%2Fall%2Dtools%2F\">Sustainable Procurement Tools website<\/a>\u00a0features case studies and guidance on good commercial approaches, that also deliver sustainable outcomes, as well as e-Learning developed through Scottish Government Procurement Training Framework (Lot 2)<\/li>\n<li>e-Learning on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/academy.scotland-excel.org.uk\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=2664\">Introduction to Public Procurement and Tender Evaluators<\/a>\u00a0is available via the Scotland Excel Academy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/khub.net\/group\/professional-practice-and-development\">Public Procurement Policy Training for Scotland videos<\/a>, focused on \u201chow to\u201d robustly implement Scottish Procurement Policy Notes and Scottish Government procurement policy, are available on the Professional Practice and Development Knowledge Hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will also be running a series of events during Commercial Week, which are open to those in the Public Sector, which will be promoted in an upcoming blog post.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage all public bodies to join us in thinking about our 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