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2009-01-05
Global: IDLO Launches its First e-Learning Pilot Course
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is an international inter-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the rule of law and good governance in developing countries, countr...
2008-12-19
Europe and the CIS: University of Turin and ILO offers MSc in Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development
For the third year, University of Turin in partnership with the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITC-ILO) is now offering a MSc in Public Procurement Managem...
2008-12-19
Global: VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - Consultant for Regional Procurement Capacity Development Workshops
The UN Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) is organising a series of procurement capacity development workshops for national public procurement representatives.
The C...
2008-12-16
Africa: 3rd Commonwealth Public Procurement Network Conference
Freetown, Sierra Leone - 25-28 November: In collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sierra Leone’s National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) held a four-day Commonwealth Pu...
2008-12-15
Europe and the CIS: Executive Programme in Public Procurement Law and Policy
The University of Nottingham has formally launched an Executive Programme in Public Procurement Law and Policy, commencing in September 2009. The programme is open for applications from January 2...
2008-12-15
Europe and the CIS: School of Management launches third Sector Procurement and Commissioning Course
The University of Bath, School of Management, has been chosen to launch a 4-day-course exploring issues surrounding procurement from the third sector: the voluntary and community sector. The cour...
2008-12-15
Global: 18th Annual IPSERA Conference: Registration is now open
Registration to the 18th IPSERA Conference is now open. This annually recurring event will be held in Germany in April 2009 and is organized by the International Purchasing and Supply Education a...
2008-12-12
Global: Bribe Payers Index 2008
Transparency International has recently published the Bribe Payers Index for 2008. The Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is updated on a bi-annual basis by Transparency International.
The ind...
2008-12-03
Global: International Anti-Corruption Day - December 9
9 December is International Anti-Corruption Day, as designated by General Assembly Resolution 58/4 in 2003. The objective of the Day is to raise awareness of the devastating effects of corruption o...
2008-12-01
Global: On Capacity Development: An Interview with Jens Wandel
Deputy Regional Director and Regional Centre Director, UNDP Bratislava – 26 November 2008
Watch excerpts from the interview!
UNDP’s mission includes taking on tough capacity ...
2008-11-21
Global: IDLO launches new E-learning course on public procurement
The International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) launches a new e-learning service with the overall goal to increase access to education materials and to provide networking facilities for le...
2008-11-14
Europe and the CIS: Developing Capacities for Accountability and Voice in Europe and the CIS
SOFIA 1-2 October - The Oslo Governance Centre and the Bratislava Regional Centre organized a joint training event on accountability and voice mechanisms for public service delivery at the local ...
2008-11-13
Europe and the CIS: First Ever Capacity Development Community of Practice Meeting
SOFIA 29-30 September – Members of the newly created capacity development (CD) community of practice (CoP) met for the first time – to share knowledge on the practical adaptation, app...
2008-11-12
Europe and the CIS: Partners Discuss Sustainability of Training for Local Governance
STRASBOURG 25-26 September 2008 – Jointly organized by the Council of Europe and UNDP, the conference “Towards sustainable training systems and effective capacity development in local g...
2008-11-12
Global: Launch of UNDP Procurement Training Course Catalogue & 2009 Course Calendar
The new UNDP Procurement Training Course Catalogue & the 2009 Course Calendar are now available for download at http://www.undp.org/procurement/training.shtml.
The target of the traini...
2008-11-07
Global: Public Procurement Due Diligence Tool
The Global Advice Network has launched a new Due Diligence Tool on Public Procurement. Small and medium-sized enterprises are prone to encountering corruption public procurement. Many companies e...
2008-10-31
Global: Sustainable Procurement Workshop, Turin 1-5 December
The International Training Centre of the ILO in collaboration with UNEP is organizing the following training workshop to be held at ITC/ILO in Turin in English language:
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2008-10-29
Asia & the Pacific - Korea: Public Procurement Service of Korea to host international e-Procurement workshop jointly with AfDB
The Public Procurement Service of Korea will host a government e-Procurement workshop, taking place in Seoul, Korea on 27-30 October, 2008. The workshop is held with the overall goal of providing i...
2008-10-29
Asia & the Pacific - Korea: World Largest Public Procurement Conference to be Hosted by Korea's Public Procurement Service in Seoul
Korea has won the hostship for the 4th International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC), which will be held in Korea in 2010. Against its prime competitors, the US and Italy, Korea's Public...
2008-10-29
Global: OECD Recommendation on Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement
The OECD Council approved the Principles for Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement in the form of an OECD Recommendation on 16 October, 2008 with the OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria empha...
2008-10-07
Global: Papers Presented at the 3rd IPPC Now Available
The 3rd International Public Procurement Conference held in Amsterdam on 28-30 August, 2008 provided an opportunity for practitioners and reseachers in the field of public procurement t...
2008-09-26
Europe and the CIS: Adoption of New Regulation on Common Procurement Vocabulary
The European Commission has adopted a Regulation that updates the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), which is the EU-wide classification system for public procurement contracts.
Besides t...
2008-09-26
North America: Canadian Forum on Public Procurement 2008
The Canadian Public Procurement Council (CPPC) will host its tenth annual conference 'Forum 2008 - Today's Challenges for Tomorrow's Future' in Montreal on 19-22 October 2008. Thi...
2008-09-25
Global: Sierra Leone to Host Commonwealth International Procurement Forum
24-27 November 2008 - Sierra Leone will host the Commonwealth International Procurement Forum for 150 participants, with about 50 senior executives and practitioners coming from commonwealth countr...
2008-09-24
Africa: Commonwealth Supports Procurement Reforms in Africa
Monitoring and evaluation of procurement performance is a key element for improving public sector service delivery
Officials from procurement agencies in Commonwealth Africa met in the Ugan...
2008-09-22
Asia & the Pacific: Asia Regional Procurement Capacity Development Workshop 16-18 September, Manila
The Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC), in collaboration with DANIDA and the OECD-DAC Joint Venture for Procurement Secretariat, has recently held the second in a series of procuremen...
2008-09-16
Africa - Uganda: Performance Measurement System for Public Procurement introduced in Uganda
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) in Uganda has now put the finishing touches to a Procurement Performance Measurement System enabling the institution to regul...
2008-09-16
Global: 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference
30 October - 2 November, Athens, Greece - The 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) is the world’s premier conference on corruption and good governance, that brings together ...
2008-09-01
Global: International Public Procurement Conference held in Amsterdam 28-30 August
IPPC is an international conference with participants from all over the globe. The conference topic is 'Enhancing Best Practices in Public Procurement' and provides a framework for intern...
2008-08-21
Europe and the CIS: 3rd German PhD Conference
The 3rd German PhD Conference, hosted by the International Purchasing & Supply Education & Research Association (IPSERA), will be held on 17 September 2008 at the Supply Management Instit...
2008-08-21
Global: 18th IPSERA Conference - Call for Papers
The 18th IPSERA conference, hosted by the International Purchasing & Supply Education & Research Association, will be held in Germany, April 2009. The deadline for submitting papers for t...
2008-08-21
Global: International Procurement Seminar
An International Procurement Seminar is being hosted by the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. on 1-26 September, 2008.
The Seminar targets policy makers, project manage...
2008-08-21
Global: Nordic Public Procurement Conference 2008
The Nordic Public Procurement Conference, hosted by the Danish networking company Nohr-Con, is being held in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 22nd-23rd September 2008.
The conference has been d...
2008-08-18
Global: Designing and Building a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System - A Unique Training Opportunity
In Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 18-19 August representatives from government organisations had the opportunity to participate in a training opportunity aimed at strengthening internal government c...
2008-01-03
Global: Launch of 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration
Monitoring the Paris Declaration
The documentation for the 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration is now available in English, French and Spanish and can be downloaded o...