United Nations Procurement
Capacity Development Centre

2010-03-11

Global: Results of PCDC Website Survey
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the recent user survey of the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) website. The results were very positive and will be extremely use...

2010-03-09

Global: Results of the 'Capacity is Development' Knowledge Fair
The UNDP Capacity Development Group, together with the Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) and the Impact Alliance, would like to thank those who submitted entries to the 20...

2010-03-02

Africa - South Africa: Reform of Procurement System in South Africa
During his first budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, indicated that reform of the procurement system is a priority for government in stamping out corruption in South Africa. Here...

2010-02-24

Global: The Hague Academy for Local Governance - Talent for Governance Scholarships
The Talent for Governance Scholarships enable ambitious, young civil servants working for local governments in these countries to follow a training course at The Hague Academy for Local Gover...

2010-02-19

Asia & the Pacific - Australia: Postgraduate Study in Strategic Procurement
World-class university strategic procurement postgraduate programs to fast track careers in procurement.      The Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC)...

2010-02-12

Global: Foreign Bribery - Initiative to Raise Global Awareness
The OECD is developing an initiative to highlight the importance of combating foreign bribery, and to show its devastating impact. Based on partnerships with international organisations, NGOs, pri...

2010-02-05

Global: Launch of 'Capacity is Development' Website
The UNDP Capacity Development Group (CDG) has just launched the 'Capacity is Development' Global Event website www.capacityisdevelopment.org. The website is the content and information hub of...

2010-02-05

Global: PCDC Annual Report 2009
The PCDC has recently published its Annual Report for 2009. The report presents some of the highlights from the work PCDC has been involved in throughout 2009.  For example, advisory support ...

2010-02-01

Global: Share your Story - Win a Trip to Morocco **DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED**
Call for Case Experiences on Capacity Development The United Nations Development Programme is pleased to announce the opening of the 'Capacity is Development' Knowledge Fair and invites you to sh...

2010-01-28

Global: Capacity Development: Stories of Institutions
This recently published series of narratives aims to capture the national and local institutional transformations, led and driven by the institutions themselves, that UNDP has supported over the y...

2010-01-28

Global: Does Capacity Matter? Capacity Development Group Report 2009
This report just published by the UNDP Capacity Development Group provides an overview of the UNDP approach to supporting capacity development, for the practitioner, both internal and external.&nb...

2010-01-26

Global: Regional Workshops on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)
Facilitated by UNEP, two regional training workshops on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) were held in December 2009 in Tunisia and Malaysia. In Tunis 28 participants from francophone African c...

2010-01-12

Global: High-Level Event on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development
South-South Cooperation is moving up the international aid effectiveness agenda. Colombia, a middle-income country, has named South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development as the theme for ...

2010-01-04

Global: OECD Joint Learning Studies
A Joint Learning Study (JLS) is a new and innovative method for sharing knowledge on key policy issues between OECD and non-member countries. This methodology supports integrity and corruption pre...

2009-12-16

Africa - Botswana: PCDC attends 4th Commonwealth Public Procurement Network (CPPN) Conference
The Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) of Botswana, hosted the Fourth Technical Conference of Procurement Practitioners in C...

2009-12-10

Global: **Launch of Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) website survey**
The aim of this survey, which we have just launched, is to gather feedback from users of the PCDC website. We would like to know if users find our website useful and if there ...

2009-12-09

Global: Procurement Capacity Toolkit by PATH
To help procurement personnel address the challenges encountered in effectively procuring quality reproductive health supplies, PATH has developed the Procurement Capacity Toolkit. The Toolkit is ...

2009-12-02

Global: UNDP Procurement Training & Certification Course Calendar & Catalogue 2010
UNDP has just launched its Procurement Training & Certification Course Calendar & Catalogue for 2010. Next year's programme will for the first time include training courses that have been...

2009-11-25

Global: Climate Change and Development: Key Principles to Inform Climate Change Financing
While it is recognised that climate change requires the mobilisation of sufficient financing, how public climate change funding is effectively managed is an equally challenging question. The devel...

2009-11-19

Global: International Anti-Corruption Day - 9 December 2009
With the slogan "Your NO Counts", the 2009 International Anti-Corruption Day presents an opportunity to raise awareness about corruption and its devastating effects on societies worldwide. Th...

2009-11-06

Global: Capacity Development - A UNDP Primer
The UNDP Capacity Development Group has recently published this primer, which provides a simple, cogent and accessible illustration of the UNDP Capacity Development Approach for the benefit o...

2009-11-05

Africa - Botswana: 4th Commonwealth Public Procurement Network (CPPN) Conference
Gaborone, 9-11 November 2009 - The Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Public Procurement And Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) of Botswana, will host the Fourth Technical Conference ...

2009-10-28

Asia & the Pacific: Asia Pacific Procurement Forum
The Asian Development Bank, has recently established an Asia Pacific Procurement Forum. The objective of the forum is to bring together procurement policy officials, regulators and others in t...

2009-10-09

Global: Launch of Global Corruption Report 2009
The report, launched by Transparency International on 23 September, has the theme Corruption and the Private Sector. The private sector plays a pivotal role in fighting corruption worldwide. The r...

2009-10-08

Global: Launch of New Features on PCDC Website
In an effort to make the PCDC website even more user-friendly and useful it has undergone some further development work over the past few months. The following enhancements have been introduced to...

2009-09-29

Global: Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results
The new Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results was launched by the UNDP Administrator on 15th September 2009. The Handbook, which was jointly revised by the U...

2009-09-25

Global: Newsletter - Capacity Building for Sustainable Public Procurement
The Swiss led Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement and the Sustainable Public Procurement team of the United Nations Environment Programme has published its first quarterly ...

2009-09-16

Global: 2008 Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement
The 2008 Annual Statistical Report on UN Procurement, prepared by UNOPS on behalf of the UN system, is now available for download from the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM).  The 2008...

2009-09-11

Africa: High Level Forum on Public Procurement Reforms
Tunis, 16-17 November 2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the High Level Forum on Public Procurement Reforms in Africa. The keynote theme of the Forum will be ...

2009-09-07

Asia & the Pacific - New Zealand: New Dawn for NZ Procurement
Earlier this year, Simon Power, the New Zealand government Minister for Commerce, launched a far-reaching reform of government procurement across the country. The reform is ambitious in it...

2009-08-28

Global: 3rd International Green Purchasing Conference
21-23 October 2009 - This the 3rd International Conference on Green Purchasing will be held in Kuwon, South Korea. The conference will offer the opportunity to interact and exchange inf...

2009-08-24

Global: Seminar on Tackling Climate Change through Sustainable Procurement
22-23 October 2009 - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the City of Zürich are inviting purchasers and representatives from all levels of governments and other stakeholders...

2009-08-17

Global: United Nations Sustainable Procurement Guidelines
In collaboration with other UN agencies, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently published the first 4 of 10 sustainable procurement guidelines. The published guidelines...

2009-08-10

Europe and the CIS - United Kingdom: Government Procurement Service Goes Online
The Government Procurement Service (GPS), based in the Office of Government Commerce in the UK, has launched a new online portal for government procurement professionals. GPS Online is part of a w...

2009-07-24

Africa: “Transforming Public Procurement in East Africa” - 2nd East African Procurement Forum
Nairobi, 19-21 August 2009 - REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED Procurement professionals and specialists from Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and the Gover...

2009-07-24

Asia & the Pacific: Seminar on APEC-wide Government Procurement Market Accessibility
On 14-15 July 2009, the Public Procurement Service of Korea hosted the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Seminar on APEC-wide Government Procurement Market Accessibility. Hel...

2009-07-13

Europe and the CIS: Seminar on How to Identify Threats and Design and Implement Anti-Corruption Measures in the Area of Human Resources and Public Procurement?
Warsaw, 10-11 September 2009 - This seminar being organised by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) has the following objectives: - to bring together public officers and manag...

2009-07-10

Global: Siemens to pay $100m to fight corruption as part of World Bank Group settlement
The World Bank Group recently announced a comprehensive settlement with Siemens AG in the wake of the company’s acknowledged past misconduct in its global business and a World Bank inve...

2009-07-08

Asia & the Pacific - Bangladesh: Linking Procurement to the Millennium Development Goals - A Story from the Field
This short story, produced by the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Dhaka, tells of a community which not only demonstrates true pr...

2009-07-08

Asia & the Pacific - Bangladesh: Moving Towards Use of Country Systems for Procurement in Bangladesh - A Case Study
This case study, produced by the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Dhaka, describes the challenges of assessing capacity with...

2009-07-07

Global: E-learning course on 'Public Procurement: Policy, Strategy and Reform'
The next e-learning course being organised by The International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) will take place on the 19 October until the 13 November 2009. The overall objective of the ...

2009-06-30

Global: 4th IPPC - Call for Paper Proposals
The 4th International Public Procurement Conference - Towards a New Horizon in Public Procurement - will be hosted by South Korea's Public Procurement Service in Seoul on the 26-28 A...

2009-06-24

Africa - South Africa: New Website on Public Procurement Regulation in Southern Africa
The website for the British Academy funded project on public procurement in Africa has now been launched. The project, which commenced in 2009 and is funded under the British Academy's...

2009-06-16

Global: Capacity Development and the Financial Crisis
In a recent interview Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of UNDP and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, Kori Udovički, explained h...

2009-06-09

Latin America & the Caribbean: First South American Training Course for Trainers in Sustainable Public Procurement
On May 26-28, ChileCompra, the Public Procurement and Contracting Bureau in Chile, participated in the first South American training course for Trainers in Sustainable Public Procurement. The...

2009-06-09

Latin America & the Caribbean: Chilean-Colombian Free Trade Agreement with Focus on Public Procurement
On the 8 May 2009, the Chilean-Colombian Free Trade Agreement came into effect and on the 18 May a public inauguration was held in the city of Bogotá, with the participation of high-level g...

2009-06-08

Africa: West Africa Increases Good Governance in Public Procurement Sector
Senegal - A regional workshop was recently held on International Public Procurement and Negotiation of Acquisition Contracts for Goods and Services in West Africa. The primary objective of this re...

2009-06-08

Global: "Capacity Is Development" Video
Panama - The UNDP Regional Capacity Development Team for Latin America and the Caribbean have recently created a short video, which explores the concept of capacity development and the role i...

2009-06-04

Global: Capacity Development on Wikipedia
“Capacity development” now has an entry on Wikipedia – the world’s largest encyclopedia. Like all Wikipedia pages, content is in the public domain and anyone can edit the p...

2009-06-04

Global: UNDP Annual Report 2009
The UNDP has recently published its Annual Report for 2009 - Living up to Commitment. The report demonstrates how UNDP remains focused on reducing poverty, promoting democratic governa...

2009-06-03

Global: Interview with Director of UNDP's Capacity Development Group
Bratislava, April 2009 - During a recent interview given at the UNDP Regional Office for Europe & CIS, the Director of UNDP’s Capacity Development Group, Kanni Wignaraja, share...

2009-05-14

Europe and the CIS: International Conference on Public Procurement and PPP projects
Brno, Czech Republic, 28 -29 May 2009 - An international conference entitled "Public Procurement and PPP projects - necessity of changes in the EC and in the Czech Republic and lega...

2009-05-14

Africa - Ghana: PPDA Undertake Study Tour to Ghana
Ghana, April 2009 - In the spirit of experiential peer learning and an effort towards strengthening effective networking among public procurement regulatory institutions within the sub-region of Af...

2009-05-07

Asia & the Pacific - Bangladesh: Procurement Capacity Assessment 18-29 April 2009
The Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh has decided to align procurement under the two Danida sector programs for Agriculture and Water & Sanitation by using national systems and is, therefore, s...

2009-05-05

Global: Course on Procurement of Consulting Services
Washington, 17-28 August 2009 - This course organised by the International Law Institute provides hands-on training in the selection procedures, contractual issues and negotiation techniques ...

2009-05-04

Europe and the CIS: Recent Developments in European Public Procurement - Remedies Reform and Case-Law
Maastrict, Netherlands, 4-5 June 2009 - This seminar, being organised by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), will focus on the amending directive on remedies, Directive 20...

2009-04-23

North America - Canada: Canadian Forum on Public Procurement
Victoria, B.C, 31 October - 4 November, 2009 - The Canadian Public Procurement Council (CPPC) will host its eleventh annual conference "Forum 2009 - Public Procurement's Role during Econo...

2009-04-23

Global: Asia Link Workshop on Masters-Level Modules in Public Procurement
On 3rd September 2009 the Law Department of Copenhagen Business School will host a workshop on design and delivery of masters-level modules in public procurement. This will cover both issues of su...

2009-04-16

Europe and the CIS - United Kingdom: Procurement Capability Reviews, Tranches Four and Five
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the UK has recently published tranches 4 and 5 of the Procurement Capability Reviews for the Ministry of Defence, Department of Culture Media an...

2009-04-07

Europe and the CIS: European Public Procurement Seminar: Sustainable Procurement
Maastrict, Netherlands, 20-21 April 2009 - Sustainability issues have come to the fore and found their legal basis in the European procurement directives. This seminar, organised by the European I...

2009-04-07

Global: Master of Science (MSc) in Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development
Turin, Italy, 27 April - 18 December 2009 - The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC ILO) is offering this Masters course in Public Procurement Management fo...

2009-04-06

Arab States: Workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement in the Arab Region
Cairo, Egypt, 4-6 May 2009 - A three day workshop is being organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The main objective of the workshop is to sensitize and raise the ...

2009-04-06

Arab States: Regional Procurement Workshop
Cairo, Egypt, 31 March - 1 April 2009 - This Regional Procurement Workshop was organised by the OECD Joint Venture on Procurement in collaboration with the Egyptian Government, the ...

2009-04-03

Africa - Uganda: Government to Track Use of Public Funds
A new system has been introduced in Uganda to track public expenditure and manage the flow of goverment funds. A five-day workshop on the tracking system has recently been held at the Economic Pol...

2009-04-03

Africa - Rwanda: Procurement Officers Receive E-Tendering Training
Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) is collaborating to have government tenders accessible online both in the country and internationally. A two-day training workshop, which brought togethe...

2009-03-30

Global: Launch of Procurement Lawyers' Association
A Procurement Lawyers' Association has been launched in order to bring together all procurement lawyers, including those in practice and academics, in the UK and elsewhere. The association ...

2009-03-30

Global: New Postgraduate Procurement Module at Xinjiang University, China
September 2009 - Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics will launch its first Public Procurement Law module for postgraduate students. The course objective is to provide students with underst...

2009-03-30

Global: Public Procurement: Global Revolution IV
Nottingham, 19th-20th April 2010 - This major international conference will bring together academics and those in practice to discuss key current issues in public procurement regulation and educat...

2009-03-17

Global: IDLO e-Learning Course on Public Procurement: Policy, Strategy & Reform
Rome, April 27 - May 24 2009: The overall objective of this e-learning course is to provide self-paced training on public procurement, which aims at enhancing the capacity of legal experts, public ...

2009-03-09

Africa - Tanzania: Launch of Procurement Management Information System (PMIS)
In line with the Public Procurement Act No. 21 of 2004 the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has recently launched a system for Checking and Monitoring procurement activities in Tanza...

2009-03-05

Europe and the CIS: "Competitive Dialogue" Conference
UK, 29 April 2009 - At this seminar participants will be presented with the legal rules and practical strategies surrounding the EC directive "Competitive Dialogue". It will also involve...

2009-03-05

Europe and the CIS: Public Procurement for the Future
Oslo, 18-20 May 2009 – Pan-European Public eProcurement On-Line (PEPPOL) will host the conference “Public Procurement for the Future”. Public Procurement for the Future is &ndas...

2009-03-05

Asia & the Pacific - Bangladesh: 6th Three-Week Training Course on Public Procurement Begins
This training course on public procurement of goods, works and services, organised by the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Ministry of Planning, commenced on 22 February and will conclud...

2009-02-27

Africa: PCDC Procurement Capacity Development Workshop
Johannesburg, 17-20 February 2009 – PCDC hosted the third in a series of procurement capacity development workshops. The workshop which brought together high-level public procurement offici...

2009-02-26

Europe and the CIS: Practitioners’ Workshop: Making Public-Private Partnerships Work - A Practical Guide
Maastricht, 30 March - 01 April 2009: The latest EU Public Procurement Directives introduced a new award procedure, known as Competitive Dialogue, in order to aid the implementation of partic...

2009-02-26

Global: New and Improved UNDP Capacity Development Public Website
February 2009 - The UNDP Capacity Development Group (CDG) is pleased to launch the new public website of the UNDP on capacity development. The new website reflects the current thinking of UNDP&r...

2009-02-24

Asia & the Pacific - Bangladesh: Introduction of e-Government Procurement
The government of Bangladesh has taken up a plan to introduce, in phases, e-Government Procurement (e-GP) to modernize its procurement management. This will help the government to make the procure...

2009-01-30

Europe and the CIS: Introductory and Practitioners Seminar: European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice
The European Institute of Public Administration launches a seminar on European public procurement rules, policy and practice. The seminar will be conducted in Maastricht, the Netherlands on 17...

2009-01-30

Europe and the CIS: Conference on Damages in EC Public Procurement Law
The British Institute of International Comparative Law will be holding a conference on Damages in EC Public Procurement Law in London, Great Britain on Friday, 13th of March from 2.30 pm to 6.30 p...

2009-01-30

Global: Training Workshop: Sustainable Procurement - Social, Economic and Environmental Considerations in Public Procurement
The International Training Centre (ITC) of the ILO in collaboration with UNEP is organizing the training workshop 'Sustainable Procurement - Social, Economic and Environmental Considerations i...

2009-01-16

Africa - Rwanda: Rwanda Public Procurement Authority
The National Tender Board of Rwanda has recently changed its name to the 'Rwanda Public Procurement Authority' (RPPA). In this connection, a new website has been launched: www.rppa.go...

2009-01-16

Global: International Procurement Course at the International Law Institute
The International Law Institute in Washington D.C. conducts a training course in 'International Procurement' from March 8 - April 3, 2009 and Sept. 21 - Oct. 16, 2009. The course is target...

2009-01-16

Global: Launch of Procurement Law Academic Network (PLAN) Website
The Asia Link consortium led by the University of Nottingham has  launched a Procurement Law Academic Network, a permanent Internet-based interdisciplinary global network to link academics wo...

2009-01-16

Global: Registration is now open for the Public Procurement Research Student Conference
Registration to the Public Procurement Research Students Conference on 7th and 8th of September 2009 is now open. The Public Procurement Research Group at the University of Nottingham has organize...

2009-01-14

Global: PCDC Annual Report 2008
The UN Procurement Capacity Development Centre (UN PCDC) in Copenhagen was launched in January 2008 in partnership with Danida. The PCDC works with and through partners to: capture, develop, and d...

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 the International Training Centre launch MSc in Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development
The registration for the 3rd edition of Master of Science in 'Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development' at the ILO/Turin and the University of Turin is now open. The deadl...

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 Pub...

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 20...

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 cours...

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 an...

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 index...

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 dev...

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 leg...

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 l...

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, appl...

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 training...

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 ei...

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:   “Sust...

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 emphas...

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 to...

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 the o...

2008-09-26

North America - Canada: 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. This...

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 Ugandan ...

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 procurement...

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 regula...

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 a...

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 interna...

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 Institu...

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 th...

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 managers, l...

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 desig...

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 ca...

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 on th...