United Nations Procurement
Capacity Development Centre

Starts: 13 September 2010

Ends: 01 October 2010

Intended Audience

Policymakers, project managers, legal and financial procurement advisors, project implementing and other professionals involved in the purchasing and contracting for goods, works, and consultant's services internationally and nationally.

Course Objectives

The program covers the institutional, legal, financial, and procedural issues involved in the procurement of goods, works, and services by public entities and discusses reform programs to improve transparency, efficiency and accountability. It provides participants with a detailed analysis of the project-procurement cycle and includes a full presentation of the procurement policies, procedures, and practices of international financial institutions (IFI), such as the World Bank, particularly in the context of development projects supported by external funding.

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