About the UN Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC)
Within its core mandate, UNDP has initiated a broad programme to support national implementation capacity development through engagement with national partners, UN agencies, and other development partners. The key objectives of this programme are to develop national and sub-national capacities through field-based advocacy and advisory support services, produce field-based capacity development solutions, and support the measurement and improvement of indicators set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
To support and strengthen this national implementation capacity development programme, UNDP, in partnership with Danida, has launched in January 2008 a UN Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC). The PCDC works with and through partners to: capture, develop, and disseminate knowledge; provide field-based advocacy and advisory support services; and contribute to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Declaration. The PCDC focuses on procurement but also addresses other implementation capacity development functions.
The PCDC is part of the UNDP Capacity Development Group, which also produces a wide range of tools, methodologies and approaches relating to capacity development.
Mission
The PCDC provides guidance materials, methods, tools and advisory services in developing national and sub-national public procurement capacities.
Vision
The PCDC aspires to become a leading networking and resource centre to support country-driven and country-owned solutions to improve and sustain public procurement capacities.
Values
PCDC shares the UN core values: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity. In addition these core values, the PCDC has a further set of values specific to the work that we do.
Country Ownership - capacity development begins with ownership
Sustainability - capacities can only develop if they are self-sustaining and continuously improving
Participation - drawing in all relevant government and country-level stakeholders helps create legitimacy and ownership
Brokering - bringing ideas, solutions, and concepts from other partners, other countries, and the private sector
Holistic Viewpoint - procurement capacity development requires much more than a “training and workshops” perspective
Performance & Efficiency - capacities must be measured through performance and efficiency indicators
New Ideas - solutions must come from an “outside the box” view, with open and straight consideration of needs & solutions
