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Latin America & the Caribbean - Mexico : ¿Qué es CompraNet?
'Es el sistema de información pública gubernamental sobre adquisiciones, arrendamientos, servicios, obras públicas y servicios relacionados con las mismas de la Administración Pública Federal....

Europe and the CIS - United Kingdom : CloudStore launched in the UK
'The government has launched a new "app store" which it says will help small businesses offer IT services to the public sector.   'The Cloudstore, as it will be known, will feature ...

Europe and the CIS - Czech Republic : Tighter public procurement terms
'Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed yesterday an amendment tightening the public procurement conditions, his spokesman Radim Ochvat has said.   'Under it tender winners will have to...

Africa - Botswana : Mandatory Contractor Registration Certificate in Botswana
'The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) has said that the Contractor Registration Certificate will become mandatory from August 15, 2012. Therefore, all contractors operating ...

Europe and the CIS - Serbia : Launch of Serbian Association of Professionals in Public Procurement
The Serbian Association of Professionals in Public Procurement was founded on 25 January 2012. The founding assembly was held in Novi Sad and was attended by around 40 founding members along wi...

Global : Submit your case study for the Procurement Innovation Challenge
Through a collaboration led by WBI, the Procurement Capacity Development Centre, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with the financial support of the ...

Africa - Kenya : Public procurement to benefit youth in Kenya
'President Mwai Kibaki has directed that 10 per cent of all Government procurement be allocated to the youth so as to further empower them.   'President Kibaki, at the same time, dir...

Global : New briefing note from UNEP and PCDC on Sustainable Public Procurement
In collaboration with the Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch in UNEP, PCDC is presenting a new briefing note on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP). The briefing note looks at th...

Global : Consultancy - Web-based Procurement Planning Software Tool
Location: New York, USA Deadline: 8 February 2012   Background:   The Procurement Support Office (PSO), based in UNDP Headquarters, provides the overall direction and gu...

Africa - South Africa : Reindustrialisation through public procurement
'South Africa's revised Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act rules are a step in the right direction in the country's efforts to revive its flagging manufacturing sector. But it will ...