AusAID - The Australian Government's overseas aid program is a federally funded program that aims to reduce poverty in developing countries. The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) manages the program. The aim of the program is to assist developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, in line with Australia's national interest.
Danida - The Danish International Development Assistance is a government-run donor agency set up to provide humanitarian help and assistance in the developing world. In 2008 Danida helped launch the PCDC in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and PCDC continues to work closely with Danida on an ongoing basis.
DFID - The Department for International Development is run by the UK government, managing Britain's aid to the developing world. DFID and PCDC have collaborated on a number of activities, for example, Regional Procurement Capacity Development Workshops.
OECD-DAC - The Task Force on Procurement is an international forum for procurement specialists representing multilateral institutions, bilateral development agencies and developing countries engaged in procurement reform. PCDC actively contributes to work of the Task Force and is a member of the Working Group.
At PCDC we have developed a network of consulting companies,
individual consultants as well as academic and research
institutions who we work with from time to time, or can recommend
to our other partners where appropriate.
Our most important partners when it comes to brokering knowledge.
We have a wide network of public procurement experts throughout the
developing world, ranging from those who have responsibility for
procuring on a day to day basis to those who are leading major
reform programmes. These partners contribute to our work by
generously sharing their experiences, stories and lessons with us,
so that we can share them more widely.
In PCDC we are proud to be a member of the United Nations family.
PCDC is a part of the Capacity Development Group (CDG) which
was established in 2002 under the Bureau for Development
Policy (BDP) of UNDP.
CDG has a team of Policy Advisers, Policy Specialists
and Research Analysts located in New York which provides support by
collating, organizing and sharing knowledge on capacity
development. This support is invaluable for us in PCDC and allows
us to apply this knowledge to the specific area of
Procurement.
CDG also has dedicated Regional Teams under Capacity Development
Team Leaders. CD Teams are located in five Regional Service
Centres, in Bangkok, Cairo, Bratislava, Dakar, Johannesburg and
Panama City and PCDC works closely with our Regional
colleagues.
Last, but not least, UNDP is on the ground with
offices in 166 countries around the globe. PCDC's country level
support is always delivered in collaboration with our country
office colleagues.
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