PCDC attends 4th Commonwealth Public Procurement Network (CPPN) Conference
Date: 2009-12-16
Africa - Botswana
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
Commonwealth countries from 9 - 11 November 2009 in Gaborone,
Botswana. The theme of the conference was Leadership and
Innovation in Public Procurement.
The annual peer learning and thematic forum brought
together heads of procurement regulatory and central tender boards,
procurement board members and senior procurement officers in
developing Commonwealth countries. The conference provided a unique
platform for sharing emerging practices and country innovations in
the regulation and management of public procurement.
Rasmus Jeppesen from the UN Procurement Capacity Development
Centre (PCDC) participated in the conference and presented UNDP's approach to capacity development, as
well as PCDC in terms of procurement capacity development and
leadership.
Click here to download The Gaborone Statement, which
emerged from the conference.