United Nations Procurement
Capacity Development Centre

Our Collaborative Partners

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.

OECD-DAC - Joint Venture for Procurement now known as the Task Force for 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.

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.

Our National Partners

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.

Our UN Family

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, Beirut, 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.

Our Operational Partners

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.

If you would like to find out more about our network, or sign-up for our regular news updates, then please write to us at registry@unpcdc.org.