Improving Public Procurement Systems: Moving Towards More Strategic and Efficient Use
Introduction
This course describes the significant role that public procurement can have in leveraging secondary policy objectives. It assesses the extent to which Adherents are balancing the pursuit of such secondary policy objectives against the primary procurement objective of achieving value for money. The analysis focuses on the trade-offs that Adherents are making throughout the procurement lifecycle to realize the desired outcomes from the application of broad strategic policy objective. The course includes an assessment on the existence of strategies on Green public procurement, innovation goods and services, support to small-to-medium enterprises (SMES), responsible business conduct, and women owned enterprises.
Course AIM
- Legal, Regulatory and Policy Framework;
- Institutional Framework and Management Capacity;
- Public Procurement Operations and Market Practices;
- Accountability, Integrity and Transparency of the Public Procurement System.
Target Group
Government officials in line ministries and public entities in charge of public procurement and infrastructure policies and projects.