Meeting between the Joint Venture for Procurement and Members of the Business-Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD

On 3 April representatives of the Joint Venture for Procurement and interested members of the Business-Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD met together to discuss the Joint Venture's methodology for assessing national procurement systems. The summary is now available.

This methodology is intended to provide a common tool which developing countries and donors can use to assess the quality and effectiveness of national procurement systems.

The Joint Venture had the opportunity to explain the methodology, which is being field tested, and listen to the points of view of the private sector, a key stakeholder. A document has been issued which provides background for this meeting.

This meeting was the first in a series of consultations with key stakeholders, which include the private sector and civil society organisations.

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Tanzania: Assessment of the Procurement System

The main objective was to test the methodology as a tool for assessing the quality of a country's procurement system. The assessment was intended to provide the basis for formulating capacity development plans to improve the procurement system.

Assessment of Tanzania's Procurement System - Final Report

Methodology

Intended to provide a common tool which developing countries and donors can use to assess the quality and effectiveness of national procurement systems.

Benchmarking and Assessment Methodology for Public Procurement Systems (Version 4)

Reliable Procurement - It Adds Up

This factsheet provides answers to questions about the importance of procurement in development.

Why is procurement important?

Publication

This OECD publication offers practical insights into how the profession of procurement is evolving to cope with the growing demand for integrity, drawing on the experience of procurement practitioners as well as audit, competition and anti-corruption specialists.

Integrity in Public Procurement: Good Practices from A to Z