Procurement

The Joint Venture for Procurement is an international forum for procurement specialists representing multilateral institutions, bilateral development agencies and developing countries engaged in procurement reform. Its mandate is to fulfill the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and its commitments to: strengthen national procurement systems; support capacity development , and use of local country systems.

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Malawi Procurement Capacity Assessment

21-Apr-2008

In 2007, the Government of Malawi undertook a capacity assessment of the country's public procurement system using the OECD-DAC Methodology for Assessment of National Procurement Systems in combination with the UNDP Approach to Procurement Capacity Assessment.

Third Meeting of the JV on Procurement

from 05-May-2008 to 07-May-2008

The third meeting of the Joint Venture on Procurement will take place in Arusha from 5 – 7 May, at the invitation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank. This meeting will bring together procurement professionals and interested development practioners from multilateral and bilateral development organisations and from partner countries around the world. The meeting will take place  in the context of implementing the procurement-related aspects of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. (español)

Procurement Monitoring Exercise

11-Jan-2008

The Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration has requested that the Joint Venture for Procurement be responsible for the co-ordination and collection of Indicator 2b data as part of the 2008 monitoring exercise.

Summary of the second meeting of the Joint Venture on Procurement

05-Feb-2008

Members of the Joint Venture on Procurement met in Copenhagen Denmark on 19-21 September 2007. The summary is also available in French  and Spanish .

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

06-Dec-2007

Members of the Working Group and other representatives of the JV for Procurement and interested members of BIAC to the OECD met to build on the results of the first meeting on 3 April, to give the Working Group the opportunity to hear firsthand the concerns of BIAC members and to discuss ways to continue the constructive dialog on strengthening partner country procurement systems. A summary note is available (in English). This meeting, held on 18 Sept in Copenhagen, was intended as one in a series of consultations and exchanges between the Joint Venture and BIAC.

Field Testing Reports – JV Pilot Countries and Others

27-Sep-2007

To date, 22 partner countries have participated in a field testing exercise of the version 4 Benchmarking and Assessment Methodology for Public Procurement Systems; other partner countries have used the methodology separately from the JV or intend to do so as part of the 2008 Paris Declaration Monitoring Report exercise. The reports of the countries who have used the methodology and who have agreed that the OECD-DAC publish their reports on this public website are attached as a demonstration of their willingness and openness to share their experiences and lessons with others.

Second meeting of the Joint Venture for Procurement

from 19-Sep-2007 to 21-Sep-2007

At the invitation of the Government of Denmark and the United Nations Development Programme, the second meeting of the Joint Venture for Procurement took place in Copenhagen from 19-21 September 2007. This meeting brought together procurement professionals from multilateral and bilateral development organisations and from partner countries in the context of implementing the procurement-related aspects of the Paris Declaration for Aid Effectiveness. Documents are also available in français and espagnol.

International Orientation and Guidance Workshop

from 13-Sep-2007 to 14-Sep-2007

An international workshop was organised to provide guidance and orientation to partner countries who have agreed to use the Joint Venture's procurement assessment methodology as part of the 2008 field survey exercise.  This data will be included in the 2008 Monitoring Report for the Paris Declaration

Working Group of Joint Venture Meeting

from 27-Jun-2007 to 29-Jun-2007

The Working Group of the Joint Venture on Procurement meeting took place in Tunis, Tunisia. Please click above for the major decisions and next steps. This is also available in français  and espagnol

Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting: Procurement Capacity Development

from 24-Apr-2007 to 26-Apr-2007

The Government of Peru hosted the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting regional meeting on procurement capacity development in Lima. This event was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the  Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the OECD-DAC Joint Venture for Procurement.

Meeting between the Joint Venture for Procurement and Members of the BIAC

on 03-Apr-2007

At this meeting, the Joint Venture for Procurement explained the methodology for assessing national procurement systems and listened to the points of view of the private stakeholder.

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Upcoming Meeting

The third meeting of the Joint Venture will be held from 5-7 May in Arusha, Tanzania.


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