It is increasingly acknowledged that professionalisation is a key to ensuring efficient and effective use of public procurement. By introducing requirements for procurement professionals, certification frameworks offer a standardised and structured approach to the professionalisation of public buyers. To better understand current practices in developing certification frameworks, the OECD Secretariat conducted a survey of 15 countries that have such frameworks in place. This policy paper builds on the survey analysis and expands on prior work on public procurement professionalisation, focusing on how countries are applying certification frameworks to support their public procurement professionalisation strategies. This paper presents good practices and provides clear guidance for countries interested in adopting a certification framework.
Professionalising public procurement through certification
A comparative study across selected countries
