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PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE:Regional Capacity Building

6th Central Asian Public Procurement ForumIstanbul – 27 April 2010

Omar H. TiwanaPrincipal Procurement Specialist

Central Operations Services OfficeAsian Development Bank

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ADB Board – approved $1.3 million regional capacity building technical assistance grant project in December 2009

Co-funded by PRC Regional Cooperation and Poverty Reduction Fund

Duration is approximately 42 months (from 2010 to June 2013

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Three key outputsSupport Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives

Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products

Platform for Information Exchange on Good Procurement Practices

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Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (1)Procurement Partnership Facility (PPF): start up $500,000

Country – driven and owned interventions

Smaller ‘pilots’: potential for scaling up and broader application

Consultancy support (national & international)

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Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (2)National public procurement agencies (PPAs) or equivalent – project proponents

Fund pre-identified and priority areas in local procurement reform agenda

Hands-on practical and action-oriented interventions

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Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (3)Proposals invited primarily through PPI website (adbprocurementforum.net)

Proposal format, submission procedure and timetable will be notified online First batch: invitation target – 4rd Qtr 2010

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Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (4): Criteria for PPF ProposalsPromotes PPA reform strategy

Government ownership and support

Consistent with ADB’s country strategy and procurement risk assessments

Participation of civil society (eg. NGOs, CSOs, private sector)

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Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products (1)Dynamic website for information exchange and knowledge repository

Online platform to promote dialogue and exchange on procurement reform related issues and best practice

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Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products (2)Targeted research and analytical studies on particular areas

Online learning and discussion groups (eg. ‘blogs’ on specific subject areas)

‘Feedback loops’ for procurement officials on issues of procurement reform

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Platform for Information Exchange on Good Procurement PracticesSupport informed policy dialogue and information sharing between procurement policy makers, officials and practitioners

Hold two regional conferences during implementation

Sponsor up to 8 sub-regional meetings/workshops (and ‘collaborative arrangements’ within and between regions)

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Six Critical Areas of FocusAssessing procurement systems and evaluating performance

Developing procurement reform strategies

Strengthening procurement management

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Six Critical Areas of Focus Improving procurement execution

Procurement performance monitoring and oversight

Building procurement capacity

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PPF: procurement reform Use of management information

systems, road maps and benchmarks

Developing e-procurement, PPP and other specialized procurement approaches, manuals, templates, ‘tool kits’, guidance ‘road maps’

Strengthening role of CSOs, NGOs and private sector through improved transparency and accountability mechanisms

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PPF: procurement reformPromoting informed policy dialogue on ‘market access’ and ‘national preference’ issues, eg. GPA

Mainstreaming and improving procurement monitoring and oversight, eg. integration of independent CSO or NGO monitors

Improving personnel capacity through ‘professionalization’ of procurement function

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Broader Context at ADBCountry systems initiatives

Earlier ADB Country Systems RETA (eg. Tajikistan CPAR ‘update’, upcoming ‘pilots’)

Country level assistance (Country Partnership Strategy – GACAP II procurement risk assessments)

Paris Declaration benchmarking: Seoul High Level Forum (HLF): 2011(the CDDE Initiative)

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Opportunities for Procurement Reform in Central Asian Countries – what you can do: Identify possible proposals for

PPF (or PPI) funding Identify possible regional (and

sub-regional) working group members for CARs to inform PPI interventions for Central Asian Countries

Develop potential ‘action plan’ agenda for 2010-2011 PPI funding

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Thank You

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