One of the APPI’s development partners, the Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC) of the UNDP’s Capacity Development Group, shares with us its Annual Report for 2011 and other important news. Repeated below is a note from the PCDC containing hyperlinks to the various documents and relevant webpages.
Dear Friends of the PCDC,
We are happy to share with you the annual report for 2011. The report highlights achievements from 2011 and looks forward towards 2012.
In 2011, PCDC has collaborated with the OECD/DAC Task Force on Procurement to develop A Practical Guide to Transforming Procurement Systems. 2011 also saw a significant expansion in the knowledge content available on the PCDC website and the launch of the online forum. Recently, a discussion paper on procurement capacity development in fragile states was developed. During the year PCDC responded to the demand for capacity development support in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lao PDR and other countries.
In the near future we will launch a new website and web application for procurement capacity development.
We look forward to engaging with you throughout 2012 and wish you a happy holiday season!
On behalf of the PCDC Team
Rasmus Jeppesen
Coordinator
Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC)
UNDP Capacity Development Group
www.unpcdc.org
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The first issue of the APPI e-Newsletter is now online. Please click on this link to go directly to the e-Newsletter.
The APPI (Asia Pacific Procurement Partnership Initiative) is a regional technical assistance (RETA) project that establishes ADB’s policy and approach for supporting its member countries in public procurement capacity improvement. It was launched in December 2009 with the aim of creating a platform to strengthen regional (and sub-regional) exchange of information and partnership among public procurement officials.
The APPI e-Newsletter is intended to keep the broad membership of the APPI informed of its activities and events on a quarterly basis. Please feel free to forward this notice to other interested public procurement colleagues.
Season’s greetings to all!
The APPI Team
The Fourth High Level Forum for Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) will be held in Busan, Korea on 29 November to 1 December 2011. This follows meetings in Rome, Paris and Accra that helped transform aid relationships between donors and partners into true vehicles for development cooperation. Here ministers and specialists will take stock of what has been advanced in implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and will seek to set out a new consensus on development.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is playing a key role to ensure the Asia and Pacific experiences and perspectives are a part of the key HLF-4 agenda and outcomes. It is also supporting participation of developing countries at the HLF-4. Click here to learn more about ADB’s role in HLF-4.
HLF-4 Busan also presents an opportunity to raise the strategic importance of public procurement through a procurement side event in the afternoon of Day 2, 30 November 2011. At that side event, there will be discussion on “The Strategic Importance of Public Procurement” (SIPP) by Prof. Gustavo Piga, the primary author of a brief prepared by the ADB. ADB has funded research leading to the publication of a SIPP brochure for distribution at the forum. It clearly sets out the opportunities for more effective and efficient public procurement and as an important policy tool. Click here to view and download a copy of the brochure.
For the latest updates on HLF-4 Busan, do visit http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanhlf4/.
