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Joint WTO-World Bank regional workshop on procurement reforms and transparency in public procurement for Anglophone African countries
The Workshop was organized jointly by the WTO and the World Bank, in cooperation with the African Development Bank and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for Anglophone African countries (Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe). It was designed to provide a forum for both trade and procurement experts to exchange information on multilateral, regional and national activities and initiatives including the WTO work on transparency in government procurement pursuant to paragraph 26 of the Doha WTO Ministerial Declaration and to share experiences in the design and implementation of procurement reforms.
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For many African countries there may be a close relationship between issues of domestic reform in the area of government procurement and the issue of their interest and participation in a possible WTO agreement on transparency in government procurement which embodies good practice in this area. The purpose of the Workshop was to draw upon the synergies between the work of the two organizations by addressing both sets of issues in a single workshop.
The programme was designed to promote awareness of the role and significance of government procurement-related policies and practices for the African countries and the multilateral trading system; to exchange information on the potential implications of different multilateral and regional disciplines; to share experiences on the design and implementation of procurement reforms; and to discuss capacity-building needs, especially with a view to assisting the countries of the region to participate effectively in the ongoing activities in this area.
Programme
Day 1, 14 January 2003, a.m.
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
| 8:30 ?9:00 | Opening Remarks |
World Bank WTO |
| 9:00 ?9:30 |
Key-note address |
Ministry of Finance of Tanzania |
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SESSION 1: Overview
of national, regional and international initiatives and activities |
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| 9:30 ?10:00 | Overview of procurement reforms in Africa |
Bernard Abeille, Regional Procurement Advisor, World Bank > Presentation (19 pages; 203 KB) |
| 10:00 ?10:30 |
Regional procurement reform initiatives |
Stephen Karangizi, COMESA Secretariat > Paper ?(12 pages; 69 KB) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Activities of the African Development Bank in procurement reforms |
Yacine Fal, Principal Legal Council, African Development Bank > Presentation (10 pages; 2625 KB) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Work of the WTO |
Vesile Kula鏾glu, WTO Secretariat > Presentation (17 pages; 85 KB) |
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Day 1, 14 January 2003, p.m. |
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
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SESSION 2: Legal
and regulatory reforms |
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| 2:00 ?3:00 | Design of procurement reforms - issues and challenges |
Robert Hunja, Procurement Manager, World Bank; and African Development Bank > Presentation (5 pages; 71 KB) > Paper ?(9 pages; 53 KB) |
| 3:00 ?3:30 |
UNCITRAL Model Law |
Robert Hunja > Presentation (4 pages; 49 KB) > Paper ?(12 pages; 1032 KB) > Paper ?(94 pages; 315 KB) |
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SESSION
3:
Case studies on procurement reforms and experiences from the
region |
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| 4:00 ?4:45 | Uganda procurement reforms, issues and challenges |
Edgar Agaba, Reformed Central Tender Board > Paper ?(23 pages; 84 KB) |
| 4:45 ?5:30 |
General discussion |
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Day 2, 15 January 2003, a.m.
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
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SESSION 4: Objectives
of procurement regimes and non-discrimination and preferences |
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| 8:30 ?9:30 |
Economic and developmental objectives of government procurement |
Vesile Kula鏾glu > Presentation (15 pages; 179 KB) |
| 9:30 ?10:00 |
Basic principles and provisions in multilateral instruments |
Jean-Jacques Raoul, World Bank > Presentation (19 pages; 76 KB) |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Work of the WTO |
Vesile Kula鏾glu > Presentation (8 pages; 81 KB) |
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SESSION
5:
Scope and coverage of government procurement rules |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Provision in multilateral instruments and the work of the WTO |
Vesile Kula鏾glu > Presentation (19 pages; 100 KB) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
General discussion |
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Day 2, 15 January 2003, p.m. |
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
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SESSION 3
(cont抎 from Day 1): Case studies on procurement reforms and
experiences from the region |
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| 2:00 ?3:00 | Botswana procurement reforms, issues and challenges |
Mr. Armando Lionjanga, Executive Chairman, Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Board > Paper ?(27 pages; 64 KB) |
| 3:00 ?3:30 |
Tanzania experience |
Mr. Ntando Nkinga, Secretary, Central Tender Board > Paper ?(22 pages; 96 KB) |
| 3:30 ?4:00 | Kenya experience |
Luke Obiri, Director, Public Procurement Department > Paper ?(18 pages; 59 KB) |
| 4:30 ?5:00 |
General discussion |
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Day 3, 16 January 2003, a.m.
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
| SESSION
6:
Transparency and fair and equitable procedures |
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| 8.30 - 9.30 |
Key elements of a transparent procurement process and the
provisions of the multilateral instruments |
Jean-Jacques Raoul > Presentation (7 pages; 71 KB) |
| 9.30 - 10.30 |
Work of the WTO |
Kodjo Osei-Lah, WTO Secretariat > Presentation (32 pages; 112 KB) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
General
discussion |
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| SESSION
3
(cont抎 from Day 1):
ECase studies on procurement reforms and experiences from the
region |
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| 11.30 - 12.00 |
Nigeria experience |
Sam Ekpenkhio, Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs in the Presidency > Paper ?(6 pages; 50 KB) |
| 12.00 - 12.30 |
General
discussion |
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| Day 3, 16 January 2003, p.m. |
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
| SESSION
7:
Application of information technologies to procurement processes |
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| 2.30 - 3.00 |
The results of transparency and efficiency achieved with the
modernization of procurement |
Marcos Ozorio de Almeida Secretariat of Logistics and Information Technology, Ministry of Planning, Brazil > Presentation (87 pages; 3773 KB) |
| 3.00 - 3.30 | General
discussion |
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Demonstration |
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| 4.00 - 5.00 |
Procurement reforms training kit |
ITC > ITC demonstration 1 ?(12 pages; 277 KB) > ITC demonstration 2 ?(31 pages; 511 KB) > ITC demonstration 3 ?(279 pages; 864 KB) |
Day 4, 17 January 2003, a.m.
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
| SESSION
8:
Domestic review and dispute settlement procedures |
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| 8.30 - 10.00 |
Domestic review procedures and WTO work |
Steven Schooner, George Washington University > Presentation (23 pages; 242 KB) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
General
discussion |
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| 11.30 - 12.15 |
Government-to-government dispute settlement procedures |
Vesile Kula鏾glu, WTO Secretariat > Presentation (9 pages; 79 KB) > Presentation (20 pages; 174 KB) |
| 12.15 - 12.30 |
General discussion |
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| Day 4, 17 January 2003, p.m. |
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
| SESSION 9:
Technical cooperation and capacity building |
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| 2.00 - 2.30 |
Capacity building in government procurement |
Jean-Jacques Raoul > Presentation (10 pages; 83 KB) |
| 2.30 - 3.00 |
Ghana experience in capacity building |
Daniel Kwagbenu > Presentation (19 pages; 38 KB) |
| 3.00 - 4.00 |
Technical cooperation and capacity building activities |
AFDB World Bank WTO > Presentation (16 pages; 290 KB) |
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| 4.00 - 5.00 |
CLOSING SESSION
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| 4.00 - 4.30 | Closing remarks |
Participants |
| 4.30 - 5.00 | Closing
remarks by Steven Schooner > Presentation (12 pages; 33 KB) |
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