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April 11, 2010
The 31st three-week residential training course on public procurement under PPRP-II that began on April 11, 2010 will end on April 29, 2010 at the Engineering Staff College Bangladesh at Bausia, Gazaria thana in Munshiganj district.
Organized by the Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED under the Ministry of Planning and facilitated by the Fineurop with ESCB as sub-consultant, a total of 28 officials from different government offices are taking part in the 31st training on procurement of goods, works and services.
The 32nd course is expected to start on April 25, 2010 and end on May 13, 2010.
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) are considered four target agencies under the PPRP-II supported by the World Bank.
Among the trainees in 31st course seven officials are from LGED, seven from REB, three from BWDB, two from PDB, two from Department of Live Stock, one from Education Engineering, two from DPHE, one from DPDC, one from World Bank, one from BIWTA and one from the Election Commission.
Such three-week trainings under the Public Procurement Reform Project-II are the part of 108 such courses to be held in next three years. About 3240 officials will be trained under the three-week courses. There are also courses of different duration, said Kazi Jahangir Alam, Director of the CPTU.
The CPTU is implementing four major tasks under the PPRP-II with a view to making public procurement system in Bangladesh accountable, transparent and well-functioning. The components are;
1. Furthering policy reform and institutionalizing capacity development
2. Strengthening Procurement management at the sectoral level
3. Introducing e-Government Procurement (e-GP)
4. Communication, behavioral change, and social accountability.
The objective of the project is to improve performance of the public procurement system progressively in Bangladesh, focusing largely on the key sectoral ministries and targeting their implementing agencies. |
