DHAKA, Dec 10, 2018 (BSS) – Like the previous years, entries in various categories for South Asia Public Procurement Innovation Awards 2018 have been invited.
South Asia Regional Public Procurement Network (SAPPN), the World Bank and Procurement iNET have launched the awards, said a release of the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) today.
The release said closing of submissions is on January 31, 2019 and the awards will be announced on February 28, 2019. Details of award categories, rules and other information is available at http://procurementinet.org/sapia
Any government, public sector, university or research and training institutions following the public procurement regulatory framework and NGOs/CBOs involved in public procurement management, awareness and communication and oversight support in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka can submit case stories for consideration.
Officers and staff nominated by the countries and partner agencies as part of the selection mechanism cannot submit a case story.
The objective of such awards is to enhance learning and sharing from innovative procurement practices adopted in South Asian countries.
Bangladesh has been playing an active role in strengthening the SAPPN. In 2015 the CPTU of IME Division under the Ministry of Planning, hosted the third regional conference of SAPPN in Dhaka.
Director General of CPTU and Additional Secretary Md Faruque Hossain had been made the SAPPN chair for a year in 2016.
In 2017, among others, Roads and Highways Department won an award for its case story on e-GP in RHD. In 2016, BIGD also won an award for its case story on citizen engagement. The winners are invited to SAPPN annual conference and the awards are given there through ceremonies.
The next sixth South Asia Regional Public Procurement Conference is going to be hosted by Bhutan in Thimpu on April 22-25 in 2019.
The heads of government public procurement regulatory bodies, procurement related officials and civil society bodies will attend the conference.