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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

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Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. The collaboration revolves around the corruption risk monitoring platform, Opentender.net , developed by ICW and the national public procurement agency LKPP.

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GSA’s commercial platforms program to grow by five providers

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The House Armed Services Committee’s initial goal was to make federal procurement less complex and more competitive through the use of commercial platforms. GSA says for 2023 , 34 agencies spent $80 million, which is double the amount of money spent in 2022.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

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It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Procurement authorities become the initiators,“ says Uwingeneye.

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Ivalua Recognized with a Customers’ Choice Distinction in 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’: Procure-to-Pay Suites

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Redwood City, CA – April 1st, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that it has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice vendor in the March 2022 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Procure-to-Pay Suites report. About Gartner Peer Insights. Lumina Communications for Ivalua. 212-239-8594.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

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But these businesses rarely take part in public procurement due to long-standing cultural barriers, overly bureaucratic processes and the sense that to win public contracts, they must have the right connections. It’s a “missed opportunity,” says Egghead Odewale, Director General of Ekiti State’s Bureau of Public Procurement (EKBPP).

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Ivalua Announces Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup Winners at Ivalua NOW 2022: How digitally enabled smart procurement can help organizations reduce scope 3 carbon emissions

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May 23, 2022 – Ivalua, a leading provider of Spend Management Cloud solutions, announced the winners of its Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup at its marquee annual event, Ivalua NOW 2022 in Washington D.C. Third place was awarded to the Bengs / e-Attestations team for their Carbonator solution. Redwood City, CA. About Ivalua.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

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Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.