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Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland – One year on

Scottish Government Procurement

We have reached one year since the launch of the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland (PPSfS). The strategy provides a clear vision and focused direction, supporting the whole Scottish public procurement community to align, to collaborate and to deliver positive outcomes with real impacts for the people of Scotland.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

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2024 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group (PPG)

Scottish Government Procurement

As 2024 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sectors 2024 achievements. They show that the 16 billion of public procurement spend, we generated 13.8

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2023 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group

Scottish Government Procurement

As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. You can watch the video below, or read the transcript at the bottom of the page.

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Advancements in Transparency and Integrity through Blockchain in Public Procurements

Public Contracting Institute

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. Transforming Public Procurement with Blockchain Blockchain’s decentralized ledger technology has the potential to dramatically improve the public procurement process.

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Three ways World Bank procurement can drive collaboration for the SDGs

Open Contracting Partnership

This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog. Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less.

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Driving sustainable procurement outcomes

Scottish Government Procurement

Whilst the Independent Review looks back at the past 20 years, we are always looking to the future to drive forward the power of procurement. Earlier this year in April, we published the first-ever Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland. Be sure to subscribe to our blog for all of our latest news and updates.