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UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement: what makes it strong and what’s still missing

Open Contracting Partnership

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. I have had opportunities to support more than 60 countries across the globe in reviewing and advising their e-procurement (e-GP) initiatives.

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Streamlining Public Procurement: 6 Strategies for Efficiency and Compliance

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As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. After all, how can you streamline procurement processes without sacrificing your standards? Processes and Compliance. Scalability.

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Commitment, coalitions, change: How we can build on #OGPEstonia’s energy to reform public contracting

Open Contracting Partnership

At #OGPEstonia, we had the pleasure of hosting about 200 frontline reformers sharing their experiences, challenges, and successes in boosting inclusion, integrity, participation, and digital transformation in public procurement. We need to: 1) Convert general do-gooding commitments into clear goals and change management.

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Indigenous Procurement – An exciting new challenge

The Procurement School

It required our procurement services team to step out of our comfort zone, get outside the methods we learned through our procurement training , and meet First Nations where they were to bring our teams closer together.

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Public Sector eProcurement Implementation: Ways to Mitigate Risk and Ensure Success

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Embarking on an eProcurement implementation can result in more efficient government, improved compliance and increased transparency. There hasn’t been an implementation project that I have been a part of where the team walked away without lessons learned for future implementations, and public sector implementations are no exception.

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Empowering women businesses in Uganda through contracts

Open Contracting Partnership

To improve this, government officials and civil society leaders launched a systemic reform designed to change the legal framework, build entrepreneur capacity, improve data, and advocate for greater awareness of the problem and interventions. Tackling a systemic challenge like gender inclusion in public contracts requires a systemic solution.