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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. Procurement was long seen as a clerical administrative function, rather than a strategic lever. This was not always the case.

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Hutchinson Expands its Procurement Digitalization Roadmap with Ivalua

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. In 2022, it generated a revenue of €4.400 billion. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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Open Procurement in Europe: 100 experts share their vision for the future

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

Public procurement can shape our world. On 15-16 June, together with the governments of Albania, Italy and the Netherlands, we held a conference on Open and Sustainable Procurement in Europe for about 100 procurement leaders from 25 European countries. There were many, many more great examples to share.

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Meet Central Asia’s master procurement monitors

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It inspired the creation of a free self-guided e-course on Open Contracting Basics too.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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.

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The Eco-Shortfall: Less than a Quarter of UK Businesses Have Plans in Place to Reduce Carbon Emissions or Adopt Renewable Energy

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just 21% have plans in place for reducing carbon emissions, while there was also a lack of plans for adopting circular economy principles (22%), reducing e-Waste (20%) and adopting renewable energy (18%). Global Media Contact. Markus Leutert, Senior Director, Corporate Communications media@ivalua.com. About the research.

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Vision 2024: Digital Transformation in State & Local Government – Albany, NY

FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Jane brings a lifetime career in media and government to her role. In that role, he oversees a program portfolio that includes Procurement Services, Business Service Center, and Project Management Office. She has held senior roles at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S.

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Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

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Friday Flash 10/20/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Correspondingly, it also will increase competition and access to commercial services, solutions, and products by eliminating the significant variations in the application of the key MAS procurement rules across the program, all to the benefits of customer agencies, GSA, and industry partners.

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Vision 2024: Getting in a New York (IT) State of Mind

FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

And both the state and the city have open data portals to provide accessibility, transparency, and accountability. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In that role, he oversees a program portfolio that includes Procurement Services, Business Service Center, and Project Management Office.

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Ivalua Selected by State of Maryland to Power ‘eMaryland Marketplace Advantage’ e-procurement system

ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

Ivalua builds momentum as technology platform of choice for public sector procurement. eMaryland Marketplace Advantage is a technologically advanced electronic procurement system designed to make state procurement and business processes more efficient, transparent, secure, and user friendly for all stakeholders.

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Commonwealth of Virginia Uses Ivalua’s Platform for Transformation of eVA Procurement System

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2021

The system will provide a consumer-like shopping experience for state and local government users and the businesses that supply goods and services to the Commonwealth, and improve transparency into the public purchasing process. Media Contact. Mid-Atlantic Business Unit Leader. and internationally. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. They share educational resources with the general public and each other.

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Friday Flash 10/27/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Effective communication between government officials and industry partners is of paramount importance in fostering a thriving procurement landscape. The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Government Procurement. government should be careful in its procurement and use of these tools.

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Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Despite greater past media attention on pharmaceutical pricing, the single greatest contributor to overall healthcare costs (a whopping 18 percent of the U.S. The high overall cost of hospital care is naturally top of mind, but so is the lack of transparency and predictability. With greater media attention, change is coming.

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Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Despite greater past media attention on pharmaceutical pricing, the single greatest contributor to overall healthcare costs (a whopping 18 percent of the U.S. The high overall cost of hospital care is naturally top of mind, but so is the lack of transparency and predictability. With greater media attention, change is coming.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Hutchinson Expands its Procurement Digitalization Roadmap with Ivalua

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Open Procurement in Europe: 100 experts share their vision for the future

Meet Central Asia’s master procurement monitors

How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

The Eco-Shortfall: Less than a Quarter of UK Businesses Have Plans in Place to Reduce Carbon Emissions or Adopt Renewable Energy

Vision 2024: Digital Transformation in State & Local Government – Albany, NY

Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Friday Flash 10/20/23

Vision 2024: Getting in a New York (IT) State of Mind

Ivalua Selected by State of Maryland to Power ‘eMaryland Marketplace Advantage’ e-procurement system

Commonwealth of Virginia Uses Ivalua’s Platform for Transformation of eVA Procurement System

In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Friday Flash 10/27/23

Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

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