1. Kazakhstan: E-Government and Public Procurement Reform Capacity Building Workshop Date: May 22-23, 2006 Venue: Astana, Kazakhstan Co-hosted by: The World Bank, KDI School

2. 1st Day (May 22, 2006) 09:00 – 09:15 Registration and Networking 09:15 – 09:30Opening Ceremony / Welcoming Remarks: Loup J. Brefort Session I 09:30 – 10:30 Topic 1 : Policy and standards framework for e-Government Presenter: Deepak T. Bhatia, Manager of ISGEG, World Bank 10:30 – 10:45Questions and answers 10:45 – 11:00Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:00 Topic 2 : E-GP: Functions, Implementation and Cost/Benefit framework Presenter: Eduardo Talero, Senior Consultant of ISG, World Bank 12:00 – 12:15Questions and answers 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch

3. Session II 14:00 – 14:50 Topic 1 : Synergies between E-Government, E-Procurement and Procurement Reform Agendas Presenter: Eduardo Talero, World Bank 14:50 – 15:05Questions and answers 15:05 – 15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 – 16:05 Topic 2 : Implementation of the Public Procurement in Kazakhstan Presenter: Nurlan Ospanov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Financial Control and Public Procurement 16:05 – 16:45Discussion

4. 2nd Day (May 23, 2006) Session III 09:15 – 10:10 Topic 1: Implementation of the E-Government System in Kazakhstan Presenter: Batyr Makhambetazhiyev, President of JSC "National Information Technologies" 10:10 – 10:25Questions and answers 10:25 – 10:35 Coffee Break 10:35 – 11:30 Topic 2: Status of E-public procurement in Kazakhstan Presenter: Assemgul Essimova, Deputy Chairperson of Center for E-Commerce 11:30 – 11:45Questions and answers 12:00 – 13:30Lunch

5. Session IV 13:30 – 14:20 Topic 1 : Recent GP issues at the WTO and APEC, and Korea’s GP market openness Presenter: Seung Hyun Kang, Senior Deputy Director of PPS, Korea 14:20 – 14:35Questions and answers 14:35 – 14:45Coffee Break 14:45 – 15:35 Topic 2 : Overview of Public Procurement in Korea Presenter: Jong Yeul Kim, Procurement Specialist of PPS, Korea 15:35 – 15:40Questions and answers 15:40 – 15:50Coffee Break 15:50 – 16:50 Topic 3: E-GP system in Korea and lessons of experience Presenter: Chong Hwan Ann, Director of PPS, Korea 16:50 – 17:30Wrap-up Discussion