The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Workshop on Public Procurement 27 th March 2009 Belgrade

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement (Great Britain) Presented by:- Brigideen McGuire CIPS Account Manager

What is CIPS?  CIPS is the Leading International Body serving and representing the Purchasing and Supply Management Profession  CIPS is at the Centre of Purchasing and Supply Management issues  CIPS seek to continually improve the professional standards of practitioners

What Does CIPS Do? CIPS has 3 main activity areas  Advocacy and Representation  Practice Development  People Development

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply What does CIPS do?  Advocacy and Representation:-  Advocacy – Advocating the benefits of Professional Purchasing & Supply Management to organisations and governments, illustrating the contributions made to national and international prosperity

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply What does CIPS do?  Advocacy and Representation:-  Representation – Representing the Institute and the Profession generally to appropriate, influential, opinion forming audiences and communicating CIPS’ and the Profession’s views on appropriate topics and issues

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply What does CIPS do?  People and Practice Development In this area CIPS operates as a development centre providing a range of products, services and career support for both existing and potential Purchasing Professionals

CIPS – People Development  CIPS provides the key People Development benchmarks within international purchasing and supply management  They recognise the attainment of various levels of PSCM knowledge, understanding, experience and competence  There are two main benchmark areas: 1. Qualifications 2. Professional Status

CIPS – People Development The key areas are:- SSet professional standards and test skills EExtensive Ladder of Qualifications and Membership VVocational Academic Education AApplied Learning Development Programmes – both Corporate and Open Programmes CCIPS Centre for Procurement Leadership CCareers Services KKnowledge Dissemination CContinuing Professional Development - CPD

Membership 53,000 members total 160 Countries Founded 1932 Royal Charter ,000 members outside UK

CIPS Membership Membership  28,000 UK, 25,000 Rest of the World  All business sectors  All aspects of purchasing  Branch network  Governed by Council of elected members  8,000 Public Sector members  27% of total UK membership

The CIPS Vision “The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply will achieve universal recognition that excellence in purchasing and supply management contributes significantly to organisational effectiveness and hence the public good.”

CIPS & The Public Sector Countries CIPS trains within the Public Sector  UK  India  Macedonia  South Africa  Cayman Islands  Bangladesh

CIPS & The Public Sector UK Public Sector total spend:-  £580bn total spend – 42% GDP  Social protection £187bn – 13.2% GDP  Health £100bn – 7% GDP  Education £78bn – 5.5% GDP Public Sector Organisations CIPS work with:-  Department of Work and Pensions, Royal Mail Group, Local Government, Public Transport, Social Care, Health Care NHS, Oversight bodies, OGC, National Audit etc

CIPS People Development External recognition of Professional Status with International Benchmarks:  “MCIPS” – the designatory letters awarded to a purchasing practitioner who achieves a recognised level of P&SM knowledge, understanding and experience  “FCIPS” – the designatory letters awarded to a purchasing practitioner who has both demonstrated a significant contribution to, and achieved a recognised senior status within the P&SM profession

Qualifications CIPS Training and Qualification Products:-  CIPS Qualification ladder – Graduate Diploma  Levels  CIPS Corporate Award Programme – Practitioner Award and Advanced Practitioner Award

Qualifications CIPS Qualification ladder consists of:-  Level 2 – Introductory Certificate in Purchasing & Supply  Level 3 - Certificate in Purchasing & Supply  Level 4 - Foundation Diploma in Purchasing & Supply  Level 5 – Advanced Diploma in Purchasing & Supply  Level 6 – Graduate Diploma in Purchasing & Supply

Public Sector Specific Level 5  The Machinery of Government  Contracting in the Public Sector  Sustainable Procurement Level 6  Strategic Public Sector Programme management  Public Sector Stakeholders and Governance

Corporate Award CIPS Corporate Award  CIPS Corporate Award is designed to support the development of your people in a practical and focused way  Based on organisation’s objectives  Based on development needs of your people  Meets the organisations requirements and CIPS Standards

Corporate Award CIPS Corporate Award  Delivers core knowledge but focus on ability to apply that knowledge in the workplace  Designed to challenge and stimulate creative thinking  Programmes aim to deliver change in attitude and behaviours  Provides the potential for tangible return on investment

CIPS Corporate Award Programmes Corporate Award Practitioner Level 70% Mapped from Core of Level 4 and 5 Graduate Diploma Corporate Award Advanced Practitioner Level 70% Mapped from Core of Level 6 Graduate Diploma Leads to MCIPS accreditation 2 Level programme

Delivery Method  Business Schools, Colleges and Universities  Distance Learning through e – Learning  In house face to face tutorials  Public training Events  Seminars and Workshops

Qualification MCIPS and the Public Sector  In the UK Central Government promote the MCIPS qualification.  A growing number of departments offer a procurement allowance per annum for staff who hold MCIPS qualification  80% of Procurement personnel are MCIPS qualified within the Department of Work & Pensions  The Public Sector Procurement community encourages qualification

Skills Training in the Public Sector CIPS delivers training on the following ‘Hot Topics’ Sustainability  Social Issues  Environment  Economic Credit Crunch – Spending review  E-commerce solutions  Innovation within procurement  Efficiency within tight budgets

CIPS Public Sector Faculty  Dedicated Public Sector Manager as procurement policy is a key driver within the Public sector  The role is there to develop & support departmental objectives through capacity and capability building  Supports a virtual Community within the Public sector  Website and Quarterly newsletter  Discussion forums  Public Sector events ‘Hot topics’

Summary  The public sector is the part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the government, whether national, regional or local/municipal.governmentregional localmunicipal  CIPS is dedicated to raising the standard and status of Procurement through its Advocacy, People and Practice development

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