1 PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: Regional Capacity Building 6 th Central Asian Public Procurement Forum Istanbul – 27 April 2010 Omar H. Tiwana Principal Procurement Specialist Central Operations Services Office Asian Development Bank

2  ADB Board – approved $1.3 million regional capacity building technical assistance grant project in December 2009  Co-funded by PRC Regional Cooperation and Poverty Reduction Fund  Duration is approximately 42 months (from 2010 to June 2013

3 Asian Development Bank  Three key outputs  Support Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives  Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products  Platform for Information Exchange on Good Procurement Practices

4 Asian Development Bank  Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (1)  Procurement Partnership Facility (PPF): start up $500,000  Country – driven and owned interventions  Smaller ‘pilots’: potential for scaling up and broader application  Consultancy support (national & international)

5 Asian Development Bank  Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (2)  National public procurement agencies (PPAs) or equivalent – project proponents  Fund pre-identified and priority areas in local procurement reform agenda  Hands-on practical and action-oriented interventions

6 Asian Development Bank  Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (3)  Proposals invited primarily through PPI website (adbprocurementforum.net)  Proposal format, submission procedure and timetable will be notified online  First batch: invitation target – 4 rd Qtr 2010

7 Asian Development Bank  Country Specific Procurement Reform Initiatives (4): Criteria for PPF Proposals  Promotes PPA reform strategy  Government ownership and support  Consistent with ADB’s country strategy and procurement risk assessments  Participation of civil society (eg. NGOs, CSOs, private sector)

8 Asian Development Bank  Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products (1)  Dynamic website for information exchange and knowledge repository  Online platform to promote dialogue and exchange on procurement reform related issues and best practice

9 Asian Development Bank  Develop Online Procurement Knowledge Products (2)  Targeted research and analytical studies on particular areas  Online learning and discussion groups (eg. ‘blogs’ on specific subject areas)  ‘Feedback loops’ for procurement officials on issues of procurement reform

10 Asian Development Bank  Platform for Information Exchange on Good Procurement Practices  Support informed policy dialogue and information sharing between procurement policy makers, officials and practitioners  Hold two regional conferences during implementation  Sponsor up to 8 sub-regional meetings/workshops (and ‘collaborative arrangements’ within and between regions)

11 Asian Development Bank  Six Critical Areas of Focus  Assessing procurement systems and evaluating performance  Developing procurement reform strategies  Strengthening procurement management

12 Asian Development Bank  Six Critical Areas of Focus  Improving procurement execution  Procurement performance monitoring and oversight  Building procurement capacity

13 Asian Development Bank  PPF: procurement reform  Use of management information systems, road maps and benchmarks  Developing e-procurement, PPP and other specialized procurement approaches, manuals, templates, ‘tool kits’, guidance ‘road maps’  Strengthening role of CSOs, NGOs and private sector through improved transparency and accountability mechanisms

14 Asian Development Bank  PPF: procurement reform  Promoting informed policy dialogue on ‘market access’ and ‘national preference’ issues, eg. GPA  Mainstreaming and improving procurement monitoring and oversight, eg. integration of independent CSO or NGO monitors  Improving personnel capacity through ‘professionalization’ of procurement function

15 Asian Development Bank  Broader Context at ADB  Country systems initiatives  Earlier ADB Country Systems RETA (eg. Tajikistan CPAR ‘update’, upcoming ‘pilots’)  Country level assistance (Country Partnership Strategy – GACAP II procurement risk assessments)  Paris Declaration benchmarking: Seoul High Level Forum (HLF): 2011(the CDDE Initiative)

16 Asian Development Bank  Opportunities for Procurement Reform in Central Asian Countries – what you can do:  Identify possible proposals for PPF (or PPI) funding  Identify possible regional (and sub-regional) working group members for CARs to inform PPI interventions for Central Asian Countries  Develop potential ‘action plan’ agenda for PPI funding

17 Thank You Asian Development Bank Procurement Partnership Initiative