PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 1 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REFORM * THE ROLE OF ADB * Dar es Salam January 2003 PRESENTATION BY Yacine FAL

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 2 Reforms for Transparency & Efficiency Regional Approach COMESA WAEMU (UEMOA) The Way Forward Summary

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 3 The Need for Transparency in Procurement The Enormous Volume of Procurement Public Accountability Public Perceptions The Enormous Impact and Effect of Poor Procurement on Development Efficiency, The Use of Public Funds Expectations of Shareholders

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 4 Harmonization of Reforms through Regional Approach Conclusions of the Conference on Public Procurement Reform in Africa (December 1998 ) The regional approach recognized

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 5 Background *A Grant of US $1.5 million was approved by the ADF for the COMESA Public Procurement Reform Project in April 2001 Components of the Project *Baseline Data Diagnostic Analysis, Development and Validation of COMESA Public Procurement Directives *Implementation (variable geometry approach) COMESA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REFORM

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 6 COMESA Public Procurement Reform Project Implementation Status Project Completion–April 2004 Project Implementation Unit in place: Project Manager commenced duty May 2002: Contract with Consultant also signed in May 2002 Stakeholders Forum held in December 2002; Procurement Directives to be completed by February 2003

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 7 Implementation of Directives Creating capacity to sustain good procurement practices COMESA as a focal point for monitoring implementation of reforms Creation of Procurement Technical Committee of Heads of National Procurement Agencies – condition of the Grant. Assistance to Member States COMESA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REFORM

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 8 Phase I – Preparation of the Reform Programme Reform of the Legal Framework Institutional Support Training and Development of Procurement Professional Expertise in the Sub-region Programme Management by the UEMOA(WAEMU) Commission Phase II – Implementation By Member States By UEMOA(WAEMU) UEMOA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REFORM

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 9 The Way Forward Continuation of the Regional Approach The North African RMCs ECOWAS Member States

PPRU- Procurement Unit Development Bank African The 10 THANK YOU