Description
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is organizing the 8th Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network (APPeN) on 5–6 December 2022 in a hybrid format. This year’s theme is Procurement in Support of Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
Objectives
To continue knowledge exchange and collaboration of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network.
During the event, participants will have the opportunity to:
- Develop a wider network of e-GP experts and public sector managers involved in developing and implementing e-GP systems in their respective countries;
- Exchange views and foster better inter-regional e-GP cooperation and cross border trade;
- Interact with ADB procurement specialists to get better understanding of ADB approach to e-GP;
- Identify potential areas of e-GP cooperation at the bilateral and regional levels.
Tentative topics
- Accelerating Sustainable Development – Role of Procurement Systems
- ADB’s Support to e-Government Procurement
- e-GP as a Tool Supporting Gender Mainstreaming
- e-Procurement and Financial Management Integration Contract Management
- OECD-MAPS e-GP Framework. Lessons Learnt from Mauritius Pilot
- Cloud Procurement Practice Note
- Electronic Procurement Complaint Handling
- Digital Transformation of e-GP
- Open Contracting Data Standards – Valuable Tool for Analyzing Procurement Data
- Framework for Procuring for PPP in e-GP
- Knowledge Sharing Framework
Expected output
Through the APPeN, the public procurement agencies implementing e-GP are strengthened from receiving international best practice knowledge and learn from each other how best to implement and integrate e-GP as part of a wider public reform initiative.
At the end of the conference, the participants will:
- Reconnect with the network of e-procurement practitioners.
- Identify potential areas of collaboration with e-procurement network practitioners.
- Gain insights and knowledge relating to digitalization of procurement and its applications to emergency procurement.
- Discover new ideas and knowledge in improving their existing e-GP system operations and developing their system further so that these are based on international best practice.
- Develop a wider, active network of e-GP experts and practitioners that can interact formally or informally and continue their dialogue on e-GP.
- Continue the process of exploring potential e-GP cooperation or collaboration with other institutions or countries in the region.
Target participants
Public procurement agency practitioners from ADB member countries.
In-person DMC participants - by invitation only.
How to register
Registration is closed.
Resource speakers
- Asian Development Bank
- African Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Open Contracting Partnership
- World Bank
- Public Procurement Service, Republic of Korea
- National Public Procurement Agency, Republic of Indonesia
- National Informatics Centre, Republic of India
Event organizer
Marie Charmaine "Apple" YUSON (Ms)
Consultant (Logistics)
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