International Procurement for Donor Funded Projects
The critical procurement challenges faced by international development (ID) projects, procurement experts from donor organizations, host country government policymakers, and project implementation units and the most important categories of challenges were those related to project management capacity/capability, and ethics, the challenges deemed most important were those related to improper project planning, undue practices in procurement implementation, government bureaucracy and interference in procurement, and inexperienced procurement staff. it contributes to the ID project procurement by identifying the critical challenges to procurement, which differ from those of other project-related areas that require effective management by all stakeholders. Ultimately, this may improve procurement outcomes and overall project performance.
Course Objectives
- Provide participants with the latest operational policies and procedures on procurement to facilitate project implementation
- Clearly understand the new procurement guidelines of international lending institutions and will dwell on new procurement tools of harmonization, alignment and simplification
- Be able to ensure that goods and services procured are satisfactory quality and compatible with the balance of the project
- Clearly understand the applicability of W/B, IBRD and IDA procurement guidelines
- Ability to provide the essential logistical support needed to manage and implement projects and comfort to borrower country, lenders and donor community that funds have been used efficiently and for the purpose intended