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The 15th three-week residential training course on public procurement of goods, works and services organized by the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), IMED of the Ministry of Planning, began at the Engineering Staff College Bangladesh (ESCB) at Bausia in Munshiganj district on June 28, 2009
The training course would conclude on July 16, 2009.
The 16th three-week residential training course will start on July 12, 2009, said Kazi Jahangir Alam, Director of CPTU, IMED.
The 14th course that began on June 14, 2009 concluded on July 2, 2009.
A total of 25 officials from different government offices, including one from the private sector, are taking part in the 15th training course on public procurement, said Engineer Saeedur Rahman, Senior Training Specialist of the ESCB.
Such three-week trainings under the Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP-II) are the part of 108 such courses to be held in next three years. About 3240 officials will be trained under the three-week courses. There are also courses of different duration, said Kazi Jahangir Alam, Director of the CPTU.
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) are four target agencies considered under this reform project.
Officials from the Bangladesh Television (BTV), Public Works Department, DESCO, ESTSTT, BCIC and those of the target agencies are taking part in the 15th course.
The CPTU is implementing four major tasks under the PPRP-II with a view to making public procurement system in Bangladesh accountable, transparent and well-functioning. The components are;
1. Furthering policy reform and institutionalizing capacity development
2. Strengthening Procurement management at the sectoral level
3. Introducing e-Government Procurement (e-GP)
4. Communication, behavioral change, and social accountability.
The objective of the project is to improve performance of the public procurement system progressively in Bangladesh, focusing largely on the key sectoral ministries and targeting their implementing agencies. |
