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The 19th three-week residential training course on public procurement under PPRP-II began on October 4, 2009 at the Engineering Staff College Bangladesh at Bausia, Gazaria thana in Munshiganj district.
Organized by the Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED under the Ministry of Planning, about 30 officials from different government offices are taking part in the training on procurement of goods, works and services.
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Bangladesh Water development Board (BWDB) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) are considered four target agencies under the PPRP-II.
Apart from the target agencies, participants from the Ministry of Education, Primary and Mass Education Division, Public Works Department (PWD), Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD), Construction Management and Maintenance Unit (CMMU), Bangladesh Power development Board (PDB), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDCL), Dhaka Electricity supply Company (DESCO) and Power Cell of Power Division are taking part in the training.
Such three-week trainings under the Public Procurement Reform Project-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 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. |
