Advanced procurement training ends in city
Friday, 15 August 2008
A three-day specialised procurement training review on the Public Procurement Act and Rules ended in the city Thursday.
The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation, Monitoring Evaluation Division under the Ministry of Planning organised the training.
Secretary of Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) Abdus Sobhan Sikder inaugurated the advanced procurement training programme at the Institution of Engineers of Bangladesh Tuesday, said a press release.
A total of 30 officials, mainly master and national certified trainers of procurement, from different target government agencies took part in the training.
It provided officials with an insight into the rules and regulations and methods on developing standard tender documents to improve their performance.
The participants also included members of the Project Monitoring Coordinator and Technical Working Group.
Director General of CPTU Amulya Kumar Debnath presided over the inaugural session where he spoke on the role of the CPTU.
Lead Procurement Specialist of World Bank Dr Zafrul Islam and Chairman of the board of directors of Engineering Staff College Quamrul Islam Siddique also spoke on the occasion
Speaking on the occasion, Abdus Sobhan Sikder said public procurement deserves special attention to take care of the issues of transparency and accountability in combating fraud and corruption in procurement.
He said to create a transparent, accountable, systematic and time-bound procurement method Bangladesh government took up a rigorous initiative in 2002 to reform the procurement system that in the past suffered from systematic deficiencies and corrupt practices in some cases, the release added.
The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation, Monitoring Evaluation Division under the Ministry of Planning organised the training.
Secretary of Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) Abdus Sobhan Sikder inaugurated the advanced procurement training programme at the Institution of Engineers of Bangladesh Tuesday, said a press release.
A total of 30 officials, mainly master and national certified trainers of procurement, from different target government agencies took part in the training.
It provided officials with an insight into the rules and regulations and methods on developing standard tender documents to improve their performance.
The participants also included members of the Project Monitoring Coordinator and Technical Working Group.
Director General of CPTU Amulya Kumar Debnath presided over the inaugural session where he spoke on the role of the CPTU.
Lead Procurement Specialist of World Bank Dr Zafrul Islam and Chairman of the board of directors of Engineering Staff College Quamrul Islam Siddique also spoke on the occasion
Speaking on the occasion, Abdus Sobhan Sikder said public procurement deserves special attention to take care of the issues of transparency and accountability in combating fraud and corruption in procurement.
He said to create a transparent, accountable, systematic and time-bound procurement method Bangladesh government took up a rigorous initiative in 2002 to reform the procurement system that in the past suffered from systematic deficiencies and corrupt practices in some cases, the release added.