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The 12th three-week 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 May 17, 2009 (Sunday).
The training course will conclude on June 4, 2009.
The 13th three-week course will begin on May 31, 2009. It will conclude on June 20, 2009, said the Dean of the ESCB.
A total of 24 officials from different government offices are taking part in the 12th training course, added the Dean.
Such three-week trainings under the Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP-II) are part of 108 courses to be held in next three years. About 3240 officials will be trained under the three-week courses. There are courses of different duration also.
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 a municipality in Comilla, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Ministry of Religious Affairs, BIWTC, BCIC and LGD, and those of the target agencies are taking part in the 12th course.
About 30 officials from different government offices are expected to take part in the 13th three-week training course on public procurement.
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. |
