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The 14th three-week residential 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 14, 2009.
Director General of CPTU Amulya Kumar Debnath, Dean of ESCB ARM Anwar Hossain, Team Leader of Fineurop Liam Heavin, Faculty trainers Saeedur Rahman and Salma Akhter were present at the opening session of the 14th training course.
The training course will conclude on July 02, 2009.
The 13th course that began on May 31, 2009 concluded on June 18, 2009.
A total of 29 officials from different government offices are taking part in the 14th training course, said the dean 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.
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 Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Central Medical Stores Depot, Bangladesh Film Archives, BCIC, PWD, Planning Commission, DPDC, Padma Multi-purpose Bridge Project, Dhaka WASA, Bangladesh Railway and those of the target agencies are taking part in the 14th 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. |
