The Sixth South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference was held during 22 April to 25 April 2019 at Thimpu in Bhutan.

Director (Training and Coordination) of CPTU Mr. Shish Haider Chowdury made a presentation on 23 April 2019 on Bangladesh Public Procurement System, Reforms and e-GP.

Senior System Analyst of CPTU Mr. Md. Mosharraf Hussain also attended the conference.

Senior System Analyst of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) Ms. Kazi Sayeda Momtaz won this year the South Asia Procurement Innovation Award for the entry she submitted for competition on Achievement of value for money and enhancement of efficiency-Document Archive System of RHD.

On the concluding day on 25 April, 2019, Ms. Momtaz and other winners in various categories received the award.

Muhammad Shariful Islam, Senior Assistant Engineer, Local Government Engineering Department, became Runner Up in the competition for his entry titled, “Institutional and Capacity Development of LGIs in Public Procurement Management with Knowledge Transfer Initiatives.”

Earlier in 2017, Ms. Momtaz also won South Asia Procurement Innovation Award for her entry on Tenderers’ Data Base in e-GP at RHD.