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Public procurement accounts for a very large share of government spending and can be used for much more than following rules: to obtain value for money, support sustainability, open markets to small and medium-sized enterprises, stimulate innovation and strengthen citizens' trust. In this advanced course you follow the Public Procurement Agency of a fictitious country as it turns public procurement into a strategic tool. You will plan procurement on the basis of spend and needs, apply value for money, include environmental and social criteria, choose innovation procurement instruments, build performance indicators and strengthen control and integrity. The references are international and described in general terms: the OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement, the UNCITRAL Model Law, the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the MAPS methodology and World Bank practice. Designed for public procurement officers and managers. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Explain public procurement as a strategic public policy tool.
• Draw up a strategic public procurement plan on the basis of spend and needs.
• Apply the concept of value for money to public procurement decisions.
• Include environmental and social criteria in public procedures.
• Select innovation procurement instruments.
• Build performance indicators for a public procurement system or entity.
• Strengthen control and integrity throughout the public procurement cycle.

Modules

1. From compliance to strategy89 min
2. Strategic planning of public procurement82 min
3. Value for money83 min
4. Sustainable public procurement83 min
5. Innovation in public procurement81 min
6. Performance and indicators82 min
7. Control, integrity and accountability85 min

Who it is for

Public procurement officers and managers