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Procurement Reforms in Afghanistan

Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Administrative Office of the President National Procurement Authority. Procurement Reforms in Afghanistan. Professionalization of Public Procurement for Better Performance. Presenter : Ahmad Shah Naqshbandi Designation : Deputy to CEO

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Procurement Reforms in Afghanistan

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  1. Government of Islamic Republic of AfghanistanAdministrative Office of the PresidentNational Procurement Authority Procurement Reforms in Afghanistan

  2. Professionalization of Public Procurement for Better Performance • Presenter: Ahmad Shah Naqshbandi • Designation: Deputy to CEO • Organization: National Procurement Authority (NPA) • Country: Afghanistan Country Presentation Appreciate the support provided by our Partners; The WB, ADB...

  3. Vision & Mission Compliant with International standards Effective, Efficient Transparent, Fair & Accountable Electronic Procurement Strategy Visionary Reform Procurement system Resources Political Will Strengthen Public Procurement System and Foster Economic Growth Mission

  4. National Budget for 2019 National Budget 1398 (2019) Total Budget $5.44 Billion Budget Allocation Ordinary Budget $3.75 Billion Development Budget $1.69 Billion Nearly 50% of national budget will be consumed through public procurement.

  5. NPA’s Roles & Responsibilities Major Activities • Facilitating Procurement Services • Rendering Secretariat Services to ARC • Rendering Secretariat Services to NPC • Managing Debarment of Companies • Monitoring Procurement Processes • Strengthening Regulatory Framework • Investment Promotion • Certification of Private Companies • Capacity & Institutional Development • Capacity Certification • Facilitation of mining contracts • Contracts Progress Monitoring • Establishment and Institutionalization of E-Procurement

  6. National Procurement Commission-NPC • H.E the President • H.E Chief Executive • H.E 2nd Vice President • Minister of Justice • Minister of Finance • Minister of Economy • H.E Advisor to the President On Infrastructure • NPC Members • Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A) NPC • NPA Director • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) • NPA Advisors • Facilitators • NPC Meetings • Observers • One Rep. from National Assembly Women Caucus • NPC-S Director • Head of Finance and Budget Commission of National Assembly • NPA Policy Director • Afghanistan civil society members (IWA) • Case Presenter • Relevant Procurement Entity • (Leadership plus Technical Team)

  7. NPC Achievements • NPC held 184 consecutive weekly sessions chaired by H.E. the President • More than 4039 contracts have been submitted to the NPC • NPC approved more than 3453 of these contracts • The total value of these approved contracts are more than 8.4 Billion USD Achievements

  8. Regulatory and Policy Reform: • Procurement Law amended and endorsed • Rules of Procedures amended and approved • Procurement Regulation developed • SBDs revised and newly developed • Framework Agreement Mechanism and SBDs developed • Circulars on new matters issued • Standard Operating Procedures developed for ARC and Debarment Committee • Domestic Preference Policy increased by 25% • Structures of Procurement Entities and Terms of References of Procurement positions for over 1000 positions of the civil service standardized • The vendor registration and classification have been started Procurement Policies

  9. Zero Tolerance for Corruption! • NPA Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan • NPA Asset Declaration Policy • NPA Declaration of Conflict of Interest Policy • NPA Open Door Policy • NPA Coalition For Reform to Tackle Corruption Integrity

  10. Afghanistan Government Electronic and Open Procurement System (AGEOPS) A Gateway Towards Governance in the Sunshine Developed by Indigenous Capacity of Young Afghans https://ageops.net

  11. Organizational Structure NPI at a Glance

  12. Procurement Professionalization 1 Standardization of P. Structures and ToRs National Procurement Institute (NPI) • 59 PEs 2 Recruitment of Competent Staff (Mass Recruitment) • Positions Announced: 697 • Candidates Applied: 8175 • New Recruits: 697 Resolution No. 9 of the IRA dated 3/8/2016 2 Provide Professional Training (NPI) • Basic and Intermediate Training Provided to New Recruits

  13. Procurement Professionalization Standard TOR for NPI Functions World-class Certification Mechanism 5-Year Procurement Professionalization Strategy National Procurement Institute (NPI) Training of Trainers (TOT) M&E Framework Standardized Curriculum

  14. The 5-Year Procurement Professionalization Strategy Balkh NO. of Sessions: 58 NO. of Trainees: 975 • Herat: • NO. of Sessions: 58 • NO. of Trainees: 975 National Procurement Institute (NPI) Kabul • NO of sessions: 326 • NO. of trainees: 5400 • Kandahar: • NO. of Sessions: 58 • NO. of Trainees: 975 Total NO. of Sessions: 500 Total NO. of Trainees: 8325

  15. Our Curriculum - PPMC National Procurement Institute (NPI)

  16. Our Curriculum - IPMC National Procurement Institute (NPI)

  17. Our Curriculum - APMC National Procurement Institute (NPI)

  18. Our Curriculum – Non-Certificated Training National Procurement Institute (NPI)

  19. Our Resource Persons • NPI trainers are also supported by a bank of Resource Persons (RPs). • RPs are experts, practitioners or academics from: • National Procurement Authority • The World Bank and Asian Development Bank etc. National Procurement Institute (NPI)

  20. Academic Collaborations • Kabul University • Kabul Polytechnic University • Civil Service Commission • American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) • ICPS of Bangor University – UK • ITCILO – Italy • CIPS • University of Rome Tor Vergata - Italy Our Strategic Partners

  21. NPI Appreciated by H. E the President of Afghanistan NPC Meeting # 170 of Nov 4, 2018

  22. Major Issues and Challenges All the successes were no short of challenges and they are summarized as follows: • Resistance to change • Efforts by the mafia to sabotage reform process • Threats to NPA and its staff • Shortage of capacity at PEs level • Lack of professional and big companies in Afghanistan to implement the large projects. Challenges

  23. Future Plan • Enhance the capacity of procurement staff (certify procurement cadres) • Develop NPI’s website and database management system • Develop eLearning platform • Establish procurement library • Establish NPI’s provincial offices Future Plan Implementation of reform = Tackling of corruption

  24. Questions & Recommendations for Afghanistan Procurement System ? Thank you! The transparency door is open in public procurement

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