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SIGMA Assistance to Public Procurement Reform in IPA and ENPI regions

SIGMA Assistance to Public Procurement Reform in IPA and ENPI regions. Presentation by: Piotr-Nils Gorecki , Senior Advisor (SIGMA). Sigma joint EU/OECD Programme (1992) financed principally by EU implemented by OECD to assist beneficiaries countries EU candidates

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SIGMA Assistance to Public Procurement Reform in IPA and ENPI regions

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  1. SIGMAAssistance to Public ProcurementReform in IPA and ENPI regions Presentation by: Piotr-Nils Gorecki, Senior Advisor (SIGMA).

  2. Sigma joint EU/OECD Programme (1992) financed principally by EU implemented by OECD to assist beneficiaries countries EU candidates EU potential candidates EU neighbourhood What is Sigma?

  3. What is SIGMA II Basic Parameters: Two similar contracts bind OECD and EU with different values, durations, geography and beneficiary legal frameworks. The contracts distribute decision rights between the parties. • INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION (IPA) • EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD (ENPI) • Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro Serbia, Turkey • East – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine • South – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria. • Budget split East/South 50/50 • IPA Legal relation with Europe: Accession or pre-accession status. Operating under Stabilisation and Association Agreements or as candidates requiring alignment with EU acquis. • ENPI Legal relation with Europe: Association agreements and various levels of trade agreement. Morocco (and probably shortly Tunisia) operating under “enhanced status” requiring approximation to the EU acquis.

  4. What needs to be done • Design a legal and administrative framework that facilitates the integration of myriad procurement entities throughout the public sector into a functional and coherent network • Ensure that government purchasing entities employ trained personnel who understand the need for efficient procurement systems • Invest heavily in systems which provide adequate access to data and information, and which facilitate professional networking within the public sector. • Give suppliers access to training and information that promote their competitiveness, which in turn strengthens the market economy. • Design and implement effectivemechanisms to curbfraud, waste, abuseand corruption, which threaten public procurement systems in all countries and impede competition.

  5. Sigma Method of working • Practitioner to practitioner • Small short term actions in long term relationship • “Just in time” delivery • Procedurally efficient • Ownership driven • Assessments

  6. Assistance by SIGMA in PP • Advice on reforms, design and implementation of strategic development plans; • Peer reviews/assistance; • Analysis and assessment of legal frameworks, methodologies, systems and institutions; • Training; • Methodological, technical and strategic input to optimise external assistance; • Support to networks (regional, bi-lateral); • Drafting of training handbooks and other reference materials.

  7. Sigma: other public procurement activities Publications on issues of general interest • Central public procurement structures and capacities • Review and remedies systems in EU member states • Central Purchasing Bodies in the EU • Comprehensive Training Manual - Policy Briefs • Regional PP/Concessions Conferences

  8. ENPI examples • Morocco: legislation and setting up training system for pro • Tunisia: training on sustainable and on electronic procurement • Armenia: Support to public procurement • Armenia - Support to concessions/PPPs reform in 2009/2010 • Azerbaijan - Support to PPO, including e-procurement • Georgia- Assessment and system developement recommandations • Lebanon – training and TA developement • Ukraine – Assistance to the legislative process for the adoption of a revised public procurement law

  9. Public procurement reformToday's focus • detailed regulation of procurement • transposing and implementing the “acquis” or international standards correctly • building control functions • building sufficient central capacity and institutions • implementation support to contracting entities and economic operators • implementation of new procurement techniques (e-procurement)

  10. General observations • Strong interest in the new instruments, such as e-procurement, but the timing questionable • The central institutional set-ups- PPO and review bodies - in progress- but still a fundamental lack of capacity and capability to support the efficient functioning of the public procurement systems

  11. Lessons learnt • Reform mainly focuses on legal alignment and institutional set-up Advances comparably fast • Legislation-primary and secondary- generally fails to reflect correctly the operational needs • Risks for overregulation and formalism, which may endanger efficiency

  12. www.sigmaweb.org

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