MAPS: The Universal Tool for Assessing Procurement Systems

1. MAPS The Universal Tool for Assessing Public Procurement Systems

2. Weight of GDP

3. Impact

4. MAPS is… …the international standard and universal tool to evaluate any public procurement system anywhere in the world.

5. MAPS offers support

6. MAPS is part of an assessment system Assessing economic & financial governance Governments need to evaluate their economic and financial systems to: Ensure accountability Report to their constituents Identify opportunities for reform Monitor progress

7. Elements of the Methodology

8. MAPS Suite and supplementary modules The MAPS Suite includes: MAPS core tool to assess the procurement system as a whole Guidance and templates to support the assessment A quality assurance mechanism ensured through the MAPS Secretariat Supplementary modules to focus and deepen the analysis on a specific aspect

9. Good practices for assessments

10. MAPS Process: Milestones 5 4 7 1 2 3 6

11. Additional information

12. Legend R = Responsible A = Accountable C = Consulted I = Informed Phase 1 Template 4 Template 2, 3 Template 6 Phase 2 Template 8 Phase 3 Phase 5 Phase 4 Template 10 Phase 6 Phase 7 Phase 8

13. Suite of MAPS documents and guidance • MAPS Core methodology: • User’s Guide, • Analysis of Country Context, • Indicator Framework • Supplementary modules • Guidance, tools and templates

14. Origin of MAPS Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) wasdeveloped as collective effort of development partners and partner countries in 2003/2004 Adopted in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 as a common tool to assess national procurement systems and provide a basis for capacity development and improvement of the system Used in dozens of countries to identify and address risks when channelling aid through country systems

15. MAPS in a changing procurement landscape 10+ years of experience by various MAPS users Modern concepts of public procurement Adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 12, amongst others) International community as a manager of the MAPS – a consensual approach

16. Objectives for Revising MAPS • Demand-driven approach: individual reform needs in focus • Make assessments universally accepted • Reducing assessment burden and costs • Decouple from a country’s development status • Offer an independent quality control mechanism for certified MAPS assessments • MAPS Secretariat

17. Revising MAPS: Governance Structure and Technical Input • Working group of international experts • Developing countries, developed countries including bilateral aid agencies, and multilateral development banks and donors • Time-bound Secretariat of the working group entrusted to the OECD (Directorate of Public Governance) • Broader (global) public consultation through OECD online and on-site mechanisms and committees

18. Revising MAPS: Schedule and Implementation • 2015 – 2017: Work to revise MAPS core tool, including public consultations and drafting new supplementary modules (for further information cf. below) • International conference hosted by Senegal in November 2016 • Pilot assessments in Senegal, Chile, Norway (2017) • Development of six supplementary modules by sub-working groups (2017) • 2018: Agreement on the establishment and financing of an independent MAPS Secretariat hosted by the OECD • Interim period (until MAPS Secretariat is operational): • Commence testing of supplementary modules; • Initiate MAPS assessments worldwide; and, • Develop suite of supporting documents and templates (by special purpose sub-working group for broader consultation)

19. www.mapsinitiative.orgcontact@mapsinitiative.org MAPS assessments can be conducted for any public procurement system upon request. The MAPS initiative is supported by the MAPS Stakeholder Group and the MAPS Secretariat