Public procurement training

A five-day training course in Public Procurement will take place in Belize City on from 7th to 11th November, 2016 at the Belize Biltmore Plaza.  The opening programme will start at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 7th November, 2016. Director General, Leroy Almendarez will deliver opening remarks. Media houses are invited to attend the opening session.
This course will benefit officials in Government Ministries, State tender boards and other agencies working in the field of Public Procurement. Enhanced knowledge of Public Procurement is vital in the context of Procurement reforms and bilateral trade agreements where Public Procurement is increasingly on the agenda, especially the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The course will equip the public officials participating with knowledge of the broader context within which national procurement policies operate and with the tools needed to develop professional procurement systems and practices. The course will also enhance policy makers’ expertise in the field and provide the means with which they can promote the use of international best practice in procurement.
The training course is an output of the CARIFORUM-EU Capacity Building Project that is funded under the 10th EDF.  The project’s overall objective is to support CARIFORUM Member States’ beneficial integration in the world economy. Specifically, it seeks to help Member States to implement their EPA commitments in the areas of Competition, Procurement and Customs and Trade Facilitation. A consortium led by Equinoccio (Spain) which includes the London School of Economics (UK), SGS (Netherlands) and Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands) is implementing the project.