Please join us on March 3, 2021 for a discussion on how strengthening the skills of procurement staff can play an important role in fighting corruption and building trust in government.
Please join us on March 3, 2021 for a discussion on how strengthening the skills of procurement staff can play an important role in fighting corruption and building trust in government.
The World Bank has been supporting the professionalization of public procurement to help strengthen the skills and competencies of practitioners and make the delivery of goods, services, and works to citizens more efficient.
In Afghanistan, the National Procurement Authority, through Civil Services Commission, has developed a Procurement Cadre Regulation and recruited about 1000 procurement staff. The National Procurement Institute has developed systematic training, certification, and accreditation of staff. This was part of the Fiscal Performance Support Project with support from the World Bank.
In Nigeria, the World Bank-funded Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Project (SPESSE) is supporting six federal universities to graduate 21,240 students in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (PES). The project is also helping central government agencies to commence professionalization programs in PES.
Speakers:
Alham Omar Hotaki, CEO and Director General of the National Procurement Authority (NPA) of Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Naqshbandi, Deputy for Professionalization (NPA)
Dr. Joshua Atah, National Coordinator of the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project in Nigeria
Aliyu E. Aliyu, Director, Regulations, Database and ICT Department of Nigeria Bureau of Public Procurement
Expert Discussants:
Kim Phan, Director of the International Law Institute
Prof. Dermot Cahill, Head of Strategy, HelpUsTrade, and Former Founder Director, Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Bangor University, UK
Uwingeneye Joyeuse, Director General of Rwanda Public Procurement Authority
James Kaloki, Ag. CEO, Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, Nairobi, Kenya
Chair:
Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Governance Procurement, World Bank
Moderator:
A K Kalesh Kumar, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank
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8:00 | Welcome | Bayo Awosemusi, Lead Procurement Specialist |
8:05 | Address by Chair | Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Gov-Procurement |
8:10 | Opening Remarks | Elmas Arisoy, Practice Manager, Procurement (SAR) Felipe Goya, Practice Manager, Procurement (AFW) Hiba Tahboub, Practice Manager, Procurement (AFE) |
8:20 | Introduction by Moderator | A K Kalesh Kumar, Sr Procurement Specialist |
8:25 | Afghanistan Presentation | Alham Omar Hotaki, CEO and Ahmad Shah Naqshbandi, Deputy (Ops) National Procurement Authority, Govt. of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
8:45 | Bank’s Support in Afghanistan | Aimal Sherzad, Co-TTL & Sr Procurement Specialist |
8:50 | Nigeria Presentation | Joshua Atah, National Coordinator, SPESSE Project Nigeria and Aliyu E. Aliyu, Director, Regulations, Database and ICT Department of Nigeria |
9:10 | Bank’s Support in Nigeria | Sunday Osoba, Procurement Specialist |
9.15 | Expert’s Perspective | Kim Phan, Director International Law Institute Prof. Dermot Cahill, Head of Strategy, HelpUsTrade, and Former Founder Director, Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, Bangor University, UK. Uwingeneye Joyeuse, Director General of Rwanda Public Procurement Authority James Kaloki, Ag. CEO, Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, Nairobi, Kenya |
9:35 | Q&A session | Managed by Moderator & Communication Team |
9:55 | Closing the session | Vinay Sharma, Director, Procurement |
Dr. Joshua Atah is the National Coordinator of the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project in Nigeria. In the last fourteen years, he has served in the same role on three other World Bank funded Projects in Nigeria. This is in addition to about twenty years of working experience with the National Universities Commission in Nigeria. Mr. Atah holds a Doctorate in Electronic Engineering from the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. He is registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and a member of several professional bodies, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), International Association of Engineers (IANG), etc. He has also published several research papers in the field of Biometrics, ICT and Electronic Engineering.
Mr. Aliyu E. Aliyu is a pioneer staff and Director, Regulations, Database and ICT Department of Nigeria Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). He has played key role in public procurement reforms in Nigeria. He served as the Project Procurement Officer for the closed World Bank-funded Economic Recovery and Governance Project, which provided the initial support for public procurement reforms in Nigeria. Prior to joining the BPP, MR. Aliyu practiced Quantity Surveying as a consultant with the multi-billion Dollar Dangote Holding Company. Mr. Aliyu serves on the Presidential Task Force on Power Reform and he is a member of the Millennium Sustainable Goals. Mr. Aliyu holds BSc degree in Quantity Surveying and MBA. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, a member of the Board of Trustees of Professional Procurement Association of Nigeria and member of American Association of Cost Engineers International.
Professor Dermot Cahill has over 25 years’ experience specializing on projects funded by major international organizations including the European Union and the multilateral banks, including the World Bank, where his work has focused on Governance, Institution-Strengthening, Capacity-Building and public procurement workforce optimization and professionalization. Over the years he served as a Consultant with the European Commission, Trade Lawyer with major Law Firms, and Professor at the National University of Ireland and the University of Wales, Bangor, UK Professor Cahill and was the Founder Director of Institute for Competition & Procurement Studies, in the Bangor University, for 9 years prior to taking up his current Directorship with HelpUsTrade. At HelpUsTrade (www.helpustrade.com) Professor Cahill helps clients with Procurement Professionalization challenges
Ms. Kim Phan served as the Executive Director of the International Law Institute for more than 15 years. She currently is the Director of Development and International Relations and also serves as the course advisor or co-course advisor for the ILI course on Leadership & Management in International Development, Legislative Strategic Management, and Procurement for Policy Makers. Prior to joining ILI, she served as the United States – Asia Environmental Partnership Technology Representative to the Asian Development Bank. Ms. Phan holds a BA from Allegheny College and an MSL from Northwestern University Law School.
Ms. Uwingeneye Joyeuse is the Director General of Rwanda Public Procurement Authority, A regulatory oversight body mandated to ensure organization, analysis and supervision in public procurement matters and to advise the Government and all public procurement organs on the policies and strategies in matters related to the organization of public procurement. Prior to joining the RPPA, Joyeuse has occupied various positions at the Rwanda Development Board and in the private sector since 2008. She is a board member for 2 public institutions and she is a holder of a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance (Financial sector Policy) and Bachelor of Economics.
Mr. James Kaloki is the Ag. CEO at Kenya Institute Of Supplies Management (KISM), Kenya. He has more than 20 years of experience in purchasing and supply management and had worked in many national and international agencies including Aga Khan Foundation, Mater Hospital, etc. James Kaloki is a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya and completed his bachelor degree in Business Studies from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Mr. Kaloki had initiated and undertaken many capacity development programs in public procurement and KISM delivers many national and international procurement training programs for procurement professionals from across Africa region countries and beyond, initiated under his leadership.