The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) forum is an opportunity for peer learning and experience sharing among public procurement agencies of participating counties in public procurement. The 2024 forum focuses on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and discusses how public procurement can be leveraged to achieve countries’ sustainability goals and accelerate sustainable development. The theme recognizes that EAP countries are critical to global efforts to combat climate change. EAP accounts for one third of GHG emissions and 60% of coal consumption globally and remains highly exposed to climate risks. The region includes 13 of the world’s 30 most climate-vulnerable countries and accounts for 70% of the world’s natural disaster losses, affecting more than 1.6 billion people since 2000. Several EAP countries have also prioritized the growth of small and medium enterprises and the participation of women in national economies, both of which can be catalyzed through SPP.
Recognizing that countries are at different stages of implementation, cross-country experience sharing would be beneficial for the countries. The selected forum topics cover the full spectrum of SPP and are an opportunity for countries to share their opportunities and challenges in adopting and implementing SPP and how these are being addressed. It will also discuss success stories from different countries at the different stages. This forum is an invaluable platform for exchanging ideas, exploring innovative approaches, putting knowledge to action, and fostering collaborations that will drive forward the agenda of sustainability in public procurement processes.
- AGENDA
- SPEAKERS
- PRESENTATIONS
- VIDEOS
- RELATED
Theme: Accelerating Sustainable Development through Sustainable Public Procurement
Day 1 - May 7, 2024
Time |
Topic |
Presenters / Panelists |
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9.00 M to 10.00 AM |
Welcome and Opening Ceremony (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Welcome |
Hiba Tahboub & Diomedes Berroa EAP Procurement Managers, World Bank |
Korea Public Procurement Service |
LIM, KI KEUN Administrator of Public Procurement Service, Korea |
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World Bank |
Samia Msadek, Director, Strategy and Operations, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank (Via Zoom) | ||
Korea Government |
Huingchul Lim Director General, Treasury Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Korea |
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10.00 AM to 10.30 AM |
Rationale for SPP and the EAP Forum (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
World Bank |
Hiba Tahboub, EAP Procurement Manager, World Bank (Read the presentation) |
11.00 AM to 11.30 AM |
Trends in SPP (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter |
Christopher Mark Browne Ag. Chief Procurement Officer, World Bank (Read the presentation) |
11.30 AM to 12.30 PM |
Topic 1: Are Roadmaps, Strategies, and Policies Essential for Effective SPP? (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Rowena Candice Ruiz, Executive Director, Government Procurement Policy Board, the Philippines (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Saimoni Veramu, Head of Procurement, Procurement Office, Fiji Nakhalin Vorasarn, Deputy Director, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Lao PDR Patricia Mongkhonvanit, Comptroller-General, Comptroller General's Department, Thailand |
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Moderators: |
Aamir Mir, Manager of Project Procurement & Financial Management, Islamic Development Bank | ||
1.30 PM to 3.00 PM |
Topic 2: How to Build Stakeholder Support for SPP (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Zhang Xiaohui, Head of international Cooperation Office of CEC, Secretariat of International Green Purchasing Network (Read the presentation) Wilasinee Poonuchaphai, Project Co-Director, German Corporation for International Cooperation (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Ahmad Fauzi Sungip, Head of Government Procurement Policy Section, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia Anne-Claire Howard, Procurement Director, United Nations Office for Project Services |
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Moderators: |
Anand Kumar Srivastava, Chief of Procurement Division, New Development Bank |
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3.30 PM to 5.00 PM |
Topic 3: Experience with Promoting Development of Small and Medium Enterprises through SPP (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Ma Siteng, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance, China (Virtually) (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Dwi Wahyuni Kartianingsih, Director, National Public Procurement Agency, Indonesia Giikhnaran Ganbold, Director General, Procurement Policy and Coordination Division, Mongolia Pham Hung Anh, Head of International Cooperation Division, Public Procurement Agency, Vietnam |
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Moderators: |
Priscilla Torres, Chief of Project Procurement, International Fund for Agricultural Development |
Day 2 - May 8, 2024
9.00 AM to 10.30 AM |
Topic 4: Lessons from Gender Responsive Procurement (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Dwi Wahyuni Kartianingsih, Director, National Public Procurement Agency, Indonesia (Read the presentation) Adam Rubinfield, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank Corporate Procurement (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
George Iapson, Chairman of Central Tenders Board, Vanuatu Anne-Claire Howard, Procurement Director, United Nations Office for Project Services Leslie Penibanga, Assistant Accountant General, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Solomon Islands Chilakapati Sivakumar, Executive Director, NTPC Ltd, India (Read the presentation 1, presentation 2) |
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Moderators: |
Hongbin Jiang, Principal Procurement Policy Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
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11.00 AM to 12.30 PM |
Topic 5: Approaches to Monitoring Progress, Measuring, and Evaluating the Impact of SPP (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Saera Pak, Deputy Director, New Growth Procurement Planning Division, PPS Korea (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Ahmad Fauzi Sungip, Head of Government Procurement Policy Section, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia Rowena Candice Ruiz, Executive Director, Government Procurement Policy Board, the Philippines Shanker Lal, Lead Procurement Specialist, World Bank |
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Moderators: |
Kai Hofmann, Project Director, German Corporation for International Cooperation |
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1.30 PM to 3.00 PM |
Topic 6: How to Build Capacity in SPP Across Government and Markets (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Catherine Caldwell, Director, Circular Economy Division, Australia (Virtually) (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Liu Xiaofei, Deputy Director of Certification Department, China Environmental United Certification Center Nguyen The Vinh, Vice President, Academy of Policy and Development, Vietnam Nari Kim, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Procurement |
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Moderators: |
Michael Osborne, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank |
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3.30 PM to 5.00 PM |
Topic 7: Leveraging E-procurement and other Technologies to Drive SPP (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Binna Kim, Director, Fair Procurement Management Division, PPS Korea (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Yulianto Prihandoyo, Director, National Public Procurement Agency, Indonesia Batzul Tsedenbal, Director General, State Procurement Agency, Mongolia Maria Dionesia Rivera-Guillermo, Deputy Executive Director, Government Procurement Policy Board, the Philippines Hyongsik Lee, Director General, Fair Procurement Bureau, PPS Korea |
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Moderators: |
Howard Centenary, Lead Procurement Specialist, World Bank |
Day 3 - May 9, 2024
| Time | Topic | Presenters / Panelists |
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9.00 AM to 10.30 AM |
Topic 8: The Next Frontier: How SPP can Contribute to Reducing Carbon Emissions (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Presenter: |
Galiya Ismakova, Director of Procurement Division 2, Asian Development Bank (Read the presentation) |
Discussants / Panelists: |
Zhang Lishuai, Director, Ministry of Finance, China (Virtually) (Read the presentation) Anne-Claire Howard, Procurement Director, United Nations Office for Project Services Christopher Mark Browne, Ag. Chief Procurement Officer, World Bank (Read the presentation) Dr. Tae Yong Jung, Professor of Yonsei University, Korea |
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Moderators: |
Jukwan Lee, Director National Center for APEC Studies, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
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11.00 AM to 12.30 PM |
Closing Ceremony, Evaluation and Selection of next Host Country (Watch the livestream via Zoom) |
Panelists |
Christopher Mark Browne, Ag. Chief Procurement Officer, World Bank Hiba Tahboub, EAP Procurement Manager, World Bank Aamir Mir, Manager of Project Procurement & Financial Management, Islamic Development Bank Anand Kumar Srivastava, Chief of Procurement Division, New Development Bank Priscilla Torres, Chief of Project Procurement, International Fund for Agricultural Development Hongbin Jiang, Principal Procurement Policy Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Kai Hofmann, Project Director, German Corporation for International Cooperation Galiya Ismakova, Director of Procurement Division 2, Asian Development Bank Bongki Shin, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Division, PPS Korea |
Moderator: |
Diomedes Berroa, EAP Procurement Manager, World Bank | ||
| Closing remarks and handover: | Inseung Choi, Director of International Cooperation Division |
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Day 1:
- Empowering Change through knowledge sharing: Advancing Sustainable Procurement in EAP by Hiba Tahboub
- Trends in Sustainable Public Procurement by Christopher Mark Browne
- Accelerating Sustainable Develpment Through Sustainable Public Procurement by Rowena Candice M. Ruiz
- How to Build Stakeholder Support for SPP by Zhang Xiaohui
- How to Build Stakeholder Support for SPP by Wilasinee Poonuchaphai
- Experience on Promoting Development of SMEs by Ma Siteng
Day 2:
- Enhancing Women's Participation in Public Procurement by Dwi Wahyuni Kartianingsih
- From Vision to Impact: Reflecting on 5 Years of Supplier Diversity and Inclusion at the WBG and Charting the Path Ahead by Adam Rubinfield
- Presentation 1 and Presentation 2 on Lessons from Gender Responsive Procurement by Chilakapati Sivakumar
- Building Capacity in Environmentally Sustainable Procurement by Catherine Caldwell
- E-Procurement for SPP: The Experience of Public Procurement Service in Korea by Binna Kim
- The Next Frontier: How Sustainable Public Procurement Can Contribute to Reducing Green House Gas Emissions by Galiya Ismakova
- Presentation on the Next Frontier: How SPP can Contribute to Reducing Carbon by Zhang Lishaui
- Net Zero: Reducing Scope 3 Emissions Through Procurement by Christopher Mark Browne
Day 1:
- Opening Ceremony
- Presentations on the Rationale for SPP and the EAP Forum
- Trends in SPP & Topic 1 Are Roadmaps, Strategies, and Policies Essential for Effective SPP
- Topic 2: How to Build Stakeholder Support for SPP
- Topic 3: Experience with Promoting Development of Small and Medium Enterprises through SPP
Day 2:
- Topic 4: Lessons from Gender Responsive Procurement
- Topic 5: Approaches to Monitoring Progress, Measuring, and Evaluating the Impact of SPP
- Topic 6: How to Build Capacity in SPP Across Government and Markets
- Topic 7: Leveraging E procurement and other Technologies to Drive SPP
Day 3:
Date: May 07 - 09, 2024 ET
Location: Seoul, Korea and Online