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Background and Purpose of this PaperIn 2002, the OECD-DAC and the World Bank established the Round Table on StrengtheningProcurement Capacities in Developing Countries with the aim to create better tools and techniques tostrengthen public procurement in developing countries. In 2005, the JV on Procurement was set upwith a mandate to fulfil the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and its commitments to strengthennational procurement systems, support capacity development and use local country systems. In thecontext of supporting procurement reforms, the “Methodology for Assessment of NationalProcurement Systems” was developed as a tool to assess procurement systems 2 .The Methodology has been field tested in many of the 22 developing countries (“pilot countries”).First, regional workshops were held in Kampala and Lima to expand the understanding and usage ofthe Methodology among African and Latin American countries. In early 2007, specific orientation andguidance workshops were organised in Nairobi, Jakarta and Yaoundé. 3 for the pilot countries in Africaand Asia. A further workshop was held in Paris in September 2007, for any other potential adherentsto the Paris Declaration. The pilot countries (and additional countries that used the Methodology) thathave applied the Methodology have readily shared their experiences and recommendations on theprocess and the results of applying the Methodology. They each submitted a monitoring report toOECD-DAC and presented their country experiences at the JV on Procurement meetings inCopenhagen in September 2007 and in Arusha in May 2008. In this process, a variety of experiences,and initial lessons learned have been brought to light as well as some areas that still require furtherguidance. 4It is also useful to note the growing collaboration in strengthening good public governance throughprocurement reforms between the OECD Public Governance Committee and the OECD/DAC JointVenture on Procurement. The OECD has taken a multi-disciplinary approach on this issue with the234The Methodology for the Assessment of National Procurement Systems was developed under theOECD-DAC/World Bank Round Table on Strengthening Procurement Capacities in DevelopingCountries and the Joint Venture for Procurement with financial support of the OECD-DAC, the WorldBank and the IADB. See www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness.These regional workshops were organised jointly by the OECD-DAC, the ADB, the AfDB, the IADBand the UNDP.It has to be noted that the experiences and case studies presented in this paper are mainly based onreports received between May 2007 and June 2008 (interim reports, assessment reports andmonitoring reports sent to OECD and posted on the OECD website) and experiences shared at theJoint Venture on Procurement meetings in Copenhagen (September 2007) and Arusha (May 2008).Some pilot countries are still in the process of finalising their assessment. Others may, in themeantime, have progressed in implementing their capacity development plans. Updates on the initialpilot country reports and capacity development strategies are expected, as well as additional countryassessment reports of “non-pilot” countries. At the time of drafting the present paper, this informationwas not available. Therefore, the country cases presented may not always be complete or may notfully reflect latest developments. As information on the further progress is shared, the country casestudies will be updated.COMPENDIUM OF COUNTRY EXAMPLES AND LESSONS LEARNED […] - OECD 2008 9
view to foster policy dialog and mutual learning between countries at various levels of development.In June 2008, the Public Governance Committee agreed to recommend the OECD Principles forEnhancing Integrity in Public Procurement for approval by the OECD Council end-2008. It is hopedthis approval will also facilitate closer cooperation between the Public Governance Committee and theJoint Venture and with non-member countries to enhance integrity in public procurement. The OECDPrinciples form a backdrop against which the application of the Methodology occurs; they are attachedas Annex C. While they are aimed at OECD member countries as an OECD recommendation, willalso be offered to non-member, partner countries as a suggested input for consideration in theirprocurement reform processes.The scope of this document is limited to sharing experiences in using the Methodology (Volume 1).Country examples from the pilot exercises and from other applications are used as case studies. A listof countries that have shared their experiences in using the Methodology together with an outline ofthe specific country context and certain national characteristics of the exercise is provided in Annex A.Useful background information drawn from various sources is listed.Further volumes will be added to this document as more pilot countries complete the exercise, as aresult more lessons will be learned and good practices will emerge.The document has been revised on the basis of comments and suggestions received at the Thirdmeeting of the Joint Venture on Procurement, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania, 5-7 May 2008,where a draft version was presented to and discussed with participants.10 COMPENDIUM OF COUNTRY EXAMPLES AND LESSONS LEARNED […] - OECD 2008
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