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Table 4. Compliance and Performance Indicators in Zambia: a high risk areaSub-Indicator Compliance and Performance Indicator Compliance and Performance Data1 (c) Percentage of invitations for open tenders publiclyadvertised36.67%1 (e) Percentage of tenders rejected in each process. 77%1 (g) Percentage of open tenders opened publicly andrecorded.6 (c) Percentage of contracts found with incomplete recordsas per the list given for this sub indicator keeping.66.66%56.67%The Philippines summarised all existing and proposed initiatives and recommendations to addressthe areas for improvement based on the BLI assessment and included other actions from earlier CPARstudies. High risk areas were identified and prioritized in the Proposed Capacity Development Plan, asshown in Table 5:Table 5. The Philippines’ proposed Procurement Capacity Development PlanHigh risk areaThere are no established norms at the national level forrecord keeping and document retention for the conductof procurement audits or for investigating andprosecuting cases of procurement-related fraud andcorruption.The absence of an administrative complaint body tohandle appeals that has full authority andindependence for resolution of complaints. There is noindependent administrative body or special courtestablished to review procurement-related complaintsand appeals outside of the courts.Proposed Capacity Development PlanThe Capacity Development Plan will include aprogramme for the establishment of policies andprocedures for record keeping and management forprocurement, contract and financial managementrelatedtransactions for government agencies.A review of policies and procedures for procurementrelatedcomplaints and appeals will be conducted withthe following options:a) to study other countries’ best practices;b) to create, possibly, an independent administrativereview body;c) to mine the expertise of an existing administrativebody with the appropriate mandate; ord) to review the reasonableness of the protest fee.In the proposed Procurement Capacity Development Plan, medium risk areas and low risk areas were alsoaddressed. The plan indicates a key result area and recommended action/measure. On an action/measure base itspecifies the following: BLI indicator; specific weaknesses; responsible entity; funding source; schedule.Establishing a capacity development planMany pilot countries have used the assessment results to draft a capacity development plan.Recommended actions address the individual level, the organisational level and the enablingenvironment. Box 10 gives an exemplary list of capacity building measures which correspond to thedifferent levels as presented in the individual assessment reports on hand.50 COMPENDIUM OF COUNTRYEXAMPLES AND LESSONS LEARNED […] - © OECD 2008