Table 4 Benefits and beneficiaries of electronic government procurement

The Bank publishes periodic Country Procurement Assessment Reports available on its web site and, as earlier noted, promotes e commerce platforms in public procurement agencies in the recipient countries.

Beyond that, the example already provided by IAPSO's e commerce platform shows the way forward.

Capacity building in public procurement agencies in the recipient countries

Thus, enhancing expertise within the organizations in e procurement systems and operations should equip procurement officials with additional knowledge and skills needed to boost similar capacities in the recipient countries, as explained below.

The paper cites the example of the Republic of Korea's Government Electronic Procurement System which cost US 26 million to develop but saves US 2.7 billion of all government procurement valued at US 17.1 billion.

The choice of the approach, to a large degree, will depend on the Working Group's view on which types of purchases will be eligible for procurement using ERAs.

As the procurement agent of the Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility (GDF), IAPSO has used its e commerce application effectively to deliver drugs around the world, valued in 2002 at US 11 million.

(b) Three Procurement Assistants, national General Service staff (new posts)

Michael S. Hart (1971) Despite the extensive earlier history, several publications report Michael S. Hart as the inventor of the e book.

These included the food safety agency, the public procurement agency, the procurement review board, the market surveillance agency, the information society agency and the institutes for standardization, metrology and intellectual property.

In April 2004, the General Legal Division made a presentation on the General Conditions of Contract at a conference in New York, arranged by the Procurement Service for chiefs of procurement from peacekeeping and other field offices.

UNICEF agrees to benchmark its procurement services with United Nations and other public procurement services, considering each organization's specificities to determine whether the level of its handling charge for cost recovery is appropriate.

Taking this into account, the Advisory Committee recommends approval of posts for one Procurement Assistant (Field Service) three Procurement Assistants (national General Service staff) and two Procurement Assistants (United Nations Volunteers).

Simplifying customs procedures and opening up markets for public procurement could bring further benefits.

In paragraph 272, the Board recommended that the UNICEF procurement services benchmark with United Nations and other public procurement services, considering each organization's specificities, to determine whether the level of its handling charge for cost recovery is appropriate.

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Consequently, no special policies and rules have yet been devised specifically for this method of procurement that requires a special regulatory regime encompassing issues of security, electronic signatures, system integrity, backup arrangements, etc.

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1 P 5, 1 GS OL

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65 NS (28 NSc),

Indeed, the benefits identified by the organizations are quite similar to those observed in a World Bank paper entitled Electronic Government Procurement (e GP) and reproduced in Table 4.

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

The Procurement Goldmine

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(h) Procurement and supply

Procurement and contracting

Some countries have published guidelines on the public procurement of timber from sustainably managed forests.

(a) The International Federation of Purchasing and Materials Management had changed its name to International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management

The Board took note of changes in the names of certain non governmental organizations that already enjoyed observer status with UNCTAD, as follows

15. Notes the promotion by the Procurement Division of the voluntary principles of the corporate social responsibility initiative, the Global Compact, within the United Nations procurement framework, and requests the Secretary General, as appropriate, to report to the General Assembly for further consideration

The public procurement system could be a practical instrument in the hands of municipalities to tender contracts to local small scale service providers.

1. Welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Public Administration Online Network as a powerful tool made available to Member States for the exchange of information and experience in public administration

1 P 5, 1 P 4, 2 P 3, 1 P 3,a 1 GS (OL), 9 NO, 5 NO,a 1 NS, 15 NS,a 9 UNV, 11 UNVa

Adaptation to climate variability will be the only way forward in many destinations that are currently prime holiday spots.

With the exception of IAPSO, which has automated all its procurement stages and processes thanks to its UNWebBuy e commerce platform, all the organizations are still more or less at the e procurement start line.

) The Working Group may also wish to consider whether a description of what is meant by common or general use would be warranted, perhaps with reference to the accessibility standards discussed earlier in this Note.

In the systems that recognize ERAs as an optional phase, general procurement rules address the provision of solicitation documents.

In most jurisdictions, the general procurement rules apply to all methods, including ERAs.

The General Legal Division is proposing to conduct seminars in 2005 for the Procurement Service on software licence agreements, performance bonds and liquidated damages.

The passage of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Law on Public Procurement in September will put in place uniform procurement regulations for all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

To ensure that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations submits the consolidated acquisition plan to the Procurement Service by 1 June of each financial year, the Department has an internal goal of submitting all acquisition plans to the Procurement Service by 15 May.

This new government department brought the former Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) three main federal agencies with cybersecurity mandates into the same Ministry.

In February 2005, PSEPC created the Canadian Cyberincident Response Centre (CCIRC) to serve as a national focal point for coordinating cybersecurity incident response and monitoring the cyberthreat environment.