Prominent among these are the Public Procurement Act, the Financial Administration Act and the Internal Audit Agency Act.

In September, Chairman Bryant signed into law the Act creating the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, which contains provisions aimed at improving government procurement procedures.

See, e.g., the Public Procurement Law of Poland, article 75(2) and Purchase Contract Awards Act 2002 of Austria, para.

See Purchase Contract Awards Act 2002 of Austria, para. 116.10(4) and article 79(2) of the Public Procurement Law of Poland.

In some countries, public procurement is essentially regulated by internal rules and directives for financial and economic control of government administration adopted under a legislative act, for example a general finance administration act.

For example, the publication of a notice that a single source procurement or procurement without a competitive method in case of emergency is utilized has to be published under the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA), as amended, article 2, 2.2 4303, paras. E and F (available at http www.eva.state.va.us dps Manuals docs VPPA.pdf).

See, e.g., 7a of the Public Procurement Act of Norway, available at http odin.dep.no nhd norsk p10002767 p10002770 024081 990048 index dok000 b n a.html.

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Thirdly, it should considerably facilitate procurement reform and the pooling of procurement services.

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C. Procurement workshops

E. Procurement guidelines

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UNDP Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) already has an advanced e procurement platform.

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

About 20 per cent of such procurement is performed by field based peacekeeping procurement units.

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In the meantime, the Procurement Service will organize a second round of the advanced field procurement training programme to upgrade skills of procurement staff in the field missions.

Most of the organizations currently use e procurement for displaying or posting procurement information on their web sites, including procurement guidelines, and for communicating with suppliers and clients.

See, e.g., the Purchase Contract Awards Act 2002 of Austria, paras. 117.2 and 118.3 article 54(6) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC and article 79(3) of the Public Procurement Law of Poland.

The Procurement Service instead proposed an amendment to the Procurement Manual that would deal with the issue.

UNICEF finds that merging procurement services of various agencies into a single procurement facility is not feasible.

Transparency in procurement works wonders.