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.

The savings were offset in part by additional expenditure pertaining to the acquisition of equipment, procurement action in respect of which was not completed in the previous period owing to long procurement lead times.

Capacity building in public procurement agencies in the recipient countries

The problem is essentially two fold lack of affirmative procurement actions in favour of recipient countries and institutions, and the organizations' very limited public procurement capacity building projects in those countries.

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

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.

Procurement

Comment by the Administration. The Information Technology Services Division and the Procurement Service of the Office of Central Support Services have taken action to ensure that all aspects of agreements with third parties are adequately controlled.

Procurement Unit

1 P 5, 1 GS OL

Senegal

65 NS (28 NSc),

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.

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

The Procurement Goldmine

Procurement report

(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

Recourse to the United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly and International Court of Justice for further action.

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

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.

The general principles referred to in point 1 are analysed during the targeting procedure.

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.

Public procurement and management of public finances

Procurement at international organizations

Procurement Section (8 new posts)

Aggregate procurement value and trends

Finally, public purchases of domestic assets to stabilize asset prices and net capital flows will become increasingly common.

A successor body, the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, has already been identified to replace the Contracts and Monopolies Commission as from 1 January 2006.

Instances of bribery, theft of public funds and corruption continue to be reported and appear to be on the increase, particularly in the areas of procurement and customs. At the first meeting of the consultative group (see para.

Having considered the note by the President of the General Assembly on the procedures for the appointment of inspectors of the Joint Inspection Unit,

Chapter I Matters calling for action by or brought to the attention of the General Assembly

In December 2002, the General Legal Division proposed to the Procurement Service that a team composed of the requisitioner, the Procurement Service and the Office of Legal Affairs should be convened at an early stage in the procurement process so that major legal issues that were likely to arise could be addressed.