General Assembly

Registration

Hostesses/Senegal Public Procurement (ARMP)

OPENING CEREMONY – CHAIR: SENEGALESE AUTHORITY

Welcome Speech by Chairman of the African Public Procurement Network

Mr. Saer Niang

Public Procurement Network Opening Remarks by Sponsors

Mr. Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Procurement, the World Bank
Mr. Frank MVULA, Director of Fiduciary Services and Inspection Department, African Development Bank

Opening speech

Senegalese Authority

COFFEE BREAK/FAMILY PHOTO/MEETING WITH THE PRESS

Public Procurement – Future Economic and Social Impact

Mr. Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Procurement, the World Bank

Keynote Speech:Public procurement and sustainable development

Mr. Bogdan Puscas, President, National Procurement Agency, Romania

LUNCH BREAK

Panel Discussion: Disruptive technologies and their impact on public procurement

Moderator : Ms. Hiba Tahboub, Procurement Practice Manager, the World Bank
Speaker : Mr. Md. Faruque Hossain Executive Chairman ( Secretary)National Skill Development Authority (NSDA) Prime Minister’s Office
Government of Bangladesh
Discussants : Dr. Ramona Apostol, Senior Researcher at Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands
Mr. Hunt La Cascia, Senior Procurement Specialist (e-GP), The World Bank
Dr. Baye S. Diop, ARMP Senegal

COFFEE BREAK

Panel Discussion: Use of innovative procurement tools improve public procurement performance

The discussion will revolve around how the artificial intelligence could transform procurement, electronic procurement; Framework Agreements; electronic collection and use of data for performance measurement; open contract data, etc)

Moderator : M. Aftar Touré Morou, Secrétariat technique du RACOP (Directeur général, ARMP, Togo)

Speaker: : Dr. Ramona Apostol, Senior Researcher at Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands
Panelists : Mrs. Oumou Kalsom Ndiaye, President, Modelsis – Mr. Moustapha Y. Guèye, Telecom Engineer
● Mr. Bogdan Puscas, President, National Procurement Agency, Romania

Panel Discussion: Professionalization and capacity building of procurement workforce – essential for efficiency gains

Moderator : Mrs. Neila Myriam Conté Procurement Division Manager for North, West, Central Regions Fiduciary and Inspection Department
African Development Bank (AfDB)

Conférenciers: Mr. Benouna Larbi, Président of SETYM INTL, Canada – Professor Laurence Folliot Lalliot, University of Paris, Nanterre

PANELISTS : Nigeria – Cameroon – Mauritania
Mr. Md. Faruque Hossain Executive Chairman ( Secretary) National Skill Development Authority (NSDA) Prime Minister’s Office Government of Bangladesh

COFFEE BREAK

IPanel Discussion: Importance of Public Private Partnership (PPP) to public service delivery

Moderator : Mr. Felipe Goya, Procurement Practice Manager, the World Bank
Panelists : M. Pradeep Singh, PPP, India – M. Frédéric Choquette, PPP Specialist Canada – Professor Laurence Folliot Lalliot, University of Paris Nanterre, – Al hassan Diop, Director of Sustainable Procurement – South Africa

LUNCH BREAK

Panel Discussion: Environmentally and Socially Responsible Procurement

Moderator: Mr. José Luis Alfaro, Head of Procurement, European Investment Bank
Speaker:Dr. Ramona Apostol, Senior Researcher at Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands
Panelists : Uganda – ARMP Senegal: Mrs Takia Fall, Director, Regulation and Law Affairs – Mr. Basil Jones, Gender Program and Policy Coordinator, AfDB – Professor Laurence Folliot Lalliot, Smart Cities and Public Procurement – Dr. Eric KY, Chief, Public Procurement Reform Division, WAEMU

Using Open Contracting Data to Achieve Better Infrastructure & Service Delivery

Resource Persons: Ms.Lindsey Marchessault, Director of Data & Engagement, Open Contracting Partnership – Ms. Carey KLUTTZ. Head of Country Programs, Open Contracting Partnership – Ms. Idah Chella, Acting Director General, Zambia Public Procurement Authority – Mr. Benson Turamye, Executive Director of PPDA, Uganda

COFFEE BREAK

Three countries will showcase their successful use of innovative tools in their public procurement. Some topics to be selected from are: electronic procurement; professionalization and capacity building; public procurement performance measurement; public procurement monitoring including performance measurement; use of open contract data, etc.

Moderator : Mr. Ely Mahjoub, Director-General, ARMP Mauritania (Coordinator APPN Executive Committee)

Panel Members : Egypt – Ivory Coast – Morocco (e-GP) – ARMP Senegal: Mrs.. Poulméry Ba, Training and Technical Support Director

Panel Discussion: Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS II) – Mechanics and Benefits

Moderator: Mr. Paulo Magina, Head Procurement Unit, Public Sector Integrity Section, OECD
Speaker : Prof Dobrosav Milosovenic, University of Belgrade
Discussant : Mr. Ashraf Ayad, Lead Procurement Policy, AfDB

Working Groups – Rules and Expectations

Chair: Mr. Ibrahim Alassane Ba, President, ARMP Mali

Closing speech for the high level Forum on procurement

Mr. Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Procurement World Bank
Mr. Frank MVULA, Director of Fiduciary Services and Inspection Department
Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, Ministre déléguée des Marchés publics du Ghana
Mr. Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Minister of Health, Senegal

Opening Speech by Mr Vinay Sharma

FIVE WORKING GROUPS  : Each Group will discuss and formulate three implementable actions on the topics as follows :

• Group 1: How to make APPN an effective platform of knowledge exchange, learning and networking

• Group 2: Professionalization and capacity building

• Group 3: Gender equality in public procurement

• Group 4: Use of technology for public procurement

• Group 5: Harmonization of public procurement, including standards, documents, etc.

Each group will comprise the representatives of the member countries in the subregional networks as follows :
Group 1 – Subregional Network East
Group 2 – Subregional Network West
Group 3 – Subregional Network North
Group 4 – Subregional Network South
Group 5 – Subregional Network Center

Each Group will elect a chair/moderator and a rapporteur

Moderator: Mr. Youssouf Sakho, Consultant Former Director General, ARMP Senegal

COFFEE BREAK

Groups report to the plenary

The Technical Secretariat will record the recommendations and convert them into regional and subregional action plans.

LUNCH BREAK

APPN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

• Presentation of technical and financial report, and discussions (Technical Secretary, APPN)

• Adoption of Regulation

• Election of new Chair

• Identification of host country for the Second General Assembly and selection of theme

CLOSING CEREMONY

• Final communique

• Expression of thanks

• Closing speech by Saer Niang, Director General, Senegal Public Procurement

• Speech by new Chair of the Network

• Clément AHOSSI, Procurement Division Manager for Eastern and Southern Regions, AfDB

• Neila Myriam Conté, Procurement Division Manager for North, West, Central Regions

• Hiba Tahboub, Procurement Manager (Africa – East), The World Bank

• Felipe Goya, Procurement Manager (Africa – West), The World Bank

• Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo ( MP), Minister for Public Procurement, Ghana

• Closing speech by Senegalese Authority

MEETING WITH PRESS

Outgoing And Incoming Network Chairs

VISITS AND SOCIAL EVENT

Public Procurement Institute (IRMAP)

Delegates

VISIT TO THE MONUMENT – AFRICA RENAISSANCE

Delegates

LUNCH

Delegates

VISIT TO THE GOREE USLAND

Delegates