Live Event: Presenting Recommendations and Action Plans of MAPS-II Assessment
Please join us for a cross-country experience-sharing on strengthening public procurement systems in Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Mozambique through the Methodology for Assessment Procurement Systems (MAPS). MAPS is the universal tool to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a public procurement system and to support the development of recommendations and an action plan for future reforms.
Overview
With support from the Global Public Procurement Multi-Donor Trust Fund (GPP –MDTF), Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Mozambique have successfully completed the MAPS exercise. To some degree, the implementation process of a MAPS assessment is similar across countries. It generally comprises of assessing the legal and regulatory frameworks for public procurement, the institutional framework, market practices, and the accountability, integrity, and transparency of the public procurement system. The findings, recommendations, and next steps, however, are typically starkly different and highlight broader and more entrenched public financial management issues specific to the country.
The World Bank is organizing a series of events to present the MAPS assessments of different countries. In this first session, we will take a look at the key recommendations and proposed next steps for Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Mozambique. We will explore how these countries are approaching the findings from the MAPS exercise, whether they have been able to find any “quick wins”, and how the results of the exercise fit into the countries’ larger economic and good governance strategies.
This event will be livestreamed in English, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Portuguese – click here to join! Please feel free to disseminate this invitation to your contacts.
The GPP MDTF is a World Bank program that aims to support innovative activities for procurement reforms at the global and country level. The GPP MDTF is implemented with contributions from the Agence Française de Développement, European Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Mozambique MAPS was implemented also with contributions from the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), UK.
The links for final Public Procurement Assessments Reports following MAPS:
Lebanon | Bangladesh | Mozambique (forthcoming)
Agenda
Chair:
- Vinay Sharma, Global Director, Solutions and Innovations in Procurement, Governance Global Practice, World Bank Group
Opening Remarks:
- Hiba Tahboub, Practice Manager, Africa Region Governance-Procurement, World Bank
- Elmas Arisoy, Practice Manager, South Asia Region, Governance-Procurement, World Bank
Speakers:
- Bangladesh case: Mohammed Shoheler Rahman Chowdhury, Director General of Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Bangladesh, and Ishtiak Siddique, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank
- Lebanon study: Lamia Bissat, Head of Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan, Lebanon, and Lina Fares, Senior Procurement Specialist
- For Mozambique: Albertina Fruquia Fumane, National Director for State Assets at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mozambique, and Antonio Chamuco, Senior Procurement Specialist
Discussants:
- Nicolas Penagos, Head of MAPS Secretariat
- Etel Bereslawski, Practice Manager, Middle East and North Africa Region, Governance-Procurement, World Bank
We are interested in your comments and questions. On the day of the event we will publish the live broadcast on this page.
