Welcome (en) to the Multilateral Development Banks e-GP Website
Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) solutions have been proven to produce transparency and significant savings for those countries able to implement them successfully.
e-GP is a very effective tool in the fight against corruption, the promotion of integration and the stimulation of greater productivity not only at government levels, but also in small and medium enterprises.
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Welcome (en) to the Multilateral Development Banks e-GP Website
Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) solutions have been proven to produce transparency and significant savings for those countries able to implement them successfully.
e-GP is a very effective tool in the fight against corruption, the promotion of integration and the stimulation of greater productivity not only at government levels, but also in small and medium enterprises.
At the beginning of 2003, a working group, composed of the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, was created under the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Procurement Harmonization Process. This e-GP group has, since then, achieved a high degree of harmonization in its approach to provide technical advice and support to member countries in developing national e-GP strategies and solutions.
This website provides a single entry point to all the information developed and all the tools created under the e-GP Working Group.
We hope these resources will be useful for your strategy planning and as well as allow you to achieve the benefits that e-GP puts at hand.
Regards,
The e-GP Working Group.
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Database with more than 30 e-GP Websites
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The MDB Community of Practitioners of Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) was successfully launched during the III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement held from November 9 – 11, 2009 at the IDB Conference Center in Washington, DC.
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The event co-sponsored by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, served as the launching pad for a new network of practitioners looking to exchange best practices and lessons learned in the implementation of e-GP systems. For three days 180 participants representing 70 countries, discussed challenges faced during different stages of e-GP implementation. Countries with incipient levels of e-GP shared its experiences with some of the most advanced countries in the topic, strengthening technology transference and knowledge sharing in which the community of practice is based upon.
The conference had participants from 44 developing countries, representing a little over half of the attendance. Additionally 22 out of 48 speakers also came from developing economies, making the event to be a true forum for south to south cooperation between practitioners on the early phases of e-GP implementation. Participants of the III Global Conference on e-GP will comprise the initial membership of this community of practice that intends to provide a virtual space to consolidate information and tools such as policies, guidelines, best practices, training modules, e-GP solutions, and software, as well as facilitate dialogue among the countries. This dynamic portal (www.mdbegp.org) created to serve as the community’s main platform will publish news, papers, case studies, reports and other documents related to e-GP implementation.
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During the III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement Capacity building, regulatory framework, standardization and interoperability among other issues were named as the future challenges that practitioners will face in e-GP implementation.
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Government officials and experts from 70 countries discussed these and other topics along three days of keynote presentations, breakout sessions and roundtables that served as a forum to identify advances, trends and challenges among practitioners. Lack of one single model for e-GP was one of the common concerns for e-GP reform that participants addressed. They stressed the need to use lessons learned from other countries to find the model that better suits each country’s needs. Two leading companies in the industry exposed government participants to challenges, trends and the state of the art in electronic procurement driven by private sector companies.
Another frequent issue raised was the political leadership required to enact long term procurement reform. Several hours were devoted to discuss best practices to present and showcase the benefits of e-GP systems in order to gain political will towards e-GP implementation. Change management, strategic approach and new technologies in e-GP also were important topics that participants and speakers expressed interest on. The III Global Conference on e-GP had 40 presentations from speakers and panellists that constitute an invaluable source of knowledge and information about the challenges and trends on e-GP implementation around the world. For documents and presentations on the Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement please visit the post-conference website (http://events.iadb.org/calendar/eventDetail.aspx?lang=en&id=1457)
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
The III Global Conference on Electronic government Procurement is coming up.
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There is a growing demand worldwide for the strengthening of public procurement systems (e-GP). As approximately 15% of GDP is processed through them, their efficiency and effectiveness can play a critical role in a country’s development process.
The introduction of e-GP in country government procurement systems is one of the most powerful vehicles available for promoting the reforms needed to achieve high standards of transparency, accountability and efficiency.
Over the past decade, developing countries have made progress toward incorporating information technology in their country systems. However, the impact of the reforms has not been significant as the efforts have been carried out in isolation.
The Multilateral Developments Banks (MDBs) have formed a working group to promote the introduction of e-GP systems in its borrowing member countries.
See www.mdb-egp.org for more information.
The III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement will take place at the headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC from November 9 – 11, 2009 and will be co-sponsored by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. The event’s agenda is available on the website: www.e-gp.net. Two hundred participants, ranging from government officials, academics and e-GP experts, from eighty countries are expected to take part of the event.
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
The 4th IPPC will be hosted in South Korea in August 2010 – Add
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The International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC 4) is a global forum that aims at gathering public procurement practitioners, researchers and academia from all countries to share their experience, knowledge as well as to discuss critical issues related to public procurement. Since 2004, the Conference has been taking place on a bi-annual basis and is hosted by a different government each time (2004 – Florida, USA; 2- Rome, Italy; 3- Amsterdam, Netherlands). In August 2010, the 4th IPPC will be held in Seoul, South Korea.
This Forum is also an opportunity for those interested in public procurement to present research papers. Selected papers will be published in the Journal of Public Procurement (JoPP) and in a edited book that will be distributed at the end of the conference. The 2010 theme is “Towards New Frontiers in Public Procurement.”
More information on the various possible paper topics and on the conference in general is available on the website:http://www.ippc2010.kr/index.php
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
Launch of the new e-GP MDB website.
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At the beginning of 2003, an e-GP working group composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank was created under the Multilateral Development Banks Procurement Harmonization Process. Since its creation, the group has worked towards achieving a higher degree of harmonization in the individual institution’s approach to provide technical advice and support member countries in developing e-GP strategies and solutions.
The working group has decided to launch a new MDB e-GP website as a way to provide a single platform, where updates regarding e-GP related topics are available. Under the toolkit section of this website, strategic guidelines are available for government officials, as well as all other readers, interested in implementing e-GP in their countries. The e-GP Map tab highlights the countries where strategies are currently implemented. There is also a space where materials from past forums are accessible and where future forums are announced.
The key contacts of the MDB e-GP websites are Tomas Campero, e-Procurement specialist (IDB), Knut Leipold, e-Procurement specialist (World Bank), Yinguo Huang, e-Procurement specialist (ADB) and Gabriel Maro, e-Procurement specialist (AfDB).
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The MDB Community of Practitioners of Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) was successfully launched during the III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement held from November 9 – 11, 2009 at the IDB Conference Center in Washington, DC.
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The event co-sponsored by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, served as the launching pad for a new network of practitioners looking to exchange best practices and lessons learned in the implementation of e-GP systems. For three days 180 participants representing 70 countries, discussed challenges faced during different stages of e-GP implementation. Countries with incipient levels of e-GP shared its experiences with some of the most advanced countries in the topic, strengthening technology transference and knowledge sharing in which the community of practice is based upon.
The conference had participants from 44 developing countries, representing a little over half of the attendance. Additionally 22 out of 48 speakers also came from developing economies, making the event to be a true forum for south to south cooperation between practitioners on the early phases of e-GP implementation. Participants of the III Global Conference on e-GP will comprise the initial membership of this community of practice that intends to provide a virtual space to consolidate information and tools such as policies, guidelines, best practices, training modules, e-GP solutions, and software, as well as facilitate dialogue among the countries. This dynamic portal (www.mdbegp.org) created to serve as the community’s main platform will publish news, papers, case studies, reports and other documents related to e-GP implementation.
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During the III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement Capacity building, regulatory framework, standardization and interoperability among other issues were named as the future challenges that practitioners will face in e-GP implementation.
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Government officials and experts from 70 countries discussed these and other topics along three days of keynote presentations, breakout sessions and roundtables that served as a forum to identify advances, trends and challenges among practitioners. Lack of one single model for e-GP was one of the common concerns for e-GP reform that participants addressed. They stressed the need to use lessons learned from other countries to find the model that better suits each country’s needs. Two leading companies in the industry exposed government participants to challenges, trends and the state of the art in electronic procurement driven by private sector companies.
Another frequent issue raised was the political leadership required to enact long term procurement reform. Several hours were devoted to discuss best practices to present and showcase the benefits of e-GP systems in order to gain political will towards e-GP implementation. Change management, strategic approach and new technologies in e-GP also were important topics that participants and speakers expressed interest on. The III Global Conference on e-GP had 40 presentations from speakers and panellists that constitute an invaluable source of knowledge and information about the challenges and trends on e-GP implementation around the world. For documents and presentations on the Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement please visit the post-conference website (http://events.iadb.org/calendar/eventDetail.aspx?lang=en&id=1457)
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
The III Global Conference on Electronic government Procurement is coming up.
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There is a growing demand worldwide for the strengthening of public procurement systems (e-GP). As approximately 15% of GDP is processed through them, their efficiency and effectiveness can play a critical role in a country’s development process.
The introduction of e-GP in country government procurement systems is one of the most powerful vehicles available for promoting the reforms needed to achieve high standards of transparency, accountability and efficiency.
Over the past decade, developing countries have made progress toward incorporating information technology in their country systems. However, the impact of the reforms has not been significant as the efforts have been carried out in isolation.
The Multilateral Developments Banks (MDBs) have formed a working group to promote the introduction of e-GP systems in its borrowing member countries.
See www.mdb-egp.org for more information.
The III Global Conference on Electronic Government Procurement will take place at the headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC from November 9 – 11, 2009 and will be co-sponsored by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. The event’s agenda is available on the website: www.e-gp.net. Two hundred participants, ranging from government officials, academics and e-GP experts, from eighty countries are expected to take part of the event.
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
The 4th IPPC will be hosted in South Korea in August 2010 – Add
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The International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC 4) is a global forum that aims at gathering public procurement practitioners, researchers and academia from all countries to share their experience, knowledge as well as to discuss critical issues related to public procurement. Since 2004, the Conference has been taking place on a bi-annual basis and is hosted by a different government each time (2004 – Florida, USA; 2- Rome, Italy; 3- Amsterdam, Netherlands). In August 2010, the 4th IPPC will be held in Seoul, South Korea.
This Forum is also an opportunity for those interested in public procurement to present research papers. Selected papers will be published in the Journal of Public Procurement (JoPP) and in a edited book that will be distributed at the end of the conference. The 2010 theme is “Towards New Frontiers in Public Procurement.”
More information on the various possible paper topics and on the conference in general is available on the website:http://www.ippc2010.kr/index.php
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
Launch of the new e-GP MDB website.
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At the beginning of 2003, an e-GP working group composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank was created under the Multilateral Development Banks Procurement Harmonization Process. Since its creation, the group has worked towards achieving a higher degree of harmonization in the individual institution’s approach to provide technical advice and support member countries in developing e-GP strategies and solutions.
The working group has decided to launch a new MDB e-GP website as a way to provide a single platform, where updates regarding e-GP related topics are available. Under the toolkit section of this website, strategic guidelines are available for government officials, as well as all other readers, interested in implementing e-GP in their countries. The e-GP Map tab highlights the countries where strategies are currently implemented. There is also a space where materials from past forums are accessible and where future forums are announced.
The key contacts of the MDB e-GP websites are Tomas Campero, e-Procurement specialist (IDB), Knut Leipold, e-Procurement specialist (World Bank), Yinguo Huang, e-Procurement specialist (ADB) and Gabriel Maro, e-Procurement specialist (AfDB).
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
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Electronic Reverse Auction and its application in public procurement
This study was created in May 2009 by IDB employees. The case is written in Spanish and is available by clicking here…
This study analyzes the experience of the Latin American countries that have adopted electronic reverse auctions in public procurement. It focuses on the context, implementation strategy and regulations used by these countries and the results achieved. The study is also complemented by the literature that was used as reference materials during the investigation. A record of all countries or regions that have adopted the electronic reverse auctions is also available. The research concludes on recommendations regarding the formulation and implementation of policies that would allow the country to fully benefit from the advantages of the electronic auction in improving their procurement policies.
The Section 2 of the case identifies the basic characteristics of the electronic reverse auction as an innovative method in public procurement. It also includes the potential benefits, possible disadvantages of adopting this procedure as well as the factors that impact its operation in the public administration environment. The Section 3 holds information on the international use of the electronic reverse auctions, highlighting the cases of the countries most advanced in using them.
The Section 4 compares the experiences within Latin American countries, stressing the similarities and differences relevant for understanding the variables that affect the auctions’ creation and implementation. The cases of Brazil, Peru, Panama, Paraguay and Ecuador are analyzed based on a reference table that considers the institutional, legal, technological and economical aspects as well as those linked to the public procurement markets. Lastly, the conclusion compiles a series of short to medium term recommendations addressed to policymakers and practitioners on the creation, implementation and consolidation of the electronic reverse auction in the context of policies of public procurement.
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
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Electronic Reverse Auction and its application in public procurement
This study was created in May 2009 by IDB employees. The case is written in Spanish and is available by clicking here…
This study analyzes the experience of the Latin American countries that have adopted electronic reverse auctions in public procurement. It focuses on the context, implementation strategy and regulations used by these countries and the results achieved. The study is also complemented by the literature that was used as reference materials during the investigation. A record of all countries or regions that have adopted the electronic reverse auctions is also available. The research concludes on recommendations regarding the formulation and implementation of policies that would allow the country to fully benefit from the advantages of the electronic auction in improving their procurement policies.
The Section 2 of the case identifies the basic characteristics of the electronic reverse auction as an innovative method in public procurement. It also includes the potential benefits, possible disadvantages of adopting this procedure as well as the factors that impact its operation in the public administration environment. The Section 3 holds information on the international use of the electronic reverse auctions, highlighting the cases of the countries most advanced in using them.
The Section 4 compares the experiences within Latin American countries, stressing the similarities and differences relevant for understanding the variables that affect the auctions’ creation and implementation. The cases of Brazil, Peru, Panama, Paraguay and Ecuador are analyzed based on a reference table that considers the institutional, legal, technological and economical aspects as well as those linked to the public procurement markets. Lastly, the conclusion compiles a series of short to medium term recommendations addressed to policymakers and practitioners on the creation, implementation and consolidation of the electronic reverse auction in the context of policies of public procurement.
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2009-10-26 10:11AM
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Does e-Procurement Saves the State Money?
The following article was written by Marcos Singer, Garo Konstantinidis, Eduardo Roubik and Eduardo Beffermann. It was published in 2009 in the Journal of Public Procurement. The full article can be accessed by clicking here
Abstract: “Scientific literature reports scarce evidence of whether Internet-based procurement systems improve the efficiency of State purchases. We propose a methodology to estimate savings in: (i) the centralization of administrative tasks, and (ii) price differentials due to a larger number of contractors and suppliers bidding on contracts. We test our methods with ChileCompra, the Chilean e-procurement agency. During 2007, 885 Chilean State agencies used this system to purchase US$4.5 billion in products and services. Our preliminary results show price reductions of 2.65% and administrative cost savings of 0.28%-0.38% between 2006 and 2007.”
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