(a) Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

The Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG)

The Procurement Service had also been working with the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group to implement the common procurement training programme as expeditiously as possible.

The Board noted that the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group had launched a common procurement certification scheme on 1 January 2005.

Annotated provisional agenda for the eighth session of Working Group I (Procurement)

(c) In consultation with the United Nations Development Group and the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group, pursue initiatives within predetermined time frames to improve inter agency procurement activities (para. 78)

Report of Working Group I (Procurement) on the work of its eighth session

(iii) Including the issue of Diversity of sources of procurement as an agenda item at the annual meetings of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

(iii) Including the issue of diversity of sources of procurement as an agenda item at the annual meetings of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

The Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation to, in consultation with the United Nations Development Group and the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group, pursue initiatives within predetermined time frames to improve inter agency procurement activities.

(ii) Inviting the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group to hold more meetings in developing countries

The Procurement Working Group of the Task Force on Common Services at United Nations Headquarters

The United Nations Inter Agency Procurement Working Group and the International Training Centre have launched an Organization wide procurement certification project to ensure that all United Nations procurement practitioners are professionally certified in their respective disciplines.

Encourages the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group to continue its efforts to produce comprehensive and generally applicable statistics encompassing the procurement activities of all United Nations entities

The Working Group acknowledged the importance of appropriate procurement planning and contract administration for overall effective functioning of procurement and fulfilling the objectives of the Model Law.

During its twenty ninth meeting, the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG), of which UNFPA is an active member, considered the JIU draft report on procurement practices.

The Working Group discussed draft model provisions on procurement of services at its sixteenth and seventeenth sessions.

The Working Group noted the advantages of publishing information on forthcoming procurement opportunities, such as transparency in the procurement process through reducing cases of ad hoc and emergency procurements, and, consequently, less frequent recourse to less competitive methods of procurement.

9. Requests the United Nations Development Programme, through the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group, to work on improving existing procurement or supplier databases to include greater product and skill specification

(d) Report of Working Group I (Procurement) on the work of its sixth session (A CN.9 568)

(e) Report of Working Group I (Procurement) on the work of its seventh session (A CN.9 575)

Other issues suggested for consideration by the Working Group in connection with electronic publication of procurement related information

Turning to the question of procurement, he said that, in 2004, Working Group I had begun its consideration of novel issues in the area of public procurement with a view to updating the Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services.

At its sixth session, the Working Group considered inter alia the use of electronic reverse auctions in public procurement.

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Various suggestions, including using the phrase quot alternative methods of procurement quot , were made and referred to the drafting group.

On the sharing of procurement performance benchmarks and best practices (recommendation 1) and the concept of lead procurement agency (recommendation 2), it should be noted that since 2004, the HLCM has incorporated the work of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG) into the HLCM agenda.

Procurement management

Procurement Unit

Procurement planning

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Procurement staffing

Procurement planning

Procurement training

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Headquarters procurement