Felipe Goya Goddard
Practice Manager, Governance, The World Bank
World over, public procurement is now recognised as a strategic tool for achieving developmental, social and environmental objectives of governments, rather than using it as a tool for mere compliance with rules and regulations.
Significant reforms on procurement regulations, institutions and systems are being witnessed in many countries, including the South Asia region. For providing affordable and quality learning opportunities for procurement practitioners, as well as students who want to pursue a career in public procurement, World Bank, together with the Charter for Public Procurement Studies (CPPS), has launched this learning and knowledge portal www.procurementlearning.org . This is further reflection of World Bank’s own commitment to enhanced use of country systems and e-procurement.
Through this procurement learning portal, the sponsors intend to offer many learning courses and networking opportunities for procurement professionals around the world. The Certificate Program in Public Procurement (CPPP) is the first in the series of learning programs, offered free online.
On behalf of the World Bank, I invite you to take the course at www.procurementlearning.org . World Bank believes that this is a momentous beginning of a Capacity Building Program in the South Asia region that has the potential to reach a wider audience across the world.
I wish that the portal becomes a major interface for procurement professionals and serves the purpose of professionalisation of this important function.
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