As Table 1 suggests, procurement business is largely concentrated within the United Nations family itself.

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United Nations system, including

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United nations system, including

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United Nations system, including

IAPWG meetings held every two years in the developing countries and the business seminars organized in the developing regions by the United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) appear to have afforded opportunities for increased participation of recipient countries in the procurement business of the United Nations system.

State governments have also established business centres to encourage acceptance of online procurement and have developed their own online portals for e procurement, including New South Wales (http www.cpsc.nsw.gov.au e procurement links.htm), Victoria (http www.ec4p.dtf.vic.gov.au domino web_notes ec4p ec4p.nsf frameset EC4P?OpenDocument) and Queensland (http www.qgm.qld.gov.au prc English prc_intro.htm).

(b) The cost savings in the Procurement Division resulting from the combination of management review visits with business seminars in one of the locations.

(b) The ongoing effort to further restructure and consolidate logistics and procurement functions, including integration of business processes and upgrading of information technology systems

The savings of 130,100 were primarily in the Procurement Division as a result of combining mission visits with a business seminar in the Africa region.

However, IAPSO's share (US 29 million) of UNDP's combined procurement business of over US 800 million in 2002, for example, was barely 3.5 per cent.

Thanks to changes in budgeting, procurement, human resources management and the way peacekeeping missions are supported, we now do business in a new and different way.

The Secretary General notes that the proposed relocation of elements of the procurement and logistics functions to UNLB does not follow evolving peacekeeping support business practices.

Procurement experts are first and foremost business professionals with strong skills in communication, negotiation and versatility and possessing sound knowledge of the supply chain, all of which are necessary to effectively manage business processes between suppliers and end users.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

The State level Law on Public Procurement was enacted in late 2004, following the adoption of the Framework Law on Business Registration (which aims to introduce a faster, more transparent and more uniform, system for registering a business in the country).

Its meetings additionally provide an opportunity for the business community of the host country to gain greater exposure to the procurement policies and activities of the organizations.

To increase its current negligible share of the international procurement business, it has moved to compete more for contracts, sometimes with its sister agencies, members of IAPWG.

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The Inspector observes, for example, that although IAPSO has to date demonstrated unique strengths by reaching a diversified client base outside of the United Nations system, developing a growing procurement training and consultancy business portfolio as well as a state of the art e procurement platform, its procurement activities duplicate more particularly those of UNOPS, which also reports to the UNDP Executive Board.

For example, the Division could use the United Nations bimonthly procurement publication of the Department of Public Information, entitled Development Business, as well as the United Nations information centres.

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