Procurement management

E. Procurement, asset and administrative management

Public procurement and management of public finances

Scope of the review of procurement management

Procurement and contract management for peacekeeping operations

Of the eleven recommendations, seven relate to procurement management, three to asset management and one to administrative management.

Improved procurement and contract management in the peacekeeping missions

See, e.g., in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, articles 22 and 27 the Shenzhen City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 31 the Zhuhai City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 29 and the Hefei City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 25.

See the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8 the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 6 and the Xuzhou City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8.

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

See, in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22 the Shunyi District of Beijing Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 20 and the Liuzhou City Rules of Implementation for Public Procurement through Online Procurement , article 22.

Informal briefing (closed) by the Under Secretary General for Management on procurement

See, in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding , article 19 and the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22.

Pilot joint financial management and procurement assessments, and joint programmatic and financial reporting

See, e.g., the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 17 and the Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding of Shunyi District of Beijing, article 15.

See, e.g., the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding.

Procurement staff members generally have several years experience with a relatively high level of proficiency in the management of the day to day procurement activities.

(d) Evaluation and strengthening of institutions, public service management and the management of public finances, including public procurement, and the private sector

General description The Major Programme provides direction and management for six programmes Human Resource Management, Financial Services, Information Network and Knowledge Management Services, Procurement and Logistics Services, Legal Services and Buildings Management.

(a) The management arrangements for procurement, including clear lines of accountability and delegation of authority

(c) improving the systems to ensure the availability of detailed management information on procurement activities.

A procurement and accounting system was established, and training in office management was carried out.

The Procurement Service is working together with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to improve the skills and capacity of the peacekeeping missions in procurement and contract management.

See, e.g., the Working Procedure for Online Procurement Bidding (Office Equipment), article 6, under the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding.

Most of the audit recommendations were in the functional areas of programme and project management, financial management, information and communications technology systems and procurement.

To facilitate data exchange between Headquarters and the peacekeeping missions, the Procurement Service has been working with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to develop a common procurement management system.

See, e.g., the Public Procurement Law of Poland (article 80(2)) and, in China, the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22.

(x) Report of the Secretary General on procurement and contract management for peacekeeping operations (A 58 761)

(y) Report of the Secretary General on procurement and contract management for peacekeeping operations (A 59 688)

See, e.g., the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding , article 22.

The Executive Secretary, in agreement with the Department of Management, has taken over most of the responsibility for financial, procurement and personnel management of the secretariat.

The major audit observations (61 per cent) are in the following key areas financial management (18 per cent) audit management (14 per cent) Information and communications technology (ICT) management (10 per cent), treasury management (10 per cent) and procurement management (9 per cent).

The Tribunal has completed training for the individuals responsible for requisition in the procurement and contractual management processes.

It was not clear at the time of the review whether the procurement plan was used in the management, control and review of the procurement of goods and services, as intended.

Until June 2003 when the High Level committee on Management (HLCM), CEB body, decided to take a more formal interest in procurement matters, procurement had remained on the margin of CEB's coordination mandate.

UNICEF continued to support national capacities for the development and maintenance of cold chain networks through procurement and management training.

In the area of procurement and contract management, UNDP is committed to the four high priority recommendations of the Board.

(a) Providing administrative and management direction including appropriate programme support services (covering human resources management, medical services, financial, security, procurement and travel related operations, facilities and buildings management, information technology and communications, conference, language and editorial services)

Upon receipt of the application documents, the procurement centre will examine and decide, within the period of time set by law, whether to grant membership to the suppliers (see articles 7 9 of the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding and article 11 of the Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding of Shunyi District of Beijing).

Those staff members, along with other members of the Procurement and Logistics Division management team, now form the cadre of a train the trainer programme for the transfer of procurement skills to more staff members.

The Global Fund, the World Bank and other parts of the UN system, and other multilateral institutions and international partners will engage in a process to identify procurement and supply management bottlenecks, and to agree upon concrete steps for the harmonization and alignment of procurement and supply management policies and procedures.

Audits of the UNHCR emergency operations in Burundi, Chad and the Sudan identified a need to improve procurement and general management.

(v) Sao Paulo, Brazil (14 16 September 2004), seminar in cooperation with Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management on procurement and electronic commerce in the context of the Fourth International Seminar on Government Procurement (700 participants)

Once the common procurement management system has been developed, the exchange of data will be possible on a real time basis via the Internet, giving further efficiencies and better oversight of the Secretariat's global procurement activities.

5. Recalls its resolutions on procurement reform, and notes that the report of the Secretary General focused mainly on strengthening of internal controls and optimization of acquisition and procurement management, with emphasis on urgent internal control issues, and that other procurement reform measures will be presented in forthcoming reports