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Nepal : Electronic Government Procurement Readiness Assessment and RoadmapThe assessment focused on the degree of
 readiness of Government of Nepal's (GoN's) current
 public procurement environment for making a transition from
 a traditional paper-based, manual procurement transaction
 processing and communication to electronic government
 procurement (e-GP). Some 20 public and private sector
 organizations, involved in a wide range of functions that
 relate to public procurement, provided comment on the degree
 of readiness of nine key components related to e-GP:
 leadership, human resource planning, procurement planning
 and management, procurement policy, legislation and
 regulation, Internet and electronic infrastructure,
 standards, private sector integration, and current e-GP
 systems and initiatives. The assessment found: adequate
 evidence that an e-Tendering system is in place but is
 little used; some evidence that procurement legislation and
 procurement planning is in place and being supported, and
 that some procurement training has been conducted; and
 limited evidence that leadership, human resource planning,
 procurement management, regulation, and Internet
 infrastructure services are in place and being supported.
 The Roadmap sets out the features for a comprehensive e-GP
 service including e-Tendering, e-Purchasing, e-Reverse
 Auctioning, and a Procurement Information and Management System.
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Bhutan - Electronic Government Procurement Readiness Assessment and RoadmapThe readiness assessment and roadmap for implementation are the first two components of the Electronic Government Procurement (E-GP) assessment and implementation effort to assist the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) develop an e-GP implementation plan. This work is part of a wider ongoing initiative for public procurement reform, which the RGoB is undertaking with World Bank and other donor funding, which also looks into areas concerning; 1) revisions to the legal framework (i.e. the procurement manual and supporting bidding and consultancy documents), 2) procurement complaints mechanisms, 3) the establishment of a public procurement policy mechanism, and 4) procurement capacity building through existing national training institutions. Under the agreed work plan for wider procurement reforms, the RGoB, in collaboration with the Bank and other donors in Bhutan, is working on the following areas: a) renewing the procurement manual and its accompanying standard bidding documents and request for proposals (largely completed), b) creating a public procurement policy mechanism, c) addressing the need for procurement grievance mechanisms, d) building the capacity of national institutions responsible for training people on public procurement, and e) introducing electronic forms of procurement. A key feature of an effective public procurement system is accountability, and accountability is driven by two ingredients - the probability of discovery and the consequences of the discovery of malpractice and negligence.
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Afghanistan - Electronic Government Procurement Readiness Assessment and RoadmapThe overriding objective of a national public procurement system is to deliver efficiency and value for money in the use of public funds, while adhering to fundamental principles of non- discrimination, equal treatment, and transparency. Procurement is therefore at the core of the Public Finance Management (PFM) system and contributes greatly to several of its objectives, including efficiency, transparency, and accountability. In respect of public procurement, the 2005 review of Afghanistan's PFM system identified a weak legal framework, lack of ownership, lack of capacity and the lack of a monitoring mechanism as the key issues in the area of procurement. Since then, following the recommendations of the PFM review report, the country has made substantial progress in improving its public procurement environment. The purpose of this report is to provide a roadmap which sets out the incremental steps which may be taken to introduce Electronic Government Procurement (E-GP) tools according to the speed and development of the reform agenda. The report will be disseminated to the stakeholders through a workshop, planned for July 2007. The workshop will discuss the challenges in implementation of an e-GP strategy both in terms of its components as well as the transition path to implementation.