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Why e-Procurement Fails in Public Sector, NGOs and PIUs
Submitted by : www.procurement.org
There are dozens of e-Procurement products in the market, yet those products fail when it comes to working in public sector or development world. There are reasons behind this failure. Normally, public procurement learns best practice from the private sector and corporate purchasing. While corporate world indeed can teach a lot in various areas,...
Procurement with Cryptocurrencies
Submitted by : www.procurement.org
On 12 March 2018 Procurement Network announced that it would procure cryptocurrencies for its clients, however limiting the choice to the three popular ones: Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC) and Ether (ETH). This announcement had been predicted by many and expected by all. Clients normally outsource procurement of complex goods, works and services to...
Procurement has a “seat at the high table” in Australia
Submitted by : A K Kalesh Kumar, Capacity Building Coordinator, Governance Global Practice, The World Bank
In April 2015, I coordinated a World Bank PIO South Asia sponsored Procurement Knowledge Exchange Program for heads of Procurement from South Asian countries to Australia. We visited visited Australian Commonwealth Government, Canberra; Government of Australian Capital Territory, Canberra; Government of Victoria, Melbourne; and Government of...