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UPDATE: Call for proposals: "The Political Economy of Reform of Public Procurement Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean"

First of all we want to highlight the level of participation in this first call for proposals organized by the Program Component I, ICT4GP. A total of 17 proposals from different institutions and countries around the region was received.

Regional Research in Public Procurement Call for Proposals

Calls for Proposals for promote regional research in Public Procurement helping to build and strengthen an academic network working within the field of “The Political Economy of the Public Procurement Reform in Latin America”

Terms of Reference for the new coordinator of the INGP

The Terms of Reference for the contracting of the new coordinator of the INGP are already available on this site.

ChileCompra donates software for the development of a public procurement platform to Buenos Aires provincial government

The General Secretary of the Province of Buenos Aires, Jose Scioli, said that "Chile has pioneered the implementation of an online public procurement system capable of integrating all public agencies. This system has produced very successful results, creating a model which others are now following".

374 high public officials have measured their public procurement competencies

A new accreditation session was held on Friday, September 4 in Santiago, with the participation of 170 government authorities, including sub-secretaries, heads of public services, superintendants, governors, mayors, hospital directors and the National Economic Prosecutor, Enrique Vergara Vial.

Previously this year, 194 high public officials had already taken a similar but shorter accreditation exam, which is a requisite for all employees of the public procurement units of Chilean public institutions.