Afghanistan - Electronic Government Procurement Readiness Assessment and Roadmap
The 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. Procuremen...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/16232433/afghanistan-electronic-government-procurement-readiness-assessment-roadmap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7932 |
| Summary: | The 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. |
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