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Programme
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Day 1,
Wednesday 9 October 2002, morning
| 9.30
a.m. |
Opening
remarks
|
SESSION
1:
Overview of international and regional activities regarding
transparency in government procurement
|
| 9.45
- 10.00 |
Guidelines
and activities of the World Bank
-
Bernard
Abeillé (Africa Region, World Bank)
Presentation
(14 pages; 211 KB)
|
| 10.00
- 10.45 |
Regional
activities and arrangements
- -
Latin America
Fernando Ocampo (FTAA/NGGP Chairman)
Presentation
in Spanish (22 pages; 152 KB)
- Africa
John Mensah-Quainoo (Head of Procurement, African
Development Bank)
|
| 10.45
- 11.00 |
General
discussion |
| |
SESSION
2:
Economic and developmental implications of government
procurement
|
| 11.00
- 11.20 |
Quantifying
the size of government procurement
- Denis
Audet (Trade Directorate, OECD)
Outline
(1 page; 91 KB)
Presentation (11 pages; 420 KB)
|
| 11.20
- 11.40 |
Developmental
significance of government procurement
- Bernard
Hoekman (International Trade Division, World Bank)
Presentation
(6 pages; 60 KB)
Paper
— Evenett and Hoekman (30 pages; 226 KB)
|
| 11.40
- 12.00 |
General
discussion |
| |
SESSION
3:
Experience with issues relating to scope and coverage of
government procurement
|
| 12.00
- 12.20 |
National
experience with the coverage of the Agreement on Government
Procurement
- Marie-Gabrielle
Ineichen (WTO Office, SECOFI)
Presentation
(8 pages; 60 KB)
|
| 12.20
- 12.40 |
Coverage
in the Guidelines of the World Bank and the UNCITRAL Model Law
- Jean-Jacques
Raoul (Procurement Policy and Services Group, World Bank)
Presentation
(9 pages; 50 KB)
|
| 12.40
- 13.00 |
General
discussion |
Day 1, Wednesday 9 October 2002,
afternoon
|
SESSION
4:
Transparency and government procurement procedures
|
| 15.00
- 15.30 |
Provisions
in the Agreement on Government Procurement
- Susan
Sheehan (Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade, Canada)
|
| 15.30
- 16.00 |
Provisions
in the UNCITRAL Model Law and the World Bank Guidelines
- Jean-Jacques
Raoul (Procurement Policy and Services Group, World Bank)
Presentation
(6 pages; 51 KB)
|
| 16.00
- 16.30 |
Regional
activities and arrangements in Latin America
- Fernando
Ocampo (FTAA /NGGP Chairman)
Presentation
in Spanish (17 pages; 122 KB)
|
| 16.30
- 17.00 |
General
discussion |
| |
SESSION
5:
Application of information technology
|
| 17.00
- 17.20 |
The
results of transparency and efficiency achieved with the
modernization of federal procurement in Brazil
-
Marcos
Ozorio de Almeida (Secretariat of Logistics and
Information Technology, Ministry of Planning, Brazil)
Outline
(2 pages; 107 KB)
Presentation
85 pages; 3760 KB)
|
| 17.20
- 17.40 |
Use
of GeBIZ system in government procurement
-
Chua
Jek Heng (Government Chief Information Office, Infocomm
Development Authority, Singapore)
|
| 17.40
- 18.00 |
General
discussion |
Day 2, Thursday 10 October 2002, morning
SESSION
6:
Domestic review procedures and dispute settlement in
government procurement
|
| 10.00
– 10.20 |
Transparency
rules and WTO dispute settlement procedures
-
Frieder
Roessler (Advisory Centre on WTO Law)
|
| 10.20
- 10.40 |
Experience
with appeal and review procedures
- Marian
Lemke (Poland)
|
| 10.40
- 11.10 |
Domestic
bid challenge mechanisms
-
Steven
Schooner (George Washington University)
|
| 11.10
- 11.30 |
General
discussion |
|
|
|
SESSION
7:
Technical cooperation and capacity building
|
| 11.30
- 11.50 |
Role
of the World Bank and Regional Development Banks
- Bernard
Abeillé (Africa Region, World Bank)
Presentation
(19 pages; 556 KB)
- John
Mensah-Quainoo (Head of Procurement, African Development
Bank)
|
| 11.50
- 12.30 |
Capacity
building in procurement
- William
Kovacic (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
|
| 12.30
– 12.50 |
General
discussion |
| 12.50
p.m. |
Closing
remarks |
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