GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: WORKSHOP — DAR ES SALAAM,, TANZANIA,
14-17 JANUARY 2003
Joint WTO-World Bank regional workshop on procurement reforms and
transparency in public procurement for Anglophone African countries
The Workshop was organized jointly by the WTO and the World Bank, in
cooperation with the African Development Bank and the Government of the
United Republic of Tanzania for Anglophone African countries (Botswana,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe). It was
designed to provide a forum for both trade and procurement experts to
exchange information on multilateral, regional and national activities
and initiatives including the WTO work on transparency in government
procurement pursuant to paragraph 26 of the Doha WTO Ministerial
Declaration and to share experiences in the design and implementation of
procurement reforms.
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For many African countries there may be a close relationship between
issues of domestic reform in the area of government procurement and the
issue of their interest and participation in a possible WTO agreement on
transparency in government procurement which embodies good practice in
this area. The purpose of the Workshop was to draw upon the synergies
between the work of the two organizations by addressing both sets of
issues in a single workshop.
The programme was designed to promote awareness of the role and
significance of government procurement-related policies and practices
for the African countries and the multilateral trading system; to
exchange information on the potential implications of different
multilateral and regional disciplines; to share experiences on the
design and implementation of procurement reforms; and to discuss
capacity-building needs, especially with a view to assisting the
countries of the region to participate effectively in the ongoing
activities in this area.
