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New Approaches to Institutional Development in Public Procurement: Enabling Environments for Local Reforms to Succeed.Peter van de PolKnowledge, Innovation & Capacity Group UNDPSlide2

Presentation OutlineUNDP & the importance of procurement.Emerging changes in the institutional environment affecting procurement.Institutional development: a process not well understood.

Procurement Capacity Development revisited.

PCDC.Slide3

Procurement at UNDPUNDP is committed to the use/strengthening of national procurement systems;Procurement is key element in Value for Money debate;Importance of Sustainable P

rocurement;

Procurement capacity is key to direct access to vertical funds, most notably upcoming Green Climate Fund.Slide4

Emerging changesCharacter of governance & administration is changing;Public challenges become too big for public sector to handle on its own;Public challenges become increasingly cross-

sectoral

(e.g. economic growth, social inclusiveness & environmental issues);

The lines between public, private and ‘civic’ are blurring;

Public value increasingly co-created by public, private and civil

organisations

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Some Consequences for Public Procurement (PP)PP becomes a strategic policy tool (e.g. Sustainable Procurement);PP specialists become involved in policy design, implementation, evaluation (e.g. with vertical f

unds);

PP teams increasingly have to engage cross-

sectoral

and cross-societal;

PP specialists & teams need to balance all this with traditional requirements of risk management, accountability, etc.Slide6

Institutional FrameworkPP specialists and teams need an enabling environment to adapt to the changing environment, but….Public frameworks are predicated on a sharp public-private divide;Public institutions are bureaucratically framed;

Public institutions are internally focused

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PP Institutional Development (ID) -1ID is not just about training (and capacity development is not just training);ID is

not

just about introducing new procedures, business processes or adapting the organogram;

ID is

not

about filling a gap;

ID is

not

about rolling out a meticulously designed blueprint for change;

ID is

not

about adopting external ‘good practice’ or academic ideals wholesale.Slide8

PP Institutional Development (ID) -2While PP is a technical process, PP reform is very much a political process;ID works at three (capacity) levels: individual,

organisational

& the enabling environment;

ID is about

doing

things differently, not just

looking

differently;

ID, reforms and change are ‘messy’, non-linear processes, they need change management, experimentation, flexibility;

‘Context’ determines ID at all levels, and ‘best practice’ should be ‘best fit’.Slide9

An Enabling Environment for ‘new’ PPDeals explicitly with political issues and vested interests;Creates ‘change readiness’: appealing vision, realistic goals and change management

capacities

;

Emphasizes inclusive process of homegrown solutions and contextualizing, exploring and adopting (or discarding) external practices;

Builds collaborative

c

apacities: institutional arrangement &

organisational

structures that stimulate cross-

sectoral

& cross-societal collaboration;

Promotes ‘common-action’ capabilities.Slide10

The UN Procurement Capacity Development Centre (PCDC)Online portal for procurement capacity development1,300+ Knowledge resourcesPractitioner’s forum

News on policy developments

User generated calendar

Practical guide to procurement capacity developmentSlide11

A guide to procurement capacity development - 1Slide12

A guide to procurement capacity development - 2

How-to

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uidance, tips and tricks, cases

Add tools

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templates to file collection for download or sharingSlide13

ContactEmail: petrus.vandepol@undp.org Web:

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