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Project Development Objective(s)
Proposed Development Objective(s)
The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support the establishment and functioning of a public procurement
network for OECS countries.
Key Results
The objective of this proposed activity is to design, launch and operate a web portal that will support the
formation of a peer learning network for public procurement practitioners in OECS countries, in which
officials can share professional experiences and learn from each other, thereby improving their technical
knowledge and skills and improving their ability to reform their own procurement systems.
Key results expected are:
(a)Establishment of a Community of Practice of public procurement professionals throughout the OECS
countries; (b) Services for web design and development, testing, commissioning and routine maintenance of
online portal and web hosting services; (c) Delivery of online training interventions for the benefit of users,
including webinars and training videos; (d) Delivery of training materials in the routine maintenance of the
web portal, which may include videos and software maintenance manual.
D. Preliminary Description
Activities/Components
The proposed grant will support: (a) exchange experiences on specific, high priority procurement reforms
and their implementation; (b) analyze common procurement challenges faced; (c) have shared portal to
store e-learning content, that can be accessed and updated on a regular basis.
A. Activities/Components
1. Establish Portal for the Public Procurement Network
Financing of web hosting and maintenance services for the portal, services for web design and development,
testing, commissioning and routine maintenance of online portal.
2. Knowledge Sharing and Content Management
Delivery of online knowledge sharing activities/training for the benefit of users, including webinars and training
videos. This will also involve populating and managing the technical content of the portal (e.g., reference
materials such as legislations, guidelines, good practices, lessons learned, training materials that may include
videos, etc.) |