9th Conference of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network
18 to 20 October 2023

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized the 9th Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network (APPeN) last 18–20 October 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia. This year focused on digital transformation of public procurement for transparency, support of SDGs and economic empowerment. Emerging issues such as the use of artificial intelligence in procurement planning, tender procedures, evaluation, negotiations, and contract management were explored.

Topics:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Procurement Efficiency
  • Sustainable Public Procurement
  • Professionalizing the Public Procurement Workforce
  • Public Trust in Procurement Systems and Processes
  • Role of International Organizations in Supporting Public Procurement Reform

During the event, participants had the opportunity to:

  • Develop a wider network of e-GP experts and public sector managers involved in developing and implementing e-GP systems in their respective countries;
  • Exchange views and foster better inter-regional e-GP cooperation and cross border trade;
  • Investigate use of artificial intelligence in public procurement;
  • Identify potential areas of e-GP cooperation at the bilateral and regional levels.
Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Opening Session Welcome Remarks David Songulashvili
Opening Session Opening Remarks Jeff Taylor
Opening Session Keynote Address Sangyun Lee
Opening Session Video recording: Opening Session
Session 1 Artificial Intelligence and Procurement Efficiency
Session 1 India’s Government eMarketplace
This presentation gives an overview of the Government eMarketplace (GeM) effect on India's public procurement.
Manoj Kumar
Session 1 AI/Data Analytics Project
This presentation gives an overview of the implementation of next-generation KONEPS for Data-based national procurement platform service.
Byung-il Kim
Session 2 Public Trust in Procurement Systems and Processes - Part 1. Digital Tools
Session 2 Eliminating Corruption in Public Procurement with Technology and Citizens Engagement: Case Study from Kazakhstan
This presentation gives an overview of the methodology for spotting Red Flags in Public Procurement.
Vitaliy Trenkenshu
Session 2 Increasing Participation in Tenders Through Digital Tools e-Tender
This presentation gives an overview of the public procurement system in Türkiye with the Electronic Public Procurement Platform (EPPP).
Ahu Meryem Erdogan
Session 2 Red Flags on e-Proc System: Tool for Early Warning and Safeguarding from Corruption in Public Procurement
This presentation gives an overview of the development of the Macedonian Red Flags System for public procurement.
Goran Davidovski
Session 3 Public Trust in Procurement Systems and Processes - Part 2
Session 3 India’s Government eMarketplace: Vision, Mission and Fundamental Values of GeM
This presentation gives an overview of how India's Government eMarketplace contributes to transparency and efficiency of public procurement process. …
Manoj Kumar
Session 3 Open Contracting Partnership: How e-GP can Contribute to the Improvement of Transparency, Fairness, and Accountability of Public Procurement
This presentation gives an overview of Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) for public procurement system.
Volodymyr Tarnay
Session 3 Public Trust in Procurement Systems and Processes: How e-GP can Contribute to Improvement of Transparency, Fairness, Accountability of Public Procurement
This presentation gives an overview of the statistics of e-GP system of Mongolia.
Tserensambuu Nurenzedgombo
Session 4 Public Trust in Procurement Systems and Processes - Part 3. Digital Tools
Session 4 Public Trust In Procurement Systems: Digital Tools For Increasing Participation
This presentation gives an overview of how digital tools promote accessibility to public procurement market.
Leslie Harper
Session 4 MicroAssist: Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network (APPeN) 2023
This presentation gives an overview of reducing the barriers in purchasing and procurement for people with disabilities.
Hiram Kuykendall
Session 4 The Resilience of Ukrainian e-Procurement System: In Times of Full-Scale War
This presentation gives an overview of the e-Procurement System of Ukraine.
Dmytro Donets
Session 5 Professionalizing the Public Procurement Workforce
Session 5 Professionalising The Public Procurement Workforce: A Review of Current Initiatives and Challenges
This presentation gives an overview of the steps to professionalize the public procurement workforce.
Masayuki Omote
Session 5 Video recording: Professionalizing the Public Procurement Workforce
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Session 6 Sustainable Public Procurement - Part 1
Session 6 The Philippine Sustainable Public Procurement
This presentation gives an overview of the Philippine's approach towards Green Public Procurement (GPP).
Rowena Candice Ruiz
Session 6 Sustainable Public Procurement Socially responsive public procurement: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
This presentation gives an overview of women's participation in public procurement in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Leslie Harper
Session 6 Video recording: Sustainable Public Procurement - Part 1
Session 7 Sustainable Public Procurement - Part 2
Session 7 Sustainable Public Procurement Challenges and Opportunities for Fiji
This presentation gives an overview of Fiji’s roadmap to Sustainable Public Procurement.
Saimoni Veramu
Session 8 Role of International Organizations in Supporting Public Procurement Reform - Part 1
Session 8 The WTO’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012): An effective tool for achieving and locking in domestic government procurement reform and good governance, and for benchmarking domestic procurement systems
This presentation gives an overview of the WTO’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012).
Astghik Solomonyan
Session 9 Role of International Organizations in Supporting Public Procurement Reform - Part 2
Session 9 MAPS Supplementary Module
This presentation gives an overview of the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) supplementary module.
Nicolas Penagos
Session 9 Montenegro MAPS with e-Procurement Supplementary Module : Advanced Assessment Stage
This presentation gives an overview of the advanced assessment stage of MAPs and e-Procurement Supplementary Module in Montenegro.
Tanvir Hossain
Session 10 e-Procurement Survey, Benchmarking and Moving Forward
Session 10 e-Procurement Survey, Benchmarking and Moving Forward
This presentation gives an overview of the e-GP procurement survey and its initial findings.
Ramanathan Somasundaram

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Galiya Ismakova
  • Marie Charmaine Yuson

ADB Organizer/s

  • Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Topics

  • ADB Administration and Governance
  • ICT