Leslie Harper

Leslie Harper has over 20 years of experience as an international development professional in Latin America and the Caribbean and is an expert in public procurement reform and modernization. She is the Gender and Diversity Focal Point for the Fiscal Management Division where she is responsible for portfolio monitoring and mainstreaming of gender and diversity in fiscal projects. She has supported multiple countries in the Latin America region in the development of women in public procurement programs.

Richard Gargrave

Richard has 40 years experience of public procurement and project management firstly with Crown Agents in the UK & 3 years as Manager of Crown Agents Services Ltd, Singapore; ​9 years as a consultant on World Bank projects in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and Uzbekistan living in Russia and Belarus; ​3 years as World Bank Senior Procurement Specialist in the World Bank Ukraine office. ​For the last 15 years with EBRD London HQ, working first as a Senior Procurement Adviser on municipal infrastructure projects

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminars 2020 with Germany

ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. For 2020, a series of virtual BOSs with constituent countries are underway. It allowed increased participation by ADB speakers and greater flexibility in seminar design.

6th Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network Conference (Virtual e-Government Procurement Conference 2020)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized the 6th Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network (APPeN) through a virtual platform. This year’s conference focused on rapid digitalization of public procurement induced by global pandemic.

Objectives

To continue knowledge exchange and collaboration of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network

During the event, participants had the opportunity to: