Specifications for that project have been issued and procurement is in progress.

The United Nations Inter Agency Procurement Working Group and the International Training Centre have launched an Organization wide procurement certification project to ensure that all United Nations procurement practitioners are professionally certified in their respective disciplines.

7. Also requests the Secretary General to ensure that procurement processes related to the project are conducted in a transparent manner and in full compliance with its relevant resolutions on procurement reform

The Programme furthermore provides guidance to project managers and field offices on issues related to the procurement of goods and services.

The services that UNOPS provides are (a) programme support and complex project management (b) loan administration and project supervision and (c) procurement of goods and services, including human resources administrative and advisory services.

In a nutshell, the project proposes three training components (a) basic procurement training to be conducted by internal trainers of each participating agency (b) advanced procurement training consisting of a Web based distance learning programme and (c) development of a professional certification scheme in the procurement of goods, works and services.

Most of the audit recommendations were in the functional areas of programme and project management, financial management, information and communications technology systems and procurement.

One of the elements of the project is to train selected procurement specialists from the various agencies as instructors of candidates in the certification scheme.

It is also responsible for the provision of procurement services required for buildings management of the VIC, the VIC catering operations and execution of the asbestos removal project.

The Procurement Service engaged in a management review of vendor registration in 2004 in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office of UNDP, and has joined the United Nations Global Marketplace, the Internet based single gateway for vendor registration.

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At UNDP, procurement staff also receives training on legal aspects of procurement.

OIOS, in auditing UN Habitat projects in Somalia (in 2001) and Northern Iraq (in 2003), found problems in project management, procurement, delegation of authority an staffing, and made recommendations to address those issues.

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Thirdly, it should considerably facilitate procurement reform and the pooling of procurement services.

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

UNDP Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) already has an advanced e procurement platform.

UNDP supports such a procurement policy and has incorporated it into the Procurement Manual.

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Public sector procurement

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C. Procurement workshops

E. Procurement guidelines

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Common procurement services

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About 20 per cent of such procurement is performed by field based peacekeeping procurement units.

Unlike WFP where a separate food procurement unit and manual would seem justified by the highly specialized and even complex requirements of food procurement and delivery, specialized procurement units operating under different systems of accountability might not represent optimal use of procurement resources, particularly in cases of relatively low procurement volume.

In the meantime, the Procurement Service will organize a second round of the advanced field procurement training programme to upgrade skills of procurement staff in the field missions.

Most of the organizations currently use e procurement for displaying or posting procurement information on their web sites, including procurement guidelines, and for communicating with suppliers and clients.

(a) The Registrar is responsible for the procurement functions of the Tribunal, shall establish all its procurement systems and shall designate the officials responsible for performing procurement functions.

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