Monrovia - The Public Procurement Concession Commission (PPCC) with support from UNDP is conducting a two-week back to back CIPS level 3 certificate training in public procurement in Monrovia. About 60 procurement personnel from several line ministries, agencies and commissions as well as UNDP staff are participating. The PPCC seeks to employ a standardized training approach that would professionalize the procurement profession in Liberia through the delivery of internationally accepted procurement training. It aims at qualifying public sector procurement practitioners for certificates in public procurement and subsequent accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), based in UK. This approach is intended to address these specific objectives: Improve the skills of procurement officers in public procurement; Enhance the level of efficiency in public procurement; Provide relevant professional qualifications for procurement staff; Professionalize the procurement profession in Liberia and Address the human resource constraints faced by many government institutions in the administration of procurement, among others.

Source: Front Page Africa March 03, 2017 02:46 UTC