Eighth Regional Public Procurement Forum

Sheraton Tirana Hotel & Tower, Sheshi “Italia”, Tirana, Albania, May 22 - 25, 2012

Hosted by the Government of Albania

Cosponsored by AsDB, EBRD, IsDB and WB

Theme: Electronic Procurement—A Big Step Towards Transparency & Efficiency

Agenda

May 22, Tuesday (DAY 1)
Facilitator: Mr. Majed M. El-Bayya, WB
8:30 - 09:00 am / REGISTRATION
9:00 - 10:30 am / Opening session & Welcoming remarks / Mr. Genc Pollo, Minister for Innovation and for Information and Communication Technology
Ms. Klodiana Cankja - Head of Public Procurement Agency
Ms. Kseniya Lvovsky, Country Manager, the World Bank-Tiran office
Mr. Bernard A. Becq, Chief Procurement Office and head of Operation Review Committee, the World Bank
Mr. Hamid Sharif, Principle Director, ADB
Mr. Fabio Serri, Country Director EBRD
Mr. Bisma Husen, Senior Project Procurement Specialist, Operations Policy & Services Department (OPSD) IsDB
Mr. Devesh C. Mishra, Regional Procurement Manager, Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank
10:30 - 11:00 am / Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 am /
The World Bank Upcoming Procurement Policy Review
/ Mr. Bernard A. Becq, WB
Followed by Question and Answer Session
11:30-12:30 pm /
Public Procurement System of Albania
Albanian Electronic Procurement System / Mrs. Reida Kashta (Head of Legal, Monitoring and Publication Department in PPA)
Mr. Gjergji Mocka (Head of IT Department in PPA)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
12:30 – 1:30 pm / Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 pm / Recent Development in EU Procurement Directive / Mr. Piotr-Nils Gorecki and Mr. Daniel Ivarsson
SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
2:15 – 2:30 pm / Coffee Break
2:30– 5:00 pm /
Recent achievements in public procurement in each country
Country panel presentation and discussion
/ All participating countries
(Countries to present: Kyrgyzstan, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Ukraine)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
7:00 pm /
Dinner – Hosted by Albanian Public Procurement Agency
May 23, Wednesday (DAY 2)
Facilitator: Mr. Jan Jackholt, EBRD
9:00 - 10:00 am / Portugal Did It-Development and implementation e-Procurement / Mr. Paulo Magina, Presidente do Conselho de Administração, Portugal
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
10:00 – 10:45 am / Italian E-procurement system / Mr. Luca Mastrogregory – Head of e-Procurement Strategies), Consip S.p.A., The Italian Public Procurement Agency
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
10:45 – 11:15 am / Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 pm / ADB presentation / Mr. Jeff Taylor, Sr. Procurement Specialist, ADB
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
12:00 – 1:30 pm /

Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:00 pm / Procurement Challenges In ECA countries / Mr. Devesh C. Mishra, WB
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
2:00– 2:30 pm / EBRD Presentation / Mr. Jan Jackholt, Director, Procurement Department, EBRD
Ms. Eliza Niewiadomska, Legal Transition Programme, EBRD
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
2:30 - 3:00 pm /

Coffee Break

3:00 – 5:00 pm /
Recent achievements in public procurement in each country

Country panel presentation and discussion

/ All participating countries
(Countries to present: Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Montenegro, Serbia, Maldova)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
7:30 pm /

Dinner – Hosted by Cosponsors at Sofra e Ariut restaurant

May 24, Thursday (DAY 3)
Facilitator: Mr. Jeff Taylor, ADB
9:00 – 9:30 am / IsDB Presentation / Mr. Bisma Husen, IsDB
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
9:30 – 11:00 am / Handling Vendors' Procurement Complaints: Issues & Other Countries'
Experience / Mr. Daniel Gordon, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law. The George Washington University Law School, USA
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
11:00 - 11:15 am / Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 pm / Framework Contracts and Centralized Procurement
Panel Discussion / Mr. Daniel Gordon, Ms. Caroline Nicholas, Mr. Piotr-Nils Gorecki, Mr. Albano Gianluigi, Head of R&D, Consip S.p.A., The Italian Public Procurement Agency
Moderator Majed M. El-Bayya
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
12:00 – 12:45 pm / E-procurement: Developing a Legal Framework that Maximizes its Advantages / Ms. Caroline Nicholas
Senior Legal Officer
UNCITRAL Secretariat
Followed by Question and Answer Session
12:45 – 2:00 pm /

Lunch Break

2:00 – 2:30 pm / Use of E-procurement system by the private sector in Albania / Mr. Ilir Zhilla, Chairman of the Union of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry--Albania
Mrs. Floreta Luli Faber, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce--Albania
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
2:30 – 3:15 pm / Challenges in Establishing E-Procurement System in a Country
Panel Discussion / Mr. Luca Mastrogregory, Mr. Paulo Magina, Ms. Klodiana Cankja, Mr. Tato Urjumelashvili, Ms. Eliza Niewiadomska
Moderator Knut J. Leipold, Sr. procurement specialist (WB)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
3:15 - 3:30 pm /

Coffee Break

3:30 PM
7:30 PM /

Visit to the Historical Museum of Kruja--hosted by the Albanian PPA then

Dinner-Hosted by the cosponsors in Adriatik Hotel in Durres

May 25, Friday (DAY 4)
Facilitator: Mr. Bisma Husen, IsDB
9:00 – 10:00 pm /

Country panel presentation and discussion

/ All participating countries and donors
(Countries to present: Turkmenistan, Kosovo, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Followed by a Question and Answer Session
10:00 – 11:00 pm / Discussion of Country Working plan Plenary— / All participating countries will provide their action plan for next year and their progress after the previous forum
11:00 - 11:30 pm /

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm / Conclusion and next steps / Facilitator to report on conclusion and next steps
Announcement of location, date, host and sponsors of next Forum
Host and co-sponsors close the Forum
12:30-2:00 pm /

Lunch

WB Consultation Session
2:00 – 5:00 pm / The World Bank Procurement Policy Review / Mr. Bernard A. Becq, WB
All Participating Countries
5:00 pm /

Free/Departure