Kingdom of Bhutan: Institutional Capacity Building Project for Procurement

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2008- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA Grant: US$1.5 Million

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Institutional Capacity Building Project for Procurement aims to improve procurement outcomes as a direct result of progressively establishing an improved national public procurement system in Bhutan. The first component is the creation of a people development strategy. It focuses on establishing the benchmarks, standards, and competencies required for a potential body of procurement professionals and to establish a qualifications and training regime to support the future development of the body of procurement professionals. The second component is the implementation of the people development strategy. It focuses on the priorities for delivery of procurement training and education. Finally, the third component is the mainstreaming of people development strategy: building the "body of knowledge". It focuses on embedding and mainstreaming of the people development strategy to Bhutanese partner organizations.

For more information, please call  Erik Nora  at (202) 458-4735 or e-mail here at enora@worldbank.org

For project information, please visit:

http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P099126