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UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Using E-Procurement data to measure the transparency and performance of public spending Experience of UNCITRAL Samira Musayeva, UNCITRAL secretariat Relevance of the UNCITRAL


  1. UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Using E-Procurement data to measure the transparency and performance of public spending Experience of UNCITRAL Samira Musayeva, UNCITRAL secretariat

  2. Relevance of the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law • Basis for a sound procurement law framework (modern, stable, predictable, harmonized with international standards ) • Facilitates e-procurement (e-publication, e- submission, e-meetings, e-tender opening, e-evaluation, ERAs and e-FWAs) • Promotes unitary and strategic approach to procurement • Provides for practical measures to achieve traceability, transparency, accountability UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  3. E-procurement: what guided UNCITRAL? • Reported savings • Functional equivalence, technological neutrality and non-discrimination • Issues of IT readiness • Issues of a set-up and access • Issues of confidence and reliability UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  4. Data collection and analysis: what guided UNCITRAL? • Proper procurement planning • Monitoring and oversight of procuring entities • Monitoring and oversight of the market • Monitoring of, and improvements in, procurement systems, including legislative, regulatory and institutional frameworks • Capacity-building and professionalization of a procurement function UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  5. “Data revolution” in the UN development agenda • Calls for improved access to data, data collection and analysis, in particular for: – Assessing aid effectiveness; and – Demonstrating tangible results for people. UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  6. Experience with the use of the 2011 Model Law: obstacles to performance measurement • Issues with data collection, aggregation and analysis (design of systems, parallel systems, issues of standardization, interoperability and treatment of sensitive info) • Data and access manipulation (human intervention where it is not supposed to be, objectivity where it cannot be: pursuing socio-economic goals through procurement, best price-quality ratio, etc.) • Obsession with recouping of costs instead of cost-benefit analysis, with short-term vs. long-term impact, with one solution instead of combination of several • E-government: absence of strategic approach to procurement UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  7. Lessons learned • Transparency is important but alone is not sufficient • E-procurement has no automatic effect on enhanced transparency – depends on a set-up and policies – only potential is there • Excessive transparency may in fact be disruptive and damaging • Professionalization of a procurement function, capacity-building and change in culture is paramount UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  8. Q&A Thank you! UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

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