A regional workshop will be Held in Cairo on Sunday for 4 days to discuss the methodology and documentation evaluation of government purchases systems of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...

A regional workshop will be Held in Cairo on Sunday for 4 days to discuss the methodology and documentation evaluation of government purchases systems of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is the international benchmark for the reform and development of government purchases systems in many countries by Mr. Khaled Novell head of government services authority of the Ministry of Finance.   He added that the workshop organized by the Commission in cooperation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank and with the participation of those responsible for government purchases in Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and a number of institutions and international development aid, such as the British and the United Nations Development Program in addition to representatives from all governmental sides and the private sector and civil society.   He explained that the workshop is considered the first step in a long series of actions by the Ministry of Finance to reform the systems and the development of government purchases in Egypt, pointing out that the workshop will also represent the successful experiments of some countries which had its experiences from the organization of  Economic Cooperation and Development to guide and use as input for the development of the Egyptian system and support the reform process. The workshop will also assist in assessing and identifying the pros and cons of the current system of the Egyptian government purchases with a view to rationalize government expenditure, and changing concepts of government and business community and the traditional government purchases and contracts. (Source: Ministry of finance)