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Upcoming Seminar: INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT March 11-29, 2013 The International Public Procurement program covers the institutional, legal, financial and procedural issues involved in the procurement of goods and services by public entities and discusses reform programs to improve transparency, efficiency and accountability. It provides participants with a detailed analysis of the project-procurement cycle including a full presentation of the procurement policies of international financial institutions (IFI) such as the World Bank, and comprehensive coverage of the open tender system.
Key Topics: Public Procurement Reforms National Procurement Laws and Institutions International Procurement Procurement Planning Selection of Consultants International Competitive Bidding Other Methods of Procurement Contract Administration Performance Based Contracting
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Project Preparation, Analysis and Financing April 1-12 Procurement of Consulting and Technical Services April 15-26 Project Management May 13-24 Contract Administration June 17-28 Private Participation in Infrastructure Development and Project Finance August 5-16 Country Procurement Systems September 9-20 Project Monitoring and Evaluation September 30-October 11	The International Law Institute was founded in 1955 as part of Georgetown University. Since 1983, ILI has been an independent, non-profit training institution. ILI offers training to assist government officials, practitioners and the private sector in finding solutions to the legal and economic challenges faced by developing nations and emerging economies. ILI participants are exposed to best practices in good governance, management, and transparency standards that will give them the tools to improve the performance of government agencies, promote public accountability in government and achieve economic growth. More than 29,000 participants, from over 185 countries, have been trained by ILI and its global affiliates.
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2013 COUNTRY PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS

Overview

This course is designed to introduce participants to the strategies, approaches and tools for developing effective country procurement systems. It is increasingly recognized that using a country's own institutions and systems, including procurement, strengthens the country's sustainable capacity to define, execute and account for its policies to its citizens.            

Course Outline 

Overview of Public Procurement Reform and Country Procurement Systems 

• Examination of trends in public procurement reform
• Maximizing synergies of procurement reform and other initiatives
• Implementing a reform strategy to address common weaknesses in public procurement systems
• Assessing procurement system architecture and performance measurements
• Mobilizing financial and other resources to strengthen procurement systems
•  Case studies
•  Negotiating and drafting exercise (participants will engage in mock negotiation exercises)

 Legislative and Regulatory Framework 

• Main components of legal and regulatory framework for a public procurement system
• National and International models for developing procurement laws
• Establishing mechanisms for independent review of bidder complaints
• Important ancillary legislation and regulations: planning and budgeting; advance notice of opportunities; public access to information; contract administration; anti-corruption; e-procurement
• Enforcement and sanctions
• Trade and economic integration agreements in public procurement 

 Institutional, Operational and Organizational Resources 

• Main institutional, operational and organziational issues for a public procurement systems
• Designing the functions of a central policy office for a procurement system: comparative analysis of national models
• Informational systems and management
• Financial control and audit in public procurement systems
• Collection and reporting of data on procurement activities 

Professional Procurement Workforce 

• Main features of a professional workforce for a public procurement system
• Establishing qualification and certification requirements for a procurement workforce
• Role and staffing of procurement units
• Development of a code of ethics
• Establishing performance incentives and performance reviews
• Designing and institutionalizing public procurement curricula and training 

 Introducing new Procurement Policies and Practices 

• Features of a sustainable procurement program including "Green Procurement"
• Strategy for implementing e-procurement
• Innovative techniques of developing framework agreements
• Mainstreaming public procurement systems 

Course Advisor

Don Wallace is Chairman of the ILI and a law faculty member of the Georgetown University.   As U.S. Chief Delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL"), Professor Wallace was a key participant in drafting the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction, and Services, and is internationally known as a procurement law expert. He has advised foreign governments on public procurement and was involved in drafting the procurement rules of USAID.

2013 WORKSHOP ON LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING

Overview

This seminar stresses learning by doing. Participants will convert specific legislative proposals into the drafting of a bill. Instruction will include the basics in drafting common statutory provisions. The United States legislative process will be introduced as a case study.

Course Outline

Legislative Drafting Principles and Analysis

• Applying legislative drafting principles and analysis to proposals for new legislation

Elements of Legislative Drafting: Rules and Exercises

• Achieving the intended legal effect
•  Drafting clear legislative sentences
• Structuring and organizing bills and other legislation
• Drafting amendments, repeals, and superseding language to existing law

Hands-On Drafting of Legislation

• Drafting a bill from a specific legislative proposal

Drafting Common Legislative Provisions

• Enforcement provisions
• "Power of the purse" funding provisions
• Grant programs
• Governmental commissions

Legislative Process

• Development of legislative policy
• Comparison of U.S. and foreign legislative processes
• Implementation of trade agreements through domestic legislation
• Role of legislative committees in developing legislation
• Role of professional legislative services and other legislative support services
• Statutory Interpretation
  

Course Advisor

Arthur J. Rynearson served as the Deputy Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2003. For more than 26 years, he was an attorney-drafter in the Office of the Legislative Counsel, United States Senate, where he drafted thousands of bills, resolutions, and amendments. He has 20 years experience teaching legislative drafting and legislation to foreign parliamentarians, attorneys, and law students. He also served as a legislative researcher for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. He is a graduate of the Cornell University Law School, where he specialized in international legal affairs, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College, where he majored in Government.

2013 PROJECT PREPARATION, ANALYSIS AND FINANCING

Overview

The course focuses on providing the knowledge and skills required at each step of developing an idea into a bankable project proposal ready for financing and implementation. Selection of viable projects is a key to profitable and sustainable development. Since the global financial crisis, effective project preparation and financing has become even more critical. Through lectures, case studies, and individual and group exercises, participants will have the opportunity to experience what makes successful projects.

The seminar is intended for senior executives and managers from government and industry responsible for project analysis, economic planning, and development of new projects in organizations such as planning and project units within sector ministries, ministries of finance and planning, industrial corporations, banks, development finance companies, public enterprises, utilities, and international agencies. Introductory knowledge of, or experience in, project analysis would be helpful but not required.

 Course Outline

Project Identification and Preparation

• Meaning & requirements

Project Development Context

• Why this project?
• Investment programming in the public sector
• Project approach to investment
• Economic viability vs. commercial viability

Assessing Project Viability

• Technical analysis
• Economical analysis
• Financial analysis
• Fiscal impact
• Cost recovery
• Operations and maintenance

Financing and Approval

External Assistance and Multilateral Development Agencies

Sustainability and Lessons Learned

• Risk analysis
• Institutional aspects
•  Environmental considerations 

Course Advisors

Mehdi Al-Bazzaz has 40 years experience as a development practitioner, trainer and teacher on issues and practices of development, including the design and analysis of projects and programs in many parts of the developing world. Mr. Al-Bazzaz is an economist with a graduate degree from London University. He has worked at the Iraq Ministry of Planning, the World Bank Institute, and The George Washington University.

 Gopi Puri - After working in the Indian Steel industry for 17 years, Gopi Puri joined the World Bank, where he directed seminars at the World Bank Institute. In 1977 he joined the International Finance Corporation, where he appraised investment proposals in several industries. He has an M.B.A. from The George Washington University and has worked with more than 80 developing countries.

 Jack Upper - Senior Advisor at ILI and former World Bank Division Chief in the Europe Middle East Region and former Ford Motor Company Financial Analyst. Mr Upper holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Michigan.