Fundamentals, Principles and General Practices of Project Procurement

This tutor-based online certification programme provides a practical approach to plan and conduct effectively project procurements. It brings together in a collaborative and instructive online space senior procurement specialists, procurement trainers and project procurement officers active in agriculture and rural development. OBJECTIVES • Integrate five different systems in which project procurement takes place and foster a multidimensional, systemic and fit-for-purpose approach to project procurement • Improve understanding of procurement concepts in general, and more specifically, of procurement methods and processes for goods, works, intellectual and non-intellectual services • Strengthen the technical capacity to plan and conduct procurement activities in projects supporting agriculture and rural development • Adhere to a set of principles and values on which public procurement rules, procedures and processes are based CONTENT • Introduction to public procurement systems, principles, terminology and stakeholders in the context of agriculture and rural development projects. • Project procurement planning and processes: linking the project and procurement cycles for effective project implementation. • Procurement methods and processes: from the identification of needs, through the bidding process to the implementation of the contract. • Using procurement methods strategically to respond to particular project contexts, situations and needs. • Undertaking and conducting bids or proposals evaluation. • Procurement review process and contract management. • Main risks and ethical challenges in project procurement management. ACHIEVEMENT This certificate of achievement has been delivered to the participants that have produced the required deliverables by completing the self-guided modules, the knowledge tests, the case studies and the assignments. I. Distance learning modules and knowledge test (25 hours) • Completion of eight tutor-guided online modules • Acquisition of practical knowledge to plan and conduct project procurements II. Practical case studies and assignments (30 hours) • Completion of eight practical case studies and eight individual assignments to simulate performing the essential tasks needed to prepare a project procurement plan III. Soft-skills, ethics and engagement of stakeholders in M&E (5 hours) Participation in online learning activities to familiarize with procurement value system and to adhere to right behaviours and attitudes required for fair and transparent procurement.