Procurement for Donor Funded Projects
01-05 July 2024
Sandton
Johannesburg South Africa
Cost per Delegate
R19,999.00
Course Overview:
What are the most difficult challenges in managing procurement processes associated with donor funded projects?
Sound procurement management is an essential requirement for successful task delivery. Timely and meticulous procurement information is critical for effective decision-making and corrective action by practical project management practices to improve the outlook of timely completion within the deliberate project budget and scope of its deliverables.
How can project procurement be improved?
Our facilitators will offer you various insights into project management, skills, and competencies to undertake procurement management responsibilities. This course is meant to offer individuals the most up-to-date information. To emphasize the process for planning, conducting, and assessing projects and programs, an assessment of all parts of the project/program cycle will be shown. The phrasing utilized by funders and advancement partners at different project/program cycle stages will be examined.
Course Objectives
The primary objectives of this training course are to:
• Be able to ensure that the materials and services acquired are of sufficient quality and align with the project’s overall objectives
• Prepare scoring systems and provide justifications for contract award decisions
• Establish award criteria and assess proposals from a financial and cost-benefit standpoint
• Ability to offer critical logistical assistance for managing and implementing projects, as well as assurance to the borrowing countries, lenders, and donor community that funds were spent efficiently and for the intended purpose
• Ability to provide vital logistical support for project management and implementation, as well as assurance to borrowing governments, lenders, and donors that funds were spent correctly and for the intended purpose
• Ability to provide vital logistical support for project management and implementation, as well as assurance to borrowing governments, lenders, and donors that funds were spent correctly and for the intended purpose
Who should Attend
• Managers and Officers responsible for the management and accounting for donor funds
• Procurement specialists as well as high-level staff responsible for making policy decisions and also those in charge of the implementation of projects
• Anyone who wants to reinforce their knowledge in managing to account for donor funds, including budget officers, accountants, auditors, and monitoring and evaluation officers
• Project staff and team locked in within the usage of improvement projects
Course Outline:
Module 1: Procurement Overview
• Types of procurement
• Stages of procurement
• Procurement life cycle
• Steps in the procurement process
• Procurement vs. sourcing & acquisition
Module 2: Procurement Process
• Procurement models
• Principles of procurement
• Five pillars of procurement
• Components of procurement
• Procurement planning & its significance
Module 3: Procurement Compliance – I
• Donor policies and procedures
• Complying with donor procedures
• Procurement compliance framework
• Compliance Regulatory & Governance
• Procurement compliance overview
Module 4: Procurement Compliance – II
• Understanding of compliance regulatory
• Principles of governance according to international requirements
• Accountability, integrity & transparency
• Conflict, time, and stress
• Governance and anti-corruption agenda
Module 5: Procurement & Financial Management – I
• Financial management in procurement definition
• Financial management of donor funds
• Objectives of donor funds
• Disbursement procedures of donor funds
• Procurement planning
Module 6: Procurement & Financial Management – II
• Demand planning & its advantages
• Demand forecasting in logistics
• Bidding documents
• Bidding procedures
• Bid opening evaluation and award of contract
Module 7: Monitoring & Evaluation
• Types & components of M&E
• Roles & usage of M&E
• M&E logical framework
• Types of the evaluation process
• Steps involved in successful monitoring
Module 8: Project cycle management – I
• Introduction to project cycle management
• Project planning & scheduling
• Project resource mobilization/ financing
• Critical path and network analysis
• Logical framework tool & approach
Module 9: Project cycle management – II
• Project monitoring & evaluation and reporting
• Evaluation of international aid offers
• Contract design and clauses
• Application law and settlement of disputes
• Fraud & corruption, Ethics, and integrity
End of the Workshop
For Training arrangements call us on the detail below
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