Professionalising the public procurement workforce
A review of current initiatives and challenges
This policy paper describes the current state of play of the measures taken by countries
to promote the professionalisation of the public procurement workforce. The paper
focuses on the main elements of professionalising the public procurement workforce:
i) assessing the current state of professionalisation, (ii) developing a professionalisation
strategy, (iii) developing a competency
model and a certification framework, (iv) developing capacity-building systems, (v)
setting up incentive mechanisms, and (vi) promoting collaborative approaches with
knowledge centres. The analysis is based on desk research and builds on data collected
through the 2020 OECD Survey on Professionalisation and the 2018 OECD Survey on the
Implementation of the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement.
Available from January 30, 2023
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