The Procurement Network (PN) was established in April 2007. The Network’s mandate is to promote the strategic role of Procurement and Supply Chain Management in programme and service delivery in a transparent and accountable manner.
As of September 2014, representatives from 36 organisations are members of the Procurement Network. These organisations are represented by their Procurement Directors, Head and/or Chiefs, who actively participate in the Network’s bi-annual meetings. Together these representatives have responsibility for the total UN procurement. The overall procurement volume (goods and services combined) of UN organizations in 2014 increased to $17.2 billion, from $16.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.2 per cent).
The Network’s programme of work focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement function within the UN System, through collaborative arrangements, simplification and harmonisation of procurement practices and by fostering professionalism amongst the staff responsible for procurement. It also promotes business opportunities for potential suppliers from developing countries, as well as those from countries with economies in transition.
The Procurement Network is responsible for the UN Global Marketplace (UNGM at www.ungm.org), the procurement portal of the UN System, which brings together more than 2500 UN procurement staff and the supplier community.
This group supports the professional development of procurement staff through strengthening peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing on best practices, innovative approaches and job descriptions. To facilitate this network of job description focal points has been established as well as the annual publication of a ‘Training Compendium’, detailing the various training/qualification/certification programmes being offered by UN agencies. Work is underway to identify a platform to facilitate the knowledge-sharing aspect, which is at the core of this group’s work.
This group works towards ensuring that sustainable procurement interventions are embedded in the procurement activities of the UN system. The group has been involved in developing a number of guidelines and manuals to support procurement practitioners in implementing sustainable procurement initiatives within various product and service areas.
The objective of this group is to establish a strategic vision for vendor management and on that basis design, implement and monitor vendor related activities of the HLCM Procurement Network pursuant to relevant General Assembly resolutions, in particular to:
The WG has created a common framework for harmonisation of procurement-related regulations, rules, policies, procedures and business practices. A standardised toolkit for country level procurement practitioners, taking into account the best practices, needs and insights from the country level has also been produced. The WG provides support to the UNDG when required to support UNCTs implementing harmonized procurement.
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The Procurement Network (PN) was established in April 2007. The Network’s mandate is to promote the strategic role of Procurement and Supply Chain Management in programme and service delivery in a transparent and accountable manner.
As of September 2014, representatives from 36 organisations are members of the Procurement Network. These organisations are represented by their Procurement Directors, Head and/or Chiefs, who actively participate in the Network’s bi-annual meetings. Together these representatives have responsibility for the total UN procurement. The overall procurement volume (goods and services combined) of UN organizations in 2014 increased to $17.2 billion, from $16.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.2 per cent).
The Network’s programme of work focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement function within the UN System, through collaborative arrangements, simplification and harmonisation of procurement practices and by fostering professionalism amongst the staff responsible for procurement. It also promotes business opportunities for potential suppliers from developing countries, as well as those from countries with economies in transition.
The Procurement Network is responsible for the UN Global Marketplace (UNGM at www.ungm.org), the procurement portal of the UN System, which brings together more than 2500 UN procurement staff and the supplier community.
Working Group on Professional Development
This group supports the professional development of procurement staff through strengthening peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing on best practices, innovative approaches and job descriptions. To facilitate this network of job description focal points has been established as well as the annual publication of a ‘Training Compendium’, detailing the various training/qualification/certification programmes being offered by UN agencies. Work is underway to identify a platform to facilitate the knowledge-sharing aspect, which is at the core of this group’s work.
Working Group on Sustainable Procurement
This group works towards ensuring that sustainable procurement interventions are embedded in the procurement activities of the UN system. The group has been involved in developing a number of guidelines and manuals to support procurement practitioners in implementing sustainable procurement initiatives within various product and service areas.
Working Group on Strategic Vendor Management
The objective of this group is to establish a strategic vision for vendor management and on that basis design, implement and monitor vendor related activities of the HLCM Procurement Network pursuant to relevant General Assembly resolutions, in particular to:
Working Group on the Harmonization of UN Procurement Business Practices and Processes
The WG has created a common framework for harmonisation of procurement-related regulations, rules, policies, procedures and business practices. A standardised toolkit for country level procurement practitioners, taking into account the best practices, needs and insights from the country level has also been produced. The WG provides support to the UNDG when required to support UNCTs implementing harmonized procurement.
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