The African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide over $90 million in financing to strengthen capacity building and professionalize public procurement in Angola, as part of the Crescer Project
The contracts were signed between the National Public Procurement Service (SNCP), the Ministry of Planning (MINPLAN), through the Crescer Project, and the AfDB, in an initiative considered strategic for strengthening transparency, efficiency, and modernization of public procurement in the country.
The funding will be used to strengthen the legal, institutional, and technical framework of public procurement, including the training and certification of civil servants responsible for the preparation, management, and oversight of procurement procedures. According to the principal coordinator of AfDB programs in Angola, Janeiro Janeiro, the need to institutionalize and professionalize the public procurement sector was identified during the assessment of the national public procurement system conducted using the MAPS-2 methodology, which was completed in April 2024.
The process will make it possible to establish specific guidelines for training and certifying Angolan civil servants as public procurement officers at various levels, he noted. The initiative comes at a time when the Angolan government is seeking to accelerate administrative reforms and boost economic operators’ confidence in the public procurement system.
Source: O País
