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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Transparency International Ethiopia (TIE) and FDRE Public Procurement and Property Authority (FPPA) to implement activities related to Public Procurement
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FPPA, the government organ vested with the power to regulate public procurement and property administration in Ethiopia, and TIE have signed MoU on the 25th of January 2023 at the head office of FPPA in Addis Aababa. Ato Haji Ibsa Gendo, Director General at FPPA, and Ato Samuel Kassahun, Executive Director of TIE represented their respective Institutions during the MoU signing ceremony. The objective of the agreement is to formalize the already existing relationship between FPPA and TIE with a view to realizing common objectives in the realm of public procurement.
Ato Haji Gendo noted, during his opening speech, that working together with TIE and similar institutions with the common goal of realizing fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and modern procurement system is beneficial to the country. Ato Haji appreciated the initiation taken by TIE to work together with FPPA in various areas relevant to public procurement. He underscored that FPPA’s offices are open for any collaboration requests regarding research, workshops, training and capacity development, and other modalities of cooperation. Ato Haji and Ato Samuel gave directions to concerned staffs of both institutions during the signing ceremony to develop a joint action plan and begin implementing the plan as soon as possible.
Ato Samuel, on his part, having appreciated the welcoming spirit extended by FPPA, expressed his optimism related to the agreement and upcoming activities to be jointly implemented by both institutions. He mentioned that working to create a transparent public procurement in Ethiopia is one of the strategic goals of TIE and remarked that having the opportunity to formalize existing relations with FPPA would further strengthen current and upcoming interventions by TIE in the area of public procurement.
It was mentioned at the event that TIE and FPPA will collaborate on the training of suppliers and procuring bodies on the Electronic Government Procurement (eGP) system to be conducted in the beginning of February.
BY Transparency International Ethiopia (TIE)
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