CIPS For Development
CIPS for Development helps public sector institutions in low and lower-middle income countries achieve sustainable financial and operational self-sufficiency by improving value for money in procurement.
Professionalising public procurement in LMICs
Professional procurement is a strategic lever to optimise use of finite public sector budgets and ensure the availability, affordability and quality of critical products and services.
Financial self-sufficiency
Professional procurement improves return on budget, reduces corruption and lowers dependence on development funding
Improved Return on Budget
More efficient procurement ensures budget can be fully used within the budget window
Value for Money
Professional procurement ensures products and services meet strategic goals such as availability, affordability, quality and sustainability
Operational efficiency
Skilled procurement staff working to standard operating procedures improves the efficiency of procurement, saving time and money
About CIPS for Development
CIPS for Development is an initiative from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply is the leading international professional, membership and awarding body for the procurement profession. CIPS for Development supports public sector institutions in LMICs achieve sustainable financial and operational self-sufficiency.
Issues caused by poor procurement practices:
Procurement issues
Underdeveloped strategic and tactical procurement skills
Challenges
- High prices and insufficient, unreliable supply of commodities and services, with variable quality
- Inability to use full budget within budget window
- Opportunity for corruption
- Insufficient pool of qualified procurement professionals
Impact
- Sub-optimal return on increasingly finite resources
- Ongoing reliance on development assistance
- Higher borrowing costs
Impact of strategic and effective procurement practices:
CIPS HPA Services
- Diagnostic improvement plan and technical assistance
- Support for improved financial management
- Procurement workforce professionalisation
- Advisory on optimal procurement policies / regulations
- Strategic support on pooled procurement and domestic manufacturing
Positive outcomes
- Better availability of goods and services at optimal prices
- Assurance of quality and reliability of supply
- Procurement policy aligned to strategic business and financial goals
- Ability to use full budget within budget window
Impact
- Improved return on budgets
- Improved financial self-reliance and transition from donor funding
- Sustainable pool of professional procurement staff
Services
CIPS for Development provides strategic advisory, support with operational improvements, and workforce professionalisation
CIPS advises on procurement strategy, assesses procurement effectiveness, provides technical assistance to develop and execute standard procurement processes, and supports procurement staff with professional development:
- Market analysis:
Analysis of the market structure and procurement process. Can include a review of the supplier market. - Procurement strategy development:
Support in developing a procurement organisation and processes that will deliver on business goals. - Diagnostic and improvement plan:
Uses the CIPS Procurement Excellence Framework to rate procurement performance and identify areas of improvement, together with provision of technical support for implementation. - Standard Operation Procedures:
Development and training in the use of standard operating procedures to ensure procurement excellence and compliance.
- KPI Development:
Support in the development of KPI indicators to track progress and impact of procurement improvements. - Workforce Development:
Support for staff in public healthcare procurement organizations to achieve CIPS certification. Provision of bespoke organisational skills training. - Bespoke services:
Strategic advisory and technical support on pooled procurement, domestic manufacturing, market development.
Credentials
CIPS has supported public sector organisations in 7 LMICs in Africa, Central- and -South Asia for clients including the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Gates Foundation.
CIPS for Development provides strategic advisory services, technical assistance and workforce professionalisation to public sector procurement institutions at central government level, as well as in specific sectors such as infrastructure and healthcare. CIPS Health Procurement Africa is an active programme in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia to increase the availability and affordability of critical medicines through more effective, and complete, use of healthcare budgets, faster processes, lower prices, improved relationships with suppliers and sustainable workforce development.
Countries marked in maroon: low and lower-middle income countries (LMIC)
Countries marked in orange: other donor and multi-lateral funded projects
Donor-and multilateral-funded public sector reference projects
Bangladesh
World Bank funding for workforce development of government procurement staff and expansion of national study resources.
Bhutan
World Bank funding to establish a sustainable capacity building programme through national training institutions.
Jamaica
Caribbean Development Bank funding to set up a regional procurement training centre that could offer a range of procurement training courses and knowledge to procurement entities within the Caribbean.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Gates Foundation funding to establish CIPS Health Procurement Africa (CIPS HPA), focused on reducing preventable deaths by improving the availability of critical medicines through technical assistance to public healthcare procurement organisations. CIPS has also developed a continent-wide healthcare procurement learning network. CIPS HPA is supporting public healthcare institutions at national and subnational level in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Programme support in South Africa is complete. CIPS HPA also carried out a market analysis in 15 West African countries.
Ukraine, Republika Srpska, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development funding to benchmark public sector institutions, perform a gap analysis and make recommendations for improvement.
Thematic credentials
Pooled procurement
Review of a major centralised and donor-funded procurement agency's pooled procurement strategy.
Domestic manufacturing
CIPS HPA supported the Kenyan MoH in a Local Manufacturing Capacity for Medicines assessment covering 28 local manufacturing sites of pharmaceutical products. The recommendations will support and drive the local manufacturing agenda in Kenya.