Egyptian team visits procurement unit of IMED

A delegation comprising public procurement officials from Egypt has concluded its two-day visit to the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

During the visit, the five-member team led by Leena Abbasy, a procurement specialist of the World Bank, shared knowledge and got experience on public procurement reforms and electronic government procurement (e-GP) system in Bangladesh, according to a press release.

Other members of the delegation are Mohamed Ousama, Noha Taher Zaher, Mohamed Atef, and Ahmed Saad. They also attended some learning sessions on various aspects of e-GP.

The overall objective of the knowledge exchange was to build Egypt's preparedness to design, develop, and implement electronic government procurement, with a focus on strengthening the institutional and technical capacity of public procurement officials in the country, according to the press release.

The Egyptian delegation expressed satisfaction and appreciated the e-GP system in Bangladesh, it said.