e-GP awareness workshop in Jamalpur held

An e-GP (electronic government procurement) workshop was held in Jamalpur on Monday (December 26, 2022) for creating awareness among all for ensuring transparency in public procurement aiming at making country’s development sustainable. The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) under the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the Ministry of Planning of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh organized the workshop at the conference room of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the district. Under CPTU’s Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPP) funded by the World Bank, the workshop was organized with the support of Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP). Md. Aknur Rahman, Ph.D., Director (Joint Secretary), CPTU, IMED, Ministry of Planning spoke as the chief guest at the workshop chaired by Ms. Srabasty Roy, Deputy Commissioner & District Magistrate, Jamalpur. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Muhammad Muklesur Rahman, Additional Police Super Md. Masud Anwar, Civil Surgeon Dr. Pronoy Kanti Das, Jamalpur Press Club President Hafiz Rayhan, Jamalpur Zilla Press Club President Md Fazle Alahi Makam, among others, were present at the workshop. Dr. Zeenat Sultana, Program Director, BCCP delivered welcome address and made a presentation on e-GP at the workshop moderated by Md. Abdus Salam, Program Manager, BCCP. She made elaborate discussion on Citizen Portal and its effectiveness for people of all strata. Stressing on the need for proper utilization of various methods incorporated by CPTU within the eGP system for ensuring complete digitization, Md. Aknur Rahman said this will ensure appropriate use of public money and accelerate country’s sustainable development. In the presentation, it was emphasized that besides e-GP Portal, the Citizen Portal will help ensure people’s participation in monitoring of project implementation as this incorporates features to get access to related information on project works. For this, the Citizen Portal needs to be popularized among the people of all corner, it mentioned. A total of 75 participants including representatives of Procuring Entities (PEs) and tenderers and journalists attended the workshop.