Procurement

Training - Introduction

The United Nations Development Programme offers specialised procurement training and certification to staff from the UN system, non-governmental organisations, international development financing institutions and their borrowers, and governments.

UNDP/CIPS Cooperation on Procurement Certification

UNDP procurement certification courses are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) assuring compliance with high international qualification standards as well as offering participants access to a world-wide community of procurement professionals.

All UNDP/CIPS procurement certification course content at Introductory (Level 2), Advanced (Level 3), and Diploma (Level 4) levels is tailored to reflect common United Nations and public procurement rules, policies and procedures – hereby offering a unique qualification system customized to UN and public procurement requirements.

This year the “Strategic Diploma in Public Procurement – Level 4” is introduced in the series of CIPS accredited procurement certification courses. A prerequisite for participation at Level 4 is prior completion of Level 2 and Level 3 certification courses.

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Standard Procurement Training Courses

UNDP offers the following procurement training and professionalisation courses on a regular basis:

• Introductory Certificate in Public Procurement – CIPS Accredited, Level 2
• Advanced Certificate in Public Procurement – CIPS Accredited, Level 3
• Strategic Certificate in Public Procurement – CIPS Accredited, Level 4
• Procurement Strategy Development
• Contract and Supplier Relations Management
• Supply Chain Management in Humanitarian Organisations
• Risk Management in Contracting for Construction Services
• Effective Negotiations in Projects and Procurement
• Certificado en Adquisiciones Públicas – Acreditado por el CIPS, Nevel 2
  

The courses are offered on a recurring basis at the following locations: Bangkok, Dubai, Nairobi, Rome, Vienna, Copenhagen, New York and Panama (delivered in Spanish).

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Tailor-made Procurement Training Courses

All training courses can be delivered at your preferred location and time on cost recovery basis. This is often the most cost-efficient way to train a larger group of staff/counterparts. Tailor-made courses can contain modules from any of our standard courses and/or feature completely new developed modules addressing specific requirements, challenges and opportunities facing your organisation. Please contact procurement.training@undp.org for specific options.

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Learning Methods

All courses employ modern adult participatory learning methods. Each training module commences with an overview of the rules, policies, best practises and/or theory of the subject in question, and is then followed by case studies, group discussion and exercises. This creates a forum for participants to apply theory and methods to cases and to foster productive knowledge sharing.

 
For more information please contact: procurement.training@undp.org