The Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority organised a workshop underscoring the need for enhancing capacity in public procurement at the ministerial level and strengthening the skills of high-ranked policy-level officials, said a press release.
The workshop took place on Monday at BPPA with national procurement trainers on adjusting training curricula with the newly effective Public Procurement Rules, 2025.
Shirajun Noor Chowdhury, secretary, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division, attended the event as chief guest.聽聽
He said that empowering ministries in public procurement would, in turn, strengthen departments and directorates.
鈥業f secretaries themselves are well-versed in procurement matters, it will naturally enhance the understanding of their officers,鈥� he noted.
Addressing the lack of clarity on procurement within ministries, he said, 鈥業f these gaps can be addressed, it will significantly accelerate project implementation.鈥櫬犅犅犅�
Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam, director of BPPA and national procurement trainer, presented a detailed overview of the new and amended provisions.
SM Moin Uddin Ahmed, CEO and secretary of BPPA, said that the PPR 2025 formally recognised national procurement trainers and establishes an Institute of Public Procurement.聽
He further stated BPPA had decided to organise a workshop for secretaries to raise awareness and strengthen understanding of public procurement issues at the highest administrative level.
Shish Haider Chowdhury, secretary, ICT Division, Md Faruque Hossain, former secretary and ex-director general of former CPTU, Amulya Kumar Debnath, former director general of former CPTU, Masud Akhter Khan, additional secretary, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and Md Aknur Rahman, joint secretary, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, among others, attended event.
The two-phase workshop gathered 26 of 73 national procurement trainers for the first session on Monday.聽The rest will attend the second session on October 26, 2025.
