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CEB hosts the first meeting of the Working Group on the Revision of MAPS

26 June 2015

PARIS - On 25-26 June the CEB welcomed 25 members of the Working Group on the Revision of MAPS, Methodology for Assessment of Procurement Systems.

The objective of this Working group is to develop a modernised common tool that countries and development partners can use to assess and agree the quality and performance of public procurement system.

As member of the Heads of Procurement of Multilateral Development Banks, the CEB was invited to take part in the new task force that will begin the revision of MAPS. The CEB brings to the table its vast experience in procurement, especially in the Balkan countries.

The working group, chaired by OECD, includes participants from other Multilateral Development Bank (World Bank, IADB, AfDB, EBRD, EIB), development agencies (USAID, GiZ) and national procurement authorities (Afghanistan, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Senegal, Zambia).

The meeting of the working group was opened by Ms Kitty Villani, Director of Procurement at the CEB. 

Set up in 1956, the CEB (Council of Europe Development Bank) has 41 member states. Twenty-two Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries, forming the Bank's target countries, are listed among the member states. As a major instrument of the policy of solidarity in Europe, the Bank finances social projects by making available resources raised in conditions reflecting the quality of its rating (Aa1 with Moody's, outlook stable, AA+ with Standard & Poor's, outlook stable and AA+ with Fitch Ratings, outlook stable). It thus grants loans to its member states, and to financial institutions and local authorities in its member states for the financing of projects in the social sector, in accordance with its Articles of Agreement.