The Fourth South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference began in Colombo yesterday with President Maithripala Sirisena as the chief guest. The conference will be hosted by the Public Finance Department of the Finance Ministry and was co-sponsored by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Islamic Development Bank. The Conference is an annual learning, knowledge and experience sharing and networking event for the Heads of Public Procurement Agency or Authority of the eight South Asian countries; it is a follow up on the three other Conferences held in Kathmandu, Islamabad, Pakistan and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The theme of the Fourth Conference is “E-GP in South Asia – Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges”. The event will be attended by over 100 participants. Picture by Sudath Malaweera.
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