The Caribbean Public Procurement Law and Practice Conference (CPPC) 2008
Date:
2008-03-19 to 2008-03-20
Time:
8.00am to 5.00pm
Venue:
The Caribbean Public Procurement Conference (CPPC) 2008 was held at Hyatt Regency Trinidad on the 19th and 20th March 2008. Over 170 persons participated resulting in an overwhelming success.
For the first time in the Commonwealth Caribbean, CPPC 2008 brought together some of the world's most prominent faculty in Procurement Law & Practice. Over 170 delegates attended from throughout the Caribbean and North America including Ministers of Government, Senior Public Sector Officials, lawyers, construction professionals, Finance and Audit Managers, IT professionals, energy sector professionals and representatives.
Delegates gained valuable insight into
• Latest developments in the Common Law of Competitive Bidding
• Use of public procurement as a development lever to promote social, industrial and environmental objectives, at both national and regional levels
• Regional Capacity Building and the Foreign Competitive Advantage
• Implementing a National Learning Plan on Procurement
• Governance issues for State-owned enterprises
• Judicial Review of Public Procurement
• Options for designing an effective Remedies System
• Use of IT (eProcurement. eAuctions, etc) to promote efficiency in procurement
• Regulating eProcurement
• Practical Market Guidance for the Construction and Energy Sectors
• Alternative procurement strategies (such as PPPs and PFIs)
• Building regional consensus in public procurement: the role of CARICOM
• Design/Build: a Caribbean Model
• Safeguarding Bidders Rights
• Strategies for successful contracting
• Freedom of Information Mandate and Public Procurement
Leading world experts such as Professor Sue Arrowsmith, Dr. Gustavo Piga, Paul Emanuelli, J Jay Park and many more all contributed to making the event an overwhelming success. CPPC 2008 also served as the catalyst for the formation of the Caribbean Association of Procurement Professionals (CAPP).
