Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Sean Cenac, was among
participants
attending the 18 th Annual Conference of the Inter-American Network on
Government Procurement (INGP) held in Asuncion, Paraguay.
The Caribbean representatives attended through funding provided by the Caribbean
Development Bank (CDB). The senior procurement leaders from across the
Caribbean are now better informed about Regional and worldwide public
procurement trends following their participation in the conference.
The INGP Conference serves as an occasion for countries to meet and share
updates on the status of procurement reform and planned reforms and discuss
common priorities.
Cenac described the event as an example of how shared challenges, can generate
shared solutions.
He added that the annual INGP conference continues to strengthen professional
relationship, serve as a medium for information exchange and an impetus for
advancing procurement systems among participating countries.
Cenac noted for Antigua and Barbuda, the conference re-enforced how important it
is to establish procurement fundamentals, while expanding and engendering
stakeholder communities within a common objective.
The INGP Conference, he emphasized, has grown to be a vital institution offering
a combination of technical and policy-level knowledge that promote insights and
pathways to modernise procurement systems.
This year’s event was held under the theme “Promoting Development with Public-
Private Collaboration through State Procurements”.
