PROGRAMME
Public Procurement Regulation suited for 21st Century Africa: Reform, Governance and Innovation
DAY 1
REGISTRATION 08.00-09.00
OPENING SESSION 09.00- 09.40
9.00-9.10 Welcome remarks –Prof Geo Quinot
9.10-9.40 Prof Sue Arrowsmith (via video) – Remedies under UNCITRAL
SESSION ONE 09.40 – 10.20
Supplier remedies and Administrative review |
Chair: Kingsley Udeh
i. Justin Laing: The standstill period in South African public procurement ii. Ester Kuugongelwa: Recent Reforms in Country Systems: Namibia’s Public Procurement Act No. 15 of 2015: Supplier Remedies and Administrative Review
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Tea break 10.20-10.50
SESSION TWO 10.50 – 11.50
Supplier remedies and Administrative review |
Chair: Stephen de la Harpe
i. Stuart Scott & Steven Budlender: The review of cancellations of public tenders in South Africa ii. Kingsley Udeh: Viability of Bidder Remedies under section 62 of the South African Municipal Systems Act iii. Carol Cravero: Remedies and Administrative Review in Award Procedures |
SESSION THREE 11.50 – 12.30
Defence procurement |
Chair: Phoebe Bolton
i. Eva Anderson (via video): Procurement Reform as a Counter Terrorism strategy ii. Sope Williams-Elegbe: Defence Procurement Regulation in Africa
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LUNCH 12.30- 13.30
SESSION THREE 13.30-14.50
Public Procurement Law Reform |
Chair: Sope Williams-Elegbe
i. Mohammed El-Haggan: Potential enhancement of the legal and practical public procurement framework of the Arab Republic of Egypt ii. Jonathan Klaaren, Ryan Brunette and Patronella Nqaba: Law Reform in the Contract State: Drafting a Statutory Framework for Public Procurement Regulation in South Africa iii. Tecle Bahta: Recent Developments in Public-Private Partnership in Ethiopia and beyond: From Contract to Full-fledged Legislation iv. Steve Guppy: Update on the development of a new public procurement legislation for Zimbabwe
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Tea break: 14:50 – 15:20
SESSION FOUR 15:20 – 16:00
Construction and Infrastructure procurement |
Chair: Ama Eyo
i. Ron Watermeyer: The utility of standard setting at an international level for domestic procurement regulation in Africa ii. Allison Anthony: Construction Procurement in SA
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SESSION FIVE 16:00 – 16:40
Innovation & public procurement regulation |
Chair: Jan-Hugo Fyfer
i. Ama Eyo: E-Procurement in regulated procurement: comparative experiences from selected African countries ii. Phoebe Bolton: Procurement to drive innovation in Africa
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DAY TWO
SESSION ONE 08.30-9.10
The UNCITRAL Model Law and Procurement in Africa |
Chair: Stephen de la Harpe
i. Caroline Nicholas: Developments under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement
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SESSION TWO 9:10 – 10:30
Policy Issues |
Chair: Sope Williams-Elegbe
i. Frank Jenkins: Parliamentary oversight of public procurement in South Africa ii. Tebogo Makube: The economics and legality of discriminatory procurement in favour of domestic industries in the South African public procurement system iii. Geo Quinot: Public procurement law within a developmental framework iv. Anna la Chimia: Public Procurement and Human Rights: how far will donors go to implement the UN guiding principles? A look at newly enacted NAPs |
Tea break: 10:30 – 11:00
SESSION THREE 11:00 – 12:00
Corruption, Fraud and African Procurement |
Chair: Anna la Chimia
i. Narrainen Sanjeev: Mitigating Corruption Risks in project management of international development projects ii. Mustapha Diallo: Corruption, fraud and African procurement iii. Stephen de la Harpe: Civil activism in combating corruption in public procurement. A South African perspective
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SESSION FOUR 12.00 -13.00
Corruption, Fraud and African procurement |
Chair: Allison Anthony
i. Karabo Rajuli: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of existing access to information laws in South Africa. ii. Willard Mugadza: Self-cleaning under the new Namibia Public Procurement Act iii. Max du Plessis: Corruption and procurement: the lessons from AllPay |
LUNCH 13.00-14.00
SESSION SIX 14:00 – 15:00
Corruption and development aid |
Chair: Phoebe Bolton
i. Mustapha Diallo: Development aid and procurement law in Africa ii. Theo Chiviru: Corruption, Fraud in African Procurement and the role of Transparency iii. Ferdinand Sambulo: Corruption, fraud and African procurement |
Teabreak 15:00 – 15:30
CLOSING SESSION 15:30 – 16:30
Chair: Geo Quinot
Speaker: Adv Kevin Malunga, Deputy Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa