RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/WGTGP/W/20/Add.2/Suppl.1
14 September 2000
(00-3554)
Working Group on Transparency
in Government ProcurementOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM
OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Supplement
At its meeting of 22 June 1998, the Working Group agreed to request the Secretariat to
provide information on the technical cooperation programmes of international and regionalintergovernmental organizations in the area of gove rnment procurement, so as to enable the Group to
have as complete a picture as possible of the availability of technical assistance in this field.
In consequence, the Secretariat wrote to relevant international and regional intergovernmental
organizations requesting them to provide such information.  The information which has been receivedin response from the Asian Development Bank was circulated in document
WT/WGTGP/W/20/Add.2.  The current document repr oduces the supplementary information which
has been received from the Asian Development Bank by a communication, dated 6 September 2000.
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Attached is a table showing relevant procurement-related Technical Assistance (TA) that
have:  (i) been implemented;  (ii) are ongoing;  (i ii) are being processed;  or (iv) are planned during
the period 1998-2000.WT/WGTGP/W/20/Add.2/Suppl.1
Page 2 Year
ApprovedTA/Project
NumberCountry Name TA/Project Name Remarks
1998 3019 People's Republic of China Policies and Regulatory Framework for the
Construction Industry- Additional work is under
consideration to extend TA for
another 4-5 months.
3031 Mongolia Development of Procurement Legislation and
Guidelines- Completion date 31 June 2000;
TCR to be finalized.
- Public Procurement Law of
Mongolia enacted on
14 April 2000.
2993 Mongolia Capacity Building in Project Accounting - Completion date 31 July 2000.
2992 Nepal Improvement of Project Implem entation - Completion date 30 September
1999.
3028 Viet Nam Capacity Building in Project Financial
Management- Completion date 31 December
1999.
5782 RETA 1998 Seminars on Project Implementation
and Administration- Completion date 31 December
1999.
- Capacity Building of Executing
Agencies in ADB developing
member countries focusing on loan
administration aspects such as
recruitment of consultants,
procurement and disbursements.
1999 3156 Bhutan Capacity Building of the Construction
Development Board
3160 Cambodia Improvement of Project Implementation in
Cambodia
5834 RETA 1999 Seminars on Project Implementation
and Administration
3287 Cambodia Strengthening Eternal Aid Portfolio
Management
3306 Nepal Strengthening Project Implementation
Practices
3310 Philippines Capacity Building for ProcurementWT/WGTGP/W/20/Add.2/Suppl.1
Page 3Year
ApprovedTA/Project
NumberCountry Name TA/Project Name Remarks
2000 3471 Indonesia Improving Public Sector Procurement
3457 People's Republic of China Implementation of the Tendering and
Bidding Law and Related Regulations- Recruitment of consulting firm is
ongoing and consultants are
expected to start in late October
2000.
5906 RETA Seminars on Business Opportunities in
2000-2001- Focus on eligible potential
suppliers of goods, works,
services, consultants and advisesthem of ADB guidelines, policies
and procedures.
2845 People's Republic of China Establi shment of National Procurement
Regulations for Public Sector- Completion date 31 June 2000.
- The Tendering & Bidding Law of
China was passed by the National
People's Congress in August 1999and became effective on 1 January
2000.
Future
TAs34067 People's Republic of China Government Procurement Law - TA paper is circulating to staff
concerned for review and
concurrence.
- Fact-finding mission completed.
34150 Mongolia Establishment of a Central Procurement
Monitoring Office- Fact-finding mission completed.
34454 RETA Capacity Building and Training in Portfolio
Management in Selected DMCs- Fact-finding to be scheduled.
34046 India Capacity Building for Project
Implementation- Fact-finding to be scheduled.
34505 Sri Lanka Procurement Support and Mana gement - Fact-finding to be scheduled.
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