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Making public procurement SMEs friendly in the MENA countries Olga Savran OECD-MENA Investment Programme 20 September 2012, Caserta, Italy. SMEs in public procurement. Great potential for development and growth - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Making public procurement SMEs friendly
in the MENA countries
Olga SavranOECD-MENA Investment Programme
20 September 2012, Caserta, Italy
SMEs in public procurement
• Great potential for development and growth
• Little involvement due to capacity constrains - subcontractors and framework agreements
• High integrity risks – vulnerability to solicitation, low capacity for integrity responses
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SMEs in MENA countries
• Important players in productivity growth, innovation and job creation– but slower growth in the MENA region
• Opportunities and obstacles for high growth– Regulatory environment, access to
finance, skills, other
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• MENA-OECD Investment Programme, working group on SME policy discussed various issues, high growth, enterprise development, women entepreneruship and other issues on job creation and other avenues for SME development
• will develop country-specific policy recommendations
• In this context government procurement was mentioned
• at its meeting on 17 July 2012 in Rome called upon governments:
to ensure that government procurement and tenders’ regulations do not put SMEs at a disadvantage; and called for adopting an “SME mindset”
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Towards an action plan
• Clear policy objective, e.g. 10% target of contracts awarded to SMEs
• Facilitate access to finance, e.g. 20% of total financing needs for SME implemented projects from grants, funds, guarantee schemes
• Simplify regulations, e.g. reduce the time spent for PP procedures by 20 %
• Business support to train/inform SMEs, e.g. about pp procedures, risks of corruption, complaints mechanisms 6
Involving stakeholders
• Listen to/talk to/study the practices of SMEs
From formalistic councils to open dialogue
Continuous examination of progressUndue pressure from interest groupsE-platforms; surveys; government
capacity to analyse, provide transparent information and facilitate dialogue
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MENA-OECD Investment Programme
• Working Group on SME policy, entrepreneurship and human capital development
• MENA Business Integrity Network
– Regional exchange of experience, best practices and benchmarking for business representatives
– Private-public dialogue on practical measures to promote integrity in public procurement 8
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Thank you for your attention
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