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Issue 6 November 2013I

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CIPS Pan African Conference 2014moving to Zambia

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We regret to inform our members and public in general that our annual CIPS conference will no longer take place in Nairobi, Kenya, as we had initially communicated.

The unfortunate deadly attack in Kenya’s Westgate Shopping Centre has brought shock to the entire continent. As a result, a number of members have received travel warnings and insurance restrictions on travel to Kenya.

CIPS has now opted for Zambia as the destination for the CIPS conference 2014.More details about the conference will be released shortly and CIPS extends their condolences to those affected by the recent events in Kenya.

CIPS Africa stays committed to its membership community and stakeholders in Kenya, and therefore the 2015 conference will be hosted in Kenya.

DATE: 29-30 July 2014

VENUE: Inter Continental, Lusaka

Zambia

Masters level in strategic sourcing will create world-class specialists of the future

The new BEE Codes for Procurement and Supply Chain Executives

CIPS partnership with

NIGP: Supporting Public

Sector Procurement

CIPS Annual General

Meetings

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CIPS Africa Upd@te

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) has

signed a partnership with The International Institute for

Advanced Purchasing & Supply (IIAPS) to develop a new

masters-level qualification for procurement and supply

professionals.

This unique qualification in strategic sourcing will bring

together the expertise of IIAPS with CIPS' awarding body

status to create world-class professionals sought-after by

business and organisations around the world. On

completion they will be awarded the post-nominal letters

ExDip.

The qualification will be studied via an online distance-

learning system, available 24 hours and anywhere in the

world with PC and internet access.

CIPS Group CEO David Noble said: “This is a fantastic

development and we're pleased to be working with such

a highly-regarded institute as IIAPS.

“We have long been aware that we need to be offering

masters-level qualifications to go with our masters awards

programme and offer a route that will take specialists

'beyond MCIPS'.

“Strategic sourcing is a complex, highly-skilled activity that

calls for high-quality professionals. Sourcing sustainably,

ethically and efficiently is one of the major challenges

Masters level in strategic sourcing will create world-class specialists of the future

facing business and global organisations, and finding the

right talent to support such corporate objectives will be

crucial in the decades to come.

Andrew Cox, Chairman of the Advisory Board and Vice-

President at IIAPS added, “The development of this

unique partnership provides a real opportunity to move

the profession to the next level. By studying for the

IIAPS International Green & Red Belts in Advanced

Purchasing & Supply® practitioners now have the

chance to achieve the CIPS Executive Diploma in

Strategic Sourcing, a Masters level qualification. This

will clearly differentiate those practitioners who have

been able to demonstrate their advanced practical

competence in category management and strategic

sourcing”

The qualification will be launched in the coming

months and will form part of a CIPS initiative to offer

masters level skills, qualifications and training relevant

to modern business environments.

More information about the qualification will be

available at the CIPS conference on 10 October at Kings'

Place London where elements of the online system will

be available to view and trial.

The new BEE Codes for Procurement and Supply Chain Executives

There are now five BEE scorecard elements companies

must measure themselves on, three of which are priority

elements. Large companies must achieve minimum

thresholds on each of the priority elements. If the

minimum threshold is not met on ANY one of the priority

elements, the company will automatically drop a BEE

compliance level, once measured on all five elements.

http://www.cips.org/Documents/BEE-CPO.pdf

Belonging to a professional institute

brings long-term career advantages.

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Supporting Public Sector Procurement

ethics professionalism

impartialitytransparency

serviceaccountability

A wealth of resources, specifically designed for public sector agencies, is now available from the Partnership for Public Procurement … on the Global Public Procurement portal.

http://www.globalpublicprocurement.org/

What is NIGP?

NIGP is the National Institute of Governmental

Purchasing, a professional body which is specifically

focused on public procurement in America and Canada

NIGP has over 17,000 individual members and 2,500

organisational members, and like CIPS, has been

operating for over 80 years. As such, NIGP has been

mentioned several times in our history as a potential

partner.

Why are we in partnership with NIGP?

Firstly, the partnership is for a very specific reason, and

that is to serve public procurement organisations

around the world. There are four very specific strands

of work that both organisations will pursue together.

This is therefore not a merger, but a partnership.

For many years, CIPS has had a public sector strategy,

with over 25 per cent of CIPS membership working in

the public sector. However, NIGP has a level of

specialist public procurement expertise that CIPS is able

to introduce in to its own markets in a structured way.

In essence, CIPS and NIGP are coming together because

they believe in an absolute necessity to develop public

procurement for the public, social and economic good

of the countries in which both organisations operate.

What makes NIGP such a good partner is that, its

mission, objectives and vision are closely aligned to

those of CIPS. It is hoped that together the two

organisations will develop principles and practices that

assist in improving public procurement worldwide but

also a public maturity framework that will aid the

journey of continuous improvement for public

procurement organisations.

The partnership brings together the strength of the CIPS

brand and CIPS position as the largest professional body

of its type in the world, with NIGP’s brand, recognised

as the largest public procurement professional body in

the world. Both organisations are highly respected and

bring different attributes to the relationship, together

with complementary products and services. CIPS gains

access to the US market, while giving NIGP access to

our wider international markets.

CIPS will be able to access academic and organisational

networks through NIGP, including stronger links with aid

organisations, which may support further development

of our International Development work. NIGP will be

assisting CIPS in gaining access to US and Canadian aid

organisations.

As CIPS and NIGP work together, it is possible that access

to and work with South American countries such as

Brazil, Mexico and Panama will become more easily

supported from within the USA.

ValuesSupporting you to build a firm foundation on which to

establish your agency’s professional identity and

ethical approach

PracticesImproving the way your agency’s procurement function

operates through sharing best practice

ResourcesSustaining your knowledge and professionalism with

access to key public sector procurement resources

For more information email:

info@globalpublicprocurement.org

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CIPS Africa Upd@te

CIPS Africa has begun with Annual General Meetings in all

the branches. Chairs are provided with an opportunity to

feedback on branch activities from their tenure in the

office to date. Branch committee members were also

given a chance to co-opt new members or step down if

they are no longer in a position to continue.

Swaziland was the first branch to host an AGM. Bheki

Motsa; the event was combined a session on exam

preparation by Carin Stoltz-Urban.

The Swaziland Branch Chair indicated the need to co-opt

2 more people onto the committee.

Francis Vilakati and Lomakhosi Magagula were brought

into the team by membership community in Swaziland.

Lesotho AGM was also successful the Chair, Motolo

Mandoro gave a feedback indicating receiving a monetary

sponsorship to resolve the issue on the non-recognition

of the CIPS qualification. No new members were co-opted

onto the committee, membership committee were

content with the current committee.

Nawaaz Kalick is the chair of the Kwa-Zulu Natal CIPS

branch, he reported on the successes and challenges of the

branch operations. He urged members to continue

attending branch events. New members were co-opted

onto the team these are the names Alison Eckstein, Judith

Lutz, Njilo Nkanyiso, Charles Seerami, Charles Kuziyamisa

& Khotso Maesele.

The Western Cape Branch was hosted at the usual place

CPUT Hotel School. The committee combined the event

with a year-end celebration. Dr Myles Wakenham “man

of many talents” as known by his students entertained the

guests with singing. Lee Symonds was he committee

co-opted on the committee; she says she feels great

belonging to a professional body she has known for the

last 4 years!

CIPS Africa wishes all the new co-opted committee

members well. We hope their great ideas will empower the

committees with initiatives on growing membership and

increasing the CIPS footprint!

We continue to host AGMs in other branches

Annual General Meetings

CIPSBOOKSHOPAre you looking to buy course books or essential reading?

Contact us now on +27 12 345 6177 to make your purchase, or contact infosa@cips.org.za

If you are a member, you can purchase course books and essen�al reading from the Africa regional office at a 10% discount.

CPDDo the courses count toward my CPD?

Yes, all courses in the por�olio count towards the CIPS CPD scheme. For example, a one day course contributes seven hours.and so on. All courses count towards CPD ac�vi�es in the skillscategory.

For more information on CPD please visit www.cips.org

CONTACT AFRICACIPSCall +27 12 345 6177 or email us on:

Level of study assessment: levels@cips.org.za

MER enquiries: mer@cips.org.za

Book orders: books@cips.org.za

Marke�ng: marke�ng@cips.org.za

Membership: infosa@cips.org.za

SUPPLYMANAGEMENTAvailable to all CIPS members, includes industry news, FREEjob opportuni�es and current development in purchasing and supply.

PUBLICTRAININGDo you have what it takes?CIPS Africa's training courses deliver current best prac�ce that will help you take your career and your organisa�on to the next level.

For more informa�on contact: angeline.motshele@cips.org.za

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Proud winner of the Zambia survey.

CIPS Africa employee bids farewell.

As we bid Ms Phakama Mpono, Corporate Programmes Manager farewell at CIPS Africa offices, we are proud to advise that she has now joined our CIPS Dubai team effectively from 1 November 2013

It was a great journey that the Africa team travelled with Phakama through over 3 years,and we wish her all the best inthe Dubai office.

It is with great sadness that we share the tragic story of China Kgaabi, employee at SITA who passed on after attending training courses at SITA Centurion offices.

Our deepest condolences to hisfriends and family!

Sad news...

CIPS Africa conducted a survey in Zambia in September 2013. All the CIPS members in Zambia were invited to participate with a possibility of winning a dinner voucher to the value of ZMW 261.

20 year Kelvin Lumbwe won the dinner voucher! He is the student member with CIPS studying

towards the Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Chain.

CIPS Africa would like to thank all the members who partook on this survey and also to congratulate Kelvin Lumbwe on his winnings!

We would like to hear from you!

if you have stories or news that you would like to include into this newsle�er please send an email to: marke�ng@cips.org.za