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OVERVIEW
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and women-led SMEs (WLSMEs) play critical roles in economic growth and development. However, the share of public procurement contracts that are won by SMEs, especially WLSMEs, remain low. Only 1% of the $11 trillion spent annually on public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses.
WLSMEs face administrative, financial and procedural challenges in accessing and participating in public procurement markets, due to the complexity and costliness of procurement processes.
Several countries are implementing policies specifically geared towards lowering barriers to entry for WLSMEs, as evidenced by the initiatives in Kenya, Senegal, and Scotland as well as initiatives taken by the World Bank’s own Corporate Procurement.
SPEAKERS
- Chair: Caren Grown (Gender, Global Director, World Bank) and Vinay Sharma (Global Director, Solutions and Innovations in Procurement, World Bank)
- Discussant: Hiba Tahboub, Practice Manager, Governance-Procurement, World Bank
- Moderator: Nazaneen Ismail Ali, Senior Procurement Specialist, Governance Global Practice, World Bank
- Remarks: Nagaraju Duthalari, Lead Procurement Speicalist, World Bank
- Keynote Speaker: Jessica Tillipman, Assistant Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies; Government Contracts Advisory Council Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy, George Washington University Law School
PANELISTS
- Alastair Merrill, Vice-Principal, Governance at University of St Andrews
- Eric Korir, Director of Public Procurement in the National Treasury, Kenya
- Sofya Muradyan, Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank
- Adam Rubinfield, Procurement Specialist, World Bank Corporate Procurement
For more information about the event and the World Bank's work on public procurement, check out: Gender and Equality in Public Procurement & Procurement for Development.
PRESENTATIONS
Women in Public Procurement: What is a woman-led business?
Gender and Equality in Public Procurement: Perspectives from Scotland
Gender and Equality in Public Procurement Republic of Kenya
Access to public procurement and the private sector perspective
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The WLSMEs lack behind in growth , particularly during this pandemic period on account of factors such as finance , poor management and decline in demand for their products . Though these factors already existed even before the pandemic , this period has severely affected the growth especially the micro institutions run by SHGs for the reasons that their product do not have the sophistication that other manufacturers of similar product in the market. It would be opt to discuss the remedial course open to treat this ailment.
Thanks Felix for your insights. Indeed, there is so much work to advance WLSMEs into different markets including public procurement. We would be interested to share your views during the session if you can post your views here
This is a great initiative and I would be happy to be part of this event. I am basically IRSS officer on deputation to JNPT Mumbai as Chief Vigilance Officer.
Thanks a lot Anil for your interest. Please post your thoughts here to share it with other participants during the session. looking forward learning from your experience.
I will join the meeting on 11th March 2021 from Zambia Public Procurement Authority, Lusaka, Zambia.
Thanks a lot Ida for your interest. Zambia has achieved good progress on this agenda. Please share and post here the excellent ZPPA's examples or RDA's success stories on advising WLSMES in public procurement
Gender and Equality in Public Procurement
Hello Ilaz; please join this event and if you have any question/comment to the panelists, please post here. We have very distinguished speakers and you can direct your comments to any of them here.
CHAIR: Caren Grown (Gender, Global Director) and Vinay Sharma (Procurement Director)
DISCUSSANT: Hiba Tahboub, PM, GOV-PROC, WBG
MODERATOR: Nazaneen Ismail Ali
KEY SPEAKER: Jessica Tillipman - Assistant Dean, GW Law
PANELISTS:
Alastair Merrill - Vice Principal, Governance at University of St Andrews
Eric Korir - Director of Public Procurement in the National Treasury, Kenya
Sofyia Muradyan – Senior Private Sector Specialist, WBG
Adam Rubinfield – Procurement Specialist, WBG Corporate Proc.
How to help women in this gender equality battle?
Teach boys and men to respect and consider women as equal, with the same rights and same obligations. Encourage women's development. Woman's equality is not a project. It is a way to live everyday life. Let's not build schools blindly without assessing. The schools women can attend should continue to finance further technical education. Education Help women acquire and own land. Gender equality in procurement is at the top of the iceberg. We need to construct trust and confidence with the need to train men to recognize equality.
Hello Kitty and nice to hear from you. Indeed, education at all level is key to advance women's development. With regard to public procurement; it is important to improve the market dynamics at both the demand and supply sides and build awareness of role of women in public procurement
I would like to join the discussion on gender and public procurement.
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Many thanks for your interest. Please share your comments/intervention here and will share during the event if time allows. There is a huge interest in the subject and we are considering a series of similar events to use public procurement to empower socio economic polices
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I would like to participate as one who considers self an inclusion scholar, I believe the platform is an opportunity to learn more.
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How covid is affecting the current procurement changes in governments?
This is a very important topic and good idea for our upcoming events.
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Hi. I would love to listen live but this event is midnight in my time zone. Will you record the event? Thanks.
yes, the session will be recoded and replay will post here
Very good programme indeed. Empowering women through procurement I'd the best way to go. Am happy Kenya is one of the leading examples in the world.
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Good morning I am Giulia Botta, consultant at the International Training Center of ILO in the Procurement Cluster of the Sustainable Development programme. I am conducting a PhD with a project proposal in “Public Procurement and Human Rights: a challenge for states, international organizations and corporations to advance Sustainable Development” and I am very interested in gender responsive public procurement.
I have a question specific on the reformed WB Environmental and Social Framework context, are there any discussions to introduce a ESS specific for gender equality?
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How can e-procurement be used as a tool to support gender equality and the development of women-owned SMEs?
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This is a great panel, a very important topic.