(Jamaica Gleaner) The public sector is to receive a state-of-the-art procurement system, as the Government on Tuesday inked a deal with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The government received a J$79.6-million grant.
The agreement was signed by Senator Arthur Williams, state minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, and IDB representative to Jamaica, Ancile Brewster. The signing took place following the official opening of the regional government procurement workshop by Williams at the Ritz-Carlton Resort.
The two-day workshop was held under the theme ‘Cooperation and Integration, the path to Government procurement development in the Caribbean’.
Brewster said the IDB, in disbursing the grant, had identified the strengthening of public financial and performance management as one of the key pillars to ensure that the public resources are equitably and efficiently used.
