Inter-American Development Bank
Regional Operations Support Office
Sustainable Development Department



e-Government Procurement (e-GP):
Lessons Learned and
New Opportunities for Development

International Symposium
Washington, DC - USA
February 21st and 22nd, 2002

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
1300 New York Avenue, NW
Andres Bello Auditorium - 9th floor

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Agenda
  Meeting Report (Spanish)
Thursday 21st

Opening    
     
8:15–9:00   Continental Breakfast – Registration
9:00–9:15   Opening Remarks
- K. Burke Dillon, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
9:15–9:20   Content and Format of the Symposium
- Rosa Olivia Villa-Lawson, Chief, Regional Operations Support Office, IDB
9:20–9:40   The Challenges of Public Management and e-GP Systems
- Carlos M. Jarque
, Manager, Sustainable Development Department, IDB
   ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNABILITY
 

     
Session 1   Advances and Achievements in e-GP
Moderator: Jairo Sánchez, Deputy Manager, Regional Operations Department 2, IDB
9:40–10:25  

Mexico
- Introductory remarks: Héctor J. Santos, Alternate Executive Director, Mexico and   Dominican Republic, IDB
- Speaker: Carlos Jaso García, Head, Electronic Government Services Unit,
  Secretary of Comptrollership and Administrative Development
   COMPRANET: Electronic System for Government Procurement.
- Speaker: Juan Manuel Flores Athié, Director, Electronic Procurement, Secretary   of Public Education
   Electronic Procurement

     
10:25–10:40   Coffee Break
     
10:40–11:25   Australia
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Speaker: Dr. Paul Schapper, Director General, Department of Industry and Technology   (DoIT), Government of Western Australia
   Implementing e-Procurement in government (part 1)
   Implementing e-Procurement in government (part 2)
   Implementing e-Procurement in government (part 3)
11:25–11:55   Participants’ comments
     

     
Session 2   Advances and Achievements in e-GP
Moderator: Luisa Rains, Deputy Manager, Regional Operations Department 1, IDB
11:55–12:40   Argentina
- Introduction: Ricardo Carciofi, Executive Director, Argentina and Haiti, IDB
- Speaker: Miguel Ángel Pesce, Secretary of Finance, Government of the City of   Buenos Aires
   Technological modernization project of the Government of Buenos Aires
- Speaker: Gustavo Vullo, Director, Nacional Office of Information Technology,   Argentina
   Information technology and communication. Changes in the public sector
     
1:00–2:30   Lunch (by invitation) hosted by Enrique V. Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- Keynote speaker: Roberto Dañino Zapata, President, Cabinet of Ministries, Peru
     
2:45–3:30   Moderator: Ricardo L. Santiago, Manager, Regional Operations Department 1, IDB
    Brazil
- Introduction: Daniel Oliveira, Executive Director, Brazil and Suriname, IDB
- Speaker: Renata María Paes de Vilhena, Deputy Secretary, Logistics and   Information Technology, Brazil
   e-Procurement: The experience of the Brazilian Federal Government
- Speaker: Fernando Maida Dall'Acqua, Secretary of Finance, State of Sao Paulo
   Electronic Government in Sao Paulo.
3:30–4:00   Chile
- Introduction: Germán Quintana, Executive Director, Chile and Ecuador, IDB
- Speaker: Luis Zaviezo, Director, State Procurement Directorate, Ministry of   Finance
   Government Procurement - Chile (Parte 1)
   Government Procurement - Chile (Parte 2)
- Speaker: Francisco Ossandón, Director, Supply Center, Health Services System
   Supply Center, Health Services System, CENABAST
4:00–4:30   Participants’ comments
     
4:30–4:45   Coffee Break
 

     
Session 3   Advances and Achievements in e-GP
Moderator: Ciro De Falco, Manager, Regional Operations Department 3, IDB
4:45–5:15   United Kingdom
- Introduction: Michael Power, Senior Counselor, United Kingdom, IDB
- Speaker: Wayne Baxter, Head of Procurement Policy and Strategy, Leeds City   Council, City of Leeds
   Advances & Achievements in e-GP The Leeds Experience
5:15–5:45   Canada
- Introduction: Alan F. Gill, Alternate Executive Director, Canada, IDB
- Speaker: Robert Groulx, Director. Public Works and Government Services, Canada
   e-GP, leaned lessons and new Development Perspectives
5:45–6:15   Participants’ comments
     

     
     
Friday 22nd

8:30–9:00   Continental Breakfast
     

     
Session 4   Lessons Learned and New Opportunities
9:00–10:00   e-GP Road Map and International System e-GP
- Rodolfo C. Hernández, Chief, Procurement Policy and Coordination Office, IDB
- Rosa Olivia Villa-Lawson, Chief, Regional Operations Support Office, IDB
   e-GP, leaned lessons and New Opportunities for Development
10:00–10:30   Participants' comments
     
10:30–10:45   Coffee Break
     

Session 5 Panel
     
10:45–12:45  

e-GP and new opportunities for transparency, efficiency and development:
Role of the Government, the Private Sector and Civil Society

Moderator: Alvaro Rengifo
, Executive Director, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Finland and Denmark, BID

    - Leonardo Costa, Secretary of the Presidency, Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Edmundo Jarquín, Chief, State, Governance and Civil Society Division, IDB
- Dominador Kaiser Bazán, Second Vice-President, Republic of Panama
- Javier Lizarzaburu, BBC Correspondent
- Stephen A. Quick, Director, Office of Evaluation and Oversight, IDB
- Laura Rojas, Negotiating Group Government Procurement Coordinator, INT - BID
- Fernando A. Salgado, Vice-President, e-Solutions, IBM
- Richard Swindale, Computer Associates International, Inc.
- Rosa Olivia Villa-Lawson, Chief, Regional Operations Support Office, IDB
    Participants’ comments
     
12:45–1:00   Closing Remarks
- Enrique V. Iglesias
, President, Inter-American Development Bank