Reality procurement TV ?!

Just when you think that reality TV had saturated all possible reality situations, along comes an idea out of Pakistan for taking the reality approach to procurement reform. Paid for by the World Bank.

Good governance in public procurement to be ensured

Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (Retd) A K Khandker yesterday said the government would make necessary steps for accelerating development programmes to ensure transparency, accountability in implementation of development activities.

He said the government wants to ensure good governance in public procurement through participation of all stakeholders.

The workshop was organised to design a document for developing and producing a six-episode TV Reality Show on the issues of public procurement rules.

CPTU has been carrying out different awareness raising activities on public procurement under the Public Procurement Reform Project-II supported by the World Bank.

Representatives of the government procuring entities, bidding community, media, civil society and creative production houses are taking part at the workshop to brain-storm contents, audience analysis, message preparation and other aspects of the TV reality show with a view to popularising the Public Procurement Act (PPA) and the Public Procurement Rules (PPR) in the country.

I may know of a few Guam contractors who would be willing to provide material for a Survival Guam Procurement series.