Session Report

Report of 22nd  Session (4-6 October 2017, Montreal)

Conclusions of the Twenty-Second Session of the High Level Committee on Management’s Procurement Network (HLCM PN), ICAO, Montreal, 4-6 October 2017. The Session included updates from the Working Groups on Harmonisation, Professional Development, Strategic Vendor Management and Sustainable Procurement as well as a status report on the UN Global Marketplace (UNGM) and the projects on Collaborative Procurement of Vehicles, Collaborative Procurement of High Value Commodities, and the UN Procurement Practitioner’s Handbook. The following five ‘Show and Tell’ interventions were also part of the agenda: (i) The World Bank Group Corporate Procurement Strategy 2020, (ii) UNICEF’s Ethics Month, (iii) The UNOPS Possibilities Programme/UP Forum, (iv) The CPAG 2016 Annual Report, and (v) UNOPS Procurement Business Intelligence Journey.