KOPPEX19-1

The Public Procurement Service (PPS) of the Republic of Korea is going to organize its annual International Public Procurement Workshop in parallel with the Korea Public Procurement Expo in Goyang, Seoul on 24 and 25 April 2019 and invites the WTO, among other relevant international organizations, to send speakers to this workshop. The organizer will fund the WTO speaker's participation by providing round-trip business-class air tickets, hotel accommodations, commute between the hotel and the conference center and daily substance allowance.

The purpose of the workshop is to: i) familiarize participants with international rules on government procurement, especially the WTO/GPA provisions; and ii) exchange information on national best practices in terms of innovation and e-procurement. Policy-makers and procurement practitioners from estimated 25 countries from different parts of the world will participate in the workshop. Many of these countries are Observers in the WTO Committee on Government Procurement and existing/potential accession candidates to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA).