{"id":4820,"date":"2018-03-14T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2018-03-13T22:20:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T03:20:38","slug":"our-first-webinar-caricoms-procurement-framework-and-2018-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/our-first-webinar-caricoms-procurement-framework-and-2018-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First Webinar: CARICOM\u2019s Procurement Framework and 2018 Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As perhaps the most longstanding regional organisation, with nearly 20 associated institutions through which it touches the life every Caribbean citizen, the projects undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can have far-reaching impact. However, as a regional organisation, CARICOM can seem a bit removed from the business community. As a result, its procurement procedures and processes tend not to be well understood, which undoubtedly would affect the number and quality of the tender responses it receives. Additionally, the organisation will soon be rolling out a <em>Community Procurement Regime<\/em> within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), which has the potential to transform public procurement not only within CARICOM itself, but also in each of its Member States.<\/p>\n<h3>Purpose and Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>This webinar has been organised to increase awareness among Caribbean Consultants and Vendors (of goods and services) of the changes that are being made to CARICOM\u2019s procurement procedures, and to provide insight into the priority projects (at the regional level) that should be open for tender in 2018. Accordingly, this webinar hopes to achieve the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apprise attendees of the soon-to-be-implemented Community Procurement Regime, its benefits, opportunities, implementation timeline, and how Consultants and Vendors would be affected<\/li>\n<li>Provide an overview of CARICOM\u2019s current procurement procedures<\/li>\n<li>Share CARICOM\u2019s procurement plan for 2018<\/li>\n<li>Get the Consultant and Vendor community more aware the procedural changes in procurement occurring at the CARICOM level, so that they may be better able to position themselves to adjust and better capitalise on the opportunities that are likely to emerge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Speakers<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4822\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Phlip-McClauren-CARICOM.png?resize=123%2C164\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"164\" \/>Philip McClauren \u2013 Deputy Programme Manager, CSME Unit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Originally from Saint Lucia, Philip has been a career public servant for almost three decades, focusing on areas such as Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Currently, is the Deputy Programme Manager of the CSME Unit in Barbados, and he will be walking us through CARICOM\u2019s new procurement\u2019s framework, the <em>Community Procurement Regime<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chester-James-CARICOM-cropped.png?resize=144%2C153\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"153\" \/>Chester James \u2013 Programme Manager, Procurement, CARICOM Secretariat <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chester James started his career in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently is the Programme Manager, Procurement, of the CARICOM Secretariat located in Guyana. At the webinar, Chester will be sharing with us CARICOM\u2019s procurement plan for 2018, which he would have been instrumental in preparing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/M_Marius_Photo.jpg?resize=153%2C138\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/M_Marius_Photo.jpg?w=535&ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/M_Marius_Photo.jpg?resize=300%2C269&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/>Michele Marius<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Host and Moderator<\/strong><strong>, Project Calls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michele Marius is an experienced Consultant, Manager, Regulator and Engineer who has worked in the private and public sectors, and in developed and developing countries in the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia. She is the Founder of Project Calls, and has organized this webinar. She will also moderate the proceedings.<\/p>\n<h3>Webinar Details<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Tuesday, 20 March 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>TIME<\/strong>: 10:30 a.m. (Barbados time, GMT -5)<\/p>\n<p><strong>REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN<\/strong>:<em>\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/projectcalls.clickmeeting.com\/caricom-procurement-framework-2018-plan\/register?_ga=2.9889456.488434950.1520865779-994586815.1516292113\">https:\/\/projectcalls.clickmeeting.com\/caricom-procurement-framework-2018-plan\/register?_ga=2.9889456.488434950.1520865779-994586815.1516292113<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0 Places are limited, so do log in 5\u201410 minutes before the session begins to ensure a place!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Images:\u00a0 P McClauren; C James; M Marius<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As perhaps the most longstanding regional organisation, with nearly 20 associated institutions through which it touches the life every Caribbean citizen, the projects undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[208],"tags":[209,121,118,71,210],"class_list":["post-4820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-capacity-bulding","tag-caribbean","tag-caricom","tag-procurement","tag-webinars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webinar-Registration-Flyer-vertical.jpg?fit=1024%2C751&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1fK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7030,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/carpha-crs-and-the-organization-of-eastern-caribbean-states-pharmaceutical-procurement-service-form-partnership\/","url_meta":{"origin":4820,"position":0},"title":"CARPHA\/CRS and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States\/ Pharmaceutical Procurement Service form partnership","author":"Michele Marius","date":"October 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States\/Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECS\/PPS) is announcing a new partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency\/ Caribbean Regulatory System (CARPHA\/CRS) that will require all anti-retroviral (ARVs) medicines to receive approval by the CRS in order to participate in the upcoming OECS\/PPS ARV tender in June of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News\/Developments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Medication-Gatis-Gribusts-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C840&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Medication-Gatis-Gribusts-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C840&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Medication-Gatis-Gribusts-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C840&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Medication-Gatis-Gribusts-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C840&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29193,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/guyana-rwanda-barbados-looking-at-procurement-mechanism-to-manufacture-vaccines-in-caribbean\/","url_meta":{"origin":4820,"position":1},"title":"Guyana\/Rwanda\/Barbados looking at \u2018procurement mechanism\u2019 to manufacture vaccines in Caribbean","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Caribbean As talks continue between Guyana, Rwanda and Barbados to manufacture vaccines and medicines, the President of the East African nation told Heads of Government of CARICOM on Wednesday that the next step in cementing the arrangement is to decide on a procurement mechanism that will be sustainable. 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