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CISANET trains women in open contracting
February 24, 2020 / Tawonga Nyirenda Mayuni
There is need for transparency in the procurement process for Malawi government projects to ensure that selected groups such as the women and youths have the opportunity to successfully bid for the contracts.
Assistant Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA), Timothy Kalembo said this at a training for women on open contracting which Civil Society Agriculture Network Malawi (CISANET) in partnership with Hivos held in Mzuzu.
Kalembo said: “The training was very important because women cooperatives and the youth are part of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).”
“The role of PPDA is to promote targeted procurement, where procurement and disposal of entities is focused on certain selected groups of people be it women or the youth with an aim of developing the group.”
The women were drawn from from the media, Purple Innovation and Mzuzu women entrepreneur cooperatives.
The training dwelled on open contracting, and the Public Procurement and Disposal Act and its provisions.
Executive Director of Purple Innovation Patricia Ntengela described the training as significant in terms capacity building as imparted skills and knowledge on the participants.
“The training has helped in empowering women to ensure that they have the competencies and capabilities to take part in competitive bidding processes which are dominated by their male counterparts.” she said
CISANET and Hivos Malawi conducted the trained as part of the Empowerment of Women in Agriculture in Malawi Project.
The project will also provide women cooperatives with startup capital for agricultural related businesses.
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