USTDA Expands Global Procurement Initiative to Romania
June 17, 2015
(USTDA)
BUCHAREST, Romania – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Romanian Prime Minister’s
Chancellery, adding another country partnership under the Agency’s Global
Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value (GPI). Under the MOU, USTDA is
providing training to over 50 Romanian officials on obtaining best value and
incorporating life cycle cost analysis in public procurement processes through a
three-day workshop taught by George Washington University Law School’s
Government Procurement Law Program.
“As part of the intense collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest that
made it possible, this event under the Global Procurement Initiative of USTDA
comes at the right moment given the current Romanian efforts in public
procurement reform, which entails the redesigning of the legislative and
institutional frameworks and elaborating a national strategy in public
procurement,” said Secretary of State of the Chancellery, Mr. Radu Puchiu, who
signed the MOU along with the Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Embassy Bucharest,
Mr. Dean Thompson. “The experience and expertise brought by USTDA and George
Washington University are important for improving the skills of Romanian
specialists in better implementing the best value approach in public
procurement. We look forward to continuing our joint efforts.”
The signing ceremony was presided over by Romanian Minister of Public Finance
Eugen Orlando Teodorovici, whose Ministry supervises the newly created National
Authority for Public Procurement. The GPI workshop will support the Romanian
government’s goal of building the capacity of procurement staff and
demonstrating positive results in public procurement. USTDA’s partnership with
Romania complements the Agency’s efforts to level the playing field for U.S.
companies competing in international tenders.
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