The overriding objective of a nationalpublic procurement system is to deliver efficiency and valuefor money in the use of public funds, while adhering tofundamental principles of non- discrimination, equaltreatment, and transparency. Procurement is therefore at thecore of the Public Finance Management (PFM) system andcontributes greatly to several of its objectives, includingefficiency, transparency, and accountability. In respect ofpublic procurement, the 2005 review of Afghanistan'sPFM system identified a weak legal framework, lack ofownership, lack of capacity and the lack of a monitoringmechanism as the key issues in the area of procurement.Since then, following the recommendations of the PFM reviewreport, the country has made substantial progress inimproving its public procurement environment. The purpose ofthis report is to provide a roadmap which sets out theincremental steps which may be taken to introduce ElectronicGovernment Procurement (E-GP) tools according to the speedand development of the reform agenda. The report will bedisseminated to the stakeholders through a workshop, plannedfor July 2007. The workshop will discuss the challenges inimplementation of an e-GP strategy both in terms of itscomponents as well as the transition path to implementation.
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