For A New Culture of Public Administration.: Excellence, Know-How and Values
For A New Culture of Public Administration.: Excellence, Know-How and Values
For A New Culture of Public Administration.: Excellence, Know-How and Values
OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
EXCELLENCE, KNOW-HOW
AND VALUES.
February>June 2015
International Master
in Public Procurement Management
Dear Student,
You may wonder why a Bank, albeit a Development Bank, is interested in having a foothold in
the academic world. Well, investment is not only about equity or loans but investment in people
that can help to develop their countries. An investment project may deliver a power station or a
road that will resolve an immediate need but investment in people will bring benefits that are
sustainable over generations to come.
Procurement is a process that aims to deliver solutions corresponding to the need of public
or private stakeholders at a price that is in line with real market cost. The procurement
function of EBRD has been instrumental in supporting EBRD clients to achieve just
that during the 20 plus years that EBRD has been in existence and we believe that the
experience that our in-house procurement specialists have accumulated should be
shared to bring benefits to aspiring procurement practitioners. International Financing
Institutions (IFI) like the EBRD have financed and supported implementation of projects
in many countries and have therefore a broad perspective on issues that may arise during
a procurement and contract implementation cycle. Furthermore, as an honest broker in
the procurement process an IFI will need to safeguard the interests of both Bank clients
and tenderers. This forces IFIs to always strive towards best practice in procurement and
contract implementation.
In Tor Vergata we have found a partner that not only has the same vision but also the
expertise in delivering procurement knowledge with high academic standard to a broad
spectrum of students. It is therefore with immense pleasure that EBRD together with Tor
Vergata are able to offer you this opportunity to develop your procurement knowledge by
enrolling in this Public Procurement Management Master Programme.
Jan Jackholt
Director of Procurement
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Modular training
The programme consists of 12 modules where attendance is strictly
compulsory. Failure to attend will motivate outright suspension from the
Programme. Students will sign a Memorandum of Professional Behavior
before the beginning of classes, together with the acceptance of the rules
of the Master (posted on the website).
Each module lasts approximately a week. The modules will be based on
a traditional learning approach and will be followed by graded exams.
Courses list
1
Legal Background
Economics of Procurement
10
E-Procurement
12
Strategic Procurement
Tutoring Activities
The tutoring
activities are meant
to ensure the
effectiveness of the
training programme,
supporting students
in administrative,
technical and
academic issues.
The goal is to assist
students on all issues
bearing on their dayto-day student life.
Training tools:
The following
tools will integrate
and make more
effective the Master
programme:
- E-Learning
- Interactive tutoring
- Group discussion
and seminars
- Role-playing
- Business games
and team activities
Distance Learning
The programme includes two distance learning modules. The rst one
must be attended before students come to Rome and recalls fundamental
concepts needed during classroom lectures.
In the second one, starting after the in presence phase, students will be
required to show their capacity and creativity in designing a specic
tender for goods, services or works.
Exams
Exams will be organized around 2 sessions: the rst session will be
administered at the end of the sixth module and the second at the end
of the last module.
Students will have a one-week break for exams preparation and the
following week will sit down for exams, respectively, at the end of module
six and at the end of module twelve.
Traineeship period
After the courses students have to be involved in a Traineeship period
(a stage), within their own (or another public) organization. For a
candidate to be admitted to the thesis defense the Board of the Master
program will have to have approved the project work prepared within
that period.
Final Dissertation
At the end of the Masters programme students will have to submit a
dissertation, which will be part of the nal evaluation. The dissertation
should be a case study concerning procurement issues related to their own
organizations, to a specic country or to a public procurement challenge.
Programme Implementation
The
evolution
of the
Procurement
figures:
meeting
changes
and
challenges
Programme Implementation
The
Procurement
Team of
Tor Vergata
University
Programme Implementation
Master
Programme
General
Overview
The Campus
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http://www.campusxroma.it/english
11
Financial
Aid:
There are two main types of costs for students undertaking postgraduate
study during the International Master in Public Procurement
Management: academic fees and living expenses.
Academic fees cover the cost of tuition, examinations and registration
and some student amenities. They dont include fees for accommodation,
meals or general living expenses.
Academic fees for the a. y. 2014-2015 amount to 7.000,00.
It is also possible to attend a part of the program, even only one module.
In this case the cost per module is 750.
Beyond the academic fees, the other main cost for postgraduate
students will be living expenses. These include key aspects such as your
accommodation fees if you choose to live on our campus ( 700-800 per
month, including accommodation on campus in a private room with
shared bathroom, daily lunch and dinner at the Campus Restaurant)
or rent for those living off campus, food and other general expenditure
related to apartments life.
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13
Teaching staff
Managing public procurement involves so much more than learning the rules.
This Master's course in Public Procurement Management will enable the students to
improve procurement systems where it counts - when making procurement decisions on
the ground.
UNCITRAL
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Students
15
Master Director
Executive Director
Gustavo Piga
Annalisa Castelli
Procurement
Director of EBRD
Jan Jackholt
Scientific Committee
Jos Luis Alfaro
Jakob Edler
Aristide Police
Alessandro Ancarani
Aris Georgopoulos
Romilde Rizzo
Alexander Belenky
Daniel Gordon
Stephane Saussier
Federiga Bindi
Jan Jackholt
Tina Soreide
Chris Bovis
Irina Kuznetsova
Stephane Straub
Martin Burgi
Paolo Labombarda
Pedro Telles
Giacomo Calzolari
Franois Lichere
Khi Thai
Fuguo Cao
Frederic Marty
Steen Treumer
Domenico Casalino
Bernardo Mattarella
Elvira Uyarra
Riccardo Colangelo
Caroline Nicholas
Enzo De Laurentiis
Guido Paolucci
Tommaso Valletti
Lucio Picci
Christopher Yukins
Nicola Dimitri
Biancamaria Raganelli
Simone Borra
Francesco Forte
Veljko Sikirica
Corrado Cerruti
Elisabetta Iossa
Raffaele Tortora
Vittorio Cesarotti
Gustavo Piga
Stefano Tremolanti
Executive Committee
Information
Department of Business Government
Philosophy Studies
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Procurement Department
European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
Master Secretariat
Patrizia Marta
Distance Learning Coordinator
Andrea Appolloni
tel. +39 06 72595512
fax +39 06 72595804
public.procurement@uniroma2.it
www.masterprocurement.eu
To the attention of
Veljko Sikirica
Senior Procurement Specialist
tel: +44 (0) 20 7338 6884
fax: +44 (0) 20 7338 7472
SikiricV@ebrd.com
www.ebrd.com