实现和锁定国内政府采购改革和善治以及对国内采购系统进行基准测试的有效工具.pdf

1、The WTOs Agreement on Government Procurement(GPA 2012):An effective tool for achieving and locking in domestic government procurement reform and good governance,and for benchmarking domestic procurement systemsGovernment Procurement and Competition Policy Group,IPD1Introduction23A plurilateral inter

2、national agreement The Agreement provides legal guarantees of non-discrimination for the goods,services and suppliers of GPA Parties in covered procurement activities,which are worth an estimated USD 1.7 trillion annually Not all WTO Members are Parties to the GPA 2012,but the membership increases o

3、ver time.The GPA 2012 is part of the WTO system and is enforceable under the DSU!WHAT IS THE GPA 2012?4The objectives of the GPA 2012 include the following:Exchange of reciprocal opportunities to access the GPA Parties procurement markets for the Parties goods,services and suppliers.The efficient an

4、d effective management of public resources in the procurement markets of each participating WTO Member,by achieving greater value for money through enhanced competition in those procurement markets.Strengthening good governance,including through transparency,avoidance of conflicts of interest and ac

5、countability mechanisms.Encouraging the accession of other WTO Members to the Agreement,on mutually advantageous terms.Increase in the number of Parties to the Agreement5Current GPA Parties and ObserversArt.XXII of the GPA 2012:“Any Member of the WTO may accede to this Agreement”.22 Parties covering

6、 49 WTO Members36 Observers,including Argentina,Brazil,China,India6Parties to the GPA 2012ArmeniaJapanNorth MacedoniaNorwayAustraliaKoreaSingaporeCanadaLiechtensteinSwitzerlandEU(+its 27 member States)MoldovaChinese TaipeiHong Kong,ChinaMontenegroUkraineIcelandNetherlands w.r.t.ArubaUnited KingdomIs