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    Public Procurement in Mauritius Shows Progress, But Room Remains for Improvement - AfDB Assessment

    The African Development Bank led the assessment in partnership with Mauritius’s Procurement Policy Office using the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) framework.

    Mauritius has made critical strides in its public procurement system, but additional reforms are needed, according to an assessment report the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) released to the government on Tuesday.

    African Development Bank Director of Fiduciary Services and Inspection, Frank Mvula, said that following presentation of the report, the next step should be the development of a detailed action plan on how the assessment’s recommendations would be implemented.

    Mvula made his comments during a workshop in the country’s capital Port Louis on the 14th of February where he presented a copy of the report to Mahensingh Bheekhee, Director in the Mauritian Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development.

    Members of the assessment team presented the report’s findings and recommendations to 100 Mauritian chief executives, directors, and other stakeholders.

    The African Development Bank led the assessment in partnership with Mauritius’s Procurement Policy Office (PPO) using the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) framework. MAPS is a universal standard for evaluating strengths and gaps in public procurement systems. The bank also provided a grant of  $134,013 for technical assistance to the government.

    In his opening statement, PPO director Hirendranath Rhambojun stressed that Mauritius had begun pushing reforms after seeing an early version of the report.

    “Every year, during the budget speech, we have brought improvements to the Public Procurement Act and procurement regulations,” he said. The PPO is part of the finance ministry.   

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