From April till April 3, the Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA), as a Development cooperation agency in cooperation with “Expertise France” is organizing a visit to Latvia by an Uzbekistan delegation on the topic of sustainable public procurement.
7 representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives from the Samarkand Region and the operator of the Uzbek e-procurement system have arrived in Latvia with the purpose of learning more about the experience of Latvia in introducing and enforcing sustainable procurement policies, incl. best practice examples that could be useful in improving policy & implementation practices in Uzbekistan.
A number of Latvian institutions and organisations will share Latvia's experience in the development and implementation of green procurement regulation and methodological support- the Public Procurement Office, the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development, the State Agency for Digital Development and the society “Latvian sustainable Procurement Association”. Practical examples of implementing the principles of green procurement will be shared by the state JSC “State real estate”, state JSC “International Airport” Riga "and “Riga East Clinical University Hospital Ltd.”. The CFCA, in turn, as the European Union (EU) funds co-operation institution in Latvia, will share practical experience of verifying the introduction of green procurement principles in projects co-financed by EU funds.
This visit is an indirect follow-up to the cooperation launched by the CFLA as a development cooperation agency with "Expertise France" in the implementation of the project “Digital Connectivity in Central Asia” with EU funding. These kind of peer exchanges is not only an opportunity to promote Latvia, but also often open up opportunities for new cooperation initiatives in the future.