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By Christopher Arko, GNA
Accra, July 25, GNA – The United Nations's
Office for Project Services (UNOPS) trains about 170 small and medium-sized
entrepreneurs to equip them with the necessary skills to award public contracts and
better access to United Nations entities tendering for products.
The skills acquired would enable the
entrepreneurs to present their products on the United Nations platform for the purchase of
their goods around the world.
Ms. Ifeoma Esther Charles-Monwuba, Director and
A representative, UNOPS Ghana, announced the training program for the opening of the
the UNOPS Possibility (UP) forum in Accra.
The two-day conference on the theme:
"Think beyond here and now, focus on what could be done," to inspire
entrepreneurs to realize their potential in the field of
supply.
The forum is organized jointly by the
Ministry of Public Procurement (MOPP) with UNOPS, focuses on women and men
youth-owned businesses.
Ms. Charles-Monwuba also advised the major
or wholesale purchases to be split into small units to allow these SMEs
contractors to bid more easily for supply jobs.
Ms. Sarah Adoa Sarfo, Minister of State
responsible for public procurement, stressed the need for efficiency in the management of public procurement.
public procurement to make a lot of savings for the nation, adding that it's reaching the
The national goal of the "Ghana Beyond Aid" program required
procurement procedures.
She stated that the meeting was aimed at empowering SMEs
take advantage of the great opportunity of public procurement.
The Minister of Procurement noted that "small businesses
medium-sized enterprises stimulate growth, create jobs and contribute to
poverty reduction in Ghana ".
Mrs
Frema Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff, highlighted the progress made in the reform of the
procurement and the purpose of process management in Ghana.
She urged business people to take advantage of it
initiatives put in place by the Government of Ghana to strengthen the capacities of
young people, women and people with disabilities as well as the digitization of the business
process to create more business development opportunities in the country.
GNA
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