Led by Acting Secretary Kim De Leon and GPPB-TSO Director General Atty. Rowena Candice M. Ruiz, the Government Procurement Policy Board – Technical Support Office (GPPB-TSO) met with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to explore a possible investment project as well as technical assistance in advancing key procurement reforms.

The discussion covered procurement professionalization, digitalization and data integration, beneficial ownership, and foreign-assisted projects, including potential technical assistance to link PhilGEPS with COMPASS, strengthen the use of beneficial ownership information, and advance procurement professionalization and capacity building.

The meeting reinforces the shared commitment to modernize, professionalize, and strengthen public procurement under the New Government Procurement Act (RA 12009).

Present at the meeting were
Acting Secretary Kim De Leon, Usec. Ryan S. Lita, DG Atty. Rowena Candice M. Ruiz, Mr. John Paul Junio, Ms. Jeannie Rose A. Maraya, Sina Velioglu, Ashish Narain, Joris Van Eften, Kevin Moore, and Jose Antonio Ramos Tan III

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