Agence de Régulation des Marchés Publics Public Contracts Regulatory Agency Performance – Public service Socio-economic development Laying the groundwork for the public procurement system in Cameroon Governance Public procurement occupies a prominent place in the socio-economic development of Cameroon. The Public Contracts Regulatory Agency (ARMP) was established under the supervision of the presidency of the Republic of Cameroon to govern the public procurement system and implement into it the recommendations of various reforms. The ARMP will focus on: - The fi ght against corruption; - The improved monitoring of the implementation of public contracts; - Strengthening the monitoring and control system; - Promoting an institutional environment favourable for the creation of decent jobs; - Contributing to the promotion of the eɈ ective use of appropriations. Strategic positioning Structurally, the functional reorganisation of ARMP has resulted in the creation of, at the central level, Inspectorates- General responsible for audit, control, regulation and evaluation of performance of the public procurement system. In addition, the desire to ensure better supervision of actors through full proximity monitoring and regulation led ARMP to upgrade its Regional Branch Oɉ ces into Regional Regulation Centres, thus increasing their scope of competence. Operationality of governance ARMP’s unique institutional position and broad territorial coverage provides a view of the entire system, a position that has helped make the fi ght against corruption one of its key missions. As such, the agency has made an outstanding contribution to the institutional coalition against corruption put in place by the National Anti- Corruption Commission (CONAC) in partnership with the Supreme State Audit Services, the General Delegation for National Security, the Ministry of Justice, the National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF) and many others. To this end, a Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) is underway. The RRI, based on a Challenge Memorandum concerning the commitment of its staɈ and actors of public procurement, implements a stepup across the national territory, over a period of 100 days, with an aim to reduce by 75 per cent irregularities that encourage corruption in tenders boards and subcommissions for the analysis of tenders. ARMP has established partnerships with socio-professional and business organisations – for example, GICAM (Cameroon Employers Group) – in view of ensuring participatory monitoring of projects and citizen control, and improving the business climate to guarantee security for investors. Funding received from development partners will refi ne our strategies and ensure the reliability of ARMP actors and staɈ . Furthermore, the increased access to information on public procurement is also for ARMP a tool of governance through denunciations collected at its web address www.armp.cm and the Journal des Marchés Publics, which publishes inter alia, tender notices, awards, signed contracts and sanctions. Major projects - The modernisation and computerisation of ARMP and of the system through the dematerialisation of public procurement procedures and documents - Alternative dispute resolution and aligning the Cameroon regulatory system with international standards. Mr Joseph NGO Director-General HEAD OFFICE P.O. Box 6604 Yaounde, Cameroon Tel: +237 22 20 1803, +237 22 20 0008, +237 22 20 0009, Fax: +237 22 20 6043 Email: armpcameroun@ yahoo.fr Website: www.armp.cm Head Offi ce
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