Africa: Central African nations adopt new public procurement code

29 Jul 19: Ministers of the Steering Committee for the Institutional Reform of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) have adopted a new Community public procurement code. This new governance instrument, which contributes to the revision of the ECCAS Financial Regulation, aims to regulate the procurement process in the regional bloc and institutions of the sub-region. It will also strengthen the fiscal principles necessary for good financial governance, and provide States with new sub-regional regulatory instruments that will strengthen integration,…