{"id":1863,"date":"2026-04-23T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/?page_id=1863"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:21:22","slug":"press-release-mcc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/press-release-mcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release – MCC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MCC, World Bank, MiDA Sign Memorandum to Strengthen Procurement Practices\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For Immediate Release\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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May 31, 2013\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Washington, D.C.\u2014<\/strong>The U.S. Government\u2019s Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the World Bank and Ghana\u2019s Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) today to provide professional-level curriculum and modules to the World Bank for use in education programs to help strengthen public procurement around the world. Purchases of goods and services is generally the first or second largest component of all government spending; more professional procurement can have an enormous impact on governmental efficiency and expenditures, and therefore development in all countries.\u00a0<\/p>

The MOU was signed by Jonathan Bloom, MCC\u2019s acting vice president for compact operations and Ed Olowo-Okere, director of the World Bank\u2019s Core Operations Services-Africa Region. Samuel Sefa-Dedeh, the chair of MiDA\u2019s board of directors, will soon sign the MOU.<\/p>

Strengthening accountability and administrative functions of governments is a critical component of MCC\u2019s commitment to poverty reduction through economic growth.\u00a0 As part of this effort, the MCC, MiDA and World Bank collaboration will formalize learnings in public procurement, promote procurement professionalization and expand on two unique and already successful programs initially implemented through Ghana\u2019s MCC compact.<\/p>

In August 2006, MCC and the Government of Ghana signed a five-year, $547 million compact, focused on reducing poverty by raising farmer incomes through private sector-led agribusiness development. The compact\u2019s Procurement Capacity Activity built capacity and educated civil servants and students on international procurement standards.<\/p>

Five institutions of higher learning took part in the activity. Almost 300 procurement personnel and students were trained, 1,250 students participated in procurement internships at government offices, and 200 of those gained permanent or temporary employment.<\/p>

This MOU builds on a previous memorandum signed between MiDA (the Ghanaian government entity created to implement the MCC compact) and the Government of Liberia in 2011 to provide the curriculum and modules developed under Ghana\u2019s MCC compact to train Liberian procurement professionals. Twenty-five Liberian students recently graduated with a postgraduate diploma in public procurement. The new partnership under the MOU provides these materials more broadly to the World Bank as part of the Bank\u2019s and MCC\u2019s shared aspiration to improve public procurement.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cMCC prioritizes partnerships and sharing our lessons with the broader community, and this MOU does precisely that,\u201d Bloom said. \u201cWe are excited that the programs MCC and MiDA implemented in Ghana will have a global impact.\u00a0 This program also demonstrates the great positive contribution professionalization can have on government spending and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThis is the outcome of mutual understanding and excellent collaboration between MCC and MiDA, and we are happy to have left this legacy as a contribution to laying the groundwork to improve public sector procurement,\u201d said MiDA CEO Martin Eson-Benjamin.<\/p>

\u201cWe will make these materials available worldwide, building procurement capacity and promoting development,\u201d Olowo-Okere said. \u201cThis is one important step toward building a cadre of international procurement professionals.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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