Committees Budget and Management Committee Committee on Trade and Investment Business Mobility Group Competition Policy and Deregulation Group Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalisation Government Procurement Experts' Group Group on Services Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group Investment Experts' Group Market Access Group Rules of Origin Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance Strengthening Economic Legal Infrastructure WTO Capacity Building Group Economic Committee SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation Working Groups SOM Special Task Groups Other APEC Groups and Initiatives		You Are Here: Home > APEC Groups > Committees > Committee on Trade and Investment > Government Procurement Experts' Group     A basic principle of government procurement is to provide ample and equal opportunities for participation to interested and qualified bidders for government work, thereby ensuring healthy and effective competition. To help facilitate this outcome, the Government Procurement Experts' Group (GPEG) aims to develop a common understanding of government procurement policies and systems. It also aims to achieve liberalisation of government procurement markets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The group reviews and reports on APEC Member Economies' government procurement regimes against Non-Binding Principles (NBP). The APEC GPEG NBPs are - Transparency, Value for Money, Open and Effective Competition, Fair Dealing, Accountability and Due Process, and Non-Discrimination. Key Developments GPEG's 2006 Priorities Continue on efforts in reviewing and repackaging the NBPs so that it is easier to understand and more business-friendly. Continue work on GPEG capacity-building projects, including progressing SME initiatives in consultation with the SME Working Group, and information sharing on the Transparency Standards on Government Procurement. Organize the APEC Seminar on Transparency in Procurement and E-procurement, a project approved at the BMC 1 meeting in March 2006. Continue to encourage member economies to share information on their procurement frameworks including e-procurement initiatives. Ongoing information sharing on multilateral and bilateral trade arrangements negotiated by member economies. Continue to update the GPEG website to enhance the transparency of members' government procurement policy, procedures and procurement opportunities. GPEG activities during 2005 focused on the continued relevance and recognition of the NBPs. Key developments include: the completion of member economy reporting against the NBPs; the identification of elements of the NBPs that address corruption; review of the NBPs to ensure the principles are clear and well understood and complement the Transparency Standards on Government Procurement. Government Procurement Resources GPEG members meet biannually prior to the first and third APEC Senior Officials Meetings. Outcomes from GPEG meetings such as presentations, reports and proposals are available through the GPEG Documents and Reports page. General information regarding the efforts of GPEG's 21 member economies to liberalise government procurement is available from the drop down menu below. Users can search for information on member economies including specific information on current government procurement policies, procedures, trade opportunities and key contacts for each economy. Hyperlinks to related websites, including those listing specific procurement opportunities offered by individual APEC member economies, are also provided. To access this information, simply click on the drop down menu below.   Select a Member Economy Overview Australia Brunei Darussalam Canada Chile China Hong Kong, China Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Philippines Singapore Chinese Taipei Thailand United States Brief History The APEC Government Procurement Experts' Group (GPEG) was established in 1995 with the aim of increasing the transparency of government procurement markets in accordance with the goals of the Bogor Declaration. The APEC Government Procurement Experts' Group is a sub-forum of the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI). GPEG has been chaired by Australia since August 2001. The role of Convenor will be assumed by Korea in 2006. Further information on the history of GPEG is available here. Government Procurement Experts' Group (GPEG) - Key Contacts Convenor Mr. Seunghyun Kang Director, Commodity Stockpile Bureau Public Procurement Service, Republic of Korea Gov't Complex-Daejeon 920, Dunsan-Dong,Seo-Gu, Daejeon,Korea, 302-701 Tel: 82-42-481-7200 Fax: 82-42-472-2240 Cell Ph: 82-18-416-8514 E-mails: bullseye@pps.go.kr copied to gpeg_korea@hotmail.com; stonypass@pps.go.kr; and hsy-pia@pps.go.kr APEC Secretariat Mr. Benyamin Carnadi Director (Program) E-mail: bc@apec.org		Key Developments 2006 Priorities Government Procurement Resources Brief History Contact Information Links to Member Economies' Government Procurement Websites GPEG Events GPEG Documents and Reports Non-Binding Principles on Government Procurement (PDF,132 Kb) NBPs and Anti-Corruption, Sep 2005 (DOC,61 Kb) APEC Individual Action Plans World Trade Organization Government Procurement Website Asian Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank OECD Trade OECD Public Management UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement World Bank World Trade Organization

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