We provide learning and training opportunities that aim:

• to enhance professionalism and integrity in the management of public resources in support of good governance and sustainable development;
• to reinforce capacity to analyse the impact of trade and investment on equitable national development.

Our training and advisory services are intended to upgrade both individual and institutional performance in achieving the economic and social outcomes prescribed in national development plans and poverty-reduction strategies.

Our course participants are officials from developing and transition countries, national and international development agencies, and representatives of the social partners and civil society.

We run our courses in partnership with key international institutions like the ILO, the UN, the World Bank, regional development banks, universities and international organizations (the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development-OECD)

Activities are held in different languages (English, French, Arabic and Russian). There are four types:

• short-term courses for working professionals, in Turin
• post-graduate programmes lasting one year for young professionals
• field and tailor-made activities held upon request
• technical cooperation projects.

Tailor-made courses can be designed and run upon demand to meet the assessed training needs of a particular client. Such courses may cover all categories of procurement (goods, works and services) and can be based upon European Union or international financial institutions’ guidelines and procedures and/or upon national procurement legislation. They can also explore specific phases of the project cycle (e.g. project design, monitoring and evaluation).

We also provide advisory services for public procurement reform at the legal, institutional and managerial levels, as well as assistance in designing, implementing and evaluating development projects and programmes.