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Trainer of a Public Procurement course at the Management Institute for National Development MIND, Alfonso Fernandez de Castro (left), shares a light conversation with (from 2nd left) Director of Business Development and Communication at MIND, Marlene Campbell; Operations Analyst of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sasha Shirley; Senior Director of the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Cecile Maragh; and Acting Deputy Financial Secretary, Garcia Brown. The occasion was the start of the 14-day training course on September 20, at MIND’s Old Hope Road headquarters in St. Andrew.

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Public procurement specialists involved in a 14-day certification course are being encouraged to use the knowledge gained to build the procurement capacity of their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies. “We...

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