Building a Stronger Public Procurement Profession
Practical expertise to strenghten skills,
institutions and procurement performance.
Why Professionalise Public Procurement?
Professionalising public procurement means giving people and institutions the skills, standards and support they need to make sound decisions. It strengthens accountability, build market confidence and helps public spending deliver lasting value.
Stronger Skills
Develop practical skills across the procurement fonction.
Integrity & Trust
Promote ethical practices and stronger accountability.
Better Performance
Improve efficiency and value
for money.
Who is Involved?
Public procurement brings together stakeholders with distinct but complementary responsibilities. Public buyers, private sector organisations and civil society all contribute to a transparent, competitive and effective procurement system.
Public Buyers
Plan and manage procurement in the public interest.
Private Sector
Provide goods, services, works and expertise.
Civil Society
Support transparency and public accountability.
Strengthen Public Procurement in Your Organisation
How we Support Your Organisation?
Drawing on extensive experience in training and supporting the professionalisation of public procurement across French-speaking countries, SETYM International helps institutions build the skills, frameworks and systems needed for transparent, accountable and effective procurement. Our support ranges from identifying competency needs and defining professional standards to designing tailored training, assessment processes and institutions’ own accreditation systems and platforms.
Procurement Strategies & Frameworks
Support in defining and implementing procurement strategies, competency frameworks and professional standards adapted to your institutional context.
Accreditation Systems & Platforms
Support in designing your organisation’s own accreditation framework, assessment processes and platform for accredited professionals.
Tailored Training
& Trainer Development
Practical training for procurement professionals and capacity building for trainers to strengthen and sustain expertise within your organisation.
Institutional Support &
Practical Tools
Guidance and operational tools to strengthen procurement processes, support implementation and embed transparent, accountable practices.
Working closely with your teams, we adapt these solutions to your institutional context and priorities, providing practical tools and guidance to translate professionalisation objectives into lasting improvements in procurement practice.
From Skills Development to Professional Practice
Our approach connects your organisation’s priorities with practical learning and lasting improvements in procurement practice.
Assess
Needs
Understand your context and priorities.
Build
Capacity
Deliver tailored training and support.
Embed Good Practice
Apply learning to everyday processes
Our Commitment to Effective and Transparent Public Procurement.
SETYM International’s commitment to excellence and innovation reflects our unwavering determination to support public organisations worldwide in building a future where public procurement stands for transparency, efficiency and social progress.
We have supported several public procurement regulatory authorities in Africa through assignments aimed at professionalising the procurement workforce and establishing institutional structures for the profession.
Larbi BENNOUNA, Chief Executive Officer of SETYM International
Our Expertise in Action
Benin – Building the foundations of a procurement profession
Professionalising public procurement requires both skilled practitioners and a framework that supports their professional development. Through PAGIPG, a World Bank-funded project, SETYM helped Benin address these two priorities.
The assignment combined training to prepare 250 procurement practitioners for accreditation, a review of the quality of existing training programmes and qualifications, and a feasibility assessment for establishing a national professional body for public procurement. Together, these components supported a more structured approach to developing and recognising procurement expertise.
Senegal – Setting a common standard for procurement leadership
Clearly defined competencies help institutions develop their teams and recruit professionals with the right expertise. Working with the Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics (ARMP), SETYM supported an initiative that led to the accreditation of nearly 300 officials from ministries, organisations and donor-funded projects.
MSPM® accreditation provided a common competency standard for procurement unit leadership roles, helping harmonise recruitment requirements. SETYM also assessed the feasibility of postgraduate qualification programmes covering the public procurement cycle, supporting the development of a structured professional learning pathway.
Tunisia – Developing expertise across the procurement cycle
Strong procurement systems need expertise in both procurement delivery and independent oversight. SETYM helped the Tunisian Government’s Haute Instance de la Commande Publique (HAICOP) develop a national public procurement training strategy to address these complementary needs.
Training and accreditation programmes involved 55 officials in procurement and 54 in public procurement audit and control from HAICOP and other public institutions. The assignment comprised seven deliverables and aimed to build a critical mass of qualified professionals within the public administration.
Morocco – Building local capacity to train procurement professionals
Developing skilled trainers helps institutions sustain procurement expertise within their own teams. SETYM International delivered a capacity-building programme for trainers working with local and regional authorities, focused on public procurement procedures and contract management.
Based on the new procurement decree, the programme supported trainers in developing the expertise needed to help procurement practitioners apply the updated framework.
En Côte d’Ivoire – Strengthening a community of procurement professionals
En 2024, SETYM International a assuré la poursuite du mandat des accréditations MSPM® en Côte d’Ivoire.
A lasting professionalisation strategy brings together expertise from across the procurement system. In 2024, SETYM International continued its MSPM® accreditation assignment in Côte d’Ivoire, with 88 additional professionals from public administration, the private sector and civil society gaining accreditation.
Building on previous cohorts, the continuation planned for 2025 was expected to bring the total to nearly 500 accredited professionals, reinforcing Côte d’Ivoire’s position as a reference for public procurement professionalisation in Africa.
The training combined key procurement concepts, practical tools and preparation for the accreditation examination, while developing structured working methods that participants could apply in their roles. This approach supported the long-term implementation of the national professionalisation strategy.
République Démocratique du Congo – Keeping procurement expertise up to date
Professional development continues beyond accreditation. SETYM delivered training in Dubai for 17 SNEL staff and managers from Kinshasa, covering the procurement of works, goods and consulting services.
The programme refreshed the skills of professionals who had earned their Managers Spécialiste en Passation des Marchés (MSPM) accreditation in 2018, supporting their continued development as procurement practitioners.
Saudi Arabia — Strengthening Procurement Expertise within a Multilateral Development Bank
Procurement professionals need to understand the specific challenges of the sectors they support. In 2024–2025, SETYM International delivered a sector-specific procurement training programme for the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Saudi Arabia.
The five-week online programme supported 69 professionals across agriculture, energy, ICT, health and education. Live sessions, case studies and assessments connected procurement concepts with practical sector challenges through an interactive learning approach.
An expert team specialising in public procurement audit and control guided participants throughout the programme.
Cameroon — Building the capacity to train future procurement professionals
Sustaining procurement expertise requires institutions to develop their own trainers, learning resources and assessment capabilities. In 2025 and 2026, SETYM International supported the Agence de Régulation de Marchés Publics (ARMP) through PAGFIP, an African Development Bank-funded public financial governance project.
The assignment combined training, accreditation and coaching for 30 Managers spécialistes en formation professionnelle (MSFP®) with training for five specialists in training monitoring and evaluation (EIP).
SETYM also helped ARMP trainers develop a programme leading to the national professional certification in procurement (CIP). Support included producing, coding and archiving learning materials on the Pridesoft learning platform, making these resources available for future cohorts and supporting continuity in professional development.
