Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement - Report on the Meeting of 10 - 11 October 2002 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED WT/WGTGP/M/15 9 January 2003 (03-0077) Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement report on the meeting of 10-11 OCTOBER 2002 Note by the Secretariat The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement held its fifteenth meeting on 10-11 October 2002 under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ronald Saborío Soto (Costa Rica). The agenda for the meeting consisted of: (i) transparency-related provisions in existing international instruments on government procurement and national procedures and practices; (ii) technical assistance and capacity building; (iii) observer status of international intergovernmental organizations; and (iv) date of the next meeting. The Working Group agreed to adopt the agenda as proposed. A. transparency-realted provisions in existing international instruments on government procurement and national procedures and practices By way of general comments under this agenda item,