Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement - Report on the Meeting of 7 February 2003 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED WT/WGTGP/M/17 15 April 2003 (03-2084) Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement report on the meeting of 7 FEBRUARY 2003 Note by the Secretariat The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement held its seventeenth meeting on 7 February 2003 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-related provisions in existing international instruments on government procurement and national procedures and practices By way of a general statement under this agenda item,