Center for efficient procurement practiced: a leap into the future

Contractual activities serve as one of the driving forces of Russia’s economic growth these days. Thus the volume of state corporate procurement in terms of value has reached 1/3 of the national GNP, while the annual procurement volume in Moscow alone totals 1 trillion rubles. Over 750.000 customers and suppliers have registered with procurement electronic platform, the suppliers being predominantly representatives of small and medium-size enterprises. Contractual system helps entrepreneurs find those interested in their products and services, while it allows state organizations to save budget resources. Since procurement legislation is subject to frequent upgrading, those within the procurement system stand in need of competent specialists proficient in all the ins and outs of the works. Moscow Metropolitan Governance Yury Luzhkov University is training such specialists, and for the training aids, cases and learning methodologies to be timely upgraded a Center for efficient procurement practices has been set up with the University’s Chair of State and Municipal Procurement Management. At the basis of the Center’s and the Chair’s educational methodologies and approaches lies the essential principle of life-long education.