实现和锁定国内政府采购改革和善治以及对国内采购系统进行基准测试的有效工具

The WTO’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012): An effective tool for achieving and locking in domestic government procurement reform and good governance, and for benchmarking domestic procurement systemsGovernment Procurement and Competition Policy Group, IPD1Introduction23A plurilateral international agreement•The Agreement provides legal guarantees of non-discrimination for the goods, services and suppliers of GPA Parties in covered procurement activities, which are worth an estimated USD 1.7 trillion annually•Not all WTO Members are Parties to the GPA 2012, but the membership increases over time. •The GPA 2012 is part of the WTO system and is enforceable under the DSU!WHAT IS THE GPA 2012?4The objectives of the GPA 2012 include the following:Exchange of reciprocal opportunities to access the GPA Parties' procurement markets for the Parties' goods, services and suppliers.The "efficient and effective management of public resources" in the procurement markets of each part