Implementing Sustainable Procurement

Developing sustainable capacity in managing procurement across the nation

Ensuring Socially-Sustainable Developments

Ensuring a socially-sustainable development that balances economic and social objectives in favor of those who are least privileged

Developing Capacity in Environmental Standards

Bridging the gap between insufficient supply of quality professionals environmental sector

Implementing Sustainable Procurement

Developing sustainable capacity in managing procurement across the nation

Procurement

Developing sustainable capacity in managing procurement accross the nation.

Social Standards

Developing sustainable capacity in managing social safeguards in the public sector

Environment

Bridging the gap between insufficient supply of quality professionals environmental sector.

Announcements

The SPESSE Project

The project development objective is to develop sustainable capacity in managing procurement, environment and social safeguards in the public sector.

SPESSE is conceived on the need to bridge the gap between insufficient supply of quality professionals in the procurement, environmental and social sectors and the lack of academic programs and curriculum in these sectors in the Nigerian education system. The cornerstone of SPESSE implementation is the creation of Centers of Excellence (CE) in Nigerian Universities to deliver a series of capacity building tracks in a sustainable manner in procurement, environmental and social standards.

SPESSE Centres

The project development objective is to develop sustainable capacity in managing procurement, environment and social standards in the public and private sectors.

6 Centres

Six federal universities from the six geo-politcal zones are hosts of the Centres

Centre Spotlight

SPESSE-ABU

Following a Call for Proposals to establish the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Centre for Excellence (SPESSCE) through NUC by the World Bank in 2019, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria submitted one of the best proposal’s on sustainable procurement, Environment and Social Standards. The proposal addressed areas ranging from applied research, capacity building and risk management.

Objectives

The main aim of the programs and courses in the Centre is to stimulate and sustain candidate’s interest in procurement, social and environmental standards.