ILI was honored to be able to speak and contribute to the 2021 East African Procurement Forum on April 16, 2021.  Speaking on behalf of the International Law Institute was Ms. Kim Phan, Director. 

Kim Phan speaking on Emergency Government Procurement

The East African Procurement Forum (EAPF) is an event which gathers Heads of public procurement regulatory bodies from East African Community (EAC) member states and other participants on annual basis. The forum attracts around 300 participants including Government officials, public procurement industry Experts, Government suppliers/Bidders, Development Partners, members of Civil Society and procurement Training Institutions, to mention but a few, in order to discuss public procurement issues and to come up with tangible resolutions impacting legal and regulatory framework of public procurement. The Forum provides participants with an opportunity to share experiences and challenges with the aim of improving country procurement systems while upholding the desire by member states to harmonize the systems towards a political federation.

This year, Rwanda will host this forum for the 3rd time and it will be held at Kigali Convention Center from 15th to 16th April 2021 under the theme "Strengthening Integrity and Accountability in Public Procurement for an effective emergency response » where discussions will revolve around emergency such as Covid-19.

Objectives of the Eastern African Procurement Forum:

 - To enhance interaction between different actors in public procurement in the East African Community
 - To give stakeholders an opportunity to share their experiences and efforts towards improving and harmonizing the
    public procurement landscape in the region.
 - To provide a platform for participants to share experiences and benchmark with one another in view of improving public
    sector procurement in the respective East African community countries

LINKS:

     WEBSITE
     CONCEPT NOTES FOR THE FOURM MAY BE DOWNLOADED HERE
     PROGRAM AGENDA


SPEAKERS:

DR. UZZIEL NDAGIJIMANA Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Rwanda	HON. CHRISTOPHE BAZIVAMO EAC Deputy Secretary General  Productive and Social Sectors	HON. SORAYA HAKUZIYAREMYE Deputy Governor National Bank of Rwanda	HON. PAULA INGABIRE Minister of ICT& Innovation	MR. TUSHABE RICHARD Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury
MR. SAMUEL MURINDWA Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education	HANNINGTON NAMARA Chairman, Board of Directors Rwanda Public Procurement Authority	ALFRED BIZOZA Associate Professor University of Rwanda	UWINGENEYE JOYEUSE Director General Rwanda Public Procurement Authority	BIRARO OBADIAH Auditor General
DOREEN AKATUHWERA Ag.Deputy Director Procurement, KCCA Uganda	JULIUS ISHUNGISA Board Chairman, PPDA Uganda	DR. KAYIHURA MUGANGA DIDAS Rector of Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD)	ALEXIS KAMUHIRE Director General in charge of Internal Audit - MINECOFIN	DR. ALLOYSIUS BYARUHANGA Director Performance Monitoring, PPDA Uganda
DR. KAITESI USTA Chief Executive Officer	JOHN KARANI Chairman of Kenya Institute of Supplies Management	LEVINA WANYONYI, MCIPS Deputy Director Supply Chain Management, Kenya National Highways Authority	JACKSON AWELE ONYANGO Board Member, Public Procurement Administrative Review Board, Kenya	MADODO SPROCKET MNGOMEZULU Chief Executive Officer Swaziland Public Procurement Regulatory Agency
PROF. DR. TOMBOLA MASERERI GUSTAVE Vice-Chancellor University of Kigali	APOLLINAIRE MUPIGANYI Executive Director, Transparency International-Rwanda	MICHAEL KRAMER International Consultant and Expert World Bank	P. CELSTIN SIBOMANA Ag. Division Manager for Research, Capacity Development and Monitoring Rwanda Public Procurement Authority	NEMEYE ALAIN PATRICK Private Consultant and Expert in Procurement
MUHIZI INNOCENT CEO, Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)	SAMUEL DUSENGIYUMVA Permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government	NYELU PATSON MWAMWAJA Director of Procurement Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO)	GILBERT SENDUGWA Executive Director Africa Freedom of Information Centre	ENG. SYLVESTER N. MAYUNGA Board Member of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Tanzania
KIRUNGU Acting General Manager	NOEL NSANZINEZA Deputy Director General of Rwanda Housing Authority	GIOVANNI DAVITE Executive Director KIPHARMA –Agrotech Group	PROF. DERMOT CAHILLl Director, Head of Strategy, Multilateral Banks & International Organisations at HelpUsTrade Ltd	CELSA MUZAYIRE GAJU Chief Operation Officer Rwanda Medical Supply
IMENA MUNYAMPENDA Director General Rwanda Transport Development Agency	DR. CHRISTOPHER NDITI PHD, CSP (T) Expert and Specialist in Procurement Tanzania	SARAH HARE Head of Procurement Delivery Crown Agents	KIM C. PHAN Director International Law Institute (ILI)	ZACHEE IYAKAREMYE Permanent Secretary MINISANTE Rwanda
BENSON TURAMYE Chief Executive Officer The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) Uganda	DIYA GUTTOO Director, PwC Management Consulting, e-Procurement Subject Matter Expert	ENG. LEONARD KAPONGO Chief Executive Officer Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Tanzania	MS. PAULINE OPIY0 MCIPS, MKISM, CFE Chief Executive Officer Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Kenya

Conference Report May be Downloaded HERE

  Denis Karimov

Denis Karimov, serves as Counselor for Administrative Law to the Deputy Head of the Intellectual Property [IP] Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In his role as Counselor, Mr. Karimov has worked extensively in Administrative Law in the Russian Federation and researching ways to enhance its effectiveness, timeliness, and predictability.

Based on this research, Denis offers his observations and recommendations in a series of papers [links to those papers listed below] on these important legal and commercial issues.

Denis Karimov:

"The Russian central government continues to exert great influence over administrate law and procedure across the Russian republics, regional, municipal, and other levels of government. Within this central influence unfortunately, no unified standard of its regulatory control has been defined and codified. The result of this uncertainty between legal predominance and regulatory authorities, is that many conflicting laws regulating the same agency have been created and maintained, often granting different rights for persons participating in similar or different procedures."

Due to the quantity of non-unified administrative law procedure, the opportunity for possible violations or inconsistencies of rights may occur. Likewise weak, non-unified control by the higher authorities exacerbates this condition. While appeals to higher officials are very popular, they are not often effective.

Denis Karimov promotes his observation and reform recommendations of the two laws that could solve for these issues. First, establish a unified code regulating central and sub-national government’s authorities in related matters. Second, he establishes a hierarchy of administrative law system allowing for legal review of administrative decisions to higher authorities. Lastly, he offers an additional remedy to the courts to increase the central government's authorities of the executive branch of law, and thus increasing the effectiveness of the court and speed of procedure.




PAPERS:  [click on title to download documents]


SCHEMATIC OF CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROCEDURE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS


Schematic displaying the current flow of administrative law procedure in the Russian Federation, as well as the key organizations involved, their roles, and interactions.  This diagram also provides nominal descriptions of reform recommendations.



COVER LETTER OVER VIEWING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS


The administrative reform currently supported is focused on creating appropriate ways for the interaction of powerful and powerless entities by way of deregulation of administrative legal relations and by reducing administrative barriers, burdens and systemic pressure.

The issues of administrative (departmental) revision and judicial control of administrative acts carried out on complaints of individuals and legal entities are not considered independently.  Separate mechanisms are introduced within the framework of administrative procedures for the implementation of certain functions of state control (supervision) and public services.  Review and sensitivities to centralization and bureaucracies are examined.



PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVISION


These proposals for improvement of the quality of administrative revision (control) of various law enforcement administrative acts (hereinafter referred to as administrative acts), as well as actions (inaction) (hereinafter referred to as administrative revision), are based on the results of our own practice of resolving administrative and legal conflicts and disputes between powerful and powerless entities, based on the specifics of the Russian Federation – the central position of the executive branch in the system of separation of powers; they are aimed at increasing trust in the activities of public administration in general and the status and role of the Ministries in particular.



CONCEPT OF THE LAW ON THE UNIFORM STANDARD OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Observation and suggestions to aid in re-shaping, for the benefit of the Russian Federation,  a uniform standard of administrative process.  This would include a re-review of the patchwork of regulations to unify and strengthen a single streamlined procedure; to re-review focus of authorities between central government or sub-national inputs; re-review of the legislative, court, and bureaucratic processes in attempts to ultimately revise and maintain a more uniform and efficient system of administration law procedure.

ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: SHORT LEARNING PROGRAM

FORMAT:             ONLINE PROGRAM

DATES:                MAY 5 - 27, 2021

AUDIENCE:          PRIVATE LAWYERS AND GOVERNMENT LAWYERS, GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS TRANSITIONING
                          TO THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR, LAW GRADUATES, LAW STUDENTS, CORPORATE
                          SECRETARIES, WITH POTENTIAL INTEREST IN IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.

INFORMATION:    WEB PAGE

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In this course students will gain an understanding of the role of the in-house legal department and how to determine whether an in-house role is right for you. The course will provide an understanding of how legal departments operate in the greater organizational framework, whether that is a public company, private enterprise, governmental entity or non-profit. Students will explore substantive areas of law that are fundamental to an in-house legal department, the skills that are necessary or useful to achieve success in an in-house legal career, and what to look out for while interviewing for an in-house legal position. Students will also gain an understanding of the differences in industries and companies, how in-house legal departments are treated, and the opportunities for career advancement. 

UFS Faculty of Law is excited to announce that you can now acquire skills and knowledge to ensure your performance as an ethical and effective in-house counsel in any company.

This short learning program is aimed at empowering persons (prospective in-house counsel) with the necessary skills and knowledge required to ensure performance as an ethical and effective in-house counsel of any company (including a SME).

Offered by The University of the Free State (UFS) and the ILI – South African Centre for Excellence (ILI-SACE) have collaborated in academic areas of mutual interest to, among others, present academically high-quality and practice relevant short learning programs.

This short learning program is aimed at empowering persons (prospective in-house counsel) with the necessary skills and knowledge required to ensure performance as an ethical and effective in-house counsel of any company (including a SME). 

In the face of expanding national, regional, and global health and security challenges, a distinguished panel of scientists, academics, and diplomats will focus on past lessons and future outlook. The contributors will also offer recommendations for governmental and non-governmental strategies to reduce potential risks at home and abroad.

SPONSORS:

Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies 
International Law Institute
Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute
Center for Security Law, University of Virginia Law School

Program administered by Emma Andrews and Kevin Harrington

To download the published report click HERE
 

 Also Available: Combined - Natural Gas Development: Policy and Legal Considerations - May 3-14, 2021 

The International Law Institute is proud to support an international conference on:

TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW, INSOLVENCY, RESTRUCTURING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
PROMOTING TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT POST THE PANDEMIC.

The symposium is organized by the Centre for Transnational Commercial Law; the National Law University Delhi, India; and the Internal Quality Assurance Cell [IQAC]

The program is being conducted January 6 - 7, 2021 via online.  The program is designed for Academia, Policy Makers, and Legal Practitioners.

You may download the full brochure, complete with schedules, registration information, speakers and biographies, and subject matter overview HERE.


An abridged overview of the program content is herein listed:

The International Law Insitute was proud to have partnered with the law firm of Dentons, for the second time this year, to conduct a joint two-day webinar:  


The webinar,  "US, UK, and EU Trade Sanctions: Global Overview of Sanctions Programs and Their Practical Implications for Business" focuses on global economic sanctions.

Presenters from around the globe will describe the purpose of sanctions, the various forms they take, and the legal regimes in which they are defined and enforced.

Discussions covered US, EU and UK sanctions as they relate to China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and Syria. The speakers will analyze how the US, EU and UK sanctions overlap and where they differ.

Dentons speakers breifly discussed counter-sanctions imposed by Russia and China.

The evloving areas of human rights abuse sanctions were addressed.


The program was condcuted on December 15 and 16, 2020.

The program was facilitated by leading sanctions and compliancte practitioners from Dentons' offices from the US, UK, and EU.

We invite you to watch both videos below and download thier accompanying presentation slides. 

We would also like to thank the Indian National Association of Legal Professionals for their support. 

Download Day 1 PowerPoint presentation

Download Day 2 PowerPoint presentation