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Course Overview

Procurement functions are under increasing scrutiny due to their financial, ethical, and reputational impact. Strong governance and compliance frameworks are essential for ensuring fair, transparent, and legally compliant procurement practices. Without them, organizations face risks of fraud, corruption, and regulatory violations.

This ten-day course from EuroQuest International Training explores the critical elements of procurement governance, legal and regulatory frameworks, compliance obligations, and ethical practices. Participants will learn how to design procurement policies, manage risks, conduct audits, and ensure alignment with international standards. By integrating governance and compliance with strategic procurement, the program prepares professionals to manage procurement as a driver of organizational integrity and performance.

Course Benefits

• Understand governance principles and compliance frameworks in procurement

• Apply risk management strategies to safeguard procurement activities

• Strengthen transparency and accountability in procurement operations

• Ensure compliance with international and local regulatory requirements

• Build ethical, fair, and sustainable procurement practices

Why Attend

Procurement governance and compliance are not optional—they are strategic imperatives. This course empowers participants to protect their organizations from financial, legal, and reputational risks while ensuring procurement contributes to sustainable value creation.

Training Methodology

• Structured knowledge sessions

• Case studies of governance and compliance successes and failures

• Scenario-based exploration of procurement risks

• Conceptual frameworks integrating ethics, governance, and regulation

• Reflective analysis of organizational practices

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Define procurement governance and its strategic importance

• Understand global and local procurement compliance requirements

• Apply frameworks to strengthen transparency and accountability

• Identify, assess, and mitigate procurement risks

• Ensure ethical practices in procurement and tendering

• Align procurement policies with governance standards

• Conduct audits and compliance checks effectively

• Manage stakeholder relationships with integrity

• Integrate digital tools for procurement compliance monitoring

• Build sustainable procurement governance systems

Course Outline

Unit 1: Principles of Procurement Governance

• Defining governance in procurement

• Strategic value of transparency and accountability

• Governance structures for procurement functions

• Case studies of governance successes and failures

• Global governance frameworks

Unit 2: Regulatory Frameworks and Compliance Standards

• International procurement regulations

• Local and regional compliance requirements

• Public vs. private sector procurement regulations

• Global organizations’ compliance frameworks (e.g., WTO, UNCITRAL)

• Building procurement compliance policies

Unit 3: Ethical Procurement Practices

• Ethics in procurement decision-making

• Anti-corruption and anti-bribery frameworks

• Conflict of interest management

• Fairness and equality in tendering

• Building trust through ethical practices

Unit 4: Risk Management in Procurement Governance

• Identifying risks in procurement processes

• Fraud, corruption, and collusion risks

• Risk registers and mitigation strategies

• Integrating governance with risk management

• Lessons learned from governance failures

Unit 5: Procurement Policies and Procedures

• Designing procurement policies

• Standard operating procedures for governance

• Approval hierarchies and delegation of authority

• Ensuring consistency and fairness

• Policy enforcement mechanisms

Unit 6: Auditing and Monitoring Procurement Compliance

• Internal and external audit frameworks

• Compliance audits and reporting tools

• Detecting and preventing irregularities

• Monitoring supplier compliance with contracts

• Transparency in procurement monitoring

Unit 7: Supplier Governance and Accountability

• Supplier code of conduct

• Supplier due diligence and verification

• Managing compliance in supplier relationships

• Governance in long-term supplier contracts

• Supplier audits and performance evaluations

Unit 8: Digital Tools for Governance and Compliance

• E-procurement and compliance monitoring

• Blockchain for procurement transparency

• AI for compliance and fraud detection

• Digital dashboards and reporting systems

• Cybersecurity considerations in procurement data

Unit 9: Governance in Tendering and Contracting

• Governance in bid evaluation and awarding

• Compliance checks in tendering processes

• Transparency in contract management

• Accountability in negotiation and contracting

• Global standards in tender governance

Unit 10: Crisis and Emergency Procurement Governance

• Governance challenges in emergency procurement

• Compliance under urgent sourcing needs

• Balancing speed with accountability

• Case studies of crisis procurement failures

• Building resilience in governance systems

Unit 11: Sustainability and ESG in Procurement Governance

• Governance and sustainability alignment

• Environmental and social compliance requirements

• ESG standards in procurement

• Ethical sourcing and sustainability audits

• Embedding sustainability in procurement policies

Unit 12: Future of Procurement Governance and Compliance

• Global trends in procurement governance

• Digital transformation of compliance frameworks

• Cross-border procurement governance challenges

• Building future-ready governance systems

• Consolidation of course insights

Target Audience

• Procurement and supply chain directors

• Governance, risk, and compliance professionals

• Contract managers and legal officers

• Public sector procurement officers

• Executives seeking to strengthen procurement accountability

Target Competencies

• Procurement governance and oversight

• Regulatory compliance and ethics

• Risk management in procurement systems

• Auditing and compliance monitoring

• Supplier accountability and governance

• Digital compliance and transparency tools

• Sustainable and ethical procurement practices

Join the Procurement Governance and Regulatory Compliance Training Course from EuroQuest International Training to master governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks that ensure procurement integrity and organizational resilience.