Global Procurement Forum Community of Practice (GPCP)
Date of establishment of Initiative
4 November 2025 at the Inaugural Session the Global Forum for Public Procurement of Health Products event in Tunisia
Background/overview
World Health Organization Department of Health Products Policy and Standards (HPS) launched the inaugural meeting of the Global Forum for Public Procurement of Health Products (Global Forum) to facilitate dialogue and action across experts and national leaders. The Global Forum aims to optimize connections between procurement policy and emerging practices. The event also explored interdependence with other areas of the health system, such as regulatory systems, trade, and national production. The theme of the inaugural event was to leverage the intersection of policy, procurement and quality assurance to articulate actions to advance the urgent need to improve access to medicines and health products that are quality-assured. Following the inaugural meeting, WHO aims to provide a space to foster the spirit of collaboration and openness, and to continue to support one another in the space of public procurement of health products.
Objectives
Following the completion of the Global Forum, the World Health Organization aims to provide a space for open exchange of information across national leaders in national procurement, supply chain management, and other relevant stakeholders. WHO is the Secretariat of this page, and will provide update on resources, webinars and other needs to support the community.
This space is intended for senior leaders in the space of national procurement and regulatory agencies, experts in quality assurance, pooled procurement mechanisms and other decision makers.
Organizational issues, such as partners, groups, projects
- Fair Pricing
- Quality Assurance (MQAS)
- Regulatory (RPQ)
- Local Productions
- Shortages (Shortages Portal)
- Pooled Procurement
- EML List
- WHE
Contact: GlobalForumProcurement@who.int