Background

The Association of the Procurement Professionals in Rwanda (APP) was established in 2016, by the Law N o : 011/2016 of 02/05/2016, at its major aim was to promote
procurement professionalism and best practices in Rwanda. The Association, like any other entity in Rwanda, seeks to contribute towards the on-going efforts of transforming the country in to a knowledge based and service driven economy. It’s against this brief background therefore that the association works tirelessly to ensure the procurement profession in Rwanda, is practiced with utmost due diligence, with emphasis on professionals ethics and internationally accepted best practices.

In the context of its mandate, APP was established to achieve the following goals:

Ensure that the procurement profession in Rwanda is appreciated and embraced at all levels of the Rwandan society.
Guide and regulate activities of procurement practitioners operating in Rwanda to ensure that procurement services delivered conform to and are in compliance with established code of conduct, professional ethics and best practices.
Enhance technical capacities and professional competences of procurement practitioners in order to enable them become more competent and competitive in the national, regional and international procurement job markets and consultancy opportunities.

Our Mission

The overall mission of APPR is to coordinate, monitor and promote procurement professionals in Rwanda, through improving and maintaining the standards of ethics of procurement professionals, facilitate transfer of procurement knowledge to professionals and other stakeholder as well as protecting and safe guarding the procurement profession.