Learning and Development

At the heart of the GPS remit is the responsibility to help government procurement to develop into a co-ordinated and consistently well trained, well equipped and informed profession. Learning and development is critical in achieving this and in supporting the goal of delivering effective and efficient value for money procurement.

In fact, the majority of the work being undertaken by the GPS is closely associated with learning and development. Each of the procurement entry schemes, for example, is also a development initiative - training the next generation of procurement professions rather than just recruiting them.

Portfolio of GPS Learning and Development Initiatives:

• Skills Frameworks for Procurement Practitioners;
• Skills Frameworks for Procurement Leaders; and
• links with the Cabinet Office's Professional Skills for Government (PSG) programme.

• the Certificate of Competence;
• Online Skills Development Directory; and
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) qualifications.