Oxford Insights
Oxford Insights has created a new qualitative framework for assessing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in public procurement, as part of a project supported by the Open Contracting Partnership’s action research grant programme.
The purpose of this framework is to provide a universal tool, along with a previously designed quantitative framework, to assess the inclusivity of procurement practices, policies, regulations and laws within a country or region.
There are three categories included in the framework:
- policy, laws, and regulations;
- government capacity and internal tools;
- accountability and transparency.
Within each category there are sub-indicators that detail how governments can assess that particular aspect of their procurement system through a gender equality and social inclusion lens. After an assessment using the framework is carried out, governments will have a step by step guide on how to increase the participation of under-represented groups in their procurement processes.
You can download the framework by clicking the PDF at right. The framework is an open-source document, and we welcome its use by governments or external assessors seeking to improve the inclusivity of public procurement processes.
