{"id":1825,"date":"2020-02-26T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2020-02-26T09:46:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:46:32","slug":"world-procurement-awards-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/02\/26\/world-procurement-awards-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"World Procurement Awards 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re delighted to be named as finalist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldprocurementawards.com\/\">World Procurement Awards 2020<\/a> which was announced on Friday 14 February and this year saw a record 420 nominees. The awards are a prestigious event with nominees from around the globe who are raising the benchmark for procurement excellence.<\/p>\n<p>The short listing is in recognition of what Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate does to attract, develop and retain high calibre talent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1833 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-745x512.jpg 745w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2-611x420.jpg 611w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/02\/Procurement-People-of-Tomorrow-26-February-2020-v2.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/704;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The nomination highlights the work of the directorate which is both challenging and rewarding. This has resulted in it being a place for those wishing to build a career in procurement at the highest level of public service. In our Directorate People Capability Strategy we\u2019ve developed our people and built our future leadership roles through the award winning Procurement People of Tomorrow initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Ainslie McLaughlin, Director of Scottish Procurement and Property said \u201cIt is fantastic news to get to this stage and to be in such high company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government has been nominated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/worldprocurementawards.com\/shortlist\/\">finalist<\/a> in the category of \u2018Talent and Development Award\u2019. This year\u2019s awards will take place on Thursday 14 May at the InterContinental O2, London as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/worldprocurementweek.com\/\">World Procurement Week<\/a> on 12-14 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Government has been nominated as a finalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,39,55,456],"tags":[191,21,13,6,143],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement-news","category-procurement-people-of-tomorrow","category-scottish-procurement","category-world-procurement-awards","tag-career","tag-procurement-people-of-tomorrow","tag-public-sector-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-world-procurement-awards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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