In order to meet APEC's Bogor Goals for free and open trade and investment in AsiaPacific, APEC member

economies follow the strategic roadmap as agreed by APEC Economic eaders in !sa"a, #apan in $%%&' (his roadmap is "nown as the !sa"a Action Agenda' APEC member economies report progress towards achieving free and open trade and investment goals thro)gh Individ)al Action Plans *IAPs+ and Collective Action Plans *CAPs+, s)bmitted to APEC on an ann)al basis'

Osaka Action Agenda (he !sa"a Action Agenda provides a framewor" for meeting the Bogor Goals thro)gh trade and investment liberalisation, b)siness facilitation and sectoral activities, )nderpinned by policy dialog)es and economic and technical cooperation' As part of this framewor", General Principles have been defined for APEC member economies as they proceed thro)gh the APEC liberalisation and facilitation process' Individual Action Plans APEC member economies reg)larly s)bmit their Individ)al Action Plans *IAPs+' (his is a record of actions ta"en to meet its stated goals for free and open trade and investment' APEC member economies set their own timelines and goals, and )nderta"e these actions on a vol)ntary and non-binding basis Collective Action Plans Collective Action Plans *CAPs+ detail the collective actions of all APEC member economies in the iss)e areas o)tlined in the !sa"a Action Agenda, mirroring the IAP's' CAPs are )sed by APEC to o)tline actions and ob,ectives to meet the free trade and investment goals, as well as to monitor and report on progress'

THE OSAKA ACTION AGENDA Implementation of t e !ogo" Decla"ation

----------------------------------------------------------------------------#$ GO%E&N'ENT P&OC(&E'ENT O!)ECTI%E APEC economies will. a' develop a common )nderstanding on government proc)rement policies and systems, as well as on each APEC economy/s government proc)rement practices0 and b' achieve liberali1ation of government proc)rement mar"ets thro)gho)t the Asia-Pacific region in accordance with the principles and ob,ectives of the Bogor 2eclaration, contrib)ting in the process to the evol)tion of wor" on government proc)rement in other m)ltilateral fora0 and c' increase the )se of electronic means to cond)ct government proc)rement and in so doing see" to promote the )pta"e of ecommerce more broadly'

G(IDE*INES

Each APEC economy will. a' enhance the transparency of its government proc)rement regimes and its government proc)rement information0 b' establish, where possible, a government proc)rement information database and provide the information thro)gh a common entry point0 and c' review on a vol)ntary basis and ta"e appropriate steps to improve the consistency of its government proc)rement regime with the APEC 3onbinding Principles on Government Proc)rement *transparency, val)e for money, open and effective competition, fair dealing, acco)ntability and d)e process , and non-discrimination+0 d' provide for and promote government proc)rement thro)gh electronic means wherever possible'

CO**ECTI%E ACTIONS

APEC economies will. a' )tili1e 4)estionnaire s)rveys to e5change information on e5isting government proc)rement regimes and on p)blication of government proc)rement information in APEC economies0 b' maintain contact points to facilitate on-going e5change of the above information0 c' hold wor"shops, seminars and training co)rses on government proc)rement proced)res, laws, reg)lations, regional and pl)rilateral agreements, and the impact of technological development on government proc)rement0 d' enco)rage establishment of an APEC government proc)rement information database, incl)ding information on proc)rement opport)nities and the provision of a common entry point *s)ch as 6orld 6ide 6eb *666+ 7ome Page on the Internet+ for participation by members on a vol)ntary basis0 and e' contin)e to report vol)ntarily on the consistency of their proc)rement regimes with the APEC 3on-binding Principles on Government Proc)rement and on the improvements to their regimes' f'