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What Central Asia Procurement is

Central Asia Procurement is a not-for-profit professional association for procurement and supply chain, being founded in Kazakhstan. Its members are the people who do the work, on the buying side and on the selling side.

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  1. Membership is personal

    Members are individual practitioners, and only members vote. Membership belongs to the person and stays with the member after a change of employer.

  2. Not-for-profit and independent

    Membership fees will be set to cover the association's costs. The association is independent of the state and of employers. Organisations that employ procurement people can support the association as institutional partners, without a vote.

  3. Statutes and conflict-of-interest rules

    The association will have written statutes and a board. Board members will declare their interests in a public register, and every contract the association awards will be published.

  4. Kazakhstan first

    The association starts in Kazakhstan and will later open to the rest of Central Asia.

The international network the association intends to join

Once the association is registered, the founding group intends it to apply to IFPSM, the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management, and become its first member from Central Asia.

Member associations
44
Professionals
250,000+

Source: IFPSM, member associations (opens in a new tab)

Six of IFPSM's member associations

How the association is being founded

The steps proposed by the founding group. Dates are published here as each step is confirmed.

  1. Open now

    Founding survey

    Practitioners say what they need, and the first priorities follow from their answers.

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  2. Under way

    Statutes and registration

    While the survey runs, the founding group prepares the statutes and the registration of the association in Kazakhstan, and chooses its legal form.

  3. Next

    First members

    Membership will open to individuals, and survey respondents will be invited first.

  4. Next

    First meetings in Astana and Almaty

    Sessions of about twenty practitioners in each city, planned for the end of 2026 or the beginning of 2027.

  5. Then

    First results

    Respondents receive them first, before they are published. A detailed report on the profession will follow.

The first year

Proposed by the founding group. Dates to be announced.

  • Astana
  • Almaty

Initiatives for members

  • Public sessions with institutions

    On the record, with state bodies, quasi-state companies and international organisations. In 2026 and 2027 an international MAPS assessment of public procurement takes place at the request of the Ministry of Finance.

    Source: EFSD, MAPS assessment of Kazakhstan, 9 July 2026 (opens in a new tab)

  • Closed sessions for practitioners

    About twenty practitioners, by invitation, under the Chatham House Rule.

  • With universities

    Practical learning

    Topics chosen from the survey answers.

  • With companies and sponsors

    Partners and sponsors

    Organisations that employ procurement people can support the association as institutional partners. Sponsors can present practical cases at the events.

Procurement practitioners from private companies, the public sector and international organisations, supported by expertise in compliance and internal control. They are preparing the statutes and the registration of the association.

The founding group

Founding survey

Help set the first priorities.

For people who work in procurement in Kazakhstan, on the buying side or on the selling side.