Membership
Learn from the people who do your job in other organisations, in confidence, and help make procurement a recognised profession in Kazakhstan.
Take the founding surveyWhat membership will offer
These are the plans of the founding group. The order depends on the survey answers.
Closed sessions with peers
About twenty practitioners, by invitation, under the Chatham House Rule, first in Astana and Almaty. The attendance list stays confidential.
Data on the profession
Roles, team sizes, tools and pay in Kazakhstan, from surveys answered by members.
A standard you can cite
A published standard of good practice that supports your decisions on suppliers and contracts.
A credential that belongs to you
Certification of individuals against the standard, planned for a later stage. The certificate stays valid when you change employer.
Practical learning
Master classes and courses on the topics members choose, prepared with universities. Members will teach some of the modules and be paid for it.
Recognition of the profession
A public register of certified professionals, open to any employer.
Planned after registration
Supplier qualification, with paid work for members
- The association will qualify suppliers against published criteria, at levels that suit small and large companies.
- The supplier pays for the audit.
- Members with the right experience will be paid to take part in the audits and will see how another company works.
- Organisations can commission their supplier audits from the association and consult the register of qualified suppliers.
- Each audit has a panel of at least three people independent of the supplier.
Who can join
Membership is individual. It is open to anyone whose work is procurement or depends on it, on the buying side or on the selling side.
Organisations that employ procurement people can support the association as institutional partners, without a vote.
Expected fee
40,000 tenge
a year, approximately
The expected fee for individual membership. The founding group will set it after the survey results are known.
Membership will open to individuals, and survey respondents will be invited first.
First members
Membership will open to individuals, and survey respondents will be invited first.
Your answers will help decide the first sessions and training topics, the membership fee, and whether to build a register of independently checked suppliers.