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Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards
Overview
Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards is a World Bank sponsored center of excellence established at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State. CIPESS is funded by the World Bank for a 5-year period in the first glance under the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) project.
CIPESS ORGANOGRAM


Academic Collaborators
1. Susan H. Allen, PhD
Position/Title: Director, Center for Peacemaking Practice University/Institution: George Mason University, Virginia, USA
Email: sallen29@gmu.edu
2. Frank Vanclay, PhD
Position/Title: Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural Geography University/Institution: University of Groningen, Netherlands
Email: frank.vanclay@rug.nl
Industrial/Sectoral Partners
- SERAPH Nig. Ltd.
- Oracle Business Limited
- Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)
- Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Benue State Chapter
- Organization Name: Benue Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BECCIMA)
- State Emergency Management Agency, Benue State Chapter
- Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja
- Benue Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BECCIMA)


Partners/Project Implementation Units
i. World Bank.
ii. Association of African Universities (AAU)
iii. Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC)
iv. Bureau of Public Procurement
v. Federal Ministry of Women Affairs
vi. Federal Ministry of Environment
vii. Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning

Other SPESSCE Project Centers
i. SPESSCE, University of Lagos (UNILAG)
ii. SPESSCE, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)
iii. SPESSCE, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU)
iv. SPESSCE, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU)
v. SPESSCE, University of Benin (UNIBEN)

Regional Centers
ACEs in Benin
ACE: Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science and Applications (ACE- SMIA), University of
Abomey – Calavi, Benin
ACE: Water and Sanitation (C2EA), University of Abomey- Calavi, Benin
College of Engineering, (CoE_EIE), Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin
Other Centers of Excellence in Nigeria
Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State (Africa Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, ACEGID);
African University of Science & Technology, Abuja (PAN African Materials Institute, PAMI);
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta(Center for Agricultural Development & Sustainable Environment, CEADESE);

Contact
- Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
- +234 8066 321 522
- cipess@uam.edu.ng
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