Procurement by international organisations
Bangkok boasts an important concentration of international organisations in Southeast Asia. It also hosts the largest number of UN agencies and programmes in all of Asia with more than 20 UN regional offices and country-specific missions. Many of the local UN regional offices cover the entire Asia-Pacific region. Bangkok is also home to such international bodies as the Delegation of the European Union and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Procurement by all these organisations and agencies opens up market opportunities also for Finnish companies. The procedures and the procurement needs and volumes vary by organisation. The procurement processes often call for long-term engagement and prior establishment of contacts in order to fully appreciate the needs of these organisations before the actual tendering process. While the regional offices of UN development agencies in Bangkok often play a key role in planning the technology to be used in projects in different parts of Asia, the final call for tenders may be published by some other party.
For more information and up-to-date contacts, please consult the website of each organisation. The Embassy of Finland will assist in making contacts, whenever possible.
Key organisations and agencies based in Bangkok
ESCAP(Link to another website.) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
FAO(Link to another website.) Food and Agriculture Organization
IFAD(Link to another website.) International Fund for Agricultural Development
ICAO(Link to another website.) International Civil Aviation Organization
ILO(Link to another website.) International Labour Organization
IOM(Link to another website.) International Organization on Migration
OHCHR(Link to another website.) The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNAIDS(Link to another website.) UN AIDS
UNDP(Link to another website.) United Nations Development Programme
UNEP(Link to another website.) United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO(Link to another website.) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA(Link to another website.) United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR(Link to another website.) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF(Link to another website.) United Nations Children's Fund
UNIDO(Link to another website.) United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNODC(Link to another website.) UN Office on Drugs and Crime
UNOPS(Link to another website.) UN Office of Project Services
UN Women(Link to another website.)
WHO(Link to another website.) World Health Organization
WFP(Link to another website.) World Food Programme
The European Union in Thailand(Link to another website.)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)(Link to another website.)