Yearly Archives: 2015

Inland Water Terminals – Technical Consultant, India

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As a part of its overall objective of developing the inland water transport sector in India, IWAI intends to develop terminals located across all the waterways of the country. IWAI has also adopted a policy of developing these terminals, to the extent possible, on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. In this regard, IFC is seeking to hire a Technical Consultant for screening the terminals and help in understanding the business case for each of these terminals. This would entail a broad assessment of the cargo potential, type of cargo and identification of potential cargo owners for each terminal. The consultant will be expected to take into consideration the work of an ongoing World Bank funded study which is similar.

See full tender here: Inland Water Terminals – Technical Consultant, India

Expression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015

Agriculture sector STC Cote d’Ivoire

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Under the supervision and guidance of an Advisory Services Task Team Lead or Delegate, the Individual Consultant will provide project management and client engagement support to agribusiness advisory projects in Côte d’Ivoire.

The consultant will be an individual and based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The STC will be hired for up to a maximum of 66 days between 1 April, 2015 and 30 June, 2015.

See full tender here: Agri AS STC Cote d’Ivoire. Expression of Interest deadline: 09 March 2015.

Lighting Africa, Kenya – Consumer Education

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Lighting Kenya II is targeting deeper penetration in the remote, last mile market segment by engaging MFIs among other partners as a channel to reach unelectrified communities. Consumer education and specifically, below-the-line engagements such as consumer activations, stakeholder events and forums etc, designed to reach rural consumers and create behavioral change is a critical component for the program to achieve its objectives.

The scope of work will include to:

– Develop a clear BTL strategy and implementation plan for Lighting Africas experiential-driven consumer education campaign in Kenya;
– Provide recommendations for specific activities;
– Execute the plan and undertake regular reviews to align the plan with the dynamic environment.

See full tender here: Lighting Africa, Kenya – Consumer Education.

Expression of Interest Deadline: 12 March 2015.

Renewable Energy Self-Supply and Energy Efficiency Program – Chile

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In May 2012, the Clean Tech Fund (CTF) Trust Fund Committee endorsed the Chile Investment Plan including Renewable Energy Self-Supply and Energy Efficiency Program (RESSEE), which IFC is under development with IDB. The objective of this consultancy is to identify and develop pilot projects so that local FIs could finance under the RESSEE program. Identification/development of pilot projects should be focused on one of target market segments; corporate segment targeting EE and self–supply RE for all kinds of business entities.

See full tender here:Renewable Energy Self-Supply and Energy Efficiency Program – Chile

Expression of Interest Deadline: 12 March 2015

Climate Risk Management: Ports and Water Transport

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IFCs Climate Business Department would like to invite interested Consultant firms to indicate their interest to carry out an assignment that will produce methodological approaches and quantitative tools for assessment of financial, environmental and social risks and opportunities resulting from the impacts of climate change (climate risks) that may affect private sector investments and companies in sectors defined below, and to evaluate appropriate adaptation responses.

This assignment will consider the following sectors: Ports and harbors, and water transport.

See full tender here: Climate Risk Management; Ports and Water Transport.

Expression of Interest Deadline: 19 March 2015

Business Development Consultant – Netherlands

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UPDATE: Extended deadline (28 March, 2015)!

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UPDATE: Extended deadline (28 March, 2015)!

The Paris Office of IFC’s Western Europe Department is looking to hire the services of a consulting firm (the Firm) with an in-depth knowledge of the Dutch corporate market. The Firm will support the identification of Dutch corporate prospects. In addition, the Firm is expected to come up with a priority list of target companies and contacts at a senior level leading to the generation of new business opportunities for IFC.

The Assignment’s objective is to provide services to
(i) Support CWE in the effective promotion of IFC’s capabilities in the Netherlands;
(ii) Propose a methodical and focused approach to Business Development in The Netherlands across the IFCs sectors of activity;
(iii) Earmark and prioritize Dutch corporations having expansion plans in emerging markets and facilitate contacts at the top within these firms

See full tender here: Business Development Consultant – Netherlands

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Households Begin Returning To Work in Liberia as Ebola Crisis Wanes

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Press release published on the World Bank website.

WASHINGTON, February 24, 2015— Nearly 20 percent of the Liberians who had stopped working since the Ebola crisis have returned to work in the last month, according to the World Bank Group’s most recent round of cell-phone surveys, signaling both important progress and the magnitude of the challenge ahead.

This improvement, an encouraging sign of a shift toward economic normalization, was mainly driven by a large increase in wage work in urban areas. A substantial percentage of those working pre-crisis remain out of work, however; those in self-employment continue to be the hardest hit by the Ebola crisis, pointing to a lack of working capital and a lack of customers as the main barriers to their operation.

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Baseline Data Collection for Cereals Projects

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IFC is conducting an evaluation of two projects supporting smallholder cereals farmers in Rwanda. IFC would like to collect baseline data about the farmers who will benefit from the planned projects, as well as similar famers who are outside of the current scope of the projects. IFC plans to track changes over time between the two groups of farmers (expected beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries).

The assignment is to help IFC staff finalize the baseline survey instrument and other data collection tools, collect baseline data, complete data entry, and provide baseline cleaned data files.

Ideally, the selected firm should have expertise/experience in: quantative and qualitative data collection methods for agriculture, rural development, and agribusiness supply chains; administering surveys, interviews and Focus Group Discussions in rural communities; and, East Africa and particularly Rwanda.
See full tender here: Baseline Data Collection for Cereals Projects – Rwanda

Expression of Interest Deadline: 04 March 2015

Guinea PPP support tender

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The Government of Guinea (GoG) has expressed interest that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) support the development of an enabling environment for PPPs and to assist in strengthening GoGs capacity to identify and implement PPPs. Initial efforts in this area would be geared to, with assistance of the IFC PPP Advisory services, in: 1) identifying and assessing a pipeline of infrastructure projects to determine which projects can potentially be developed into PPPs, 2) supporting the Direction Nationale du Patrimoine de l’Etat et des Investissements (DNPEIP) before a new PPP Unit is in place and the new PPP law passed, 3) advising and supporting the new PPP Unit to carry out its mandate, and 4) organising a Stakeholder consultation workshop to present the findings from the Study.

For the purposes of this assignment, IFC will be requiring the services of a qualified Consultant (technical, financial, legal expertise) and invites consultancy firms to indicate their interest.

See full tender here: Guinea PPP support

Expression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015

Framework Agreements for WBG Management Consulting Services

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The World Bank Group intends to identify a group of qualified management consulting firms to deliver specific assignments over the course of a three year period under Framework Agreements. These specific assignments will be defined as the need arises. Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals at which stage the comprehensive Terms of References (TOR) will be distributed.

The World Bank Group is likely to require the support of management consulting firms in the following broad areas:
– Business process improvement,
– Strategy development and implementation,
– Change management and organizational transformation,
– Knowledge assessment and management.
See full tender here: Framework Agreements for World Bank Group Management Consulting Services

Expression of Interest Deadline: 04 March 2015