Four years ago, the Government of Djibouti launched Vision 2035, a target to improve 
living standards for the country’s people over the next two decades. A country in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti has a rocky, arid landscape that has driven the vast majority of people to cities. More than 35 percent of the country lives in poverty, and about 21 percent in extreme poverty, including nomadic Djiboutians and others who live in extreme rural poverty.
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Calling all innovators with sustainable cooling solutions!
IFC’s award-winning match-making program, TechEmerge, has launched its new 
Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia) to drive innovation in climate-smart, energy-efficient cooling technologies, products, and services, where it’s needed most. Phase one focuses on Latin American cities, specifically those in Mexico and Colombia, and will match innovators from across the world with leading local companies and municipalities to pilot projects and build commercial partnerships. Click here to respond to our open call. Applications close September 18, 2020.
APPLY NOW
Join the Webinar
Learn about the benefits of joining the Tech Emerge Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia), how to apply to our open call, our match-making process, market opportunities, pilot funding, and the valuable support participants receive from our panel of respected industry advisors. We have two timeslots designed to make it easy for you to participate, no matter where you are located.
August 18, 2020
11:00 AM -12:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
August 19, 2020
9:00 PM -10:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
Young people’s resilience is the boost we need right now
During this pandemic, the remarkable creativity and innovation of youth-led initiatives in sectors like health, jobs, and food security prove that young people are critical in driving forward ideas and actions on global issues. We launched an online campaign to provide a platform for youth to share their stories on hope and resilience. This is what they had to say.
Calling all innovators with sustainable cooling solutions!
IFC’s award-winning match-making program, TechEmerge, has launched its new Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia) to drive innovation in climate-smart, energy-efficient cooling technologies, products, and services, where it’s needed most. Phase one focuses on Latin American cities, specifically those in Mexico and Colombia, and will match innovators from across the world with leading local companies and municipalities to pilot projects and build commercial partnerships. Click here to respond to our open call. Applications close September 18, 2020.
APPLY NOW
Join the Webinar
Learn about the benefits of joining the Tech Emerge Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia), how to apply to our open call, our match-making process, market opportunities, pilot funding, and the valuable support participants receive from our panel of respected industry advisors. We have two timeslots designed to make it easy for you to participate, no matter where you are located.
August 18, 2020
11:00 AM -12:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
August 19, 2020
9:00 PM -10:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
Calling all innovators with sustainable cooling solutions!
IFC’s award-winning match-making program, TechEmerge, has launched its new Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia) to drive innovation in climate-smart, energy-efficient cooling technologies, products, and services, where it’s needed most. Phase one focuses on Latin American cities, specifically those in Mexico and Colombia, and will match innovators from across the world with leading local companies and municipalities to pilot projects and build commercial partnerships. Click here to respond to our open call. Applications close September 18, 2020.
APPLY NOW
Join the Webinar
Learn about the benefits of joining the Tech Emerge Sustainable Cooling program in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia), how to apply to our open call, our match-making process, market opportunities, pilot funding, and the valuable support participants receive from our panel of respected industry advisors. We have two timeslots designed to make it easy for you to participate, no matter where you are located.
August 18, 2020
11:00 AM -12:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
August 19, 2020
9:00 PM -10:30 PM EST
Virtual – Webex
PLAY CHALLENGE (IADB)
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the Play Challenge, an open call 
to identify educational video games, platforms or digital products that use gamification to develop, measure or certify 21st century skills.
Participate in the Play Challenge with your digital solution!
The 15 finalists will be considered by the IDB as a solution within the 21st century skills regional project, with possibilities to be implemented in the region. The IDB Group will evaluate the capacity of the proposing entities to implement their innovative models. Furthermore, the solutions will be analyzed to obtain evidence of their effectiveness and viability. In addition, regardless of their financing, they will become part of the IDB`s network of global innovators working in the region to exchange knowledge, experiences, best practices, and plenty of opportunities to participate in regional networking events. Finally, the winning solution will receive $ 10.000 USD.
Don’t miss this opportunity! https://convocatorias.iadb.org/play
eC2: Malishi – Ag Tech
Deadline: 27-Aug-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
Mali Shi is a new entrant in the global shea sector in Mali. Its founders opened the Bamako-headquartered company after gaining many years of experience in the industrial manufacturing sector, where they are leading experts in the manufacture and distribution of batteries. IFC Mali Shi Advisory Project is designed to enhance Mali Shis operational efficiencies through the introduction of digital tools (Ag Tech), thereby improving smallholder farmers (SHFs) productivity and income. By the end of the project, we expect 10,000 SHFs to be engaged with AgTech solutions. Malishi, with IFC support, is seeking for a Consulting firm to help introduce IT based system to help Malishi to procure shea nuts and strengthen its relationships with local farmers, assist farmers in managing their farm, provide traceability, improve efficiency in onsite data collection including crop forecasting, and strengthen sustainability of the project.
In India, air quality has been improving despite the COVID-19 lockdown
India is home to some of the world’s most polluted cities. An unintended but welcome
consequence of the lockdown to contain the coronavirus has been improved air quality throughout the country.
Growing Threat of Air Pollution
Poor air quality has come to be recognized as a serious health risk and drag on economic development in India. Though there are many types of air pollutants, these small particulates in the air, about one-thirtieth the width of a human hair, are the most harmful to human health. They can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the bloodstream and cause deadly illnesses such as lung cancer, stroke, and heart disease.
7 ways to help understand the world’s challenges in 2020—and have hope for the future
Unprecedented, devastating, pervasive. No matter how you describe the COVID-19 
pandemic, for billions around the world the virus has changed life as we knew it. We are living through a remarkable period of history, one that will affect each of us for decades to come.
eC2: DRC Resilience Program Impact Evaluation Baseline
Deadline: 17-Aug-2020 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
DIME is hiring a survey firm with experience in collecting impact evaluation survey data in Eastern DRC. The selected firm will be responsible for implementing an Impact Evaluation baseline survey in the North and South Kivu provinces of the country. The survey firm will be traveling to an estimated 100 villages and will be collecting data across approximately 1500 households, including data on their demographics, economic and social characteristics, food security, and other resilience related outcomes. The survey is expected to start in September 2020 provided COVID-19 guidelines are respected.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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