eC2: ENHANCING WOMENS MARKET ACCESS IN AGRIBUSINESS IN MOZAMBIQUE

Deadline: 30-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)gil-improving-social-networks-for-ugandan-farmers-

Agriculture is the major source of income for rural households in Mozambique (province of Tete). Market orientation however is strikingly low especially for women with most of the farmers specializing in staple or subsistence crops. The World Bank invites interested parties to submit expressions of interest for implementation of an intervention that will provide women farmers with (i) agricultural extension training, and (ii) noncognitive/behavioural skills training. Continue reading

eC2: Future of urban mobility in India

Deadline: 30-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Smart-Cities-All-you-need-to-know

The study would include Building the case around Smart interventions in the urban transport sector through use of electric vehicles (public buses as well as two-three wheelers). Along with Eco Cities team, Engaging with key stakeholders including urban transport agencies in the cities, manufacturers, technology providers, etc in the city with focus on Mumbai (Thane), Bangalore, Chennai etc.

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eC2:Indonesia Toll Road PPP Program

Deadline: 06-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)PPPs

Support the PPP program of the Road Authority of Indonesia with international best practices to:
1. Analyze the viability screening and appraisal of the BPJTs (Road Authority) planned toll road program. Help the client to analyze the potential of a group of toll road segments of attracting private sector investors, via public-private partnership (PPP) models or other approaches involving commercial financing.
2. Assessment on delivery of the Trans Sumatra by PT Hutama Karya
3. Provide high-level recommendations on how BPJT can improve its capacity to design a viable Indonesia PPP Toll Road program including financing schemes such as dedicated Viability Gap Fund (VGF) and Availability Payment options

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eC2:Lighting Africa, Nigeria – Consumer Education: Digital Marketing

Deadline: 21-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
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Following the successful launch of the program in Nigeria in March 2015, a pan-Nigeria consumer education campaign commenced with the objective of increasing awareness and adoption of solar lighting products in Nigeria. An assessment of the impact of the campaign revealed growing awareness of solar lighting products. The Lighting Africa, Nigeria Program has observed the increasing importance of digital marketing as a vital piece in the communication mix and is now seeking a marketing firm to deliver a high-impact consumer education campaign that builds on initial digital activities and amplifies the ATL and BTL efforts to achieve accelerated behavior change and drive rapid sales of quality verified solar lighting products

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eC2:Development and Launch of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Open Data Portal

Deadline: 17-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Financial Education
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
The primary objective of the engagement is the development and launch of the PSA open data portal/website to provide access to the public on all data products of PSA.
The contractor will be responsible for delivering the following:
1.Development of PSAs open data portal;
2.Curation of PSA data;
3.Development of a maiden data dashboard or visualization within the same portal;
4.Training for PSAs internal users on managing the portal; and
5.Events management for the launch of the portal.

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eC2: Study on Using Climate Auction Model To Catalyze Energy and resource Efficient Buildings

Deadline: 17-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Climate-Change-Story-Banner
The PAF in conjunction with EDGE and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has
been exploring the opportunity of combining the PAF climate auction model with EDGE voluntary certification to catalyze the green building sector in developing countries and to help avoid lock-in to energy inefficient, polluting, and expensive assets. Under this approach, the PAF would offer an innovative, results-based approach to incentivizing private sector investment. The EDGE certification would provide a metric against which to disburse funds

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eC2: Tina River Hydropower Development Project

Deadline: 10-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)water

The Bank will recruit a team of engineers (a consulting firm) to assist SIG to review the basic/tender designs and cost estimates submitted by, and will be submitted by, the preferred investor, and assist SIG to negotiate the design and cost of the engineering, procurement and construction (EC) contract.
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eC2: Urban sanitation studies in Kigal

Deadline: 14-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)water

This task will generate three key studies related to urban sanitation for two unplanned settlements in Kigali, Rwanda (each with an estimated population of 20,000 inhabitants). The three studies include: 1) Urban Sanitation Status Index; 2) Diagnostic of Small Private Service Providers; and 3) Household Behavior. Significant surveys will need to be conducted in each of the targeted unplanned settlements.
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eC2:Provision of capacity building services to Egyptian Water and Sanitation public agencies

Deadline: 15-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)water

The academic institutes will provide capacity building services in the following areas to 3 WSCs (Sharkiya, Dakahlia and Beheira governorates), the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water (HCWW), the Egyptian Water Regulation Agency (EWRA), and the Project Management Unit (PMU) in the Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities (MHUUC):
– Monitoring and Evaluation,
– Project Management,
– Strategic Planning,
– Asset Management,
– Operations and Maintenance,
– Procurement,
– Citizen Engagement,
– Financial sustainability
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