Category Archives: Tenders

eC2: E-learning course on Forest Landscapes and Climate Change in Forest Investment Program countries

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Deadline: 19-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington DForestry.C.)

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) seeks to produce a focused but comprehensive online course which compiles and presents in a user friendly format both technical and practical information and knowledge to support practitioners in the design and implementation of sustainable forest and landscape management activities in FIP countries. The course should present in an integrated way the range of issues and topics at play in sustainable forest and landscape management interventions.

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eC2: Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency Opportunities for Hi-Tech Parks in Vietnam

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Deadline: 19-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)light-bulb-297489_640

In Vietnam, urbanization and industrial growth increasingly creating pressure for efficient use of limited resources. While industrial parks are key for Vietnam’s continuing economic growth, there has been no systematic efforts to promote eco-friendly and resource efficient practices in industrial Parks (IPs).
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eC2:East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Comparative Study of the Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Dam Safety and Disaster Resilience

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Deadline: 18-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)HYDRO

The WBG is currently carrying out a Global Comparative Study of the Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Dam Safety (P156243). The aim is to better understand the legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks to manage and assure safety of communities downstream of dams in various global country contexts. A Global Coordinating Consultant has been appointed under the parent project and is facilitating the compilation of the global case studies based on a pro forma template.

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eC2:ICT Solutions for Early Warning Systems and Emergency Operation Centers

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Deadline: 17-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)HurricaneIKE 2008BolivarPeninsula2-1

The objective of this Project is to report on best practices to help developing countries leverage and apply technically and financially-viable, tested and proven ICT-enabled solutions for early warning systems (EWS) and emergency operation centers (EOC) for disaster risk management (e.g., earthquakes, landslides, drought, floods, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions). As an initial phase, this project will focus on ICT solutions used by infrastructure operators (i.e., river management and hydropower dams, roads, railways) and national and local governments for EWS and EOC

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eC2:Cooperative Business Management Capacity Building Training program for Africa Improved Foods Limited (AIFL)

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

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group (WBG), pursues its mission of reducing poverty and improving peoples lives by promoting private sector development through investment and advisory services.
The IFC wishes to publish an Expression of Interest (EoI) to contract a firm (locally based in Rwanda) to design and implement a cooperative business management capacity building program among cooperatives in Rwanda working with major off taker in the Maize and Soy subsector of Rwanda The program will initially cover 8 maize (and soy bean) growers cooperatives in Eastern province for at least two (2) years.
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eC2: Strengthening Somali Capacity to Address Disaster Risk Management

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

The Ministry of Environment and Rural Development (MOERD) in Somaliland and the HurricaneIKE 2008BolivarPeninsula2-1Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MOEWT) in Puntland as well as the National Environment Research and Development (NERAD) Agency in Somaliland will be fully involved in the process of developing the strategy document. This is crucial as an explicit objective of the project activities is to give ownership of response to and mitigation of climate related disasters to Government institutions

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eC2: Lighting Asia Bangladesh Consumer Education and Outreach Campaign

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Deadline:  07-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Lighting Asia -Bangladesh is designed to counter market spoilage by promotingsolar-energy internationally accepted quality standards. It also works to remove tariff and non-tariff market entry barriers. The program also undertakes market research to generate market intelligence on market size, consumer preferences, access to finance, distribution channels etc. Low consumer awareness on high quality, affordable, solar-powered lighting products and appliances has been identified as a constraint to the uptake of clean lighting alternatives, and therefore a hindrance to the development of the off-grid lighting market in Bangladesh.  The Lighting Asia Bangladesh team is now looking for an agency to implement its Consumer Education and Outreach Campaign.

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eC2:GREEN BUILDING IN CITIES – COLOMBIA

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Deadline: 08-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

As part of the LAC Cities Initiative, IFC is working on the identification ogreencompetitivenessf a pipeline of strategic green projects in LAC region in order to promote its success implementation as a best practice on sustainability. The overall objective of this consultancy is to accelerate and promote understanding and reinforcement in the implementation of the Green Building Code and best practices on sustainability for Colombian Cities.

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eC2:Wind Resource Assessment and Mapping

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Deadline: 30-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)light-bulb-297489_640

The envisaged scope of the Master Agreement would be based on access to high quality, global, and regularly updated wind resource data from a maintained dataset, founded on the most advanced, peer reviewed wind resource modeling methodologies currently available. The resource data shall be scientifically validated using ground-based measurements where these exist, with the validation results in the public domain. However, the Master Agreement would not include provision for new ground-based measurements, nor would the winning Vendor be expected to commission ground-based measurements themselves. The dataset shall include all the key variables for mesoscale wind resource assessment, at multiple heights, at a minimum resolution of 3km, and with a temporal coverage of at least 10 years.

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eC2:Support to the Myanmar Hydro Advisory Program on Improving Environmental and Social Standards in the Hydropower Sector (STC)

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Deadline:15-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.HYDRO

IFC’s Hydro Advisory program is currently implementing a new environmental and social standards in the hydropower sector program in Myanmar. The overall program aims to increase the share of new hydropower investments that adhere to good international industry E&S practices and will involve working closely with government, the private sector, the World Bank and other stakeholders in this space.

The purpose of the assignment will be for a Myanmar National Consultant to assist with program support, implementation of activities, and communication.

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