eConsultant2: Support to the Water Sector Modernization Program in Peru

Deadline: 05-Feb-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Water GP will hire a firm to undertake a (institutional, organizational, technical and waterfinancial) study on 4-6 urban Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) utilities (EPS) that serve Perus intermediate cities. The study will address the key challenges the cities face concerning WSS service provision to ensure water underpins the development of the intermediate cities as the new growth poles. The work will propose reforms of the EPS management models and develop Business Plans for each EPS.

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eConsultant2: Law firm for new report on Recommended PPP Contractual Provisions

Deadline: 27-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

In 2015 the World Bank Group developed the Report on Recommended PPP Contractual PPPsProvisions, 2015 Edition which was published in August 2015 and presents the first attempt by any of the Multilateral Development Banks to prepare a compilation of recommended contractual language for PPP agreements. In response to the industry feedback received on the contents of the 2015 Report during internal and external stakeholder consultations following its publication, it is now intended to continue this very successful initiative and to engage an international law firm to prepare a new version of this report, namely the Report on Recommended PPP Contractual Provisions, 2016 Edition (2016 Report).

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eConsultant2: Consultant to support microfinance program in Morocco

Deadline: 26-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

MENA FIG Advisory Services (AS) is seeking to recruit a Short-Term Consultant (STC) to world money smallprovide support to specific microfinance projects in Morocco. This program is composed by AS projects with leading MFIs, but also actions at the sectorial level. The STC will primarily work on, but not be limited to, assisting the IFC team to perform product review assessments in leading IMFs and to organize events for the microfinance sector.

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eConsultant2: Solar Power Review

Deadline: 01-Feb-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The purpose of the 2016 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Review is to prepare a status solar-energyreport on the CSP technology, market and industry, covering all segments (and not just the large-scale plants), updating previous studies dating back to 2013 to reflect recent market developments, policy changes and climate change mitigation commitments following COP21 trends briefly discussed in the background section. It will thus guide the work of the whole CTF MENA CSP TA, helping to focus on activities that are the most likely to have an impact on the ground.

See full tender here: # 1210394 CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP) 2016 REVIEW

eConsultant2 website: https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org

Tender notification: # 1210394

Assignment Countries:

  • DZ – Algeria
  • EG – Egypt, Arab Republic of
  • JO – Jordan
  • LY – Libya
  • MA – Morocco
  • TN – Tunisia

eConsultant2: Capacity Development Support for Improved Rural Sanitation in Bangladesh

Deadline: 02-Feb-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank will hire a consulting firm with _DSC8237experience on rural sanitation particularly on sanitation marketing to work in collaboration with PKSF (Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation) and their 20 MFI partners to (1) support the capacity building of MFI partners; (2) capacity development of the local sanitation entrepreneurs; and (3) market promotion and demand creation among poorer households.

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eConsultant2: Technical Consultant for PV Project in Madagascar

Deadline: 28-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Government of Madagascar has requested the assistance of the International Finance evd__8324Corporation (IFC) to act as lead advisor for the selection of independent private producers (IPPs) to develop a total capacity of 40 MW of solar power, across several sites. IFC will provide transaction advisory services for the structuring of the transaction and the selection of suitable private investors, through a competitive bidding process.
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eConsultant 2: Flood Risk Assessment in South East Asia

Deadline: 27-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

This assignment is to develop a multi-country flood hazard and risk model for a quick waterresponse financing mechanism and pricing for market-based parametric financial instruments. The model may utilize a combination of various data sources, such as historical flood and rainfall data, to underpin a rapid flood assessment methodology that triggers payouts when the event is more severe than a pre-defined threshold. The extent of an event that may trigger a payout should be measured by real-time data sources, such as satellite-based rainfall data, satellite-based flood data, rainfall gauges and river discharge gauges. The severity of an event may be measured by the population or other exposure in the flood footprint. Continue reading

eConsultant2:National Quality Infrastructure – Development of Country Cases

Deadline: 31-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.Free-BRT-Bus-rides-in-LAgosC.)

The World Bank Group Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice is seeking to hire an expert to assist in the development of a NQI value proposition through identifying country cases that successfully implemented NQI reforms (e.g. considered international good practices)

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eConsultant2:National Quality Infrastructure – Development of Diagnostic Tools

Deadline: 24-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice (TCGP) within the World Bank Group
is seeking to hire an expert to assist in the development of a NQI value proposition in the following two areas (A)and (B):India building
(A) Developing a diagnostic tool(s) that assesses a country’s status quo and readiness for NQI reform
(B) Contribute to increasing knowledge of the project team through:
a) Design and conduct a training session about the developed diagnostic tool
b) Participate in dialogue among T&C staff to refine the NQI value proposition
c) Test the diagnostic tool in a selected pilot country

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eConsultant2: Traffic Engineering Consultant

Deadline: 17-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The core services of consultancy will be:
– Assess the set of produced traffic studies by the client, including databases, simulations Rural Infra in Cambodiaand methodologies.
– Interview the main technicians that performed the studies to understand the process and main adopted assumptions
– Develop some back-of-the-envelope simulations to verify accuracy on findings
– Issue a report with main findings regarding accuracy and robustness of the findings

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