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Two eC2 Tenders: Lighting Africa: Consumer Education Below/Above the Line in Tanzania

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Deadline: 29-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Lighting Africa, a joint World Bank/IFC program aims at helping address the lighting light-bulb-297489_640needs of consumers who rely predominantly on fuel-based kerosene lamps and candles by enabling them gain access to non-fossil fuel-based, low-cost, high-quality, safe, and reliable lighting products.

The Lighting Africa, Tanzania program has identified consumer education as a critical component in developing the market for off-grid lighting products in Tanzania. The consumer education initiatives will include an above-the-line campaign through a broad range of marketing and public awareness activities including TV, radio, print media, out-of-home, social media and mobile advertising etc designed to reach consumers and create behavioral change.

The consumer education initiatives will also include below-the-line consumer engagements such as consumer activations, stakeholder events, roadshows, direct marketing, and digital activation activities etc designed to reach consumers and create behavioral change.

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eC2 : Consultant for Development of Integrated Utilities Infrastructure at Purbachal New Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh under PPP Model

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

To assist IFC for this project, IFC intends to hire an International Technical Consultant to advise IFC on the techno-commercial-E&S due diligence and shall work in coordination with IFC and its other advisers, dedicating sufficient qualified resources to meet the deliverables and the timetable. Continue reading →

eC2: Business Case Development and Financial Feasibility of Agri-water projects, Mexico

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

waterThe 2030 Water Resources Group, hosted at IFC, has
signed MoUs with the Mexican Government (Conagua) and the Consejo Consultivo del Agua (CCA – a multistakeholder platform of senior business, academic and NGO leaders) to form working groups to tackle the most pressing water challenges the country faces Continue reading →

$81 Billion Mobilized in 2015 to Tackle Climate Change – Joint MDB Report

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Manila, Philippines, August 9, 2016 – Climate finance totaling $81 billion was mobilized for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This included $25 billion of MDBs’ direct climate finance, combined with a further $56 billion from other investors.

The latest MDB climate finance figures are detailed in the 2015 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance, prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) together with MDB partners: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDBG), and the World Bank Group (WBG).

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Technical Consultant: Philippines Hydro Power Projects Business Case

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

Each Business Case would identify any major technical/operational, legal, environmental and social issues, including options to address such issues, and improve operations; define the scope and possible privatization structure of each Project; test these for financial viability and the corresponding impact on valuation and stranded debt/costs, and identify the legal, regulatory and policy framework applicable for the privatization of each Project. Each Business Case will be developed with a view to determine the general terms and conditions under which a privatization would be viable. A profile of each HPP can be found in the PSALM website http://www.psalm.gov.ph.

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eC2: Analysis of the Current Use of the Lands of the State Forest Fund, Legal Framework and Economic Viability of Different Plantation/Tenure Models

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Deadline: 06-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)land-administration-page

This assignment is to analyze:
1) Current land use of the forest fund to identify areas suitable for plantation establishment in collaboration with the private sector and local communities;
2) The legal, regulatory, institutional and fiscal framework for the establishment of forest plantations in collaboration with the private sector and local communities to identify, and make recommendations to address, the bottlenecks and constraints;
3) Economic viability of different feasible plantation/tenure model

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eC2: Local Food Safety Consultant

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Deadline: 09-Aug-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)food_waste_garbage

The local Consultant will conduct on-site assessments and consultations at production facilities of SME companies (up to 10 companies) in Russia based on the list and using the materials and methodology provided by IFC.

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eC2:Landscape Approach at the Watershed Level

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

The objective of this assessment is to develop a robust alternative analysis to determine whether developing a hydropower plant at the current site in the Sounda Gorge is the most environmentally and socially sound alternative to meet the RoCs electricity needs or there are potential alternatives of smaller cascading schemes located at different sites in the same watershed. The IFC, in coordination with the Government, will consider this information to support hydropower planning decisions.

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STHE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN MIS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL & AGRARIAN INSURANCE BOAR

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

indexObjective of the proposed assignment is to work as a Project Manager to drive the IT
improvements and MIS/IT system implementation at the AAIB. The IT improvements and MIS/IT system implementation are part of a larger project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the AAIB to improve the national agriculture insurance scheme in Sri Lanka.

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Madagascar: Preparation of standard documents for facilitating the development of small hydro IPPs

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

This activity concerns the selection of Consultant to support the Government of Madagascar to prepare standard documents: PPAs, Concession contract,… to facilitate the development with private sector of small hydro sites which are being identified under the ESMAP-funded TA: “Small hydro resource mapping”.
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