Capacity Building for Tanzania Geothermal Development Company: Environmental and Social Safeguards

Deadline:  21-Mar-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide Tanzania Geothermal Development Company Krafla_geothermal_power_station_wiki(TGDC) with best practices in preparing of environmental and social safeguard documentation for the geothermal exploration drilling in Ngozi, SW Tanzania. During the implementation of this assignment, the consultant will also have as a primary objective of training the staff at TGDC in aspects related to environmental and social safeguards for geothermal exploration drilling.

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eConsultant2: Capacity Building for Tanzania Geothermal Development Company

Deadline: 21-Mar-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The overall objective of this consultancy is to assist TGDC in preparing for geothermal exploration Krafla_geothermal_power_station_wikidrilling in the Ngozi area in SW Tanzania. The specific objectives are i) to present best practices to TGDC for the definition of the project contracting and management structure and ii) to present best practices to TGDC on the preparation of specific documents needed for the procurement of consultants and service providers to carry out the exploration drilling project.

 

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eConsultant2:Developing a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Hydropower Sector in Myanmar

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

IFC is seeking a consulting firm with a consortia of individuals to conduct a Strategic Environmental HYDROAssessment (SEA) for the hydropower sector in Myanmar. The aim of the SEA is to identify and achieve broad consensus on a balanced, equitable and sustainable development pathway for hydropower in Myanmar over the next 20 years and beyond, based on environmental, social and economic considerations, to achieve the long-term economic development and sustainable use and protection of natural resources and ecosystems.

 

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eConsultant2: Energy Efficienct Technologies & Equipment Benchmarking for Bangladesh Textile Sector

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

PaCT is a joint initiative, working towards the adoption of best practices in the textile wet processing textilesector. The program aims to become a leader in driving long-term competitiveness, and environmental sustainability of the sector by addressing critical issues, particularly focusing on the reduction of water, energy, and chemical consumption and wastewater pollution.
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eConsultant2:Kenya Local Content Development Project

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

The WBG is hiring an individual consultant as a project coordinator and technical lead with experience Free-BRT-Bus-rides-in-LAgosin developing and managing SME capacity development and local content projects. This individual will manage the project from the start, setting up a public-private oversight committee, undertaking stakeholder outreach, as well as designing, running, and monitoring the projects technical work.
 

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eConsultant2: Scaling up Power Transmission in Africa

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

The investigation will examine the underlying conditions in detail including (i) relevant light-bulb-297489_640sector legislation, policies, and regulation; (ii) public sector technical, planning, and financial capacity; (iii) financial structuring of transactions, availability of funding from multiple sources and access to international capital markets, as well as tariff structure reforms; and (iv) associated environmental and social compliance aspects.

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eConsutlant2:Nigeria National Health Facility Survey 2016

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

The objectives of the survey include to collect baseline health facility data, against which Surveyprogress in subsequent years can be measured as part of the Saving One Million Lives Program for Results (SOML PforR). To meet these objectives, the World Bank is supporting health facility based surveys in all the 36 states and the FCT. This process is strongly guided by the Federal Government of Nigeria, with close coordination with the State Governments and technical support from the World Bank.

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eConsultant2: Social impact assessment in Togo: road transport and logistics services sector reforms

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

The assignment is to conduct a social impact assessment in Togo in order to estimate the cost and benefit of the proposed reforms in the road transport and logistics service sector in Togo, which will be undertaken as part of the forthcoming World Bank project.

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eConsultant2: Texting for Nutrition: Impact evaluation

Deadline: 04-Mar-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Texting for Nutrition is an innovative intervention that uses mobile technology to Rajasthandisseminate tailored messages to promote good nutrition practices among parents in rural and urban mostly poor households in Chimborazo, Ecuador. Caregivers of children between the ages of 0-3 registered for the program in the last quarter of 2014. Throughout 2015, registered caregivers received text messages sharing new information and encouraging behavior change along several key areas.

The Texting for Nutrition project is currently on-going and set to conclude in March 2016. The impact evaluation will estimate the effects of the Texting for Nutrition program on (i) knowledge of good health and nutrition practices, (ii) influencing parental behavior (iii) social customs & descriptive norms towards health/nutrition practices for their children and (iv) the nutritional status of the children.

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eConsultant2: Lighting Africa: recruit, train and mentor women entrepreneurs in rural Kenya

Deadline: 03-Mar-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Following the success of the Lighting Kenya pilot program, the Lighting Kenya II program alcdsb-environmental-education-wiki-licensed-for-non-commercial-use-1051x1050is currently implementing its activities through leading MFIs and with the support of quality-verified product manufacturers across rural Kenya to support last mile distribution of off-grid lighting solutions. To support this, the Program is procuring a firm to strengthen the role that women play in the supply chain for off-grid lighting products in rural Kenya through a ‘light-touch’ entrepreneurship development and mentorship support package.

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