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3rd NL4WorldBank newsletter posted
The third NL4WorldBank newsletter was published and distributed on Wednesday, March 4th. The newsletter features the most popular blogposts of the last three months, highlights the latest edition of the guidebook ‘Zakendoen met de Wereldbank’, and a number of interesting eConsultant2 tenders.
Further developing the Netherlands-World Bank Group relationship
The World Bank is a global entity known for its proactive development efforts. In order to reach its goal of ‘ending poverty’ worldwide, the World Bank needs all the help it can get. The World Bank, primarily a financial institution and secondarily a knowledge institution, therefore relies on local government, civil society, companies and donors to provide the means, experience, knowledge and capacity to end poverty.
Since the inception of the World Bank
, the Netherlands has been a contributor to the Bank’s cause. The Netherlands was one of the first recipients of a World Bank loan, aimed to modernize and expand the fleet of the Royal Dutch Airlines, and has been a staunch supporter ever since. Today, we are ranked 7th among the development partners in terms of contributions to the WBG Trust Funds between 2009-2014, and are one of the largest contributors to IDA.
Given fiscal restraints in recent years, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sought to ensure an even bigger development bang for each buck. Over the last few years we have refocused our development coordination strategy to several core fields. In early February, policy meetings were held between the Netherlands and the World Bank in which this renewed focus was agreed upon: “[The World Bank Group and the Netherlands] agreed on strengthening their partnership in strategic priorities, finding new ways of working together, and exploring the implications of our partnership in light of the recent organizational changes within the World Bank Group”. The shining example of these partnerships is our cooperation in the field of water.
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Baseline Data Collection for Cereals Projects
IFC is conducting an evaluation of two projects supporting smallholder cereals farmers in Rwanda. IFC would like to collect baseline data about the farmers who will benefit from the planned projects, as well as similar famers who are outside of the current scope of the projects. IFC plans to track changes over time between the two groups of farmers (expected beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries).
The assignment is to help IFC staff finalize the baseline survey instrument and other data collection tools, collect baseline data, complete data entry, and provide baseline cleaned data files.
Ideally, the selected firm should have expertise/experience in: quantative and qualitative data collection methods for agriculture, rural development, and agribusiness supply chains; administering surveys, interviews and Focus Group Discussions in rural communities; and, East Africa and particularly Rwanda.
See full tender here: Baseline Data Collection for Cereals Projects – Rwanda
Expression of Interest Deadline: 04 March 2015
Guinea PPP support tender
The Government of Guinea (GoG) has expressed interest that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) support the development of an enabling environment for PPPs and to assist in strengthening GoGs capacity to identify and implement PPPs. Initial efforts in this area would be geared to, with assistance of the IFC PPP Advisory services, in: 1) identifying and assessing a pipeline of infrastructure projects to determine which projects can potentially be developed into PPPs, 2) supporting the Direction Nationale du Patrimoine de l’Etat et des Investissements (DNPEIP) before a new PPP Unit is in place and the new PPP law passed, 3) advising and supporting the new PPP Unit to carry out its mandate, and 4) organising a Stakeholder consultation workshop to present the findings from the Study.
For the purposes of this assignment, IFC will be requiring the services of a qualified Consultant (technical, financial, legal expertise) and invites consultancy firms to indicate their interest.
See full tender here: Guinea PPP support
Expression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015
Framework Agreements for WBG Management Consulting Services
The World Bank Group intends to identify a group of qualified management consulting firms to deliver specific assignments over the course of a three year period under Framework Agreements. These specific assignments will be defined as the need arises. Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals at which stage the comprehensive Terms of References (TOR) will be distributed.
The World Bank Group is likely to require the support of management consulting firms in the following broad areas:
– Business process improvement,
– Strategy development and implementation,
– Change management and organizational transformation,
– Knowledge assessment and management.
See full tender here: Framework Agreements for World Bank Group Management Consulting Services
Expression of Interest Deadline: 04 March 2015
Lighting Kenya – Market Research on the off-grid lighting market in Kenya
In Kenya, it is estimated that 15% of the rural population is now connected to the grid. The off-grid sector has also registered impressive growth with market penetration of 10-12% achieved through a sustainable, commercial private-sector model.
The program is undertaking market research to assess the development of the off-grid lighting market in Kenya. The scope of work will include but not be limited to:
– the supply chain in terms of retailers carrying the products;
– the extent to which they have penetrated the rural market;
– the estimated market share of products that have passed LA standards vs the rest;
– and an overview of the after sales service structure.
See full tender here: Market Research on the off-grid lighting market – Kenya
Expression of Interest Deadline: 05 March 2015
Strengthening smallholder supply chains for soy and poultry in Zimbabwe
Over the medium term, IFC may seek investment opportunities in the animal protein sector in Zimbabwe.
This program will lay the groundwork for investment by strengthening soy and poultry supply chains in three ways: 1) increasing productivity through training; 2) increasing access to inputs and 3) farmer aggregation.
Cost effective training methodologies utilizing ICTs are encouraged. Access to inputs could be increased through outgrower programs linked to private sector companies or linkages to financial services (the program cannot purchase inputs, beyond those required for demonstration).
See full tender here: smallholder supply chains soy and poultry – zimbabwe
Espression of Interest Deadline: 09 March 2015
World Bank Group Furthers Strategic Engagement with the Netherlands
February 17, 2015 — IFC and the World Bank held a series of policy meetings last week with the Dutch where they agreed on strengthening their partnership by 
engaging in strategic priorities, finding new ways of working together, and exploring the implications of our partnership in light of the recent organizational changes within the World Bank Group.
The meetings, which followed high-level strategic consultations held in September 2013, explored further engagement in four key mutual strategic priorities: agriculture and food security; fragility, conflict and violence; water; and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
PPP Consultant – Senegal
The Government of Senegal (GoS) has an ambitious program for infrastructure development through public private partnership (PPP) and has established the necessary legal and regulatory framework. In that perspective, the GoS created a Ministry of investment promotion and partnership (the Ministry), adopted a PPP law, established a national PPP committee and PPP unit. These entities are working together alongside with the line Ministries to develop and implement PPP projects.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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