Tunisia – Rural Water PPP Transaction Design, Structuring and Implementation Support

See full tender here: Tunisia – Rural Water PPP Transaction Design, Structuring and Implementation Support

Expression of Interest Deadline:  20-Apr-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (EST)

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

Tender notification: # 1179540

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  • Tunisia

SM15 Preview: Water Security for All in a World of Scarcity

Update: Event now featuring the Netherlands Executive Director Frank Heemskerk!

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | 19:30 – 21:30 GMT or convert time)
Location: World Bank Group Headquarters, Preston Auditorium & Online

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Water security is emerging as the number one global risk in terms of development impact. While the impacts are felt most acutely in the arid, water scarce regions of the world, climate change and rapid urbanization have increased water scarcity for other regions, as well. Fast-growing cities in water-scarce environments are the most vulnerable.

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Approved project Pakistan: Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project

The Board of Directors of the World Bank approved the Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project on March 20, 2015. The project involves a total of $242 million, of which $187 million is provided by the IDA, and $55 million by the Government of Pakistan. The stated goal of the project is to ‘improve irrigation water management at tertiary and field levels in Sindh.’ This is to be achieved through the following four components:

1) Community Water Infrastructure Improvement ($120 million);
2) Promotion and Installation of High Efficiency Irrigation Systems ($66 million);
3) Improved Agriculture Practices ($24 million); and
4) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Strategic Studies ($32 million).

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Urban Sanitation and Hygiene Services Delivery System Assessment and Develop Investment Plan for Ten Towns/cities in Ethiopia

See full tender here : #1176371 Urban Sanitation and Hygiene Services Delivery System Assessment and Develop Investment

Expression of Interest Deadline: 30-Mar-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (EST)

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Study on Water Supply and Sanitation Service Delivery in Peri-Urban Areas – # 1175840

See full tender here:  Water Supply and Sanitation Service Delivery in Peri- Urban Areas

Expression of Interest Deadline:  26-Mar-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (EST)

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National-level Drought and Flood Risk Profiles in Sub-Saharan Africa

See full tender here: National-level Drought and Flood Risk Profiles in Sub-Saharan Africa

Expression of Interest Deadline:  30-Mar-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (EST)

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

Tender notification: # 1175393

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Dutch minister Schultz chair World Bank Advisory Board of Global Water Practice

Published on February 11, 2015 on the Dutch Water Sector website: http://www.dutchwatersector.com/news-events/news/13126-dutch-minister-schultz-chair-world-bank-advisory-board-of-global-water-practice.html.

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Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and Environment has been appointed Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Global water practice of the World Bank. The council advises the World Bank on the global approach of water problems from a content and political perspective. Schultz announced her appointment in a lecture for the Red Cross on 11 February, in The Hague.

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Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project

On March 24, 2015, the Punjab Rural Water and waterSanitation Sector Improvement Project is scheduled to be discussed and decided on by the World Bank Board of Directors. The project involves a total of $354 million, of which the borrower brings in $106 million, and the IBRD puts in $248 million. The goal of the project is ‘to improve water and sanitation service levels, reduce open defecation, and strengthen service delivery
arrangements in targeted villages in Punjab’.

The project consists of 4 components:

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