eC2: ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF A STRUCTURE FOR THE SECURITIZATION OF AGRICULTURE RECEIVABLES INCLUDING CROP RECEIPTS

Deadline:  11-May-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The International Finance Corporation: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries to reduce poverty and improve peoples lives. In addition to its investment work, IFC provides advisory services to several clients to support them in meeting specific development goals. IFCs advisory support to the financial sector is implemented via its Financial Institutions Group and is organized around the following main themes: Innovation/Base of Pyramid: including Microfinance, Mobile Financial Services, Housing Finance, Rural Finance. Banking Services: SME Finance, Sustainable Energy Finance, Insurance, Agri finance, Leasing, Trade Finance, Gender, Risk Management, and Corporate Governance. Financial Infrastructure: Credit Reporting, Collateral Registries and Secured Transactions, Securities Markets

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eC2: Vietnam: Technical Support for Energy Sector

Deadline:  03-May-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The assignment objective is to provide technical capacity support to the World Bank providing technical specifications for state-of-the-art SCADA system to be implemented in Vietnam, battery storage and HVDC lines to inform the World Bank due diligence in a new investment in Vietnam.

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eC2: Baseline Study on Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for Vientiane and Pakxan Cities, LAO PDR.

Deadline:   29-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)Bangladeshi villagers repair a vital flood-protecting embankment

The Government of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (GoL), with financing from the World Banks International Development Association (IDA), is implementing the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR) Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management (SEA DRM) Project with Additional Financing. The Project adopts a comprehensive approach to DRM through activities in target areas related to urban flood risk management, hydromet modernization and early warning systems, and financial preparedness.

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eC2: Consultancy for supporting sustainable development of aquaculture in Vietnam

Deadline:    19-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The preparation of a new IBRD project: Sustainable Fisheries Development Project (SFDP) is underway. One of the key objectives of SFDP is to help achieve sustainable intensification of aquaculture (shrimp aquaculture/mariculture) to overcome sectoral challenges, such as limited application of good aquaculture practice (GAP), disease outbreaks and low productivity. In this context, the objective of the consultancy is to provide recommendations for enhancing sustainability of Vietnams aquaculture industry under SFDP and beyond, focusing on the following four priority areas: 1) Improving shrimp aquaculture value chain (facilitating adoption of advanced technology, compliance with certifications, and effective support provision to small-scale farmers); 2) Modeling the carbon/environmental footprint of different shrimp aquaculture models; 3) Conducting a SWOT analysis for mariculture species (mollusks and crustaceans); and 4) Providing inputs into governments FS of SFDP. The assignment would be conducted by a firm or a team of experts, including at a minimum: a) team leader/international aquaculture expert; and b) shrimp aquaculture value chain expert; c) environmental management expert; and d) mariculture expert.

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eC2: Conducting an Analysis of the Policy, Legal and Regulatory Landscape of the Inland Waterways Sector in Ukraine

Deadline:  15-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 

IFC is looking to hire a Consultant (firm) to carry out an assessment of the regulatory conditions regarding the inland waterways (IWW) sector in Ukraine. The objective of this activity is to analyze how national and sector-level policies, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks are affecting the workings of the sector at an operational level, its development, growth, its overall competitiveness and its ability to attract investments. The key is to establish if the current policy and regulatory landscape is hindering investments, if so, in what ways and in what areas, and to propose specific recommendations to remove the identified barriers. The assessment will include both a holistic analysis of the regulatory environment of IWW sector and will deep-dive into its constituent markets separately: the inland waterways network, the river fleet (freight and auxiliary), infrastructure (docks, anchorages, navigable canals in water areas, navigable locks, fairways, signaling systems, etc.), service infrastructure (river ports, river terminals), navigation and surveillance.

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eC2: Assessment of the off-grid sector in NIGER including Households, productive uses and public facilities

Deadline:    26-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The proposed activity is to provide the analytical underpinning to inform the design and implementation of household solar off-grid electrification, productive uses of energy and electrification of public facilities in rural areas, including research on the most vulnerable segments of the population (poorest of the poor, women, refugees and host communities). It will also inform the development of an enabling environment for the uptake of studied technologies.

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eC2: Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health sector study

Deadline:     21-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Health Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan, intends to undertake a diagnostic / pre-feasibility study of upto 4 sites across the KP province to develop 300-500 beds hospital(s). The study is expected to evaluate preliminary i) technical and environmental & social viability of the site ii) healthcare service demand and gap iii) investor review and iv) capital and operating cost estimate. IFC intends to appoint a consortium of international and local technical and environmental & social consultant to undertake this study.
The outcome of the study would enable the KP government to undertake the project(s) under Public Private Partnership mode.

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eC2: Development of a publication “Primer on Zero Carbon Buildings” with recommendations on how to move towards Zero Carbon Buildings in low- and middle-income countries.

Deadline:   12-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 

The objective of the assignment is to produce a publication (“primer”) on Zero Carbon Buildings (ZCBs) that provides insights and recommendations on how to shift towards ZCBs in World Bank Group (WBG) client (low- and middle-income countries) projects and programs. The assignment will include (a) development and production of a primer on ZCBs and (b) delivering one presentation of the key insights and recommendations from the primer in a (virtual) event. The primer is expected to be about 100 pages long, with the first part focused on compiling and synthesizing existing information and the second part focused on recommendations to the WBG and its clients (on good practice policies and regulation for ZCBs; recommendations for implementing ZCBs; costs and benefits of ZCBs; and case studies with lessons-learned).

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eC2: Implementation of Food Safety Checklist Toolkit (FSCT) system

Deadline:   22-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

International Finance Corporation invites Proposals from Offerors interested in creating of a cloud-based ICT solution, including the implementation and customization of a Food Safety Checklist Toolkit that meets its requirements.

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eC2: Assessment of Options and Opportunities for Riverine Plastic Waste Collection Technologies in Southeast Asia

Deadline:    13-Apr-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)eu-plastic-regels-2019

Key tasks:
– assessment of plastic waste collection technologies currently available on the market with the purpose of collecting plastic waste from water bodies, particularly rivers, urban canals, and coastal shorelines
– the assessment shall include, but may not be limited to: technical outline of system; location suitability assessment; investment and operational costs; O&M requirements; financing mechanisms; recyclability of material; others
– desk based global assessment incorporating accessible local knowledge to develop country-specific sections and including selected case studies with focus on Mekong countries, Philippines and Indonesia.

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