PPIAF aims to fund more innovative ideas like this one, and its new call for proposals!
Welcomes applications for knowledge initiatives focused on addressing infrastructure challenges through increased private sector participation in infrastructure. The Fall 2015 Call for Proposals is open to submissions from World Bank Group staff and eligible external organizations such as multilateral development banks, NGOs, and other similar institutions.
Deadline: November 6, 2015
Deadline: 07-Nov-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this component of the Programmatic Activity is to review the array of solutions that could form part of an integrated approach to urban water management in Morocco as considered through different perspectives including engineering feasibility, economic and financial implications, institutional requirements, and political-economy/stakeholder reality.
See full tender here: # 1202473 Integrated urban water management in Morocco A review of options to address water scarcity
eConsultant2 website: https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org
Tender notification: # 1202473
Assignment Countries:
• MA – Morocco
The World Bank Annual Meetings took place last week!
Even if you did not make it to Lima yourself or did not have time to tune into the live webcasts, there are plenty of opportunities to catch up on the Annual Meetings ….. click here to see, read and hear everything that happened.
A couple of events highlighted :
Deadline: 31-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
Assignment objective:
The objective of this consultancy is to help strengthen the capacity of the national sewerage utility of Tunisia (Office National dAssainissement or ONAS) to implement the progressive delegation of the operation and maintenance of a portion of its infrastructure to the private sector.
See full tender here: #1202470 Tunisia – Sanitation DSP – ONAS Institutional strengthening
eConsultant2 website: https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org
Tender notification #1202470
Assignment Countries:
– Tunisia
Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
After severe flooding at the beginning 
of the year (January 2015), the Government of Madagascar requested support from the World Bank to address its water issues in Antananarivo. A scoping mission in March 2015 led to a recommended approach of integrated urban water management (IUWM) that can bring together the different agencies and stakeholders that play a role in different aspects of water management. This assignment will provide a rapid institutional assessment of the key entities involved in water management in Antananarivo and will form the basis for developing an IUWM planning process. Continue reading
Deadline: 24-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
At the request of the Government of 
Pakistan (GoP), the World Bank Group (WBG) has prepared, in co-operation with the Government of Punjab (GoPunjab) and in the context of the Punjab Growth Strategy 2018, Punjab Investment Climate Project. This advisory project aims to improve the investment climate in Punjab province
The T&C team is seeking the services of a qualified Firm (the Consultant) that can carry out a comprehensive review of the investment functions of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) and recommend both changes to increase its effectiveness in this area of its operations and a program of capacity building which will allow these higher levels of effectiveness to be achieved. Continue reading
Below a list of live webcast events you can follow from afar!
For the full list click here
Future of Food: A Conversation about Shaping a Climate-Smart Food System
Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
An annual Reach Survey of IFC clients 
which lend to micro, small, and medium enterprises allows us to track financial institutions financing activity, and the development impact that IFC achieves through its private investments and advisory services in the financial sector.
IFC is in search of a consulting and technology service provider (Consultant) that will help to improve the efficiency and quality of the IFC Reach Survey process. Through the IFC Reach Survey Streamlining project, IFC intends to: Continue reading
Deadline: 20-Oct-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The services include institutional 
development support and capacity building services to help Addis Ababa City government (AACG) achieve the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) aspects of the new Structure Plan for the city of Addis Ababa. The consultants will report to the World Bank Task Team Leader, and interact directly with the Addis Ababa Land Management and Development Bureau (AALMDB), which is primarily responsible for implementation of the structure plan, throughout the assignment. The consultancy’s main objectives are to: Continue reading
Date: Thursda
y, October 8, 2015
Time: 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.(Peru) / 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m./19:00-20:30 (GMT) or convert time
Location: Auditorio Los Incas, National Museum, Lima, Peru & Online
Empowering people to become masters of their own destinies – as workers, entrepreneurs or business leaders – is one of the most powerful development tools in the world. Continue reading
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