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eC2: Analytical and Advisory Services to the World Bank Group/ assessment of marine and coastal pollution in the Gulf of Fonseca under a Blue Economy Strategy in Central America.

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Deadline: 31-May-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

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The objective of this assignment is to provide assessments, recommendations and advise to the World Bank Group to carry out dialogue and knowledge sharing support to the SICA in the creation of a blue economy enabling environment in Central America. The deliverables will enable the World Bank to support regional and national capacities and identify investment needs to foster sustainability, contribute to job creation, and to boost value addition in the Central America region and the Gulf of Fonseca in particular.

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eC2: Analytical and Advisory Services to the World Bank Group/ Seascape management arrangements in the Gulf of Fonseca under a Blue Economy Strategy in Central America.

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Deadline: 31-May-2022 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

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The objective of this assignment is to provide assessments, recommendations and advise to the World Bank Group to carry out dialogue and knowledge sharing support to the SICA in the creation of a blue economy enabling environment in Central America. The deliverables will enable the World Bank to support regional and national capacities and identify investment needs to foster sustainability, contribute to job creation, and to boost value addition in the Central America region and the Gulf of Fonseca in particular.

orld Bank Group’s City Resilience Program (CRP) is seeking a firm with specialized experience in incorporating resilience to natural hazards and climate change into the transaction design for fully or partially privately financed construction or renovation of major infrastructure assets and development or redevelopment of land in urban areas.
CRP does not intend to create a new knowledge resource; the focus is on developing an operational product that makes best use of existing toolkits to provide an actual service to WBG task teams.

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eC2: Analytical and Advisory Services to the World Bank Group/ identification of Blue Growth Opportunities and Constraints in the Gulf of Fonseca under a Blue Economy Strategy in Central America.

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The objective of this assignment is to provide assessments, recommendations and advise to the World Bank Group to carry out dialogue and knowledge sharing support to the SICA in the creation of a blue economy enabling environment in Central America. The deliverables will enable the World Bank to support regional and national capacities and identify investment needs to foster sustainability, contribute to job creation, and to boost value addition in the Central America region and the Gulf of Fonseca in particular.

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World Bank Group Trust Funds and other Financial Instruments

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In fiscal year 2021 The World Bank Group (WBG) disbursed about $3.6 billion dollars ofdownloadTrust Fund contributions through development partners, IBRD, IDA and the IFC. Trust fund resources complement World Bank operations, expanding their scope and reach and supporting their quality. They promote increased development effectiveness and enable the World Bank to provide assistance when its ability to lend is limited, including in fragile and emergency situations, and for countries in arrears and to non-member countries. Trust Funds also contribute to the World Bank’s knowledge agenda by financing close to two-thirds of its advisory services and analytics products as well as technical advisory services for clients. Trust Funds attract new sources of finance and promote innovative financial solutions in support of the global public goods agenda, including combating climate change and addressing the challenges of fragility, conflict, violence, forced displacement and pandemics.

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Introducing: Team International Organizations (RVO)

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Every year, international organizations spend billions of euros on projects in developing countries and emerging markets. This results in tenders and assignments that could be interesting for the Dutch private sector. Team International Organizations (TIO) of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) supports Dutch companies whom are interested in knowing more about doing business with the IFIs. TIO is focused solely on organizations the Netherlands is a shareholder or member of: Asian Development Bank, African Development Band, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Union, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations, and World Bank Group.

TIO functions as the first point of contact for Dutch companies. We can put you in contact with the IFIs, give information on how the different international organizations function, on how to be effective at doing business with these organizations, and the opportunities that could be relevant for your company. Other services that are provided are seminars, webinars, trade missions, individual and group tracks.

Discover what RVO/TIO can do for you: video.

Through TIO companies have access to a broad network of contacts and organizations. On a daily basis, we work together with the PSLO liaison network of the World Bank Group, The Netherlands Embassy in Washington D.C. liaison officers Esther Smith and Vincent Kooijman as well as the different Ministries and Dutch embassies worldwide.

Meet the World Bank Group team of TIO:

Interested in TIO’s work? Contact us for more information via tio@rvo.nl.

Risk insurance builds climate and disaster resilience in Central America and the Caribbean

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With co-financing from a World Bank administered multi-donor trust fund (MDTF), the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) offers sovereign insurance for earthquakes, tropical cyclones, and excess rainfall to Caribbean and Central American countries. Currently, 19 countries in the Caribbean and 3 in Central America have memberships that through the years translated into 54 payouts totaling $245 million benefiting over 3.5 million people.

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Tools for Success

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The handbook, “Zakendoen met de Wereldbank Groep” created by The Netherlands World Bank building Embassy in Washington, D.C. provides interested Dutch companies and organizations with a basic introduction to the World Bank Group. Besides the handbook we also created fact sheets which include information on project cycles as well as bank jargon which will be good to know when working with the World Bank Group.

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Staying the course for women’s economic empowerment in MENA

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The war in Ukraine could not have come at a worse time, eroding global economicshutterstock_bbstudiophoto_-_women_engineer prospects as much of the world struggles to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the immediate impacts of the war has been the surge in commodity prices, raising concerns over food and energy security. Wheat prices have gone up by around 30%, hurting people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who live in countries that rely on imports from Ukraine or Russia. 

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Tackling Gender-Based Violence in Sint Maarten

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Money from Sint MaartenTrust Fund used to protect survivors, increase advocacy, and buildgbv-in-sxm-blog capacity.

Nearly one in three women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Alarmingly, the scourge of gender-based violence worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic started, as stay-at-home orders and government lockdowns forced women to stay home with their aggressors. Even after quarantine measures were loosened, heightened emotional and mental stress alongside financial insecurity and unemployment were identified as potential drivers of increased abuse. In the Caribbean region, advocates in Sint Maarten are working to support survivors and mitigate this violence within the country.

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