eConsultant2: Technical assistance to oversee implementation of the early grade reading program in Tonga and policy advice

Deadline: 25-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The World Bank (WB), with funding from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), isnurses-in-tonga providing technical assistance to improve early grade literacy and school readiness in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific under the Pacific Early Age Readiness and Learning (PEARL) Programme. Under pillar 1 of PEARL, the World Bank is supporting the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) of Tonga to develop, monitor and evaluate implementation of the early literacy instruction pilot program. The pilot of interventions started at grade 1 during the 2015 school year. The early literacy instruction pilot program is planned for implementation in both grades 1 and 2 in Tonga.

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eConsultant2: Market Research: Retail, SME and Agriculture Segments- Bangladesh

Deadline: 25-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

IFC is currently involved in a program of work to develop new customer value propositionsVolkskrant for the SME, Retail and Agriculture customer segments in Bangladesh. As part of the approach, there is a need to understand and to develop insights on specific sub-segments of the SME, Retail and Agri markets to further determine what financial and non-financial products, services and value propositions will meet their demand.

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eConsultant2:Technical assistance to carry out early grade reading assessments

Deadline: 21-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Adapt EGRA instruments in each language to a Tangerine digital interface.Young Entrepreneurs
Provide assistance to government officials to organize logistics of training and data collection, and provide technical and organizational support during data collection.
Organize and facilitate an enumerator and supervisor training in each country.
Provide support to government officials to complete data cleaning and/or data entry if paper forms were collected.
Analysis of data collected and results report drafting.

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eConsultant2: Market Research: Retail, SME and Agriculture Segments

Deadline: 15-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
SIB in conjunction with IFC is currently involved in a program of work to develop new _DSC0993
customer value propositions for the SME, Retail and Agriculture customer segments in India. As part of the approach, there is a need to understand the current perceptions and positioning of the SIB brand in the market generally and these segments specifically, and to develop insights on specific sub-segments of the SME, Retail and Agri markets.

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Event: Jim Kim speaks

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Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CET) / 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. (ET) / 10:00 – 11:00 (GMT) or convert time
Location: German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin & Online

In this interdependent world, we’re tackling challenges that respect no boundaries, that leap from Berlin to Basra, and that affect the future of children and young people in the poorest countries as well as wealthiest.

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eConsultant2: Establishing a Sustainable Municipal Lending Framework in West Bank and Gaza

Deadline: 18-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)eConsultant2

The overall objective of this consulting assignment is to provide Technical AssistFinancial Educationance to establish a sustainable municipal lending program in Palestine. This activity proposes to support the capacity of the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) to assess and lend to creditworthy municipalities .

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eConsultant2: JM National Guidelines for Coastal Management and Beach Restoration

Deadline: 14-Apr-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

This activity is expected to contribute to strengthening the Governments program to watermodernize and transform its public sector in its Vision 2030 Jamaica development objectives, which identifies Sustainable Management and Use of Natural and Environmental Resources, Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Urban and Rural Development as key outcomes.
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