eConsultant2: Consultant to support microfinance program in Morocco

Deadline: 26-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

MENA FIG Advisory Services (AS) is seeking to recruit a Short-Term Consultant (STC) to world money smallprovide support to specific microfinance projects in Morocco. This program is composed by AS projects with leading MFIs, but also actions at the sectorial level. The STC will primarily work on, but not be limited to, assisting the IFC team to perform product review assessments in leading IMFs and to organize events for the microfinance sector.

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World Bank report ‘Digital Dividends’

A new World Bank report says that while the internet, mobile phones and other digitalMobile in Africatechnologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen short of expectations, and 60 percent of the world’s population remains excluded from the ever-expanding digital economy.

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eConsultant2: Solar Power Review

Deadline: 01-Feb-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The purpose of the 2016 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Review is to prepare a status solar-energyreport on the CSP technology, market and industry, covering all segments (and not just the large-scale plants), updating previous studies dating back to 2013 to reflect recent market developments, policy changes and climate change mitigation commitments following COP21 trends briefly discussed in the background section. It will thus guide the work of the whole CTF MENA CSP TA, helping to focus on activities that are the most likely to have an impact on the ground.

See full tender here: # 1210394 CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP) 2016 REVIEW

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

Tender notification: # 1210394

Assignment Countries:

  • DZ – Algeria
  • EG – Egypt, Arab Republic of
  • JO – Jordan
  • LY – Libya
  • MA – Morocco
  • TN – Tunisia

eConsultant2: Capacity Development Support for Improved Rural Sanitation in Bangladesh

Deadline: 02-Feb-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank will hire a consulting firm with _DSC8237experience on rural sanitation particularly on sanitation marketing to work in collaboration with PKSF (Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation) and their 20 MFI partners to (1) support the capacity building of MFI partners; (2) capacity development of the local sanitation entrepreneurs; and (3) market promotion and demand creation among poorer households.

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eConsultant2: Technical Consultant for PV Project in Madagascar

Deadline: 28-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Government of Madagascar has requested the assistance of the International Finance evd__8324Corporation (IFC) to act as lead advisor for the selection of independent private producers (IPPs) to develop a total capacity of 40 MW of solar power, across several sites. IFC will provide transaction advisory services for the structuring of the transaction and the selection of suitable private investors, through a competitive bidding process.
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eConsultant 2: Flood Risk Assessment in South East Asia

Deadline: 27-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

This assignment is to develop a multi-country flood hazard and risk model for a quick waterresponse financing mechanism and pricing for market-based parametric financial instruments. The model may utilize a combination of various data sources, such as historical flood and rainfall data, to underpin a rapid flood assessment methodology that triggers payouts when the event is more severe than a pre-defined threshold. The extent of an event that may trigger a payout should be measured by real-time data sources, such as satellite-based rainfall data, satellite-based flood data, rainfall gauges and river discharge gauges. The severity of an event may be measured by the population or other exposure in the flood footprint. Continue reading

eConsultant2: National Diagnostic Center in Liberia, PPP Project

Deadline: 20-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Ministry of Health of Liberia (MoH) is aiming at improving its laboratory and imaging PPPsservices at the JFK Medical Center (JFK) through private sector participation. As its request, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is advising MoH to develop this health projects as a Public Private Partnership (PPP). The objective of this project is to improve public laboratory and imaging services in Monrovia by attracting one or several PPP partners to structure and operate the National Diagnostic Center as a Finance, Build, Design, Equip Operate and Transfer PPP.

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ICYMI: Trade mission on transportation, Feb 1-4, 2016

On February 1-4, 2016 representatives of Austria, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Ethiopia-Road-Constructionand the United States will organize a joint trade mission focusing on opportunities for the transportation sector at the World Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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Free World Bank Course on Citizen Engagement

The World Bank Group is bringing a second delivery of the free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Citizen Engagement to be launched on February 1.Financial Education

Government works best when citizens are directly engaged in policymaking and public service delivery. What conditions are necessary for inclusive and effective citizen engagement? Can it positively improve people’s lives? This course provides an overview of citizen engagement, critically analyzing how it can be leveraged most effectively to achieve development results.

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Dutch Health delivers four boats to Bangladesh

On December 2, 2015 the Minister of Disaster Management and Relief, Hon. Mofazzal DutchHealth Boats BangladeshHossain Chowdhury (Maya) Bir Bikram, MP, handed over four Search and Rescue Boats, built by Dutch Health BV, to the National Coast Guard of Bangladesh. This project was financed by the World Bank.

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