On February 1-4, 2016 representatives of Austria, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, 
and 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.
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.
Dutch Health delivers four boats to Bangladesh
On December 2, 2015 the Minister of Disaster Management and Relief, Hon. Mofazzal 
Hossain 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.
Climate Friendly Transport in Developing Countries
On December 3, 2015 the World Bank published an article on the support 
of Multilateral Development Banks to climate friendly transport in developing countries. The first bus-based mass transport system in Lagos, Nigeria has proved to be a success.
Lagos, Nigeria, is the sixth largest city in the world. It is also the fastest growing and one of the most congested in the world. Commuting for Lagosians can be a serious challenge. Until recently, transport options to get to work were either small minibuses (the danfos) or larger minibuses (molues). Traffic was bad and transport expensive.
Trade mission on transportation in DC, Feb 1-4, 2016
On February 1-4, 2016 representatives of Austria, Canada, Spain, the 
Netherlands, and 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.
eConsultant2: Agro-logistics in Rajasthan
Deadline: 04-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The focus of this consultancy is on bottlenecks in agro-logistics. The goal 
is to identify gaps and develop agro-logistics strategies for specific value chains in Rajasthan.
eConsultant2: Project preparation for DRM Project in Cambodia
Deadline: 11-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The World Bank is considering supporting 6 provinces in Cambodia 
through a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Project with tentative size of US$60 million. This assignment would prepare the project and support the government to develop an investment plan and feasibility study to prioritize resilient rural infrastructure investments and strengthen DRM systems.
eConsultant2: Infrastructure Risk Assessment in Turkey
Deadline: 21-Jan-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The Consultancy will be responsible for carrying the High-level Critical 
Infrastructure Risk Assessment (CIRA) for the Cukurova Region. In order to achieve this, the Consultancy will manage the consultation process with stakeholders; facilitate discussions, organize and moderate workshops; collect data and conduct analyses; and, prepare draft and final documents for approval.
eConsultant2: Leveraging digitized financial education
Deadline: 30-Dec-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is seeking submissions
from a technology platform offering services in order to conduct experimentation leveraging real-time interactions in the following area: driving responsible uptake and usage of specific financial inclusion products and services, including cutting edge digital finance products such as digital credit.
eConsultant2: Assessment of Potential Public Private Partnerships
Deadline: 31-Dec-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
Preliminary assessment of potential infrastructure projects to develop a
pipeline of feasible PPP projects in Ethiopia. The result of the assessment will serve to inform future government decisions on which projects to prioritize for further development as PPPs.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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