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Video: Presentation Diomedes Berroa

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Monday November 30th, the Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC organized the third IMG_1937annual World Bank luncheon. The Dutch private sector, World Bank Group Staff, the Dutch Executive Director’s office and Embassy staff came together to talk about the changes to the procurement rules and doing business with the World Bank. Speeches were given by the Dutch Ambassador to the US, Henne Schuwer, the Executive Director to the World Bank Group Mr. Frank Heemskerk followed by a presentation by lead procurement Specialist of the World Bank Mr. Diomedes Berroa.

In case you missed the luncheon, below you can view the presentation by Mr. Diomedes Berroa.

And for your convenience we’ve also attached World Bank Procurement Reform, Presentation by Mr. Diomedes Berroa.

Factsheet: The Worldbank’s new procurement strategy

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Earlier this year, the Worldbank issued a new procurement strategy. After three years of negotiating on a strategy that had not been updated since 19i-love-procurement270, it goes without saying that there are some significant changes…

The World Bank Team at the Netherlands Embassy has identified some of the most relevant changes:

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eConsultant2: GEF IEO Evaluation of Expansion of GEF Partnership

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Deadline: 15-Dec-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides support to address global environmental concerns. The GEF IEO, which has central role in ensuring the independent evaluation function within the GEF, is conducting an Evaluation of the Expansion of the GEF Partnership. The evaluation will assess the extent to which the present structure of the GEF partnership meets the needs of its key stakeholders.The consultant will be a member of the evaluation team and will provide support for various tasks related to the evaluation.

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eConsultant2:Cost of Coastal Environmental Degradation, Multi Hazard Risk Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis

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Deadline: 03-Dec-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The REPUBLIC OF BENIN, the REPUBLIC OF COTE DIVOIRE, GHANA waterand TOGO have received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Adaptation to Climate Change in West Africa Coastal Areas project, and intend to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

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eConsultant2: Review and analysis of current forestry-related legislation, institutional and administrative structure

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Deadline: 08-Dec-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

Current assignment suggests: Forestry
Review the existing forestry and main related legislation and regulations in order to identify existing gaps, conflicts and discrepancies; Identify options for changes and amendments based on findings; Prepare a set of recommendations to serve as a base for the Ministry to further draft the amendments for various related legislation to the Ministry of Agriculture, which will be in charge of presenting the amendments for the Parliaments approval;
Review the existing institutional arrangements of the responsible forest authority (Hayantar SNCO), identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as possible duplications with various state forest authorities; and prepare a set of recommendations on how to improve the existing institutional arrangements for the forest agency.

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eConsultant2: Analysis of flood management practices in Antananarivo

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Deadline: 25-Nov-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The firm will also be expected to provide expert advice regarding best practices in flood kali gandakimanagement from other countries, both from developed and developing countries. These best practices, along with initial assessment of status of flood management in Antananarivo, will be presented at the launch workshop being organized for December 2015.

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Online PPP event: South African Development Community Countries

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There has been an increase in private investment in infrastructure in the South African Development Community (SADC) member states in recent years. Public-Private Partnerships are being increasingly seen as a solution for challenges related to efficiency, capacity and fiscal constraints.

Date/Time: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 10:00:00 AM EST – 11:00:00 AM EST

This webinar discusses the main issues and challenges related to the frameworks for PPP in key SADC countries active in the PPP space.

Click here to register: https://goo.gl/S3IrZU

 

eConsultant2: Developing and conducting training course on water utility finance for World Bank staff

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Deadline:  19-Nov-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)

The World Bank Water Global Practice is seeking a firm to adapt and expwaterand a 3-day training course for World Bank staff on financial analysis of water utilities. Consultant shall use existing materials and enhance this with other relevant material developed inside and outside the World Bank to create a comprehensive four day course on financial analysis of water utilities for non-finance specialists.

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