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Archives 2007
Posted on March 23, 2007
Canadian Awards for
International Cooperation -
Call for applications!
For fourteen years, the Canadian Awards for International Cooperation have recognized the achievements of Canadian businesses and organizations in supporting sustainable economic growth and social programs to reduce poverty in the developing countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the countries in transition in Central and Eastern Europe.
These prestigious awards will be presented as part of the International Development Days program to be held at the Delta Fredericton Hotel from May 22 - 24, 2007 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
To find out more and to download the application and evaluation grids, please go to: http://www.cme-mec.ca/caic. Please note the deadline for applications is April 17, 2007
Posted on March 23, 2007
East Africa:
AfDB's US$92 million
Supports Road Infrastructure
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group signed loan and grant agreements, equivalent to US$92 million, with Kenya, Tanzania and two East African regional organizations, to finance road infrastructure in the region. The two projects address barriers to regional integration such as facilitating movement of goods and people across national boundaries, and the provision of physical infrastructure.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page....
Posted on March 23, 2007
Argentina:
IDB Loans US$1.2 billion
for Road Infrastructure
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$1.2 billion loan to Argentina for a program to improve, expand and rehabilitate road networks in the northern provinces. The multiple-works investment loan program will finance road works of approximately 600 kilometers in the provincial network and 870 kilometers in the national network. The program will make sustainable improvements in the accessibility, safety and efficiency of roads in the provinces of Catamarca, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán, Salta and Santiago del Estero.
For more information, please see:
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail.cfm
Posted on March 23, 2007
Africa:
UNIDO and Microsoft Launch
Technology Solution to Support FDI
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Microsoft launched a new technology solution prototype to support foreign direct investment (FDI). The new investment-monitoring platform, a key component of the UNIDO Africa Investment Promotion Agency initiative, aims to drive investment, enhance communication between governments in Africa and investors, and foster sustainable economic growth.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.unido.org/en/doc/63466
Posted on March 23, 2007
China:
World Bank Loans US$147 million
for Environmental Clean-up
The World Bank approved a US$147 million loan to the People's Republic of China to help finance the Second Shandong Environment Project. Financed projects include the development of wastewater collection networks and treatment facilities, and training for provincial and local project owners and government decision makers. This project supports sustainable improvements in the environmental conditions of nine participating municipalities, cities and counties in Shandong province.
Further information is available at:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES....
Posted on March 23, 2007
ADB's Toolkit
Addresses Gender Issues
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched the Gender, Law and Policy Toolkit to help analyze gender issues in proposed loans, grants, and technical assistance projects. The toolkit will guide staff and consultants on how to more effectively promote gender equality. It provides background materials, Internet links, checklists, sample assurances, and other tools for integrating gender law and policy considerations in country partnership strategies and projects.
For more information, please see:
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2007....
Posted on March 9, 2007
IDB Business Seminar Series
on Financing Private and
Public Sector Infrastructure Projects
April 19-20, 2007
Washington, DC
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is presenting - Financing Public and Private Sector Infrastructure Projects, a seminar that provides information to companies and individuals on the IDB group's efforts to support development in the areas of publicly and privately financed infrastructure projects, including energy, sanitation, transportation, urban development and housing sectors, in all its borrowing member countries.
The seminar will cover the following topics: Current and pipeline projects; case studies; the IDB project cycle, which describes how projects are initiated and developed; procedures for procurement of consulting services, goods and works; and recent procurement policy changes at the IDB.
For more information or to register, please go to: http://www.iadb.org/biz/
Posted on March 9, 2007
Education & Professional and
Technical Training Mission to the
World Bank and the
Inter American Development Bank
April 24-26, 2007
Washington, DC
The World Trade Centre Montréal, in partnership with Nova Scotia Business Inc., will be leading a trade mission to the headquarters of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC. Public and private organizations, schools, universities, associations and consultants from across Canada with expertise in education, professional and technical training are invited to participate in the mission. The Multilateral Development Banks provide over $2 billion in funding each year for education and training sector initiatives which lead to thousands of contracts open to the Canadian private and non-governmental sectors.
For further information, see: http://www.btmm.qc.ca/mdb_education
Posted on March 9, 2007
New Canadian Executive Director
appointed to the
Inter-American Development Bank
Vinita Watson was appointed to the Inter-American Development Bank as Executive Director for Canada on February 1st, 2007. Prior to her appointment, she spent one year as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Canada School of Public Service, conducting research on multi-level engagement between the Canadian and US federal governments. From July 2001 to November 2005 Mrs. Watson was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the International Trade and Finance Branch of the Canadian Department of Finance. Mrs. Watson's previous positions with the Government of Canada include Director General Corporate Governance at the Department of Industry, Director General Consumer Affairs, Deputy Federal Negotiator for the Internal Trade Negotiations and Senior Advisor, Program Review for the Privy Council Office.
Mrs. Watson has an MPA from Harvard University, an M.A. from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor's Honours Degree from Delhi University.
For contact information for the office of the Canadian Executive Director at the IDB, see: http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ifinet/canadian-e.htm
Posted on March 9, 2007
Afghanistan:
World Bank
Supports Private
Sector Development
The World Bank approved a US$25 million grant to improve Afghanistan's investment climate and infrastructure facilities. The Private Sector Development (PSD) Support Project aims to provide land services and facilities including electricity, water and telecommunications, and build capacity of government agencies to develop and implement PSD related programs. The project will fund the construction of an industrial park and attract private investment in a variety of sectors, particularly light manufacturing, carpets and food products.
For more information, please see:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS....
Posted on March 9, 2007
Indonesia:
World Bank's US$123 million
Supports Agricultural Revitalization
The World Bank recently approved a US$123 million Farmer Empowerment through Agricultural Technology and Information project. This project will help 400,000 farm households - an estimated two million rural people in 71 districts, improve productivity and incomes over the next five years. The project will also support development of a market oriented agricultural services system based on partnerships between farmers' groups, public agencies and the private sector.
For details, please go to:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS....
Posted on March 9, 2007
IDB Approved US$2 million
for Infrastructure Projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved financing for more than US$2 million for new initiatives dedicated to wind power, watershed management, and solid waste projects in Colombia (US$1.5 million), Argentina (US$300,000), and Panama (US$289,880).
For more information, please visit:
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail.cfm.....
Posted on March 9, 2007
Doing Business
in South Asia 2007
The International Finance Corporation and the World Bank recently released a joint report titled Doing Business in South Asia 2007. The report compares business regulations in eight countries in the South Asia region and examines twelve major cities in India, six in Pakistan, and four in Bangladesh. Report findings indicate that India and Pakistan are the top performers and that the region did comparatively well in business start-up and investor protection.
Detailed information is available at:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS....
Posted on February 23, 2007
Africa:
AfDB Spends US$1.6 billion
to Finance NEPAD
Infrastructure Projects
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is mobilizing US$1.6 billion to fund infrastructure projects of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Projects are concentrated in the transport and energy sectors, and include a Kenya-Zambia electricity connectivity project, the construction of the 1,600-kilometre Kenya-Ethiopia highway and the Kenya-Uganda oil pipeline. The AfDB also hosts the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) Secretariat to address Africa's capacity constraints and facilitate the scaling-up of resources for infrastructure.
For more information, please see:
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page....
Posted on February 23, 2007
Vietnam:
World Bank Provides Over
US$4 billion in Credits
Over the next five years, the World Bank will provide more than US$800 million a year - in long-term interest-free credits, to help Vietnam build on its development achievements. This represents more than US$4 billion from 2007 to 2011- the term of the Bank's Country Partnership Strategy. Supported initiatives will range from the regulation of infrastructure, to social insurance, and to the development of modern planning and budget systems. Initiatives will focus on four areas that include: improving the business environment, strengthening social inclusion, better managing the environment and natural resources, and improving governance.
For more information, please go to:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL....
Posted on February 23, 2007
Haiti:
World Bank's Interim Strategy
Grants US$28 million
The World Bank's new Interim Strategy for Haiti projects financial assistance of up to US$82 million in grants - over the next 18 months, to support the country's development agenda. Additionally, the Bank approved two grants for a total of US$28 million to support economic governance reform (US$23 million) and water and sanitation in rural areas (US$5 million).
Further details are available at:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL....
Posted on February 23, 2007
IDB Business Seminar
Series Presentations On-line
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Seminar presentations are available on the IDB website shortly after the events are held. If you attended the recent IDB seminar on Sustainable Development, or were interested but unable to attend, the presentations heard during this event (and any others in the IDB Business Seminar Series) can be found on-line at:
http://www.iadb.org/biz/previous.cfm....
Depending on your specific areas of expertise, the speakers listed are excellent contacts within the Bank and can prove to be useful in pursuing future opportunities.
Posted on February 2, 2007
IDB Fund Creates
Clean Energy Markets Cluster
The Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Multilateral Investment Fund created a new cluster of activities focused on Promoting Clean Energy Markets. The cluster will promote new financial instruments in the clean energy market and assist in the creation of capacities required by smaller firms to serve this market. This initiative also helps small enterprises improve their competitiveness and access clean energy market opportunities.
Further details are available at:
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail....
Posted on February 2, 2007
IFC Expands
Global Trade Finance Program
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) approved a US$500 million increase to its Global Trade Finance Program, bringing the program ceiling to US$1 billion. Under this program, the IFC issues trade finance guarantees and provides technical assistance to local financial institutions that need either technical skills training or capacity building assistance. With this increase, the program is now able to continue expanding its global coverage in Cambodia, Nepal, and Yemen, and in post-conflict countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/media.nsf/content....
Posted on February 2, 2007
China:
World Bank's US$200 million
Expands Railway Capacity
The World Bank approved a US$200 million loan for the Third National Railway Project in Guizhou and Yunnan, in Western China. This project aims to provide a major increase in capacity to the Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway line and improve the service quality of passenger and freight transport. Upon completion, the project will quadruple the capacity of the line and significantly improve travel times.
For more information, please see:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL....
Posted on February 2, 2007
India:
World Bank Supports
Agriculture Productivity and
Water Management
The World Bank approved US$485 million in assistance to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to increase agriculture productivity by modernizing irrigation infrastructure. The Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water-Bodies Restoration and Management Project covers over 600,000 hectares in 63 selected sub-basins throughout the State, and proposes an integrated approach to synergize the activities of multiple agencies involved with irrigation, on-farm development, agriculture, horticulture, marketing, livestock, fisheries, and applied research.
Detailed information is available at:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL....
Posted on January 26, 2007
IDB Business Seminar Series
on Sustainable Development
February 8, 2007
Washington, DC
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is presenting - Sustainable Development: A Look at Projects in Environment, Tourism, Natural Disaster Prevention, Sanitation, Rural Development and Agriculture, a seminar that provides information on IDB's efforts to support sustainable development. The seminar includes case studies and covers topics such as agribusiness financing, pollution control and waste management, land registration, agricultural research and support services, coastal zone and watershed management, emergency response programs for natural disasters, impact assessments, procurement procedures for consulting services, goods and works, and recent IDB procurement policy changes.
For more information or to register, please go to:
http://www.iadb.org/biz/
Posted on January 26, 2007
China:
World Bank Supports
Forestry Development
The World Bank approved a US$100 million loan to help China develop and protect its forest resources. The loan supports the Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project, which aims to improve the effectiveness of forest management practices and enhance the conservation of globally significant biodiversity in selected areas of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Bank loan finances the establishment of high-yield timber plantations, the introduction of superior genetic materials, and forest management technologies. The Bank loan is supplemented by a US$5.25 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for biodiversity conservation.
For more information, please visit:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/....
Posted on January 26, 2007
AfDB Grants US$23 million for
Distance Learning in Southern Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund grant equivalent to US$22.6 million for capacity building with the Open and Distance Learning Project (ODL) in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). This project puts in place frameworks to support the more effective deployment of ODL and develops capacity at all levels in the 14 SADC member states. The project will also finance two regional ODL Centers of Specialization (CoS), provide the required technical assistance, and support CoS training needs including full time technical expertise to enable them to source funding and develop strategic plans.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page....
Posted on January 26, 2007
Vietnam:
World Bank Approves
US$125 million to Improve Sanitation
The World Bank approved a US$124.7 million credit for the Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation Project, which will improve the waterways and urban environment of three of Vietnam's major coastal cities. Funds will be used to reduce flooding and improve the collection of sewage in Nha Trang, Quy Nhon, and Dong Hoi, through the construction of new sewers, drainage systems, wastewater treatment plants, and landfill sites. The project also funds capacity building for city departments and service providers who will manage and operate the new facilities.
For more information, please see:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS....
Posted on January 26, 2007
Development Gateway
Launches New Websites
The Development Gateway Foundation recently launched a new portal that is now divided into two websites. The first site - www.developmentgateway.org - offers direct access to services, including dgCommunities, AiDA, Country Resources, and dgMarket. The second site - www.dgfoundation.org - highlights the foundations goals and strategies, and includes program descriptions, success stories, donors listing, access to the Aid Management Platform, and the E-Government Grants program.
For more information, please visit:
www.developmentgateway.org and/orwww.dgfoundation.org
Posted on January 19, 2007
Health and Social Development
Mission to the World Bank and
the Inter-American Development Bank
February 14-16, 2007
Washington, DC
The World Trade Centre Montréal will be leading a trade mission to the headquarters of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC. Public and non-governmental organizations, private companies, medical institutions, associations or consultants from across Canada with expertise in health and social development are invited to participate in the mission. The Multilateral Development Banks provide over $5 billion in funding each year for health and social development sector initiatives which lead to thousands of contracts open to Canadian organizations.
For further information, see: http://www.btmm.qc.ca/mdb_health
Posted on January 19, 2007
Sustainable Development:
A Look at Projects in Environment,
Tourism, Natural Disaster Prevention,
Sanitation, Rural Development
and Agriculture
February 7- 8, 2007
Washington, DC
The Canadian Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO) Network is organizing a Sustainable Development Mission to Washington. This mission will focus on Sustainable Development: A Look at Projects in Environment, Tourism, Natural Disaster Prevention, Sanitation, Rural Development and Agriculture at both the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank at their headquarters in Washington. If you are a consulting firm, university, NGO, equipment manufacturer, goods supplier, construction contractor or prospective sponsor of IDB private sector projects, you should attend this event. This is a great opportunity to learn what types of projects the IDB is financing in the sectors of your interest and identify opportunities to market your company's products.
For further information, please contact Angela Wasylynka at: awasylynka@sasktrade.sk.ca
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