IDB’S MULTIBILLION DOLLAR LENDING PROGRAM TO LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN OFFERS CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES
Seminar on projects for environment, agriculture, water & sanitation
The Inter-American Development Bank will host a Business Seminar on Thursday, Feb. 3, at its Washington, D.C. headquarters to explain how to win contracts resulting from the IDB’s multibillion dollar annual lending program for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Senior IDB specialists will describe current lending activities focusing on three areas: the environment, agriculture, and water and sanitation. They will discuss the Bank’s lending strategy, case studies and recent procurement policy changes, as well as advise on how to obtain further information about IDB operations.
The specialists will explain the project cycle, showing how projects are initiated and developed, and they will give tips as to how consultants and firms can better compete for contracts. The briefing will offer networking opportunities with IDB project and policy experts, as well as with fellow participants in the seminar.
The IDB, the world’s largest regional multilateral development bank, generates about 13,000 contracts a year for goods and services from its financing operations. With an annual lending capacity of $8.5 billion, the Bank’s pipeline for 2005-2006 includes $1.7 billion for sanitation projects, $272 million for agriculture and rural development and $470 million for environmental and natural disaster projects.
The briefing begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4:25 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.