The Chinese government has received the loan from the World Bank, toward the cost of Jiangxi Integrated Rural and Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the Procurement Contract of Smart Water Meter for Urban Water Supply Network Reconstruction and Rural New Drinking Water Users in Linchuan District 

The objective of this technical cooperation (TC) is to fund research initiatives that can better inform policymaking in Haiti, especially in the context of the economic crisis that will result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be achieved by financing a series of research proposals submitted to the Fonds pour la Recherche et le Développement (FRD) of the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH). The FRD is a recently launched initiative that will fund applied research in Haiti in public policy management, economics, and finance that will contribute to the development and implementation of national policies related to growth and sustainable development. This TC will finance FRD research in the following topics: i) agriculture, natural resources, and climate change; and ii) fintech. These topics were selected due to their relevance to the Haitian economy (in terms of contributions to the GDP) and their potential to boost growth following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The purpose of this request for proposals is to identify a suitable consultant to assist the Local Production and Assistance Unit in supporting Member States in promoting sustainable quality local production and technology transfer of in-vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and medical devices, such as organizing and conducting capacity building and technical assistance activities related to local production and technology transfer of quality-assured IVDs and/or medical devices (e.g. ISO 13485) and specialized technical assistance related to WHO prequalification of IVDs...