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Course Contents (Back)
- The European Union. The European Commission and the other European
institutions.
- The World Bank Group
- The United Nations Agencies: UNDP, WFP, FAO, WHO, etc.
- The Regional Development Banks: IADB, ADB, AfDB, EBRD; and other
sub-regional banks (CAF, CABEI, CDB, BOAD, IsDB, ...)
- Bilateral Aid Agencies. Bilateral Donors (USAID, GTZ, SIDA, AECI, France
Cooperation, DANIDA, JICA, etc.) and private foundations and large development
NGOs.
Objectives
The objectives of this Learning Unit are to:
- Acquire sufficient knowledge of the structure activities of the main
International Institutions, their programs and procurements of goods,
services and works.
- Become acquainted with the websites of these institutions, their procurement
notices, loans and technical assistance programs, project databases, and the
main portals announcing tenders and grants, databases of experts, etc.
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Learning Unit Summary
In this module we will study the advantages and disadvantages of working in
projects with funding from the main European and International Institutions.
We will analyze the business opportunities offered by these institutions.
Moreover, we will become acquainted with the websites of the different
Institutions and with the main bilateral agencies working with developing or
transition countries.
Various Financial and non-financial institutions have appeared in the
last decades in the international community, with purposes varying from one
another, but generally trying to promote economic and social development and
fight poverty. These institutions can be classified into various types
according to the nature of their key activities. Sometimes these
organisations are known as “multilateral financial institutions” (or
“Multilateral Development Banks”), but formally this term refers to
the group of banks (the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, EBRD, etc.) of a
multilateral structure, that is, they belong to a series of countries which
own their capital, and enjoy the benefit of having a number of different
instruments to promote development in the target region.
But some of the international institutions tendering projects are not of
a financial nature, but rather provide technical assistance,
trade-related or research activities.
Both the financial and the non-financial institutions are an important
source of business and employment opportunities for companies, individual
experts and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs).
Business opportunities with International Institutions represent
approximately 60 billion UDS per year (a large proportion of the
total International Development Assistance or ODA, over 100 billion USD in
2006). Funds provided by the countries of the OECD (Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development), whether disbursed as grants, loans or
credits for emerging and developing countries are used for financing
programs and projects which contribute to the development and improvement of
quality of life of beneficiary countries, these programs and projects in
turn buy services and goods according to strict procedures, such as national
or international tenders and calls for proposals.
The International Institutions fund programs the following sectors:
- Rural development and agriculture
- Transport
- Environment
- Health and medical equipment
- Energy
- Education and training
- Competitiveness, trade and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)
- Infrastructure
- Water and sanitation
- Financial sector
- Modernization of the government
- Macroeconomic support
- Urban development
- Tourism and local development
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
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