Hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank as part of its 2007 Business Seminar Series
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) would like to invite youto attend the Bank’s upcoming Business Seminar on Financing Publica nd Private Sector Infrastructure Projects and accompanied presentations on case studies, scheduled to take place on Thursdayand Friday, April 19-20, 2007 at the IDB Headquarters inWashington, D.C.
The objective of this seminar is to provide information to companiesand individuals on the IDB group’s efforts to support development inthe areas of publicly and privately financed infrastructureprojects, including energy, sanitation, transportation, urbandevelopment and housing sectors, in all its borrowing membercountries.
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 forprocurement of consulting services, goods and works; and recent procurement policy changes at the IDB. The event will provide ampleopportunity to network with IDB project specialists and fellowparticipants during the lunch.The IDB is the largest multilateral provider of development
lending of more than $145 billion, offering substantial procurement opportunities for the private sector. The Bank has an annual lending capacity of $8.5 billion and generates business opportunities in the form of approximately 13,000 contracts forgoods and services per year.
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