Study on Innovative Solutions to Sustainably Finance the Maintenance of Roads, Ports... Tender

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Country : Central African Republic

Summary : Study on Innovative Solutions to Sustainably Finance the Maintenance of Roads, Ports and Waterways

Deadline : 17 Feb 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 114148496

Document Ref. No. : 0002013939

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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The Governments of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Republic of Congo (ROC) have solicited and obtained from the World Bank (WB) the financing of the Central Africa Waterways Project (the “Project”). The Project development objective is to enhance transport and trade efficiency, infrastructure climate-resilience, and social inclusion, along the selected waterways and road corridor sections between CAR and ROC. The Project mainly provides financing for priority infrastructure investments in ROC and CAR (roads, ports, waterways-related works) to revive the economy along the Project corridor but also seeks to support both governments in considering long-term operational, maintenance and financing strategies to maximize socio-economic impacts (particularly on women traders). On July 10th, 2024, the Project team was awarded a grant from the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership to help enhance transport and trade efficiency in a more sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient manner by supporting analytical work to: (i) Deepen the understanding of the service economy and trade environment in the sub-region, especially along the waterways- corridor dominated by small-scale traders and informality; (ii) Implement best practices that will enhance domestic and intraregional trade, support community-led activities with a focus on women traders who are very active in the region, maximize financing for development, and enable the long-term and climate-resilient maintenance of the corridor infrastructure financed under the Project; (iii) Support ongoing and future WB engagement, projects, and investments along the corridor; and (iv) Tackle regional challenges faced by CAR and ROC in financing and maintaining transport infrastructure in a climate-resilient and sustainable manner, fostering local and sub-regional trade, and creating socio-economic opportunities for underrepresented communities.To add value to the existing project, the Project team seeks ...

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