Description
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is committed to improving municipal and environmental services in its countries of operations, in line with its mandate to promote environmentally sound projects. The Bank's emerging countries of operations, in particular Moldova, Belarus and those in the Caucasus and Central Asia, face immense challenges in rebuilding and maintaining the basic infrastructure of their urban areas. Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, there has been a rapid deterioration in the availability and quality of public infrastructure and basic services. Essential services such as drinking water, sewerage and wastewater treatment, solid waste collection, public transport . are now often only intermittently available if at all and the steady decline in the quality of these services has created serious risks to public health. The capacity of local governments to deliver these services and provide the necessary infrastructure, is severely limited by lack of available fiscal resources, as well as the managerial weaknesses of their utilities.
Eligibility
Individual services are required. The Project Manager should correspond to the following profile:
- Experience related to infrastructure and environmental investments, project finance and investment project implementation in emerging
markets, preferably in the Caucasus;
- Good knowledge of municipal and environmental infrastructure market in the Caucasus;
- Professional and personal capacity to deal with entities and local authorities in emerging markets where legal and regulatory framework
are often weak and financial information scarce;
- Previous credit and financial analysis experience in the context of municipal and environmental infrastructure projects;
- Understanding of environmental and social components of investment projects;
- Thorough understanding of the policy frameworks of the international and bilateral funding agencies active in the concerned region,
related to poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and gender equality.
Budget
Cost estimate for the Assignment: EUR 60,000 (fees only, exclusive of VAT). Approved travel and other expenses related to the Assignment will be paid by the Bank.
Deadline: 03 November 2014
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