Calls for tenders for the new EIB building in Luxembourg

The EIB has launched calls for tenders to appoint an execution design team and a construction   project manager for its new building project located on the Kirchberg campus next to the buildings it currently occupies. The calls for tenders were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 18 October within the framework of the European Union public procurement procedure.

Nepal: Road Connectivity Sector I Project

In 2006, the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $55.2 million grant to help finance the $80 million Road Connectivity Sector I project. The project was to construct or upgrade 10 roads and one bridge—the first phase of the works planned under the 10-year midterm program, with the remainder planned for subsequent projects. The project was the first sector loan modality approved for Nepal's transport sector.

Follow up to the ICT4Eval Conference organised by IOE IFAD, June 2017

In June 2017, the Independent Office of Evalution (IOE) of IFAD organised a two day conference on information and communication technology for evaluation (ICT4Eval). 

As follow up to this event, IOE is pleased to invite you to join the Information and Communication Technologies for Evaluation (ICT4Eval) Community of Practice (CoP), created to collaborate, network, share best practices and learn together about ICT for evaluation.

Turkmenistan: Country Operations Final Review Validation, 2002–2016

This report provides an independent assessment and validation of the Turkmenistan 2002–2016 country operations final review prepared as a self-evaluation by the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank. It assesses ADB and borrower performance, the quality of the self-evaluation, and identifies issues and provide recommendations for the preparation of CPS, 2017–2021. 

India: Multisector Project for Infrastructure Rehabilitation in Jammu and Kashmir

The project's expected impact is to bring the state's economy back to a normal course of economic growth. The project had four expected outcomes. The first is improved living conditions for the urban population in the state. The second is improved rural connectivity. The third is strengthened institutional capacity of the Economic Reconstruction Agency and project implementation units. The last is the incorporation of ADB Water Policy in ADB assistance.

India: Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program (Project 3)

The Government of India requested the Asian Development Bank for a multitranche financing facility (MFF) of $750 million over a 5-year availability period. This financing aims to contribute to the upgrading or construction of about 14,000 kilometers (km) of rural roads in the states of Assam, Orissa, and West Bengal; and to provide capacity building for road management as part of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadhak Yojana (Prime Minister's Rural Roads Program).