Months of violence and disruption to basic services amid Ivory Coast’s recently settled political conflict have left the West African nation with a long list of immediate needs. Donors are seeking to meet those pressing humanitarian needs even as they continue to finance for programs that address the country’s longer-term development goals.
The refusal by former president Laurent Gbagbo to leave office after losing a run-off election in November 2010 to Alassane Ouattara plunged the country into violence. Gbagbo was taken into custody in mid-April 2011 and the country is slowly returning to calm, but various needs exist and the humanitarian community has provided hundreds of millions in humanitarian assistance to date.
A quick check of Devex’s projects and tenders database shows a range of programs up for bid to address immediate and longer-term needs in public financing, governance, infrastructure development, and health:
• The French Development Agency, or AFD, plans to provide funding of euro350 million (US$501.27 million) to support the public financial recovery and economic stimulus plan in Ivory Coast following the political violence.
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s is tendering $125 million as part of the latest round of programming for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• The African Development Bank is offering UAC23 million (US$34.5 million) for various components of its integrated the management of the Gourou watershed in Ivory Coast.
• Additional projects up for bid in Ivory Coast include a multi-country World Bank project for financial market development and a Canadian International Development Agency-supported project to boost governance and democratic institutions.
For donors looking to fill vacancies in the country, a number of organizations have an ongoing presence in Ivory Coast.
Visit Devex’s projects and tenders database to view more opportunities in Ivory Coast.