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FIDIC MDB overview document

This briefing note has been written to assist both FIDIC member associations and their members in understanding the significance and opportunities available because of the partnership between Multilateral Development Banks and FIDIC.

This briefing note explores the scale of the infrastructure challenge governments, the private sector and multilateral development banks face and their role in infrastructure investment

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What the FIDIC-AfDB contracts agreement means for members

This briefing note has been written to assist both FIDIC member associations and their members in understanding the opportunities and processes that are in place as part of the agreement between FIDIC and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

It outlines the scale of project opportunities that are available via the AfDB and what kind of sectors and geographic regions they cover.

Importantly the document then provides details to members about how to access the AfDBs project pipeline and the processes and expectation the AfDB has for firm that wish to apply for its projects

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International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)

World Trade Center II, Geneva Airport P.O. Box 311 CH-1215 Geneva 15 - Switzerland

Tel. +41 22 799 4900 - Fax +41 22 799 4901

Secretariat author/editor: Graham Pontin - Head of Economic and Strategic Policy, FIDIC.

Email: fidic@fidic.org

Website: www.fidic.org

Disclaimer

This document was produced by FIDIC and is provided for informative purposes only. The contents of this document are general in nature and therefore should not be applied to the specific circumstances of individuals. Whilst we undertake every effort to ensure that the information within this document is complete and up to date, it should not be relied upon as the basis for investment, commercial, professional, or legal decisions.

FIDIC accepts no liability in respect to any direct, implied, statutory, and/or consequential loss arising from the use of this document or its contents. No part of this report may be copied either in whole or in part without the express permission of FIDIC in writing.

Endnotes

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Ferguson, P.L., Higgins, C.P., Field, J.A., 2017. Discovery of 40 Classes of Per- and Poly fl uoroalkyl

Substances in Historical Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) and AFFF-Impacted Groundwater.

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Scientists 2020 3 Time Magazine, One Last Chance, July 20/27 (click here) 4 Prairies of the Sea” by Shane Gross and Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, December 2020 5 Throughout this report, the term “water” is used for convenience to include all elements of the world’s water resources. The term “water resources” is also used on occasion for clarity. 6 Wada, Y. et al. Modelling global water use for the 21st century: The Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches. Geosci. Model Dev. 9, 175–222 (2016) (click here) 7 Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Aquastat, 2018, (click here) 8 Nature.com, Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report, accessed 16/3/2021 (click here) 9 Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report, Alberto Boretti & Lorenzo Rosa,

Clean Water volume 2, Article number: 15 (2019) 10 Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report, Alberto Boretti & Lorenzo Rosa,

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