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Argentina aims for 20 percent of its energy to originate from clean energy sources by 2025 WASHINGTON D.C., February 28, 2017– To achieve the target of 20 percent of energy consumption originating from renewable energy in Argentina by 2025, the World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 480 million guarantee to promote private investment in the sector. The development of renewable energy sources in Argentina is crucial for diversifying the power grid and contributing to climate change mitigation. “The support of the World Bank is facilitating progress in our country to achieve in a few months what was not done for a decade in renewable energy, contributing to our objective of guaranteeing our energy security and reducing climate change impacts”, said Juan José Aranguren, Minister of Energy and Mines of Argentina. Specifically, the World Bank guarantee will support the Fund for the Development of Renewable Energy (FODER, in Spanish), which facilitates financing of projects under the RenovAr Program of the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mining.  This initiative seeks to stimulate power generation from wind, solar, biomass, biogas and small-scale hydro sources to achieve the 20 percent renewable energy target by 2025. “This project promotes private investment in renewable energy sources to help satisfy the growing energy demand in the country with a clean energy source that strengthens sustainable development,” said Jesko Hentschel, World Bank director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The RenovAr Program was implemented in 2016 through two tender rounds (known as Round 1 and Round 1.5) to award 59 projects. These projects will generate 2423 MW and will be implemented throughout the country. Of the total, 27 projects requested the World Bank guarantee, including 12 wind projects (721MW), 10 solar projects (306MW), four small-scale hydro projects (4MW) and one biogas project (1MW). This transaction uses a 20-year World Bank guarantee to mobilize private-sector investments. Learn more about the work of the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean: www.worldbank.org/lacVisit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/worldbankBe updated via Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BancoMundialLACFor our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/BancoMundialLAC  

"Hazme el paro" es una forma coloquial de decir en México: "¡Ayúdame!" Esta frase fue el eslogan publicitario del programa piloto que se realizó en la Ciudad de México para prevenir la violencia y el acoso hacia las mujeres en el transporte público. Aquí más de la mitad de los usuarios del transporte público son mujeres. Esta ciudad es la segunda más peligrosa del mundo para que ellas usen este tipo de movilidad, según el reporte ¿Cuáles ciudades tienen los sistemas de transporte más peligrosos en el mundo?, difundido por el del Foro Económico Mundial. La idea principal de Hazme el paro fue dar herramientas sencillas y prácticas a los conductores de autobuses y a los pasajeros para que puedan reaccionar en el momento del acoso sexual y ayudar a la víctima evitando alguna confrontación violenta con el acosador. Anteriormente se implementó una iniciativa similar en el metro de Washington en Estados Unidos que dio resultados favorables, así que el Banco Mundial junto con otras organizaciones decidieron traer esta experiencia y adaptarla al contexto mexicano. Observaron que el mayor número de casos de acoso sexual en la ciudad ocurren en los autobuses, por ello decidieron intervenir en ese rubro e involucrar a los conductores para que fueran un elemento clave para el éxito del programa, al ser ellos los responsables de la unidad de transporte.

Organization: Latin American Foundation for the Future
Country: Peru
Closing date: 02 Mar 2018

Summary

Through the Youth Development Programme LAFF designs, funds and/or delivers training and workshops according to the identified needs and interests of our partner organisations and beneficiaries, following our established workshop programme/plan. Young people might also receive support from career guidance specialists. The main goal of this programme is to equip children and young people with relevant soft skills (communication, language, interpersonal); life skills (decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, creative thinking); and basic technical skills. Intended to increase economic opportunities, technical skills training targets young people aged 14 to 25 to provide career guidance and support in the search for internship, business start-up and employment opportunities.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Programme Manager, the Youth Development Coordinator will be expected to carry out the following tasks:

· Identify and address the educational and developmental needs/requirements of LAFF’s beneficiaries.

· Based on partner feedback, plan/implement life and technical skills training workshops and the LAFF Career Guidance Programme.

· Develop budgets and keep detailed financial records.

· Recruit and manage a team of local volunteers to assist with the workshops.

· Monitor academic results of beneficiaries.

· Identify and liaise with training providers (institutions, training centres, businesses and/or experts) and establish agreements when possible.

· Monitor and evaluate the results and impact of the vocational training and career guidance programme and submit progress reports.

· Identify internships, short work experiences and job placement opportunities for young people.

· Foster and maintain positive working relationships with LAFF’s partner organisations.

Requirements

· Undergraduate Degree in Social Sciences, Education (or related field), or substantial experience working with young people and implementing youth development programmes.

· Minimum of 1-year volunteer and/or work experience involving management, teamwork and administration.

· Cultural sensitivity and experience working with vulnerable children.

· Advanced proficiency in written and spoken Spanish and intermediate English ability.

· Excellent interpersonal skills.

· Highly organized, flexible, independent, and detail oriented with the ability to multitask.

· Excellent time management skills.

How to apply:

In order to apply for this fantastic opportunity to volunteer working with projects in Latin America please complete the LAFF Volunteering Application Form on our website (http://www.laffcharity.org.uk/volunteer/volunteer-in-peru/) and send to info@laffcharity.org.uk with a copy of your CV. Don’t forget you can contact our team with any questions.

NB – All successful volunteer applicants must undergo a police check prior to acceptance and LAFF will hold interviews with suitable applicants.

Organization: Palladium International
Country: Guatemala
Closing date: 31 Mar 2017

The USAID/Guatemala Creating Economic Opportunities (CEO) project (5 years, $50-75M) will support economic growth, private sector development, competitiveness and job creation in Guatemala. It will include activities related to investment promotion, workforce development, and improvement of the business enabling environment. The Investment and Private Sector Development specialist will lead a project component and oversee several staff members.

• Provide technical direction to component staff and consultants
• Build alliances with private sector actors

• Oversee implementation of investment and development projects

• Master’s degree in business administration, economics, management, international development, or other related field

• Ten years of experience in the private sector or in economic development projects

• Demonstrated experience in public private partnerships, investment promotion, value chain development and/or business development services

• Extensive knowledge of Guatemalan private sector and institutions

• Professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken Spanish required, working knowledge of English preferred

• Prior experience on USAID programs preferred

How to apply:

Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=bS5kdXJhbmQuMDcyOTYuMzgzMEBwYWxsYWRpdW0uYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t

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·         El Banco Mundial valora positivamente los esfuerzos de las autoridades costarricenses durante el último año para aumentar los ingresos y contener el crecimiento del gasto. ·         La nueva reforma tributaria representa un paso importante hacia la consolidación fiscal. Sin embargo, se necesitan elementos adicionales para asegurar la sostenibilidad de la deuda del país en el mediano y largo plazo.

Argentina aims for 20 percent of its energy to originate from clean energy sources by 2025 WASHINGTON D.C., February 28, 2017– To achieve the target of 20 percent of energy consumption originating from renewable energy in Argentina by 2025, the World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 480 million guarantee to promote private investment in the sector. The development of renewable energy sources in Argentina is crucial for diversifying the power grid and contributing to climate change mitigation. “The support of the World Bank is facilitating progress in our country to achieve in a few months what was not done for a decade in renewable energy, contributing to our objective of guaranteeing our energy security and reducing climate change impacts”, said Juan José Aranguren, Minister of Energy and Mines of Argentina. Specifically, the World Bank guarantee will support the Fund for the Development of Renewable Energy (FODER, in Spanish), which facilitates financing of projects under the RenovAr Program of the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mining.  This initiative seeks to stimulate power generation from wind, solar, biomass, biogas and small-scale hydro sources to achieve the 20 percent renewable energy target by 2025. “This project promotes private investment in renewable energy sources to help satisfy the growing energy demand in the country with a clean energy source that strengthens sustainable development,” said Jesko Hentschel, World Bank director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The RenovAr Program was implemented in 2016 through two tender rounds (known as Round 1 and Round 1.5) to award 59 projects. These projects will generate 2423 MW and will be implemented throughout the country. Of the total, 27 projects requested the World Bank guarantee, including 12 wind projects (721MW), 10 solar projects (306MW), four small-scale hydro projects (4MW) and one biogas project (1MW). This transaction uses a 20-year World Bank guarantee to mobilize private-sector investments. Learn more about the work of the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean: www.worldbank.org/lacVisit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/worldbankBe updated via Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BancoMundialLACFor our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/BancoMundialLAC  

Washington, February 28, 2017 – More than 110,000 people in Argentina will benefit from access to affordable housing and transformation of urban slums thanks to two new projects approved today by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors. Totaling US$400 million, the two projects aim to improve basic services in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods and improve access to formal housing throughout the country. “Our government has set clear goals with regards to access to quality housing and habitat improvement.  As the President indicated, our objective is that at the end of his mandate, 100 percent of argentines have access to drinking water and at least 75 percent to sewer systems,” said Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing of Argentina. At the national level, the US$200 million Integrated Habitat and Housing project will increase access to formal housing through the government´s first nation-wide housing subsidy program (Línea  Solución Casa Propia). At the same time, it will seek to improve living conditions in informal settlements through better infrastructure, public services, and social programs.  The project will begin implementation in five large metropolitan areas (Greater San Miguel de Tucumán, Greater Córdoba, Greater Mendoza, San Salvador de Jujuy – Palpalá and Mar del Plata-Batán).  Approximately 3,000 households will benefit from access to housing and an estimated 18,000 households will benefit from improved living conditions as a result of infrastructure investments. The US$200 million Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation project will improve housing conditions and access to basic services and infrastructure in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. Through a US$170 million loan the project will support the City of Buenos Aires’ efforts to transform living conditions in the city´s largest informal settlement “Villa 31”, located within walking distance from downtown Buenos Aires. Improvements to be financed will include paved streets, water, sewage and drainage networks, new electricity grid, street lighting, new public spaces, the construction of new housing units on an adjacent plot of land, and the resettlement of families currently living under a section of the Illia Highway that crosses the neighborhood. “In Buenos Aires we have the dream that everyone, no matter where he or she lives, has the opportunity to grow, develop and progress, with more education, access to healthcare and work.  This dream is making progress in Barrio 31,” said Horacio Larreta, Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Through a US$30 million loan to the Province of Buenos Aires, the project will also support habitat improvements in disadvantaged neighborhoods located in Greater Buenos Aires. In addition, it will help strengthen the institutional capacity for urban management at the metropolitan level.

Washington, 27 de febrero de 2017 – Más de 110.000 personas en Argentina se beneficiarán del acceso a viviendas económicas y de la transformación de barriadas urbanas gracias a dos nuevos proyectos aprobados hoy por el Directorio Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial. Con un US$400 millones, los dos proyectos apuntan a mejorar los servicios básicos en barrios urbanos desfavorecidos y mejorar el acceso a la vivienda formal en todo el país. “Nuestro gobierno ha fijado desafíos claros en torno al acceso a la vivienda de calidad y el mejoramiento de hábitat.  Tal como nos instruyó el Presidente, el objetivo es que, al finalizar su mandato, el 100 por ciento de los argentinos tenga agua potable y, al menor 75 por ciento, acceso a las cloacas”, dijo Rogelio Frigerio, Ministro de Interior, Obras Pública y Vivienda de Argentina. A nivel nacional, el Proyecto Integral de Hábitat y Vivienda mejorará el acceso a la vivienda formal a través del primer programa nacional de subsidio a la vivienda del gobierno (Línea Solución Casa Propia). Simultáneamente, buscará mejorar las condiciones de vida en asentamientos informales a través de mejor infraestructura, servicios públicos y programas sociales. El proyecto comenzará a ser implementado en cinco grandes áreas metropolitanas (Gran San Miguel de Tucumán, Gran Córdoba, Gran Mendoza, San Salvador de Jujuy – Palpalá y Mar del Plata-Batán). Alrededor de 3000 hogares se beneficiarán de acceso a la vivienda, mientras que unos 18.000 hogares también se beneficiarán de mejores condiciones de vida como resultado de inversiones en infraestructura. El proyecto Transformación Urbana en el Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires de US$200 millones mejorará las condiciones habitacionales y el acceso a servicios básicos e infraestructura en barrios desfavorecidos del Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires. Mediante un préstamo de US$170 millones, el proyecto brindará apoyo a los esfuerzos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires por transformar las condiciones de vida en el mayor asentamiento informal de la ciudad, la “Villa 31”, ubicada a corta distancia del centro de Buenos Aires. Las mejoras a financiarse incluyen calles pavimentadas, agua, sistemas de alcantarillado y drenaje, una nueva red de electricidad, iluminación pública, nuevos espacios públicos, la construcción de nuevas unidades habitacionales en un predio adyacente, y le reubicación de las familias que actualmente viven bajo una sección de la Autopista Illia que atraviesa el barrio. "En Buenos Aires tenemos el sueño de que todos, vivamos donde vivamos, tengamos oportunidades de crecer, desarrollarnos y progresar, con más educación, acceso a la salud y trabajo. Ese sueño ya está en marcha en el Barrio 31", dijo Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. A través de un préstamo de US$30 millones para la Provincia de Buenos Aires, el proyecto también respaldará mejoras del hábitat en barrios desfavorecidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Asimismo, también ayudará a fortalecer la capacidad institucional para la gestión urbana a nivel metropolitano. En Argentina, alrededor del 18 por ciento de la población vive en asentamientos informales, o “villas/asentamientos urbanos”; el 24 por ciento de los mismos tienen menos de 10 años de existencia. En 2010, uno de cada cuatro hogares en estas áreas carecía de agua corriente, mientras que uno de cada dos carecía tanto de agua como saneamiento. “Transformar los asentamientos urbanos informales en barrios florecientes llegará al núcleo de pobreza en muchas ciudades argentinas, estableciendo las bases para el crecimiento y oportunidades para miles de personas”, dijo Jesko Hentschel, Director del Banco Mundial para Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay. “La mejora de las condiciones de vida puede ayudar a romper el círculo vicioso de pobreza y desigualdad”.   Los dos proyectos del Banco Mundial respaldan el nuevo Plan Nacional Urbano y de Hábitat que apunta a mejorar las condiciones de vida en 280 asentamientos informales, abordando asimismo las causas subyacentes —como la falta de acceso al financiamiento— que han derivado en el rápido crecimiento de estos asentamientos en la última década. El Proyecto Integral de Hábitat y Vivienda será financiado por un préstamo de margen variable de US$200 millones, con un vencimiento a 32,5 años y un período de gracia de siete años. El proyecto Transformación Urbana en el Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires será financiado por un préstamo de margen fijo de US$170 millones para la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, con un vencimiento de 29 años y un período de gracia de seis; y un préstamo de margen variable de US$30 millones para la Provincia de Buenos Aires, con un vencimiento de 28 años y un período de gracia de cuatro.

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2017 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project:Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project IBRD Loan: US$200 million Terms: Maturity = 32.5 years, Grace = 7 years Project ID: P159843 Project Description: The objective of the program is to improve quality of housing and access to basic services within selected disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. The project also seeks to work at the metropolitan level to strengthen urban management through the collation of data relevant to urban planning. For more information: http://projects.worldbank.org/P159843/?lang=en&tab=overview Media Contact: Marcela Sánchez-Bender, +1 (202) 473 5863,msanchezbender@worldbank.org  

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2017 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the following project:Integrated Habitat and Housing Project IBRD Loan: US$200 million Terms: Maturity = 32.5 years, Grace = 7 years Project ID: P159929 Project Description: The objective of the program is to increase access to formal housing by supporting the first nationwide housing subsidy program. The project also seeks to improve living conditions in selected precarious urban settlements by providing access to basic services, public spaces and community infrastructure. For more information: http://projects.worldbank.org/P159929/?lang=en&tab=overview Media Contact: Marcela Sánchez-Bender, +1 (202) 473 5863,msanchezbender@worldbank.org