Study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments

Directorate-General for Climate Action, EU

The Directorate-General for Climate Action invites tenders for a study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments. The tenderer will conduct a study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments. The basis for the objectives of this study is to analyse the contribution that trade policy instruments can make to climate action.

Legal and natural persons based in EU member states or in authorised countries under the WTO procurement agreement may submit bids.

The estimated value of the contract ranges between €250,000 and €280,000 over 18 months.

Ref: OJ 2014/S 132-235122, CLIMA.A.1/ETU/2014/0018. CPV: 90700000.

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  • Closing date 05 Sep 14
  • Deadline information Tenders due by 4pm.
  • Date added 15 Jul 14
  • Award type Tenders
  • Award amount max €280,000
  • Award amount min €250,000
  • Average award amount —
  • Award budget total —
  • Applications per institution —
  • Consortium requirements Not Known

Eligibility Profile (Funding)

  • Country of applicant institution Armenia; Austria; Aruba; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Switzerland; China; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Spain; Finland; France; United Kingdom; Greece; Hong Kong; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Iceland; Italy; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Singapore; Slovenia; Slovakia; Taiwan; United States
  • Nationality of researcher Not Known
  • Type of institution Any
  • Funder involvement Funding

Indexed with these disciplines

Trade Regulation Law; Business and Management Studies (RAE Unit 43); Law (RAE Unit 36); Environmental Law; Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38); Environmental Planning & Policy; Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit 39); International Trade Regulation

Releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub

The Department for International Development (DFID) invites tenders for releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub. This five-year programme intends to help drive economic development and eradicate poverty through effective management of natural resources.

Tenderers will deliver two projects under this programme:

•enable governments, civil society and investors to revolutionise their use of data from transparency initiatives for accountability and improved policy-making in five countries;

•support a resource hub on extractives to build capacity and coordinate knowledge and supplier skills globally so that governments can manage extractives better.

DFID will hold an early market engagement event in London on 29 July 2014 to field questions and take comments.

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  • Closing date 08 Aug 14
  • Deadline information Tenders due by 5pm.
  • Date added 11 Jul 14
  • Award type Tenders
  • Award amount max —
  • Award amount min —
  • Average award amount —
  • Award budget total —
  • Applications per institution —
  • Consortium requirements Not Known

Eligibility Profile (Funding)

  • Country of applicant institution Any
  • Nationality of researcher Any
  • Type of institution Any
  • Funder involvement Funding

Indexed with these disciplines

Natural Resources, Use of; Economics and Econometrics; Poverty & the Poor; Distribution of Poverty; Economic Development; Environmental Sciences; Town and Country Planning; Development Policy ; Environmental Planning & Policy; Social Policy and Administration

Call For Papers: Deadline – 31 July 2014

CEPR Annual Conference on

Development Economics

 

London School of Economics

26-27 September 2014 

Scientific Organisers:
Oriana Bandiera (LSE and CEPR)
Robin Burgess (LSE and CEPR)
Chang-Tai Hsieh (Chicago and CEPR)
Gerard Padró i Miquel (LSE and CEPR)

The CEPR Annual Conference on Development Economics will take place at the London School of Economics, on 26 and 27 September 2014. The meeting will be held jointly with the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and Policy Design and Evaluation Research in Developing Countries (PODER). Financial support for the conference is provided by PODER. The conference will occur directly after IGC Growth Week at the LSE which takes place 23-25 September.

We now invite submissions for this conference from interested researchers on any topic within the area of Development Economics. The deadline for submission is Thursday 31 July 2014. Only full-length papers will be considered.

CEPR can cover accommodation and travel according to the new CEPR guidelines for presenters and a limited number of participants. For PODER Team Members, Early Stage and Experienced Researchers, the reimbursement of travel costs will be handled by the local nodes. Some funding is also available for external participants.

Authors who are CEPR members can upload their submission on dev3.cepr.org/accounts/login.asp. Authors who are not CEPR members can email their submission to . Please indicate in your email whether you will be able to cover your own travel and accommodation costs, or whether you will require funding from CEPR.

We are looking forward to a productive meeting in London.

With kind regards,

Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Gerard Padró i Miquel

* This conference is partly funded by the European Commission’s FP7 Programme Marie Curie Actions ITN contract number 608108.

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