Request for Proposals: Year 2000 - Extension
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Dear List members and Colleagues,
Last month infoDev issued a Request for Proposals for the development
of a toolkit to assist developing countries to address the Year 2000
problem. The response to this request has been overwhelming. In order
to provide the opportunity for all interested parties to submit a pro-
posal, the deadline has been extended from March 13 to March 27. All
proposals must be received by our offices by 5:30pm that day. Special
consideration will be given to those proposals which were received by
the original deadline.
The original RFP message is attached below. Thank you again for your
continued interest in this important issue.
Regards,
Aaron Hirsch
mailto:Ahirsch@worldbank.org
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Request for Applications for a Grant Related to Addressing the Year
2000 Problem in Developing Countries
Deadline for Submissions: March 27, 1998 [Was March 13]
The Information for Development Program (infoDev) is concerned that de-
veloping countries are slow to begin the work necessary to convert in-
formation systems to avoid the Year 2000 problem (Y2K), will have dif-
ficulty allocating the large amounts of resources appropriate to the
problem, and may face serious disruption in many sectors in the next
five years due to Y2K computer failures. infoDev therefore proposes to
make a grant of up to US$250,000 to the proponent providing the best pro-
posal on how to assist and stimulate developing countries to take a
more proactive approach in dealing with the Y2K problem.
The objective of this grant will be to encourage national governments
to define or improve national strategies to address the Y2K problem.
The focus of such strategies would presumably include policies for cor-
rection of the problems in government computer systems but would also
focus on the Y2K problem as it relates to broader civil society, and
especially those portions of the private sector in which computer func-
tions are critical. It is anticipated that grant funds will be used to
develop a toolkit to assist key developing country stakeholders to con-
sider and take action on the problem, and to disseminate the toolkit
and otherwise raise consciousness in developing countries of the prob-
lem.
Any institution, organisation or firm, either non-profit or for profit,
is invited to submit a proposal. For more information about infoDev and
this request visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/infodev
Please make sure you read the complete Request information and submit
an application using an infoDev application form available on the in-
foDev Website.
Aaron Hirsch
infoDev Research Assistant, The World Bank F3K-268,
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Telephone: 202-473-1836
Fax: +1-202-522-3186 or +1-202-522-3001
mailto:ahirsch@worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/infodev
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