Announcement of finalists: Of 50 finalists, 20 winners were selected.   View the list of winners (Excel spreadsheet). For a short proposal description, please click here.Â
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His Excellency, the President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated the first ever India Country Level Development Marketplace. Please click here for his address.  Mr. Praful Patel, Vice-President, South Asia Region, World Bank   and Mr. Michael Carter, Country Director India, World Bank spoke on the occasion.  The World Bank New Delhi Office, in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), UK Department for International Development (DFID), World Health Organization (WHO), Microsoft, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Times Foundation, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ford Foundation, Usha Martin, BILT, Apollo Tyres Limited and with support from Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).  The Theme for the event was: Improve Rural Services - Access and Quality in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Health, Education, Roads, Finance and Electricity. This is the Bank's first Country Development Market Place in the South Asia Region.  The winners were selected following day-long presentations by 50 finalists from all over the country, to a select jury.    The finalists were allotted stalls at the World Bank’s New Delhi offices to exhibit details of their respective organization and proposals, and answer questions. A jury, consisting of representatives of national and international organizations, as well as governmental and non-governmental agencies, selected the 20 winners. These winners will receive a grant of about US$ 20,000 from the World Bank and its partners to support the implementation of their proposals.  The Country-level Development Marketplace is an innovative program being sponsored by the World Bank to support non-governmental actors in the development world in finding creative approaches to development issues. The Country-level Development Marketplace evolved from the Global Development Marketplace, a World Bank initiative to promote innovative development ideas through a competitive process for seed funding. IDM is the first such country specific initiative in India.  The main objective of the IDM is to bring together social innovators from all over the country to compete for funding and to share their knowledge and experience on how to improve the delivery of services in rural areas, particularly the delivery of essential rural services, such as rural water supply and sanitation, rural roads, rural education, rural health, rural electricity, and rural finance. The India-level Development Marketplace has two main components: a Competition and a Knowledge Forum. The Knowledge Forum was held at FICCI on June 8, 2000. The Country-level Development Marketplace competition was open to: NGOs, community-based organizations, foundations, academic institutions, civic organizations, and the private sector in partnership with registered NGOs, foundations, associations, and other development organizations.
For more information please contact Geetanjali S. Chopra. email: gchopra@worldbank.org
Country-level Development Marketplace
The World Bank
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New Delhi – 110 003
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