Newsletter: A Year in Retrospect & Prospective Opportunities 2016

A Year in Retrospect & Prospective Opportunities in 2016

In 2015, UN Development Business continued delivering first-line information on projects spanning 180 countries, from supplying and installing water pipes in rural Morocco to improving early childhood education in Guyana, to constructing roads in Afghanistan. Thank you for continuing to work with us as partners and subscribers. Our mission is to attract competitive bids on impactful projects around the world by providing timely, accurate information and knowledge. You make our work meaningful.

The forecast for development projects in 2016: If recent commitments from multilateral institutions and governments to tackle global crises are any indication, it is clear the demand for solutions to climate-related, as well as conflict- and disaster-related challenges will continue to grow as part of the work toward sustainable development in all sectors.

Below is a distribution map of projects published by UN Development Business in 2015. We look forward to keeping your fingers on the pulse in 2016.

In December, UN Development Business participated in The Economist Events' Cuba Summit, joining senior-level executives and government officials discussing current and future business opportunities as U.S.-Cuba relations normalise. Big opportunity sectors include tourism, agriculture, ICT and financial/banking infrastructures. See event coverage in Spanish from Voz de América.

Join 250+ senior representatives from regional governments, UN agencies, international and regional NGOs, CBOs, investors and donors to discuss current initiatives and latest trends in humanitarian logistics, community health, WASH, security of aid workers and communities, camp management, mobile for development and financing, on 2-3 February 2016 at United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More info here.

For your organisation's professional development and training needs this year: Check out the 2016 programme offered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).

With plans to deliver training from CIPS and access to tenders from UN Development Business, the Centre was announced recently by the Commonwealth Business- women's Network (CBW) in collaboration with the Government of Kenya. The Centre is slated to launch in Nairobi and aims to advance capacity-building for women in entrepreneurship and international procurement. Stay tuned here.