World Bank development marketplace

The 2007 Global Development Marketplace (DM2007) will be held in collaboration with the Health, Nutrition and Population team of the World Bank. The objective of DM2007 is to recognize and support innovative approaches for achieving better health outcomes for poor people.

Proposals are welcome from all development innovators—civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, private foundations, government agencies, academia, the private sector, as well as staff from the World Bank and other donor organizations.

DM2007 is open to individuals or organizations of any type, subject to the following criteria. Proposals will be screened to ensure that they conform to these requirements. Those that fail to meet the eligibility requirements will not be considered.

Sub-themes : Proposals must reflect the theme Improving Results in Health, Nutrition and Population for the Poor in any of the following areas:

• Innovative mechanisms to reach vulnerable groups
• Public-private partnerships to improve delivery of health goods and services;
• Innovative inter-sectoral linkages, such as improving water supply, sanitation services, indoor air pollution, roads, etc., for illness/disease/injury prevention;
• Cost-effective approaches/methods/technologies to improve local capacity to gather, analyze and apply health, nutrition and population data.

Organization type: NGOs, civil society organizations, foundations or development agencies that are based in the country of implementation may apply without additional partners. All other groups must apply in partnership with at least one organization, subject to the conditions below:

• At least one of the parties involved in the proposal must be based in the country of implementation
• Both parties cannot be private businesses or individuals
• Both parties cannot be academic institutions.
• Both parties cannot be local or regional government institutions.

How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted through the Development Marketplace website. For detailed application instructions please visit the website at:
www.developmentmarketplace.org.

If you are unable to access the website, please send an e-mail to:
DMinfo@worldbank.org.

The closing date for applications is 17 November.