launched in 1999, the world bank group private...

Launched in 1999, the World Bank Group Private Sector Liaison Officers (PSLO) network has now turned into an IFI

business outreach platform, also used by IADB, EBRD, AFDB and ADB, managed by the WBG

The PSLO network is a network of presently 107 business intermediary organizations (chambers of commerce and industry, business and trade associations, or investment promotion agencies)in 79 countries working to foster trade and investment between countries with the support of IFI’s (WBG, IADB, EBRD, AFDB & ADB)products and services. The Network consists of liaison officers - private sector communications professionals- appointed, based in and financed by their respective business intermediary organizations. The officers facilitate local companies’ access to IFI business opportunities, services and knowledge and act as the voice of their national private sector in advising the IFIs on how to better engage companies on development issues. Trained by IFI staff, the PSLO develops an expertise on IFI activities. The officer disseminates information about IFI business opportunities, facilitates contacts between local companies and the IFIs, organizes consultations on development issues of interest to the private sector (investment climate, Public Private Partnerships, carbon funds, HIV/AIDS, etc.) and provides information on the IFI’s knowledge resources and partnership opportunities. Although PSLOs do not have exclusivity as an entry point for companies interested in the IFI products and services, their “insiders’ knowledge” of the IFIs and their local business community give them a distinct competitive advantage. Launched in Europe in September 1999 as a World Bank Group initiative, the PSLO network has now also become a business outreach platform for IADB, EBRD, AFDB and ADB with the World Bank Group playing a key role to actively manage this network. With the PSLO network, the WBG is in constant dialogue with faces, with people telling us what we have to do to perform our core mission of sustaining growth and poverty alleviation better.

Gilles Garcia Manager, PSLO Program

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

107 PSLOs IN 79 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE

ANGOLA

Jose Alentejo

Angola Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIA) C. Postal 92- Luanda-Angola Tel: + 244 222 444 506 – Fax: + 244 222 444 629 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ccia.ebonet.net/english/main.html

- WB Contact: Ana Maria Carvalho (Luanda) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Babatunde Onitiri (Maputo) – [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Louis Bedoucha (Paris) - [email protected]

ARGENTINA

Gabriel Molteni

Cámara Argentina de Comercio Av. Leandro N. Alem 36 Piso 9 – C1003AAN Buenos Aires Tel: + 54 11 5300 9076/77 – Fax: +54 11 5300 9059 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cac.com.ar

- WB Contact: Yanina Budkin (Buenos Aires) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Salem Rohana (Buenos Aires) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Federica Dal Bono (Washington) - [email protected]

AUSTRALIA

Garry Mahlberg

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) GPO Box 5301, Sydney NSW 2001 Tel: + 61 2 9390 2909 - Fax: +61 2 9390 2024 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.austrade.gov.au

- WB Contact: Ferid belhaj (Sydney) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Gavin Murray (Sydney) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Ann Fiona Russell-Cook (Singapore) - [email protected]





http://www.cac.com.ar/





http://www.austrade.gov.au/




AUSTRIA

Michael Spalek

Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) Wiedner Haupstrasse 63, A-1045 Vienna Tel: +43 5 909 00 3921 - Fax: +43 1 501 05 3702 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.wko.at

- WB Contact: Rainer Stefan Venghaus (Berlin) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Oliver Griffith (Paris) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Bertrand Marchais (Paris) - [email protected]

BELGIUM

Johan Malin

Flanders Investment and Trade Gaucheretstraat 90, 1030 Brussels Tel: +32 2 504 87 58 - Fax: +32 2 504 88 92 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/

- WB Contact: Véronique Jacobs (Brussels) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Andrea Engel (Brussels) - [email protected]


Emmanuel Calay

Sofinex Avenue Destenay 13, 4000 Liège Tel: +32 4 237 01 69 - Fax: +32 4 237 01 79 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.sofinex.be





http://www.wko.at/





http://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/





http://www.sofinex.be/




BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Igor Gavran

Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Trade Chamber Tel: +387 33 566 223, 222 - Fax: +387 33 566 259, 214 292 - Mob: +387 61 194 989 E-mails: [email protected] - E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.komorabih.ba

- WB Contact: Haris Mesinovic (Sarajevo) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Selma Rasavac (Sarajevo) - [email protected]


BENIN

Donatien Adannou Zonon

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Bénin 01 BP: 31 Cotonou Tel: +229 21 31 24 57- Fax: +229 21 31 32 99 E-mails: [email protected] www.ccibenin.org

- WB Contact: Sylvie Nenonene (Togo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Mary-Jean Lindile Ndlovu (Ghana) - [email protected]


BOTSWANA

Norman Moleele

Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) BOCCIM House, Old Lobatse Rd., Gaborone Tel: +267 3953459 - Fax: +267 3973142 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.boccim.co.bw/

- WB Contact: Sarwat Hussain (Pretoria) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Saleem Karimjee (Johannesburg) - [email protected]




http://www.komorabih.ba/




http://www.ccibenin.org/








BRAZIL

Cristiano Prado Barbosa

Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro State (FIRJAN) Av. Graça Aranha, nº1/10th floor, ZIP: 20030-002 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Tel: +55 21 2563 4196 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.firjan.org.br

- WB Contact: Mauro Lopez Mendes de Azeredo (Brasilia) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Andrew Gunther (Sao Paulo) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Federica Dal Bono (Washington) - [email protected]

Maira Nazarro Munhoes

Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) Av. Paulista, 1313 - 4th Floor - Sao Paulo Tel: +55 11 3549 4653 - Fax: +55 11 3549 4655 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.fiesp.com.br/

- WB Contact: Mauro Lopez Mendes de Azeredo (Brasilia) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Andrew Gunther (Sao Paolo) - [email protected]


BURKINA FASO

Huguette Bama-Ouili

Maison de l'Entreprise du Burkina Faso 132 Avenue de Lyon - 11 BP 379 Ouagadougou 11 Tel: + 226 50 39 80 60 / 61 – Fax : + 226 50 39 80 62 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.mebf-guichet.org/

- WB Contact: Lionel Yaro (Ouagadougou) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Mary-Jean Lindile Ndlovu (Ghana) - [email protected]



http://www.firjan.org.br/




http://www.fiesp.com.br/





http://www.mebf-guichet.org/




CAMEROON

Martin Abega

Groupement Inter-Patronal du Cameroun (GICAM) Vallée des Ministres - B.P 829 Douala Tel : (237) 3342 31 41 - (237) 3342 64 99 - Fax : (237) 3343 38 80 - 3342 45 91 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Internet: http://www.legicam.org/

- WB Contact: Henri Laurent Bateg (Yaounde) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Henri E. Rabarijohn (Douala) - [email protected]


Isaac Yondo Ejenguele

Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts B.P 4011 Douala Tel : (237) 342 67 87 – 98 81 - Fax : (237) 342 55 96 E-mail: [email protected] Internet:

- WB Contact: Henri Laurent Bateg (Yaounde) - [email protected]



CANADA

Shane Jaffer (Alberta)

Government of Alberta - Alberta International & Intergovernmental Relations Suite 300, 639 - 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0M9 Tel: +1 403 297 6592 - Fax: +1 403 297 6168 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.alberta-canada.com

- WB Contact: Mittpheap Steele (Washington) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Aaron Rosenberg (Washington) - [email protected]




http://www.legicam.org/









http://www.alberta-canada.com/



Robert Roe (Manitoba)

Government of Manitoba - Intergovernmental Affairs & Trade 609-386 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3R6 Tel: +1 204 945 7031 – Fax: +1 204 948 3624 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/trade




Lynne Tompkins (New Brunswick)

Business New Brunswick (GNB) P.O. Box 6000, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5H1 Tel: +1 506 453 8756 - Fax: +1 506 453 3783 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.gnb.ca




Wendy Luther (Nova Scotia)

Nova Scotia Business Inc. 1800 Argyle Street, Suite 701 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3E4 Tel: +1 902 424 4211 - Fax: +1 902 424 6823 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nsbi.ca





http://www.gov.mb.ca/trade




http://www.gnb.ca/



http://www.nsbi.ca/



Jean-Michel Laurin (Ontario)

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) 6725 Airport Road, Suite 200, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1V7 Tel: +1 905 672 3466, ext. 3290 - Fax: +1 905 672 0853 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cme-mec.ca




Jean-Mathieu Bergeron (Quebec)

Chambre de Commerce du Montréal Métropolitain – Info Entrepreneurs 380, St-Antoine Ouest, Suite 6000, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3X7 Tel: +1 514 871 4002 - Fax +1 514 496 5934 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ccmm.qc.ca




Angela Wasylynka (Saskatchewan)

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) P.O. Box 1787, 320-1801 Hamilton Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3C6 Tel: +1 306 787 3972 - Fax: +1 306 787 6666 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.sasktrade.sk.ca



-MIGA Contact: Federica Dal Bono (Washington) - [email protected]


http://www.cme-mec.ca/






http://www.sasktrade.sk.ca/



CAPE VERDE

Rui Cardoso Santos

SCape-Verdean Investment Promotion Agency Rotunda da Cruz do Papa, nº 5 - Praia Tel: +238 260 41 10 / 11 – Fax: +238 262 48 70 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ci.cv

- WB Contact: Mademba Ndiaye (Dakar) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Yolande Duhem (Dakar) - [email protected]


CHILE

Luz O’Shea

Santiago Chamber of Commerce Monjitas 392 3rd Floor, Santiago Tel: +56 2 360 7106 – Fax: +56 2 633 0962 E-mail: Internet: http://www.ccs.cl

- WB Contact: Yanina Budkin (Buenos Aires) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Salem Rohana (Buenos Aires) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Federica Dal Bono (Washington) - [email protected]

CHINA / HONG-KONG

Michael Kong

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) 38/F Convention Plaza Office Tower 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2584 4421 - Fax: +852 2169 9136 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.tdctrade.com

- WB Contact: Li Li (Beijing) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Karin Finkelston (Hong Kong) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Hal G. Bosher (Hong Kong) - [email protected]


http://www.ci.cv/



http://www.ccs.cl/




http://www.tdctrade.com/




COMOROS

Ali Omar Halidi

Union des Chambres de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'Agriculture Tel: + 269 333 94 98 E-mail: [email protected] Internet : www.uccia.km

- WB Contact: Peter Warutere (Nairobi) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: K. Ramnauth (Antananarivo) - [email protected]@ifc.org


CONGO DRC

Honore Njibikila Nkonka

Fédération des Entreprises du Congo (FEC) 10, avenue des Aviateurs, Commune de la Gombe ; BP 7247 Kinshasa 1 Tel: + 243 81504 5009 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.fec.cd

- WB Contact: Louise Engulu (Kinshasa) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Adamou Labara (Kinshasa) - [email protected]


CONGO REPUBLIC

André Mouanga

Chambre de Commerce, d’Industrie, d’Agriculture et des Métiers de Pointe-Noire 3, Boulevard Général de Gaulle – Pointe-Noire Tel: + 665 94 12 80 – Fax: +665 94 07 13 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cciampnr.org

- WB Contact: Clementine Maoungou (Brazzaville) - [email protected]



http://www.uccia.km/


mailto:[email protected]@ifc.org


http://www.fec.cd/




http://www.cciampnr.org/




COTE D’IVOIRE

Edmond Kouamé

Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI) Immeuble Alpha 2000, 21e étage, Abidjan Tel: +225 20300820 / Fax: +225 20225009 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cgeci.org

- WB Contact: Joelle Boa Thiemele (Abidjan) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Cassandra Colbert (Abidjan) - [email protected]


CZECH REPUBLIC

Petra Bulkova

Czech Trade Promotion Agency Dittrichova 21, 128 01 Prague 28 Tel: + 420 224 907 528 - Fax: + 420 224 910 164 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.czechtrade.cz

- WB Contact: Anna Kowalczyk (Warsaw) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Mary Lystad (Warsaw) - [email protected]


DENMARK

Marie Gad

Dansk Industri / Confederation of Danish Industries H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18 – DK 1787 Copenhagen V Tel: +45 3377 3789 - Fax: +45 3377 3720 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.di.dk

- WB Contact: Jakob Kopperud (Paris) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Noora Leena Laitio (Paris) - [email protected]



http://www.cgeci.org/





http://www.czechtrade.cz/





http://www.dibd.dk/




EGYPT

Dr. Amr Taha

Industrial Modernization Centre / Federation of Egyptian Industries’ Building 1195 Corniche El Nil, Ramlet Boulak, Cairo Tel: +202 2577 0090 – Fax: +202 2577 2171 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.imc-egypt.org

- WB Contact: Eman Fouad Wahby (Cairo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Dimitris Tsitsiragos (Cairo) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Louis Bedoucha (Paris) - [email protected]

ETHIOPIA

Teshome Beyene

Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations 2458, Addis Ababa Tel: +251 11 551-38 14 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.addischamber.com

- WB Contact: Gelila Woodeneh (Addis Ababa) – [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Aliou Maiga (Addis Ababa) - [email protected]


FINLAND

Tapani Kaskeala

Finpro (Project Advisory Services) Porkkalankatu 1, P.O.B. 358, FI-00181 Helsinki Tel: +358 204 6951 or +358 40 343 3402 - Fax: +358 204 695 201 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.finpro.fi





http://www.imc-egypt.org/



http://www.addischamber.com/



http://www.finpro.fi/




FRANCE

Isabelle Raux (Paris)

UBIFrance 77, Boulevard Saint Jacques, 75114 Paris Tel: +33 1 40 73 35 29 - Fax: +33 1 40 73 37 67 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ubifrance.fr

- WB Contact: Gilles Garcia (Paris) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Thomas Pellerin (Paris) - [email protected]


Philippe Gautier (Paris)

MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France) 55 avenue Bosquet, 75330 Paris Cedex 07 Tel: +33 1 53 59 16 22 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.medefinternational.fr




Stéphane Cormier (Paris)

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris (CCIP/CPCCAF) Bourse du Commerce – 2, rue de Viarrnes, 75001 Paris Tel: +33 1 55 65 35 75 – Fax: +33 1 55 65 39 40 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cpccaf.org/





http://www.ubifrance.fr/





http://www.medefinternational.fr/





http://www.cpccaf.org/




GABON

Nestor Ayi

Chambre de commerce, d’agriculture, d’industrie et des mines du Gabon BP 8236 Libreville Tel: +241 07 90 83 5, 06 24 14 26 E-mail: [email protected]

- WB Contact: Patrice Etong Oveng (Libreville) - [email protected]



GERMANY

Wilfried Maus (Cologne)

Germany Trade and Invest GmbH (GTAI) Agrippastrasse, 87-93, D-50676 Cologne Tel: +49 221 2057 339 - Fax: +49 221 2057 446 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.gtai.com




Frank Kehlenbach (Berlin)

European International Contractors (EIC) Kurfürstenstrasse 129, D-10785 Berlin Tel: +49 30 212 86 268 - Fax: +49 30 212 86 285 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.eicontractors.de









http://www.gtai.com/





http://www.eicontractors.de/




Heiko Schwiderowski (Berlin)

Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) Breite Strasse 29, D-10178 Berlin Tel: +49 30 20308 2314 - Fax: +49 30 20308 2444 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.dihk.de




GHANA

Osei Boeh-Ocansey

Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) P.O. Box C1571, Cantonments, Accra Tel: +233 21 515 601 - Fax: +233 21 771 500 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.pefghana.org/

- WB Contact: Kafu Kofi Tsikata (Accra) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Mary-Jean Lindile Ndlovu (Ghana) - [email protected]


GREECE

Theodoros Axilithiotis

Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) Tsimiski str., 29 - 54624 Thessaloniki Tel: +30 2 310 370 120 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ebeth.gr

- WB Contact: Massimiliano Paolucci (Rome) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Oliver Griffith (Paris) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Bertrand Marchais (Paris) - [email protected]


http://www.dihk.de/





http://www.pefghana.org/





http://www.ebeth.gr/



GUATEMALA

Carmen Elena Conteras de Kitson

Cámara de Comercio de Guatemala 10 Calle 3-80, Zona 1. 01001, Guatemala Tel: +502 232 68 888 - Fax: +502 222 91 800 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.negociosenguatemala.com

- WB Contact: Cesar Armando Leon Juarez (Guatemala) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Bernado Rico (Guatemala) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Federica Dal Bono (Washington) - [email protected]

GUINEA

Thierno Moussa Diallo

Chambre de Commerce, d’Industrie et d’Artisanat de Guinée BP 545 - Conakry Tel: +224 62 35 20 59 - Fax: +224 30 47 70 58 E-mail: [email protected] Internet:

- WB Contact: Pepe Gnekoyamou (Guinea) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Mary-Jean Lindile Ndlovu (Ghana) - [email protected]


HUNGARY

Korinna Karakó

Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency (ITD Hungary) Andrássy út 12, H-1061 Budapest Tel: +36 1 472 8147 - Fax: +36 1 472 8140 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.itdh.hu





http://www.negociosenguatemala.com/









http://www.itdh.hu/




ICELAND

Erna Björnsdóttir

Trade Council of Iceland Borgartún 35, IS-105 Reykjavík Tel: +354 511 4000 – Fax: +354 511 4040 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.icetrade.is




INDIA

G. Srivatsava (New Delhi)

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 23 Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi- 03 Tel: +91 11 2462 99 94-97, ext 377 - Fax: +91 11 2461 56 93 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ciionline.org

- WB Contact: Sudip Mozumder (Delhi) – [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Thomas S. Davenport (New Delhi) - [email protected]


Shabnam Pareek (New Delhi)

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry PHD House – 4/2 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi- 110 016 Tel: +91 11 26863801, ext 113 - Fax: +91 11 26855450 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.phdcci.org








http://www.ciionline.org/




http://www.phdcci.org/



Jyoti Vij (New Delhi)

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Tel: +91 11 2335 7391 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ficci.com




Dr. Atindra Sen (Bombay)

Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mackinnon Mackenzie Building, 4 Shoorji Vallabhdas Marg, Ballard Estate Mumbai 400001 Tel: + 91 22 2261 4685, +91 22 2261 4681 - Fax: + 91 22 2262 1213 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.bombaychamber.com


- IFC Contact: Manoj Prashar (Mumbai) - [email protected]


IRELAND

Michael Browne

Enterprise Ireland (EI) Shelbourne Road 35-39, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Tel: +353 1 727 2795 - Fax: +353 1 609 2121 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com

- WB Contact: Andrew J. Felton (London) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Paula Alayo (Paris) - [email protected]



http://www.ficci.com/




http://www.bombaychamber.com/




http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/




ISRAEL

Uri Pachter

The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IE&ICI) 29 Hamered Street, 68125 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel: +972 3 514 2811 - Fax: +972 3 514 2985 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.export.gov.il

- WB Contact: Mary Koussa (West Bank & Gaza) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Youssef Issa Habesch (Gaza) - [email protected]


ITALY

Anna Carrabetta (Milan)

PROMOS (Milan Chamber of Commerce) Via Camperio 1, 20123 Milan Tel: +39 02 8515 53 99 – Fax: +39 02 8515 5227 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.promos-milano.com




Maurizia Macor (Padova)

INFORMEST Piazza Zanellato, 5 - 35129 Padova Tel: +39 481 547328 – Fax: + 39 049 8778132 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.informest.it/




http://www.export.gov.il/





http://www.promos-milano.com/




http://www.informest.it/



JAPAN

Takashi Yoshimura (Tokyo)

Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) 1-9-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8188 Tel: +81 3 5204 1566 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.keidanren.or.jp

- WB Contact: Yukako Hiraki (Tokyo) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Hidaki Suzuki (Tokyo) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Yasumitsu Himeno (Tokyo) – [email protected]

Hisashi Takanashi (Tokyo)

Engineering and Consulting Firms Association (ECFA) Yoshiara Bldg. 8F, Nishishimbashi 1-6-13, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Tel: +81 3 3593 1171 – Fax: +81 3 3593 1172 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ecfa.or.jp


- IFC Contact: Hideaki Suzuki (Tokyo) - [email protected]


Noriko Mimura (Osaka)

Kansai Economic Federation - Kankeiren 6-2-27, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-6691 Tel: +81 6 6441 0104 - Fax: +81 6441 0443 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.kankeiren.org.jp/English


- IFC Contact: Hideaki Suzuki (Tokyo) - [email protected]



http://www.keidanren.or.jp/





http://www.ecfa.or.jp/





http://www.kankeiren.org.jp/English




JORDAN

Dr. Zaki Ayoubi

Jordan Chamber of Industry P.O. Box 811986 - Amman 11181 Tel: +962 6 464 26 49 - Fax: +962 6 464 37 19 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.jci.org.jo

- WB Contact: Mona Ziade (Beirut) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Ahmed Ali Attiga (Amman) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Louis Bedoucha (Paris) - [email protected]

KENYA

Carole Kariuki

Kenya Private Sector Alliance Mamlaka Road, Shelter Afrique Building, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 3556-00100 Nairobi Tel: +254 20 2730371/2 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.kepsa.or.ke

- WB Contact: Peter Warutere (Nairobi) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Aida W. Kimemia (Nairobi) - [email protected]


KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

In kyu Lee

Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) 300-9, Yomgok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul (Seocho P.O. Box 101) Tel: +82 2 6460 7723 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Internet: http://www.kotra.or.kr

- WB Contact: Lester Dally (Tokyo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Karin Finkelston (Hong Kong) - [email protected]


http://www.jci.org.jo/




http://www.kepsa.or.ke/






http://www.kotra.or.kr/




LEBANON

Aline Farajian

CCIAB - Center for Economic Research 1, Justinian street - Sanayeh - Beirut, Lebanon Tel: +961 1 35 33 90 ext. 264 - Fax: +961 1 34 96 15 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ccib.org.lb/

- WB Contact: Mona Ziade (Beirut) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Thomas James Jacobs (Beirut) - [email protected]


LIBERIA

Massa Lansanah

Liberia Chamber of Commerce Capitol Hill, Queen’s Avenue, P.O. Box 92, Monrovia Tel: +231 -77 -857- 805 or 231-6-800-473 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.chamberofcommerce.org.lr

- WB Contact: Roosevelt Ganteh Tule (Monrovia) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu (Monrovia) - [email protected]


LUXEMBOURG

Simone Joachim

Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg (CCL) Rue Alcide de Gasperi, 7 - L2981 Luxembourg Tel: +352 42 39 39 342 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cc.lu





http://www.ccib.org.lb/





http://www.chamberofcommerce.org.lr/





http://www.cc.lu/




MALAYSIA

Madeline LOH Kooi Choo

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Wisma FMM, No. 3 Persiaran Dagang - Bandar Sri Damansara 52200 Kuala Lumpur Tel: +603 6286 7200 – Fax: +603 6274 1266 / 2788 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.fmm.org.my

- WB Contact: Kirida Bhaopichitr (Bangkok) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Adam Sack (Jakarta) - [email protected]


MALI

Nonsé Traore

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Mali B.P.: 46 Bamako Tel: + 223 2022 50 36 or 96 45 – Fax: +223 224 03 88 E-mail: [email protected] Internet:

- WB Contact: Moussa Diarra (Mali) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Yolande Duhem (Dakar) - [email protected]


MAURITANIA

Aminetou Kerim

Commissariat à la Promotion des Investissements BP: 238 – Nouakchott – Mauritania Tel: + 222 524 35 20 – Fax: + 222 524 43 56 E-mail: [email protected] Internet : http://www.investinmauritania.gov.mr

- WB Contact: Taleb Ould Sid'ahmed (Nouakchott) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Yolande Duhem (Dakar) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Louis Bedoucha (Paris) - [email protected]

http://www.fmm.org.my/







http://www.investinmauritania.gov.mr/



MAURITIUS

Faeeza Ibrahimsah

The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) 3, Royal Street – Port Louis Tel: + 230 208 3301 – Fax: + 230 208 0076 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.mcci.org

- WB Contact: Constantine Chikosi (Port Louis) – [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Aida der Hovanessian (Antananarivo) - [email protected]


MEXICO

Yesica González Pérez

Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX) Insurgentes Sur 950 Piso 2, Col Del Valle, México, D.F. 03100 Tel: +52 55 5682 5466 (ext. 222) – Fax: +52 55 5687 2628 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.coparmex.org.mx

- WB Contact: Fernanda Zavaleta (Mexico) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Roberto Albisetti (Mexico City) - [email protected]


MOLDOVA

Sergiu Harea

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova MD – 2004, Chisinau, bd. Stefan cel Mare, 151 Tel: + 373 22 24 51 48 - Fax: + 373 22 24 42 83 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.chamber.md/

- WB Contact: Victor Burunsus (Chisinau) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Ana Maria Mihaescu (Bucharestl) – [email protected]



http://www.mcci.org/





http://www.coparmex.org.mx/






http://www.chamber.md/




MONGOLIA

Ulziilkham Enkhbaatar

Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MNCCI) J. Sambuu Street-11, Ulaanbaatar-211238, Mongolia Tel: +976 11 310 619 - Fax: +976 11 324 620 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.mongolchamber.mn

- WB Contact: Sunjidmaa Jamba (Ulaanbaata) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: David William Lawrence (Ulaanbaatar) - [email protected]


MOROCCO

Sofia Elidrissi

La Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc 23, Bd. Mohamed Abdou - Casablanca Tel: +212 5 22 99 70 10 - Fax: +212 5 22 98 39 71 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http:/www.cgem.ma

- WB Contact: Anwar Soulami (Rabat) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Joumana Cobein (Rabat) – [email protected]


MOZAMBIQUE

Gerry S. Marketos

CIMPOGEST / Confederaçao das Assaciaçoes Economicas de Moçambique (CTA) Time Square Office Park, Avenida 25 de Setembro, Block IV, 3rd Floor - Maputo Tel: +258 21 310 610 / 11 / 12 – Fax: +258 21 310 613 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cta.org.mz and http://www.cimpogest.com

- WB Contact: Rafael Saute (Maputo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Babatunde Onitiri (Maputo) - [email protected]


http://www.mongolchamber.mn/




http://www.cgem.ma/





http://www.cta.org.mz/

http://www.cimpogest.com/



Rafique Jusob

Centro de Promoçao de Investimentos (CPI) Rua da Imprensa, Nº. 332, r/c – CP / PO Box 4635 - Maputo Tel: +258 21 313 310 / 375 – Fax: +258 21 313 325 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cpi.co.mz and http://www.cpi.gov.mz

- WB Contact: Rafael Saute (Maputo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Babatunde Onitiri (Maputo) - [email protected]


NAMIBIA

Tulimeyo Kaapanda

Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) No. 2 Jenner Street, Windhoek West Tel: +264 61 228809 – Fax: +264 61 228009 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ncci.org.na/



NETHERLANDS

Lotte Schippers

NL EVD International, Agency NL Juliana van Stolberglaan 148 P.O. Box 20105, 2500 EC, The Hague Tel: +31 88 602 1160 – Fax: +31 88 602 9026 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.agentschapnl.nl/tio

- WB Contact: Catherine Doody (Paris) - [email protected]



http://www.cpi.co.mz/

http://www.cpi.gov.mz/



http://www.ncci.org.na/





http://www.agentschapnl.nl/tio




NEW ZEALAND

Steve Jones

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Level 11, The ANZ Centre 23-29 Albert Street, PO Box 8680, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand Tel: +64 9 354 9120 - Fax: +64 4 910 4308 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nzte.govt.nz

- WB Contact: Lester Dally (Washington) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Gavin Murray (Sydney) - [email protected]


NIGERIA

To be appointed

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Plot 999F Idejo Street, ICON House, 8th Floor, Idejo Street, Off Adeola Odeku Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria E-mail: Internet: http://www.nesgroup.org

- WB Contact: Obadiah Tohomdet (Abuja) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Solomon Quaynor (Lagos) - [email protected]


PHILIPPINES

Alberto A. Lim

Makati Business Club 2nd. Floor, AIM Conference Center, Benavidez & Trasierra Sts., Legaspi Village, Makati City Tel: +632 751 1137 / 1138 – Fax: +632 750 7405 / 7406 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.mbc.com.ph

- WB Contact: Leonora Aquino Gonzales (Manila) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Jesse Ang (Manila) - [email protected]



http://www.nzte.govt.nz/




http://www.nesgroup.org/






http://www.mbc.com.ph/



POLAND

Michal Gorzelak

Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) ul. Bagatela 12, 00 - 585 Warszawa Tel: +48 22 334 99 43 - Fax: +48 22 334 99 99 E-mail: [email protected] Internet:www.paiz.gov.pl




PORTUGAL

Felisbela Godinho

AICEP, Global Portugal - Business Development Agency Direccao de Comercio e Internacionalizacao (DCOI) Av. 5 de Outubro, 101 - 1050-051 Lisbon Tel.: +351 21 7909 349 / 500 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.portugalglobal.pt




RUSSIA

Andrey Kuznetsov

The Coordinating Council of Business Unions of Russia (CCBUR) / Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Business Russia, Krasnopresnenskaya 12, entr. 7 - 123610 Moscow Tel: +7 495 748 41 35 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.rspp.biz

- WB Contact: Marina Vasilieva (Moscow) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Snezana Stoiljkovic (Moscow) - [email protected]







http://www.portugalglobal.pt/




http://www.rspp.biz/




SENEGAL

Magatte Ibenou Diop

Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'Agriculture de Dakar (CCIAD) 1, Place de l'indépendance, Dakar Tel: +221 33 823 71 89 - Fax: +221 33 842 83 12 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cciad.sn/

- WB Contact: Mademba Ndiaye (Dakar) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Yolande Duhem (Dakar) - [email protected]


SERBIA

Ljiljana Miletic

Serbian Chamber of Commerce Resavska 13-15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel.: +381 11 33 00 925 - Fax: +381 11 32 30 949 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.pks.co.yu

- WB Contact: Mirjana Popovic (Belgrade) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Giovanni Daniele (Belgrade) - [email protected]


SINGAPORE

Lian Chew Tay

International Enterprise Singapore (IES) 230 Victoria Street #10-00, Bugis Junction Office Tower, Singapore 188024 Tel: +65 6337 6628 - Fax: +65 6337 6898 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.iesingapore.com

- WB Contact: Gilles Garcia (Paris) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Karin Finkelston (Hong Kong) - [email protected]

- MIGA Contact: Ann Fiona Russell Cook (Singapore) - [email protected]

http://www.cciad.sn/




http://www.pks.co.yu/





http://www.iesingapore.com/




SOUTH AFRICA

Neren Rau (Johannesburg)

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) P.O. Box 213, Saxonwold 2132, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, 2196, South Africa Tel: +27 11 446 3829 - Fax: 086 532 7357 E-mail: [email protected] & [email protected] Internet: http://www.sacob.co.za



Simi Siwisa (Johannesburg)

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) Third Floor, South Block, 9 Fredman Drive, Sandton, South Africa Tel: +27 11 784 8000 - Fax: +27 11 784 8004 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.busa.org.za/



SPAIN

Carmen Pérez (Madrid)

High Council of Chambers of Commerce of Spain Ribera del Loira, 12, 28042 Madrid Tel: +34 91 590 6970 / 00 - Fax: +34 91 590 6908 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.camaras.org





http://www.sacob.co.za/





http://www.busa.org.za/




http://www.camaras.org/



Marta Taléns (Barcelona)

Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation (BCC) International Department, Avenida Diagonal 452, 08006 Barcelona Tel: +34 934 169 551 – Fax: +34 934 160 735 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cambrabcn.es




Stephanie Wear Pintado (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Cámara Tenerife Plaza de la Candelaria, nº 6, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias Tel: +34 922 100 407/400 - Fax: +34 922 100 413 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.camaratenerife.org




SRI LANKA

Subhashini Abeysinghe

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce 50, Navam Nawatha, Colombo 2 Tel: 2380152 - Fax: 2449352 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.chamber.lk/

- WB Contact: Chulanganie Lakshmi De Silva (Colombo) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Per Kjellerhaug (Colombo) - [email protected]



http://www.cambrabcn.es/




http://www.camaratenerife.org/





SYRIA

George Catinis

Syrian Enterprise and Business Centre (SEBC) P.O.Box: 16292, Aleppo Tel: +963 21 572 2050 - Fax: +963 21 572 2051 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.sebcsyria.com

- WB Contact: Mona Ziade (Beirut) - [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Thomas James Jacobs (Beirut) - [email protected]


TANZANIA

Hussein S. Kamote

Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) 9th Floor, NCI, Investment House, Samora Avenue, PO Box 71783, Dar es Salaam Tel: + 255 22 21 14 954 / 212 3802 / 213 0327 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cti.co.tz

- WB Contact: Nicodemus Odhiambo Marcus (Dar es Salaam) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Aida W. Kimemia (Nairobi) - [email protected]


THAILAND

Sunee Somboonruengsri

The Federation of Thai Industries Queen Sirikit National Convention Centerr, 60 New Rachadapisek Road,Bangkok 10110 Tel: + 66 2345 1141 - Fax: + 66 2345 1139 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.fti-nkp.or.th/en/index.asp

- WB Contact: Kirida Bhaopichitr (Bangkok) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Simon Andrews (Hanoi) - [email protected]






http://www.cti.co.tz/




http://www.fti-nkp.or.th/en/index.asp




TOGO

Philippe Broohm

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Togo BP 360 Lomél Tel: +228 221 70 65 / 20 65 - Fax: +228 221 47 30 E-mail: [email protected] Internet:

- WB Contact: Sylvie Nenonene (Togo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Mary-Jean Lindile Ndlovu (Ghana) - [email protected]


TURKEY

Hale Hatipoglu Onursal

Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) Mesrutiyet cad. No: 46 Tepebasi 34420, Istanbul Tel: +90 212 249 5448 - Fax: +90 212 251 7005 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.tusiad.org

- WB Contact: Tunya Celasin (Ankara) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Rashad-Rudolf Kaldany (Istanbul) - [email protected]


UGANDA

Moses Ogwal

Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) Plot 43 Nakasero Hill Road, P.O. Box 7683, Kampala Tel: +256 7729 80184 E-mail: [email protected] Internet : http://www.psfuganda.org

- WB Contact: Moses K. Kibirige (Kampala) – [email protected]

- IFC Contact: Aida W. Kimemia (Nairobi) - [email protected]







http://www.tusiad.org/





http://www.psfuganda.org/



UNITED KINGDOM

Paul Meikle

UK Trade & Investment (c/o Birmingham Chamber of Commerce) 75 Harborne Road - Birmingham B15 3DH Tel: +44 (0)121 607 1821 - Fax: +44 (0)121 607 0130 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/aid_funded_business




Nigel Peters

British Expertise (Aid Funded Business Service) 10 Grosvenor Gardens – London SW1W 0DH Tel: +44 20 7824 1936 - Fax: +44 20 7222 3664 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.britishexpertise.org




UNITED STATES

Katarzyna (Kasia) Batorski

Global Midwest Alliance LLC 228 S. Wabash #410 - Chicago, IL 60604 Tel: +1 773 412 4064 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.illinoisglobal.org





http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/aid_funded_business





http://www.britishexpertise.org/




http://www.illinoisglobal.org/



Sam Kaplan

Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500 - Seattle, WA 98101 Tel: +1 206 389 7306 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.seattletradealliance.com/




Jessie Tan

Greater Houston Partnership 1200 Smith, Suite 700 - Houston, Texas 77002-4400 Tel: +1 713 844 3662 – Fax: +1 713 844 0262 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.houston.org




URUGUAY

Javier Peña Capobiano

Cámara Nacional de Comércio y Servicios del Uruguay Rincón 454, Piso 2, Montevideo Tel: +598 2 916 1277 – Fax: +598 2 916 1243 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.cncs.com.uy

- WB Contact: Valeria Bolla (Montevideo) - [email protected] - IFC Contact: Salem Rohana (Buenos Aires) - [email protected]



http://www.seattletradealliance.com/




http://www.houston.org/




http://www.cncs.com.uy/



VIETNAM

Doan Thuy Nga (Hanoi City)

Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry - VCCI / Hanoi No 09 Dao Duy Anh Street, DongDa District, Hanoi City Tel: +84 4 574 4031 - Fax: +84 4 574 2020 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.vcci.com.vn

- WB Contact: Ngan Hong Nguyen (Hanoi) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Simon Andrews (Hanoi) - [email protected]


Nguyen Thanh Binh (Ho Chi Minh City)

Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry – VCCI / Ho Chi Minh 171 Vo Thi Sau St., Dist.3, Ho Chi Minh City Tel: +84 8 932 7301 - Fax: +84 8 932 5472 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.vcci.com.vn

- WB Contact: Ngan Hong Nguyen (Hanoi) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Simon Andrews (Hanoi) - [email protected]


WEST BANK & GAZA

Jamal Jawabreh

Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture P.O.Box 54107, Dahiet Al- Barid, Sha'rawi Bldg., Jerusalem Tel: 970 2 29 85556 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.pal-chambers.org/

- WB Contact: Mary Koussa (West Bank & Gaza) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Youssef Issa Habesch (Gaza) - [email protected]



http://www.vcci.com.vn/




http://www.vcci.com.vn/





http://www.pal-chambers.org/




ZAMBIA

Justin M. Chisulo

Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) PO Box 30844 – Lusaka Tel: +260 1 252 483 – Fax: +260 1 252 483 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.zacci.org.zm

- WB Contact: Jumbe Jeremiah Ngoma (Lusaka) – [email protected] - IFC Contact: Saleem Karimjee (Johannesburg) - [email protected] - MIGA Contact: Louis Bedoucha (Paris) - [email protected]



PSLO NETWORK CONTACT PEOPLE IN IFIs

WORLD BANK GROUP

WORLD BANK

Gilles Garcia (Paris)

Manager, PSLO Program Sr. External Affairs Counsellor, World Bank Tel: +33 1 40 69 30 15 E-mail: [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION - IFC

Oliver Griffith (Paris)

Sr Communications Officer Tel: 33-1-4069-3195 E-mail: [email protected]

MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY – MIGA

Louis Bedoucha (Paris)

Marketing Specialist, MIGA Tel: +33 1 40 69 31 59 E-mail: [email protected]

Bertrand Marchais (Paris)

Marketing Specialist, MIGA Tel: +33 1 40 69 31 60 E-mail: [email protected]





Federica Dal Bono (Washington)

Marketing Specialist, MIGA Tel: +202 458 9292 E-mail: [email protected]

WORLD BANK – PROCUREMENT

Teia M. Thompson-Brown (Washington)

Procurement Analyst, World Bank Tel: +1 202 458 7217 E-mail: [email protected]

Nancy Bikondo-Omosa

Procurement Specialist Tel: +1 202 458 4612 E-mail: [email protected]

INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IADB)

Vanessa Defournier Communications Specialist, Private Sector, Office of External Relations 1300 New York Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., 20577, USA Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 202 623 1546 www.iadb.org




http://www.iadb.org/

EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD)

Teresa Green Business Development Consultant, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 20 7338 6502 www.ebrd.com

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB)

Onike Nicol-Houra Communication and Business Development Officer, Private Sector Operations BP 323 – 1002 Tunis Belvédère, Tunisia Email: [email protected] Tel: +216 7110 3227 – Fax: +216 7183 4178 www.afdb.org

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)

To be appointed


http://www.ebrd.com/


http://www.afdb.org/

THE PSLO NETWORK

10 Facts to capture the PSLO Network in action

1. First PSLO appointed on September 20th 1999, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Milan/Promos in Italy; Jim Wolfensohn, president at that time, strongly supports the Network from the beginning and meet regularly with the European PSLOs. 2. 107 PSLOs have now been appointed in 79 countries worldwide: 39 in the Middle East and Africa, 32 in Europe and Central Asia, 19 in South and East Asia and 17 in North and South America, all listed in a Directory posted on the PSLO website (http://www.worldbank.org/business-global). 3. 43 PSLO host organizations are chambers of commerce and industry, 33 are export or investment promotion agencies and 31 are business associations; Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) have been formally signed with only 25 PSLO host organizations when we successfully work without any formal agreement with all the others. 4. From 1999 to 2004 the PSLO program was limited to Europe; Canada officially joined as the first non-European PSLO country on November 19th 2004 and the Network was subsequently expanded worldwide; most ED offices in Washington follow carefully the performance of their PSLOs which have a direct impact on the performance of their national companies in WB financed projects. 5. Out of 107 PSLOs, 62 are in developing economies; South Africa was the first developing country to join the network in 2004; the most active PSLOs are in OECD countries where the business organizations are the strongest and 80% of the business outreach events organized; plans are to launch in FY12 a capacity building/tutorship program to level the playing field between PSLOs. 6. Up to 250 events were organized by the PSLOs and their business organizations in FY10, the IFIs providing speakers and knowledge, the PSLOs the audience and taking care of all the logistic and practicalities; all PSLO organized events with WBG participation are registered in a date base and the most meaningful ones showcased in our PSLO Tribune, a publication listing once a year the best practices of the Network. 7. On average, PSLOs dedicate 60% of their time to World Bank Group Matters, of which 65% on procurement issues, 20% on IFC and 15% on MIGA. PSLOs do not receive any financing from the World Bank Group; they cover the costs of all the events they organize; the rest of their time, 40%, is dedicated to other IFIS, including the EU. 8. The first PSLO retreat was held in Paris in January 2000; 20 retreats have since been held in Lisbon, Washington (several times), Sarajevo, Paris (several times), Moscow, Warsaw, Johannesburg, Maputo, Singapore, Bled, Cairo, Sana’a and Istanbul with an average participation of 35 PSLOs per retreat. 9. The PSLO program has been managed since 1999 by External Affairs (EXTEU) in Paris with on average 1, 5 staff; it is a highly leveraged program with an estimate of 10$ raised for $1 invested by the WBG based on the cost for the Bank to directly organize all the events taken care of by the PSLOs. 10. Started as a WBG PSLO network, the network since 2006 and IADB joining in, is now an IFI business outreach platform also shared by ADB, AFDB and EBRD but managed by the World Bank..

http://www.worldbank.org/business-global

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS

THE WORLD BANK GOUP http://www.worldbank.org

THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK http://www.iadb.org THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT http://www.ebrd.org

THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK http://www.afdb.org

THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK http://www.adb.org

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://www.iadb.org/

http://www.ebrd.org/

http://www.afdb.org/

http://www.adb.org/

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