SERVICE PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Budget: € 16.000.000 for 30 months

 

The object of the contract is to provide safe, reliable, efficient and cost-effective air transport capacity from Nairobi, Kenya to Somalia and within Somalia to facilitate the implementation of humanitarian, rehabilitation and development projects financed by the European Commission and by the European Union Member States, as well as missions by the European Commission, EU Member States and other donor representatives.

 

Aircraft specifications and requirements:

1. One medium passenger/cargo utility aircraft to be positioned in Nairobi, Kenya or as indicated by the EC, available for at least 125 hours/month (e.g. Beechcraft 1900)
2. One medium passenger/cargo utility aircraft to be positioned in Nairobi, Kenya or as indicated by the EC, available for at least 100 hours/month (e.g. Dornier 228)
3. One light medium twin engined passenger/cargo utility aircraft to be positioned in Hargeisa, Somaliland or as indicated by the EC, available for at least 80 hours/month (e.g. Beechcraft 200)

Equipment: Communication and navigation equipment in accordance with ICAO; VHF/AM and HF digital communications equipment; Crew and maintenance capability.

Deadline for receipt of applications

16:00 hours Kenya time (GMT +03) on 16th March 2009

Any application received after this deadline will not be considered.
Applications must be submitted using the standard application form (available from the following Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/services/index_en.htm), whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.

Any additional documentation (brochure, letter, etc) sent with an application will not be taken into consideration.

Applications must be submitted in English exclusively to the Contracting Authority:

· EITHER by recorded delivery (official postal service) to :

Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Kenya – Somalia Operations

Attn: Operations Managers – Richard Hands and Paula Vazquez-Horyaans

Union Insurance House, Ragati Road

P. O. Box 45119,

Nairobi 00100, KENYA

· OR hand delivered (including courier services) directly to the Contracting Authority in return for a signed and dated receipt to:

Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Kenya – Somalia Operations

Attn: Operations Managers – Richard Hands and Paula Vazquez-Horyaans

Union Insurance House, Ragati Road

P. O. Box 45119,

Nairobi 00100, KENYA

The Contract title and the Publication reference (see item 1 above) must be clearly marked on the envelope containing the application and must always be mentioned in all subsequent correspondence with the Contracting Authority.

Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.

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The European Commission Delegation in Venezuela invited to submit projects with actions directed to the following objectives and themes:
1. Strengthening of civil society organizations and democracy, by:
1.1. Supporting and strengthening the institutional capacity of organized groups, non-profit and government agencies decentralized development to improve its internal organization, strengthen their technical capabilities or financial management (including fundraising) and to improve their skills analytical and advocacy issues
1.2. The promotion of dialogue, exchanges and networking among civil society, economic and social actors and local authorities (including the dialogue south - south)
1.3. Support for sustainable processes of social, human, cultural, environmental and economic.
2. Increase public awareness and support for civil society
2.2. Actions to increase the commitment of the Venezuelan population with civil society organizations, including actions to increase public awareness and encourage voluntary and financial support to these organizations.

The full text of the Guide is available at the following addresses: http://www.delven.ec.europa.eu
http://www.delven.ec.europa.eu/es/UltimasNoticias.htm

The deadline for submission of papers is 13/04/2009, at 16.00 an information session for this call for proposals will be held at the headquarters of the Delegation of the European Commission, European Commission Building, Avenida Orinoco Las Mercedes, Caracas on 23.03.2009 at 9:30 am and Puerto Ordaz on Thursday 25.03.2009 (tbc). Interested organizations should send only one representative.

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At present, the EC is actively involved in 341 WTO disputes: in 16 of these cases the EC is the complaining party while in the remaining 18 cases the EC is on the defending side.
These cases relate to the EC’s relations with 15 of its trading partners (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the US).
Dispute settlement activities against the US continue to represent the majority of EC’s active disputes. In most of these disputes it is the EC which is the complaining party (7), being the defendant in 5 cases (GMOs, hormones, bananas, aircraft and Information  Technology Agreement). Regarding the substance of EC’s offensive cases with the US, a major part concerns the misuse of trade defence instruments.

Overview EC active WTO Dispute Settlement Cases

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