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European Union Economic Community of West African States West African Economic and Monetary Union PROCUREMENT NOTICE Object of the contract: Making and editing 2000 specimens of a repertory of the cultural organizations in West Africa, in English and French. Concerned countries: The 15 ECOWAS member states and Mauritania Financing: In 2006, the European Commission and the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) signed a financing agreement (9/ACP / ROC/018) for the setting up of a project called "Regional Fund for the Promotion of Co-operation and Cultural Exchanges in West Africa", which covers ECOWAS countries and Mauritania. This project is financed on the Regional Indicative Program (RIP) 9th EDF, for a 4 years period. The project contracting authority is WAEMU Commission, EDF Regional Financial Authority (OR); the project manager is the Department for Social and Cultural Development of WAEMU Commission. The delegated implementation of the work was allotted to the company COWI A/S. Context: The diagnostic study of the sector of culture, basis of the financing agreement of the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Co-operation and Cultural Exchanges in West Africa, focused on a certain number of problems which, the sector is still confronted with, and which

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European Union Econom

West African Economic and Monetary Union

PROC Object of the contract: Making and eorganizations in West Africa, in English a Concerned countries: The 15 ECOWA Financing: In 2006, the European CoEconomic and Monetary Union (WAEMfor the setting up of a project called "RCultural Exchanges in West Africa", whproject is financed on the Regional IndThe project contracting authority is WA(OR); the project manager is the DepartCommission. The delegated implementaA/S. Context: The diagnostic study of the seRegional Fund for the Promotion of Cfocused on a certain number of problem

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ctor of culture, basis of the financing agreement of the o-operation and Cultural Exchanges in West Africa, s which, the sector is still confronted with, and which

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constitute a handicap for its development. The Regional Fund’s mission is to contribute to the taking into charge of some of these problems, namely: the weakness of the financings, of the dialogue and exchanges between the actors of the area, the slight movement of works and actors, etc. One of the problems of communication the partners of the cultural sector are confronted with is the lack of organized information about the actors of the sector (activities, statute, location, address, etc). This situation heavily affects the volume and the significance not only of the exchanges but also of the information that concern them. Under its operational program estimate, the Project Management Unit decided of the making and editing of a directory of the cultural organizations in West Africa, to meet the need to equip the sector with a pedagogical and information tool. Bid documents submission: The Project Management Unit invites consulting firms / cultural organisations interested in proposing their services, to express their interest. The dossier of expression of interest indicating the name and full address of the organisation (PO box, telephone number, fax, electronic address) must include the following elements: a certificate of legal existence (record from the register of commerce, the receipt or any other valid administrative document), a letter of motivation with a description of the structure, putting forward the experiences and competences of the tenderer to provide the requested service, the human, material and financial means. The dossier could be sent through: E-mail : [email protected] Or through direct depositing: at the the Project headquarters located in the building of the "Pharmacie de l’Independance" (former premises of BICIAB Prestige Bank), opposite to Hotel Independence in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso, Telephone: +226.50 30 81 88 or +226/70 05 31 01. A short list of 08 tenderers maximum will be set up at the end of the selection procedure. The selected candidates on the short list will receive the detailed terms of reference and will be invited to submit their complete bid. . Deadline for the bid documents submission: the files are expected to arrive at the specified addresses at the latest on March 10th 2009 at 12:00. Any document received after this date will not be considered.