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FOCUS ON AID-FUNDED BUSINESS: HEALTHCARE SECTOR

25th February 2009 – London or 26th February 2009 – Glasgow

Each year, some US$ 60 billion are disbursed, in the form of concessionary guaranteed loans and grants, by governments and the multilateral development projects, designed jointly by the donor and beneficiary government. Much of this implementation is contracted out to the private sector, representing significant business opportunities for consultants, works contractors and suppliers of goods and services in the Healthcare sector.

It is a potentially huge market for British firms and the UK is a well-respected supplier to multilateral aid-funded business with healthcare being one of the key sectors. The various International Funding Institutions/Donor Agencies have put this sector high on their list in order to help them achieve the Millennium Development Goals of ensuring a better life for those in lesser-developed countries by 2015.

UK Trade & Investment Life Sciences sector team in conjunction with the Aid-Funded Business Service are giving you the opportunity to listen to presentations from three Procurement staff from the International Federation of the Red Cross, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation. Delegates will also have to opportunity to hear from a representative of the World Bank Group who will talk about the Bank’s future strategy towards Healthcare. All presentations will also cover each organisation’s procurement methods and delegates will have the opportunity to participate in one-to-one meetings with the speakers after the seminar.

We have managed to secure speakers including: Ms Selma Bernardi (Senior Procurement Officer – IFRC) along with senior Procurement Officers from the World Health Organization, Geneva, and UNICEF Copenhagen and a representative from the Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Sector, the World Bank Group, Washington D.C. (the organisations have confirmed their participation and will provide speaker names in due course). There will be a series of presentations during the morning and speakers will also be available to meet with companies individually in the afternoon. This is an excellent and rare opportunity to meet face-to-face with key contracts.


Who should attend?
Companies providing services or manufacturing equipment in the healthcare industry looking to bid for opportunities through the multilateral aid agencies. This event will also be suitable for companies already supplying any of the above agencies but looking to learn more about how the strategy of each organisation will develop in this sector in the future.

Wednesday 25th Februaray 2009      or                Thursday 26th February 2009
10.00 am – 2.00 pm                                          10.00 am – 2.00 pm
BERR Conference Centre, London                        Atlantic Quay, Glasgow

For more information and to register your place please email c.gamage@afbs.org.uk

Event Date: Wed, 25th February 2009

Location: London & Glasgow

Duration: 10am - 2pm