*Title:* **NEW ADB BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, PROPOSED TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE**

**PROJECTS UNDER GRANT PROGRAMS**

**FEBRUARY 2006**

*Subject Country(ies) Pakistan*

*Post of Origin* Asian Development Bank (ADB)

*Series* International Market Insights (IMI)

*Date of Report (YYMMDD)* 060126

*Deletion Date (YYMMDD)* 060424

*Author* Kathleen dela Merced

*Approving Officer* Frank Foster

*Officer's Title* Senior Commercial Officer

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INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

This report alerts U.S. firms to **US\$ 5 million** in new technical
assistance projects under the grant programs being administered by the
Asian Development Bank for which consulting services may or may not be
required. Opportunities are reported for Pakistan. January to September
2005, U.S. firms, including many small consulting firms, succeeded in
winning US\$35.135 million ADB-funded national technical assistance
contracts out of a total ADB-financed consulting budget of US\$302.867
million.

The ADB selects a consultant for a TA grant based on its prior
Expression of Interest (EOI). An EOI can be transmitted on-line through
the ADB\'s website (www.adb.org); afterward it will be acknowledged
automatically. Firms may opt to send a hardcopy follow-up EOI addressed
to Mr. Robert J. Robertson, Director, Consulting Services Division, with
a copy to the ADB Project Officer. The EOI should relate a firm\'s
experience and expertise to the ADB project. It is important for a U.S.
firm to emphasize its similar project experience in the country, or in a
similar geographic area, rather than present a general profile of its
consulting activities. A separate EOI should be submitted for each
project. The project name indicated in the EOI should exactly match that
listed in the ADB Business Opportunities publication to avoid confusion.

To be considered for employment, consulting firms must register on the
ADB's DACON (Data on Consulting Firms) system, or for individual
consultants on the DICON (Data on Individual Consultants) system.
Otherwise, their EOIs will not be accepted. DACON and DICON registration
can be done on-line at www.adb.org/consulting.

ADB\'s DACON (http://www.adb.org/Consulting/dacon.asp) is a database of
firms and other organizations from the ADB\'s member countries that are
qualified to provide consulting services for ADB projects. The DACON
contains information on the experience and capacity of the firms and
organizations. ADB requires firms or organizations to register on the
DACON so that the ADB can consider them for short-listing for a
technical assistance project. The term \"firm or organization\" covers
all sources of consultants, such as consulting firms, government
agencies, public sector organizations, national and international
institutions and non-government organizations.

The DICON (http://www.adb.org/Consulting/dicon.asp) system contains the
names of persons who are citizens of ADB\'s member countries; are at the
forefront of their respective fields; and may be practicing consultants
or employees, whose organizations are prepared to release them for short
periods to serve ADB; or retired persons with special experience who are
still active.

Firms may also send a notification copy of their EOIs to the U.S.
mailing address for the U.S. Commercial Service Liaison Office to the
ADB, Attention: Frank Foster, Senior Commercial Officer, PSC 500 Box 33,
FPO AP 96515-1000, or to the same office at its international mailing
address: 25th Floor Ayala Life-FGU Center, 6811 Ayala Avenue, Makati
City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1226; Phone: (63-2) 887-1345; Fax:
(63-2) 887-1164; E-mail: manila.adb.office.box \@mail.doc.gov.
Information about these projects are likewise available on our website
at <http://www.buyusa.gov/adb>. This office works closely with the
Office of the U.S. Executive Director to the ADB to increase American
awareness of, and participation in, the ADB\'s activities.

The projects listed in this report are now being actively processed by
the ADB. For more information on these projects, the name of the ADB
project officer is indicated in the project brief. The U.S Commercial
Service Liaison Office to the ADB is ready to provide assistance to U.S.
firms upon request.

The following technical assistance grant projects are reprinted with
permission from the Asian Development Bank from the ADB Website
([http://www.adb.org](http://www.adb.org/)) and appeared for the first
time in January 2006. For more information on development in Asia and
the Pacific, see \<http://www.adb.org\>.

**TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROJECTS, FEBRUARY 2006**

A.  **[PAKISTAN]{.underline}**

**Project Name : Immediate Support to Poor and Vulnerable Small and**

**Landless Farmers Devastated by the October 2005**

**Earthquake**

**Project No. :** PAK 39646-01

**Executing Agency :** Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

**Grant Amount** **:** US\$ 5,000,000.00

**Sector/Sub-sector :** Agriculture & Natural Resources /

Agriculture Production, Agroprocessing, & Agrobusiness

**Objectives and Scope:**

To provide immediate assistance to poor and vulnerable small and
landless farmers, including those in inaccessible and mountainous
locations devastated by the Oct 2005 earthquake. The main components
will include: revitalizing agric and livestock activities;
community-based initiatives; cash grants for rebuilding houses and
livelihoods; and project management and logistical support including
helicopter services in inaccessible areas. The government agencies in
partnership with national and international NGOs will be responsible for
implementing the project.

**Consulting Services:** The Project will recruit an independent
international Project Monitoring Consultant for 3 person-months. An
independent individual consultant will also be recruited to undertake an
independent audit of project activities as required by JFPR guidelines.

**Environmental Assessment:** To be determined.

**Project Processing Stage:** Fact-finding Mission completed: 19
November 2005.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** To be determined

**Project Officer :** Ahsan Tayyab (632-6720)

Agriculture, Environment, & Natural Resources Division

South Asia Department

Email: <atayyab@adb.org>

**In-country U.S. Embassy**

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Commercial Service Islamabad

Tariq Sayeed, Commercial Specialist

Tel.: (92-51)2080-2530

Fax: (92-51) 2823-981

E-mail: <Tariq.Sayeed@mail.doc.gov>