IICA launches environ. consultancy

The Inter-American agriculture cooperation institute IICA, on behalf of Paraguay's environment department SEAM, has published bidding rules for two lots of environmental technical assistance contracts. Offers are due December 19. The first contract entails designing and implementing environmental management systems in the areas of EISs, permits and licenses, monitoring, enforcement and technology transfer, among others. The second contract involves supporting the national environment council Conam; and, preparing policies, laws and regulations to support the national environment system SISNAM, among others. The contracts are financed from an US$8mn Inter-American Development Bank loan approved in 2000.