Responsible Business Conduct - List of calls for proposals

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

13/12/2019 - Diagnostic study on responsible business conduct in the financial sector in Panama and Costa Rica

NOW CLOSED

1. Question: Could you please provide us with the budget for both regional diagnostics?

Response: The budget has to be submitted by the candidate, being one of the requirements to participate in this market consultation (please see section VI. Responding to the Market Consultation).

2. Question: Could you please confirm whether there is any travel foreseen for this project?

Response: No travel is foreseen for this project.

3. Question: Could you please provide us with an estimate of the aggregate number of stakeholders (investors, banks funds and regulatory actors) to be interviewed in each country?

Response: Interviews should be conducted where necessary information is not available/clear based on desk top research.  There is no minimum or maximum amount of interviews but an estimated 10-15 interviews per country may be needed to supplement desk top research. Interviews may be conducted over the phone, in writing, or in person.           

4. Question: Could you please tell us when the decision on the selected proposal will be made and announced to participants?

Response: Decision is intended to be announced by the first week of February.

5. Question: Could you please confirm that the following statement in pages 4 and 6 of the ToR “The final report should follow the OECD style guide” refers to the OECD Style Guide , third edition, from 2015? If another guide or format should be followed could you please indicate where to find it?

Response: This is correct –the final report should follow the OECD Style Guide: Third Edition (2015).

6. Question: In pages 3 and 6 of the ToR, “Extent to which the top 10 largest Panamanian/Costa Rican institutional investors, funds, and commercial Banks (…)”  refers to the top 10 of each industry or in total?  

Response: Top 10 in each industry although there will likely be significant crossover of organisations between the categories.

7. Question: Likewise, how is the size of each should be measured? By assets, billing, personnel etc.

Response: By assets.

8. Question: In pages 3 y 6 of the ToR, “integrate ESG issues into their activities and decision-making processes”. We seek clarification on OECD expectations when this type of information is not available and / or is not publicly accessible, and the scope of work of the consultant under these situations. 

Response: In these situations the consultant should note the absence of data and [any] efforts made to obtain the data.