Belgian, American, Canadian, Dutch economic mission to Haiti
13-16 November 2011
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
John Ferriter
Office of External Relations
Phone: 202-623-1394
Email: [email protected]
1300 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20577
United States
www.iadb.org
We support efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and
inequality. We aim to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way.
Established in 1959, we are the largest source of development financing for Latin America
and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieve measurable results, increased
integrity, transparency and accountability. We have an evolving reform agenda that seeks to
increase our development impact in the region.
While we are a regular bank in many ways, we are also unique in some key respects. Besides
loans, we also provide grants, technical assistance and do research. Our shareholders are 48
member countries, including 26 Latin American and Caribbean borrowing members, who
have a majority ownership of the IDB.
Our Fund for Special Operations (FSO) provides concessional financing to our most
vulnerable member countries.
Given our shareholder base and prudent management, we have a strong financial position. As
a result, the IDB is able to borrow in international markets at competitive rates and transfer
that benefit to our clients.
Responsible (not in the delegation)
Mittpheap Steele
External Affairs North America
Phone: 202-458-9195
Email: [email protected]
1818 H Street , NW
Washington, DC
United States
www.worldbank.org
The PSLO network is a network of business intermediary organizations (chambers of
commerce and industry, business and trade associations, or investment promotion agencies)
working to foster trade and investment between countries with the support of the World Bank
Group’s products and services. The network consists of liaison officers - private sector
communications professionals - appointed, based in and financed by their respective business
intermediary organizations. The officers facilitate local companies’ access to WBG business
opportunities, services and knowledge and act as the voice of their national private sector in
advising the WBG on how to better engage companies on development issues.
120 PSLOs have now been appointed in 84 countries worldwide: 40 in Africa and Middle
East, 39 in Western, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 19 in South and East Asia and 22 in
North and South America, all listed in a Directory posted on the PSLO website
(http://www.world-bank.org/business-global).
We are quite pleased to have the fourth joint PSLO business delegation to developing
countries this year with the business mission to Colombia, Peru and Haiti. This mission is the
collective effort of the PSLOs for Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and the USA. It will
bring together a mixed-nationality business delegation to three Latin American and Carribean
countries with enormous untapped business and investment potential. The delegation will
meet with World Bank Group staff in both countries to get a perspective on the business
environment and to have an overview of the World Bank Group’s portfolio and related
business opportunities. We trust that with a mixed delegation there will be increased
opportunities for partnerships and networking, not only with Colombian, Peruvian and
Haitian companies, but also among the delegation members.
We hope this mission will be one of many such missions carried out jointly by the PSLOs as
part of our overall effort to bring business and investment to where it is most needed.
http://www.worldbank.org/business-global
Delegates:
Johan Malin
Project Manager International Organizations; The PSLO for Belgium
Tel: +32 2 504 87 58
Fax: +32 2 504 88 88
E-mail: [email protected]
Steve Mattens
Collaborator
Tel: +32 2 504 87 65
Fax: +32 2 504 88 88
E-mail: [email protected]
Flanders Investment and Trade
Rue Gaucheret 90
1030 Brussels, Belgium
www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com
As the Flanders Investment & Trade agency, we promote sustainable international business,
in the interest of both Flanders-based companies and overseas enterprises.
Whatever sector you are involved in, we will help you establish contact with the Flemish
companies you are looking for. This includes not only products or services you may be
sourcing, but also various types of business relationships, from joint ventures to technology
transfers.
At another level Flanders Investment & Trade enhances Flanders’ position as the gateway to
Europe for inward investors. The agency identifies, informs, advises and supports overseas
enterprises by establishing production and research facilities, contact centers, headquarters,
logistics operations and the like in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium.
The department “international financial institutions” actively searches for business
opportunities in the framework of the activities of the World Bank, the United Nations, the
European Union and regional multilateral development banks, and especially the tendering
that is a result of the projects financed by them.
American and Canadian PSLO organizors
Shane Jaffer
Director, International Financial Institutions
Phone: 403-297-6592
Mobile: 403-390-4954
Email: [email protected]
Government of Alberta
Suite 300, 639 – 5th Ave. SW
Calgary
www.international.alberta.ca
Rebecca Riebe
Director, Global Business Initiatives
Phone: 1-888-808-0462
Email: [email protected]
Global Midwest Alliance
350 N. LaSalle St. Suite #1420
Chicago, IL 60654 USA
www.globalmidwestalliance.org
Jane Nyokabi Aerts
Advisor
Tel.: +31 (0)88 602 8587
E-mail: [email protected]
Agency NL, NL EVD International
P.O. Box 20105, 2500 EC The Hague,
The Netherlands
www.hollandtrade.com
BELGIAN
PARTICIPANTS
Delegate
Mr.Willem Vander Elst
Managing Director
T : +32 16 23 73 38
[email protected]
Delegate
Jean Blondeel
Project Manager
T : +32 9 385 71 21
F : +32 9 385 45 40
[email protected]
A & B Partners CVBA
Warandestraat 10
9810 Nazareth
www.a-bpartners.com
Company description
A&B Partners wishes to participate in tenders and projects of multilateral and local
institutions for programs in the private sector development:
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trade development;
export promotion;
sustainable production/consumption.
Delegate
Mr.Willem Vander Elst
Managing Director
T : +32 16 23 73 38
[email protected]
ADEM IM
Zwarte Zustersstraat 16/14
3000 Leuven
www.adem.be
Company description
A software house with quite a lot of experience. We have a variety of vertical markets
software programmed. So we have a MIS (Marketing Inform System) written for the
pharmaceutical industry and that is entirely bought by a U.S. holding company. We have
experience in Europe, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. We want a close cooperation
agreement with a partner in a win-win relationship.
Once I was in Cuba and visited there 10 companies speaking about our software services to
offer but they were only interested in self-writing software for us. So we are looking for a win
win relationship and not only an export relationship. We have Spanish speaking people and
can best establish a partnership.
We have a sister company active in construction and maybe this is a contact point in Haiti.
We also have experience in a variety of vertical markets, for four years we were for exemple
the software house of Febiac.
We have a lot of knowledge available and we were able to bring a case to the World Bank
that we can complete this in a good relationship in this country.
Delegate
Mrs.Magdalena De Craen
Managing Director
T : +32 16 40 43 15
[email protected]
ADEM & CO
Kerselarenlaan 9
3050 Oud-Heverlee
Company description
We are specialized in the health sector, Specialized in training, support, legislation and team
leading.
We act as interface for several software packages. In Belgium the aspect of MyCarenet and
we are also directly in relation with the RIZIV-INNAMI administration.
We like to follow the same program as Adem IM, participant Wim Vander Elst, because
Adem IM is the software developer for several programs and we are the interface for the
projects in the Medical world.
We like to participate as interface between software and government or private user groups in
the medical world. Specially in administration supply.
Delegate
Mr. Antoine Jaulain
Sales & Marketing
T : +32 32 88 44 00
[email protected]
CONTENO NV
Industrieweg 8
2630 Aartselaar
Company description
ContenO designs and produces complete Mobile Water Bottling Plants inside ISO Containers
and Mobile Water Pouching plants on a trailer or skid or inside a container.
All units have on board power supply and compressed air for self-sufficient operation and are
automated for industrial continuous operation.
Durable and easy to maintain: developed to work under heavy conditions. From 20.000 to
100.000 Liters bottled water per day, depending on bottle size or 10.000 Liters water in
pouches per day.
When using Mobile Water Purification & Packagaging Solutions from ContenO various
advantages are benefic for the users: Reduced operating, personnel, fuel, storage and
transportation costs. Safe.
Conteno offers complete water solutions: from purification (Pre-filtration, micro-filtration,
ultra-filtration, nano-filtration and Reverse Osmosis) to packaging, storage and water quality
control.
Delegate
Mr.Olivier Vantomme
Business Development Manager
T : +32 03 250 55 81
F : +32 03 250 55 87
[email protected]
DREDGING INTERNATIONAL NV
Scheldedijk 30 - Haven 1025
2070 Zwijndrecht
www.deme.be
Company description
Dredging International N.V. is a Belgian hydraulic engineering, dredging and offshore
contractor with current works under construction on every continent of the globe. The
company is specialised in the construction and development of harbours, artificial islands,
estuarial dams, canals and inland waterways, dike construction and reinforcement, beach
replenishment and coastal protection, supply of dredged aggregates and salvage activities.
Dredging International NV was established in 1974 by the concentration of the dredging
division of Ackermans & van Haaren, which was founded as early as 1852, and Société
Générale de Dragage. As a result a company was created that has over 150 years of
experience and is to be found at top level in the international dredging business. Dredging
International can count upon a dedicated work force of 3,500 people.
Delegate
Mr. Marc Sas
Director
T : +32 3 270 92 61
[email protected]
International Marine and Dredging Consultants
Coverliersstraat 15, 3rd Floor
2600 Antwerp
www.imdc.be
Company description
International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC) is an international hydraulic consultant
with a vast experience in a wide range of water-related projects. IMDC has grown steadily
for almost 30 years in different types of marine, coastal, estuarine and river projects. At
present, IMDC is the leading hydraulic consultant in Belgium as well as an important player
on a worldwide level.
International Marine and Dredging Consultants (IMDC) n.v. was founded in Belgium in
1982. For almost 30 years IMDC has been providing specialised, water-related engineering
and consultancy services for public authorities, engineering offices and contractors on a
worldwide base. We offer services in the following fields of expertise:
IMDC is active in the following fields:
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Dredging
Offshore energy
Flood risk
Waterways
Integrated water management
Monitoring & environment
Coast and estuaries
Ports and offshore structures
Delegate
Mr.Adam VAN CAUWENBERGHE
Regional Manager
T : +32 53 731 711
F : +32 53 781 760
[email protected]
Jan DE NUL n.v.
Tragel 60
9308 Hofstade-Aalst
www.jandenul.com
Company description
People and vessels. In a nutshell, that is the driving force behind Jan De Nul Group. Thanks
to the skilled employees and its ultramodern fleet, today the group ranks at the top of the
international dredging and marine related industry. Also with regard to civil engineering and
environmental works, the group is one of the largest contractors.
The supporting services of the dredging, civil and environmental division enable Jan De Nul
Group to perform large-scale projects to its clients’ satisfaction, whether this concerns a Palm
Island in Dubai, a new port facility in Australia or the construction of the new locks in the
Panama Canal.
Delegate
Mr.Koen Thomas
Projectmanager
+32 (0)479 98 61 61
[email protected]
SBE NV
Slachthuisstraat 71
9100 Sint-Niklaas
+32 3 777 95 19
+32 3 777 98 79
Website: www.sbe.be
E-mail address: [email protected]
Company description
S.B.E. nv. is a dynamic study, engineering and drawing office, close to the port of Antwerp,
in Belgium. It has presented itself for some 20 years now as a civil design office specialized
in harbour construction, geotechnical problems, steel constructions and foundation
engineering.
Boasting ready knowledge and more than 30 years of experience in the different domains of
building
construction, a young and dynamic team vigorously tackles various assignments. The studies
are elaborated with a sense of quality, feasibility and an eye for the financial and economic
aspects.
The most sophisticated tools are deployed and are updated constantly, such as the computer
park. The use of various drawing software, (including high power execution software for
workshop drawings), as well as our scientifically based know-how in respect of the
continuously developing of our computer software : structural analysis, geotechnical
modelling, hydrogeological modelling
(2d & 3d), is one of our trump cards.
Delegate
Mr. Luis Humberto Romero Sedas
Mexico Director
T : +52 (55) 52553956
[email protected]
SARENS LATINOAMERICA S.A. DE C.V.
Lago Margarita 53 Int.
301 Col. Granada
11520 Mexico City
Mexico
www.sarens.com
Company description
The Sarens Group is a recognized worldwide leader in heavy lifting and engineered transport.
With state of the art equipment and value engineering, Sarens offers its customers creative
solutions to today's heavy lift and transport challenges.
PARTICIPANT
UNITED STATES
Delegate
Mr. Gilberto Garcia
Government Relations and Policy Leader Latin America, GE Energy
+52 155 4533 5691
E-mail: [email protected]
GE Energy
Antonio Dovali Jaime # 70, Torre B Piso 4
01210 Mexico DF
www.ge-energy.com
Company description
At GE Energy, solving our customers' toughest challenges is at the core of our business. As
the demand for water, fuel, and electricity increases, GE continues to develop innovative
products and services that help our customers serve the needs of people all over the world.
Whether working with governments and communities to develop critical infrastructures or
with suppliers to extend our factories and further globalize our platforms, GE is building
powerful partnerships that help us achieve mutual growth and success. From our leading
expertise to our technological innovation, no one is better equipped to power potential today
and for years to come. GE Energy is a leading supplier of power generation and energy
delivery technologies. With regional operations throughout the world, our more than 90,000
global employees serve the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that makes
efficient use of natural resources.
PARTICIPANTS
CANADA
Participant
Hugh Ritchie
Director, Industry Solutions Marketing
Mobile: +1 416-602-2676
Email: [email protected]
275 Frank Tampa Drive
Waterloo, ON N2L 0A1
Canada
Expertise
OpenText®, a global ECM leader, helps organizations manage and gain the true
value of their business content. Working with our customers and partners, we bring
together leading Content Experts™ to help organizations capture and preserve
corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage
compliance, and improve competitiveness
Participant
Thor Burnham
Phone: 780-409-5300
Email: [email protected]
2410 Manulife Place
10180 - 101 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3S4
Canada
Expertise
Since its inception in 1978, Williams Engineering Canada (WEC) has participated in a
broad range of engineering assignments that number in excess of 30,000 projects completed
to date. From simple to complex projects, including civil/municipal projects, buildings,
industrial plant and process systems, transportation structures, and an array of consulting and
advisory services, Williams Engineering Canada offers a wealth of engineering experience.
At Williams Engineering Canada we are committed to meeting the ever-changing challenges
faced by our clients. As the world evolves, we face a new imperative to be more resource
efficient and ecologically sustainable. At Williams Engineering Canada we are dedicated to
providing innovative solutions to meet and exceed the increased environmental and economic
expectations of this and future generations. As such Williams Engineering also has built a
strong team of LEED® certified staff throughout our company. In conjunction with our
commitment to create sustainable buildings, WEC has also created a team within our own
organization dedicated to taking our business to the next level of sustainable design practices.
Williams Engineering has worked on many Canadian wind farm installations and has
provided structural designs for the turbine foundations and superstructure framing as well as
electrical grounding designs. In order to develop the most efficient and cost effective design
for our clients, Williams Engineering follows the European developed International Electrical
Commission (IEC) Standard 61400-1 which covers all aspects of wind turbine generator
(WTG) design in lieu of local standards which are not specific to this specialized area and
result in overly conservative designs.
In short we are committed to offering our clients cutting-edge engineering solutions, from
planning, to design, and through to construction.
PARTICIPANTS
NETHERLANDS
Overview
EPD CONSULTANCY
EVELIN DUMFRIES
www.epdconsultancy.nl
Consultancy
[email protected]
DAMEN SHIPYARD
JAN VAN HOGERWOU
www.damen.nl
[email protected]
31 20 6974107 /
31 06-27386853
31 65 3890045
Shipyards
DUTCH EMERGENCY
SUPPLIERS
WILLEM JAN NOORDZIJ
www.rescue3000.nl
Emergency supplies
POWERCEM
TECHNOLOGIES
SIGFRIDO DE LOS SANTOS
www.PowerCem.com
[email protected]
31 168 409440
Construction
CORDAID
PIET SPAARMAN
www.cordaidhaiti.org
[email protected]
NGO
PUM NETHERLANDS
ARIE VAN DER LEE
www.pum.nl
[email protected]
ngo
DEVOTRA
JACOB WILLEMSE
www.devotra.nl
[email protected]
consultancy, equipment, training
31 70 349 05 55
+12126812566
+31627130587
DUTCH EMERGENCY SUPPLIERS
WILLEM JAN NOORDZIJ
Dutch Emergency Supplies is a well-established company which offers product and services
to international development organizations, NGO's, local governments and private
organizations. More than 15 years of experience on international projects has given Dutch
Emergency Supplies a great potential in achieving the objectives of her clients. Delivery in
time, within specifications and budget are the key elements in our relationships.
DEVOTRA
JACOB WILLEMSE
Devotra is an ISO 9001 certified company whose activities are mainly focused on engineering
projects in developing countries and upcoming markets. We offer turn-key services for any
kind of project in the field of education and training from primary up to higher education,
including vocational training. Furthermore we are a worldwide specialized supplier of
professional technical equipment for United Nations field projects.