USAID Investment Promotion Activity (IPA) is a five years project with main objective to strengthen Pakistan’s business enabling environment and build the capacities of Pakistani institutions focused on investment promotion in their efforts to improve the ecosystem for foreign direct investment (FDI), and, most importantly, increase the bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Pakistan. IPA with its consortium partners, will work closely Government of Pakistan (GoP) and private sector stakeholders to improve operational transparency and governance, regulatory reforms and competition through business enabling initiatives with an aim to reduce the cost of doing business, Strengthen the investment climate for foreign investors in Pakistan, create opportunities for enhanced trade and investment between U.S. and Pakistani businesses through investment promotion activities.

The objective USAID Investment Promotion Activity (IPA) Fund Grants is to support Pakistani registered firms leverage Pakistani private sector investment (PSI) to support Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and increase U.S.-Pakistan bilateral trade/investment. The IPA Fund will support firms registered in Pakistan to scale-up their business solutions through innovative approaches to improve business processing standards.

The USAID Investment Promotion Activity is seeking Expressions of Interest for two types of funding streams available under the USAID IPA Fund:

1. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Grants: These grants have a specific focus to catalyze competitive matchmaking of Pakistani firms with international firms.
2. U.S.-Pak Trade (USPT) Grants: Will be awarded to firms from IPA’s priority sectors that are capable of initiating and/or scaling-up trade with U.S.-based buyers/firms by introducing innovative and latest in-house technologies to competitively qualify as reliable sales partners of U.S.-based brands/firms.

To fill an online Expression of Interest form and guidelines, please click on the following link:

Click Here To Fill EOI Form

20th Call For Proposals By The Common Fund For Commodities (CFC)

The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) - an autonomous intergovernmental financial institution established within the framework of the United Nations - provides financing to organisations and enterprises, cooperatives and institutions engaged in commodity value chains in its member countries. Through a range of financial and technical instruments, the CFC seeks to support business activities in the field of commodity development, including agriculture, minerals and metals in Developing Countries.

The CFC has invited proposals from member countries to provide financing to support commodity value chain development. Prescribed application form, instructions for completing the application, and 'Balance Sheet and Income Statement' template, are attached. Documents can also be downloaded from http://www.common-fund.org/call-for-proposals. Deadline for submission of the proposals is 15 April, 2022.

The CFC is also going to organize a series of webinars explaining the required steps for the interested organizations to submit their proposals. During such webinars, besides elaborating on required steps that enterprises need to be taking, CFC will answer any question that a potential applicant might have. The interesed quarter can register for the webinar through the links given at http://www.common-fund.org/call-for-proposals.

WHEREAS International Business Consultants (IBC) Inc. based in Toronto, Canada detains the technology know-how license for laser micro machining based Bare Metal and Drug Eluting Stent and Percutaneous Trans Luminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Balloon Catheter delivery system aproprietary technology that is designed and developed in Canadaoffering a complete Stent Delivery System (SDS) in the sector of Medical Devices Class 3 & 4 under “Technology Licensing”.

The license term for the development project is two years renewable thereafter on mutually agreed terms. The three-tiered businesses platform is focused on opportunities in Women’s Healthcare, and Vascular Systems.The primary objective of our business is to spread Canada’s science and technology know-how to the under-developed countries of the world. IBC Canada Inc. has the functional equipment to manufacturing the brand names PTCA Catheters PATHFINDER & HUMMINGBIRD approved by Health Canada Certification.

The turn key project includes complete set of tooling, jigs, fixtures, test equipment, set of documentation regarding agency certifications, use of brand names, validations,design for the PTCA Catheters, equipment that includes proprietary interfaces for standard system integrations and modifications that will include Clean Room structures.

The breakdown of technology and its related components are follows;

OEM Manufacture cost per unit                                                 20.00/unit

Dealer, Distributor Discount 15%                                               15.00/unit                          

Sales/Marketing, overhead running                                           10.00/unit

MRP Selling Price for Pakistan                                                   45.00/unit

Retail Price varies between, $70 - $150 in Asia Market, $150-$200 in International Market

Total Cost: Plant and Equipment, Technology Know-how License for a period of two years, renewable thereafter for 5 years world-wide Marketing is US $2,5M. Therefore, IBC Canada Inc. is pleased to offer a complete turnkey project as Build Operate & Transfer (BOT) for a joint collaboration on equity or non-equity a base that requires a CAPITAL INVESTMENT of US$ 2.5M. Responsibility of IBC Inc. will be in the form of CAPITAL EQUIPMENT and the LICENSEE in the form of CASH INVESTMENT. In addition investor will be responsible for the finished facility of about 3000 sq. m called Controlled Environmental Room (CER) if there is an interest developed,please contact,

By email: Mohammed Naeem, at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

By Phone: Ayesha Asghar, at     42-3716 2402, Cell: 92-336 032 4682