Search using keywords

By default, the keywords introduced in the search bar are searched in all parts of job postings/ tenders/ expert profiles/organization profiles, etc. Applying the Search in function allows you to select the specific area of the search:

• Titles

• Descriptions

• Attachments (RfPs, EoIs, CVs).

Use the Search in the drop-down menu to customize searched fields:

Boolean Search

You can use symbols or words to make your search more precise:

🔹 AND/ plus ‘+’

Only the results that include all the specified keywords will match. Set as the default operator when you use spaces between each word.

Examples:

• civil rights

• civil + rights

• civil and rights

🔹 NOT/ minus ‘-’

Excludes results that contain a specific keyword.

Examples:

• fuel not coal

• fuel - coal

Note: It is not possible to use single words in combination with negative expressions and symbols, such as ‘|’, ‘OR’, ‘NOT’, and ‘-’.

So a query that just contains ‘-water’ would not be acceptable. It would be acceptable to put ‘sanitation -water’.

🔹 OR/ Vertical bar ‘|’ / Comma ‘,’

At least one keyword must be included. Set as the default operator when you use a comma between each word.

Examples:

• LIDAR or GPS

• LIDAR | GPS

• LIDAR, GPS

Note: When using combinations separated by OR, do not leave empty spaces; otherwise, the search may not return the expected results

Incorrect: forestry | climate change | agriculture

This example will return results that contain forestry or the required combination of climate with change or the combination of climate and agriculture. In this case, if a contains the word agriculture without mentioning climate, it will not be returned.

Correct: forestry | "climate change" | agriculture

or

forestry | (climate change) | agriculture

🔹 Double quotes " "

Searches for all keywords in the specific order they are added.

Examples:

• "climate change"

• "water sanitation"

🔹 Asterisk ‘*’

Will match keyword variations with a similar root.

Examples:

• hydroelectr*

• agro*

• financ*

Note: Usage of Asterisk in a phrase within double quotes or before the word stem, *inance, is not acceptable.

🔹 Round brackets ‘()’

Boolean expressions placed with () will be searched before the ones placed outside the brackets.

Examples:

• water and (sanitation or sewage)

• (water|sanitation) AND (irrigation|drainage)

Boost operator ‘^’

Use the word boost operator ^ to control the relevance of your search. Assign a boost number to a word or a phrase to arrange the search results in order of the number value used.

Examples:

• (water sanitation)^5 OR irrigation

• irrigation^10 | drainage

Note: Boost operator ‘^’ should always be used with OR when searching for more expressions or search terms.

🔹 Complex search

Allows to application of various operators and symbols in one search.

Example:

• "water sanitation" - (irrigation|drainage)

The results of this search must contain the exact phrase 'water sanitation' in any field or the documents, but not contain either 'irrigation' or 'drainage'.