Consultancy to Assess Financial Resources for the Sustainable Management and Restoration... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Liberia

Summary : Consultancy to Assess Financial Resources for the Sustainable Management and Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems and Prepare Project Document

Deadline : 30 Mar 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 21696410

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
Liberia
Liberia
Email :gilebo@conservation.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy to Assess Financial Resources for the Sustainable Management and Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems and Prepare Project Document.

Background

On November 29th, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat approved a Project Identification Form (PIF) for USD 4, 408, 200 project on the Conservation of Liberia’s coastal natural capital. Please request full PIF from the email below.

The project entitled “Conservation and sustainable use of Liberia’s coastal natural capital.” will be executed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia and Conservation International (CI) Liberia. A Project Preparation Grant (PPG) has been awarded to enable preparation of the full Project Document (ProDoc), based upon the approved PIF.

The main objective of this project is to “Improve conservation and sustainable use of Liberia’s coastal natural capital by mainstreaming the value of nature into Liberia’s development trajectory.” The project has three components including:

i. Component 1: Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) in coastal ecosystems: This component aims to build the foundation for Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) in Liberia to ensure that the value of biodiversity and ecosystem services, particularly for coastal areas, is incorporated into national decision-making;

ii. Component 2: Innovative financing schemes for conserving coastal natural capital. This component aims at increasing and diversifying resource flows for the sustainable management and restoration of mangrove and coastal ecosystems; and

iii. Component 3: Community incentives to conserve and sustainably manage natural capital in coastal ecosystems. This seeks to establish a locally appropriate delivery mechanism that can channel payment for ecosystem services (PES) to communities providing the services.

2. Purpose of the consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is two-fold: (i) establish ecological and socio-economic baseline for the project, and (ii) lead the development of the Project Document (ProDoc) for CEO approval.

3. Scope of work

To increase and diversify resource flows for the sustainable management and restoration of mangrove and coastal ecosystems, the Consultant will assess the existing financial resources from public and private sector for the conservation and sustainable use of natural capital along Liberia’s coastline; identify and assess market-based conservation-friendly enterprises along the coastline; identify and assess potential carbon-based financing mechanisms for coastal ecosystem conservation; and identify mechanisms to be put in place to ensure a steady flow of sufficient financial resources for the conservation and sustainable use of coastal natural capital in the long term.

For the development of the Project Document (ProDoc), the Consultant will lead the development of the CEO Approval Package for the medium-sized GEF project “Conservation and sustainable use of Liberia’s coastal natural capital.” Drawing on the approved PIF and incorporating input from the GEF Secretariat, the consultant will be responsible for preparing the CEO Approval Package which includes the CEO Approval template, the CI-GEF ProDoc, developing a detailed result-based project framework and incremental cost analysis, developing all safeguard plans (minimum requirements are: Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Gender Mainstreaming Plan, a process framework for the potential restriction of access to and use of natural resources, and an Accountability and Grievance Mechanisms) and draft the budget for implementation.

4. Key tasks

The consultant will work closely with CI Liberia and EPA to undertake the following tasks.

On assessing financial resources:

a) Assess the existing financial resources from public and private sector for the conservation and sustainable use of natural capital along Liberia’s coastline including a review of the revenue, expenditures and financial needs of the existing coastal protected areas

b) Conduct feasibility and market assessments for conservation-friendly enterprises

c) In collaboration with CI and EPA, identify the key species to be conserved under this project

d) Identify and assess potential carbon-based financing mechanisms for coastal ecosystem conservation;

e) In conjunction with relevant agencies, identify mechanisms to be put in place to ensure a steady flow of sufficient financial resources for the conservation and sustainable use of coastal natural capital

f) Produce a draft report;

g) Present the draft report/results to stakeholders and incorporate comments and feedback; and

h) Produce and submit final report.

Documents

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