Consultancy Services to Undertake Ecosystem Tender in USA - 82748144

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Country: USA

Summary: Consultancy Services to Undertake Ecosystem Services Assessment, Valuation, and Guideline Development for the Koga Watershed

Deadline: 17 May 2023

Posting Date: 11 May 2023

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 82748144

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Competition: ICB

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Request for proposals are invited for Consultancy Services to Undertake Ecosystem Services Assessment, Valuation, and Guideline Development for the Koga Watershed
Project Overview

Background

Helvetas is lead implementer for a project entitled “SUCCESS: Sustainable Utilization and Conservation through

Compensation for Ecosystem Services (CES) in the Abbay Basin, Tana Subbasin, Koga Irrigation Reservoir”. WRI

and Helvetas have signed an agreement for collaboration, making WRI a supporting implementer responsible for

the delivery of selected activities in the project workplan.

The overall goal of the project is to enhance the ecosystem services of watersheds for improved livelihoods of

inhabitants and for the enhanced lifespan of downstream infrastructure, mainly the Koga irrigation reservoir. The

project intervention areas encompass North Mecha and South Mecha woredas in West Gojam Zone of Amhara

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National Regional State. Five micro-watersheds in the two woredas will be targeted with the envisioned CES

mechanism directly benefiting Koga scheme users and farming households as ecosystem service providers. The first

phase of the project runs from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023 and is funded by the European Union-s RESET

plus Innovation Fund and a HELVETAS contribution. Helvetas is responsible for overall coordination and steering

the implementation of the project, accounting, and reporting to the donor.

The specific objectives of the project are:

o Objective 1: To develop, based on cross-sectoral collaboration and negotiation, a system for

compensation for ecosystem services (CES) and to formulate an enabling operational and institutional

framework for applying CES for enhanced watershed (landscape) management in the Koga Watershed.

o Objective 2: Implement environmental rehabilitation and climate change adaptation activities for

resilience building and enhanced livelihood improvement in selected pilot micro-watersheds.

The project rests on three main components/outcomes:

ü Outcome 1: CES mechanism created.

ü Outcome 2: Pilot CES implemented.

ü Outcome 3: Scaling and communication.

and four key intervention strategies:

• Selection of 5 micro-watersheds in sub or major watersheds where soil loss is critical;

• Development and testing of tools and guidelines for compensation and/or payment for ecosystem

services in collaboration (CES/PES) with communities and relevant government agencies;

• Implementation, based on co-funding, of a package of sustainable land and water management

measures and the verification of these on sediment yield in streams and rivers;

• Documentation and endorsement of the tools, guidelines and approaches for replication in the Tana

Subbasin and possibly beyond.

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