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Procurement Summary

Country : Guinea Bissau

Summary : Contracting of an International Consulting Firm: Initiation Plan GEF/PPG Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems for Climate Resilient Development and Adaptation

Deadline : 27 May 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32578931

Document Ref. No. : GNB-0000070398

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNDP
Email: ariosvaldo.silva@undp.org
First name: Ariosvaldo
Surname: da Silva Co
Telephone country code: Guinea-Bissau (+245)
Telephone number: 96 682 60 03
Telephone extension: 1188
Guinea Bissau
Email :ariosvaldo.silva@undp.org

Tender Details

Tender are invited for Contracting of an International Consulting Firm: Initiation Plan GEF/PPG Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems for Climate Resilient Development and Adaptation

Deadline : 27-May-2019 17:30 (GMT 00.00)

Published : 26-Apr-2019

Type of Notice : Request for proposal

Beneficiary Country/Territory : Guinea-Bissau

Reference : GNB-0000070398

Description : Guinea-Bissau consistently ranked among the most vulnerable countries in West Africa. The primary drivers of Guinea- Bissau's climate vulnerability are physical exposure, dependence on agriculture and fishing. Guinea Bissau is a rural country in which agriculture, forestry, fishing and livestock farming accounted for 49.1% of GDP in 2013[1]. The economic wealth of Guinea-Bissau bases essentially in its natural capital. According to the World Bank (EDMUNDSON, H. 2014) estimation, the total of the country's natural wealth, including minerals as bauxite and phosphate, fishing, wood, fertile lands and rich ecosystems, can reach 3, 874 US American dollars per capita. The renewable natural resources, such as agricultural lands (for cultivation and pastures), fishing (traditional, of collection of mollusks, workmanship, industrial and sport), forests (firewood and wood, Non-woody Forest Products, capture of carbon), habitats and protected ecosystems represent more than 90% of Guinea Bissau wealth[2]. Even by African standards, little industry exists in Guinea-Bissau. Most of the population (about 82 %) work as subsistence farmers[3] in an agriculture sector that is undeveloped and is largely based on rudimentary technology. Furthermore, the agriculture sector is dominated by the cashew nut monoculture. Over the past three years, cashew nuts have dominated Guinea-Bissau's agriculture and national exports. In 2013, cashew nut production generated 11.9% of the country's GDP and cashew s...

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