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Country: Guinea
Summary: Hq25Nf064_Eoi Legal Services for Food Security Cat Bond
Deadline: 16 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 03 Apr 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138945900
Document Ref. No.: HQ26NF064_EOI
Competition: ICB
Financier: World Food Programme (WFP)
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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In the past two decades, the world has seen the number of severe weather disasters surge to 336 annually (nearly one per day) compared to 70 per year six decades ago. Their impacts endanger the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities worldwide. In 2023, extreme weather events were the leading cause of acute food insecurity in 18 countries, affecting 72 million people-a 26% increase from 2022. Twelve of these affected countries are in Africa.Traditional donor funding will not be enough to meet these humanitarian needs and end global hunger by 2030. New forms of financing, so that more resources are mobilized, and each dollar feeds more people, are needed. WFP thus recognizes Innovative Finance as a key enabler for achieving the outcomes of the WFP Strategic Plan 2022-2025, leading to the approval of the Innovative Finance Strategy 2025-26 by the Executive Director.As part of its search for innovative solutions, WFP is exploring the role of insurance-linked securities (ILS), specifically a drought catastrophe (“cat”) bond, in closing the funding gap due to climate disasters. The instrument will achieve this by establishing pre-arranged climate and disaster risk financing.Through the WFP Innovation Accelerator, WFP is seeking a specialised capital markets legal services provider (LSP) to advise and support its in-house legal counsel with legal structuring and assessment workflows during the transaction development process. This transaction represents a first-of-its-kind ...
Publish Date: 02-Apr-2026 UN Orgnization: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) Type of Notice: Request for EOI
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