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Consultancy to support support project funding scoping mission in Ghana
Scoping Study for SDC's Contribution to FLR Hub
RfP Reference: IUCN-2025-01- P03298-01
Welcome to this Procurement by IUCN. You are hereby invited to submit a Proposal.
REQUIREMENTS
A detailed description of the services and/or goods to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.
CONTACT DETAILS
Please address your proposal and all correspondence and questions to the IUCN Contact:
IUCN Contact: jolly.chemutai@iucn.org
COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
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DATE - ACTIVITY
22nd January 2025 - RE-Publication of the Request for Proposals
29th February 2025 - Deadline for submission of proposals to IUCN
6th February 2025 - Planned date for contract award
10th February 2025 - Expected contract start date
Your Proposal must consist of the following:
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ATTACHMENT
Attachment 1: Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference
An individual consultant to support project funding scoping mission in Ghana.
Background
It is estimated that restoring 350m ha of degraded and deforested lands through Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) could annually sequester up to 1.7gt of carbon dioxide equivalent while generating as much as US$ 170bn in net benefits from watershed protection, improved crop yields, and forest products. FLR generates green jobs and promotes healthy and resilient landscapes and communities, a crucial nature-based strategy post-Covid-19. Recognizing the multiple benefits of FLR, 75 governments, and private entities have committed to restore over 210 million ha of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge1, and as regionalized through platforms AFR100 in Africa, and Initiative 20x20 in Latin America. Now is the time to turn these pledges into action and accelerate and scale the implementation of forest landscape restoration across the globe. However, countries’ limited capacity to implement FLR at scale, the lack of a portfolio of ready and investible FLR projects, the uncoordinated and piecemeal investment preparation, and the need for technical assistance and mobilization of the private sector are some of the known bottlenecks to scaling and accelerating FLR implementation. Conversely, there are many success factors to build on, such as good practices, existing scientific and local knowledge, increased interest by the private sector and investors in FLR, and high levels of engagement by NGOs, to name a few.
It is with this purpose that IUCN has established a global FLR Implementation Hub that is demand-responsive to countries and partners seeking to overcome these bottlenecks and build on success factors to accelerate and scale FLR implementation to generate aforementioned climate and biodiversity benefits and achieve human well-being. The FLR implementation Hub is an important initiative to help achieve the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework restoration Target. The FLR Implementation Hub has three main objectives: 1) Increase the levels of finance available for enabling policies that support public and private FLR investments – Investment Preparedness 2) Strengthen capacity to plan, implement, and monitor FLR interventions and associated carbon stocks across a range of landscapes and contexts – Capacity Development 3) Facilitate increased private-sector engagement and investable project pipeline in restoration action from direct supply chain or impact investments – Private Sector Mobilization and Engagement The FLR Implementation Hub is established as demand-responsive to countries and partners through calls, direct grants, knowledge exchange, and the creation of new partnerships that accelerate and scale FLR implementation and aims to achieve the following goals:
Initially funded by BMU to support six countries from Latin America and Africa (Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda) the hub has received a substantive boost from SDC, pledging to finance scaling up efforts in Mozambique, Ghana and Ghana.
Overall objective of the scoping mission
The main objective of the mission is to carry out an in-depth consultation in Ghana to align the hub approach with national ambitions and commitments (Bonn Challenge, NBSAPs, NDCs, etc) and understand how best the hub can adopted to enhance technical knowledge and capacity, FLR financing, policy and institutional framework, and sustainable livelihood pathway. Again, is to assess the country’s enabling environment, identify potential project sites and assess capacity and knowledge needs and or gaps.
Scope of the study (activities) and responsibilities
Deliverables
Specific deliverable
Report - Deadline and Specific deliverable
Draft SDC scoping mission report - 10th March 2025
A draft SDC scoping mission which shall include:
Final scoping report - 20th March 2025
A final SDC scoping report addressing the expected outputs an as per the activities in section 3.
Requirements
A consultant with diverse skills and qualifications including:
Technical Evaluation Criteria
The technical evaluation will be made using the following criteria and maximum points:
Criteria - Information to provide - Relative weight
Clarity and completeness of the Proposal: Approaches suggested in the technical proposal, including the work plan, are feasible and provide a clear path for successful, on-time, on-budget completion of the work. - 40%
At least bachelor’s degree in natural resources or land management or policy, or closely related fields or equivalent experience. - 30%
At least 10 years of proven experience in conservation sector and specifically dealing with forest landscape restoration and monitoring: Evidence from previous related assignments in Ghana - 30
Brief details of similar/relevant work done in Ghana.
Total - 100%
Payment Schedule
The table below summarizes the chronological order of deliverables and indicates milestones at which IUCN will pay the Consultant.
Deliverable - Milestone payment
An inception report - 30%
Draft and progress report - 40%
Final report - 30%
Step 1: Acquire Tender Documents
Obtain the relevant tender documents.
Step 2: Review Requirements
Thoroughly read the tender specifications, terms, and conditions.
Step 3: Prepare Proposal
Prepare your proposal as guided, ensuring all the required information is included.
Step 4: Submission
Submit your completed proposal by 29th, January, 2025 via the email address jolly.chemutai@iucn.org