Development information portal and mobile application for Ethiopia’s National REDD+ Secretariat

Date documents can be requested until : 20 June 2025 16:00
Title : Development information portal and mobile application for Ethiopia’s National REDD+ Secretariat
Procurement No. : 100012824
Process : RFP
Description : GGGI Ethiopia Country Office invites eligible firms and entities to submit their bids for the following scope of work:

PROJECT BACKGROUND:
The Global Green Growth Institute, in partnership with the Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF), is supporting the implementation of the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation plus (REDD+) Investment Program Phase Two (RIP-II), a flagship national initiative designed to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stock in Ethiopia. This consultancy assignment to develop an integrated Safeguards Information System (SIS), Forest Carbon Registry, and mobile data collection platform is a core activity under Outcome 4 of RIP II: "REDD+ MRV strengthened and Results Based Payment piloted." The RIP II program builds on the success and lessons learned from RIP-I, and it aims to deliver transformative change across forest landscapes by strengthening participatory forest management, restoring degraded forests, and promoting sustainable forest-based livelihoods. GGGI, alongside the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR,) serves as a Technical Assistance Partner (TAP) to EFD for the implementation of RIP II. Central to the RIP-II Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) framework is the establishment of a modern digital infrastructure to support transparent safeguards monitoring, carbon accounting, and data sharing-facilitated by the systems to be developed under this assignment.

At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, 2010, a set of seven safeguards principles were adopted, which are to be promoted and applied when undertaking REDD+ actions. These safeguards principles aim to ensure that REDD+ actions do not cause negative social or environmental impacts. Safeguards can be broadly understood as actions that aim to address both direct and indirect impacts on communities and ecosystems, by identifying, analyzing, and ultimately working to manage risks and opportunities. If designed and implemented appropriately, safeguards can help, REDD+ provides a suite of multiple benefits such as biodiversity conservation.

Countries aiming to implement REDD+ activities under the UNFCCC must ensure their REDD+ actions, regardless of the source and type of funding, are implemented in a manner consistent with the Cancun safeguards:
• Must develop a system for providing information on how the Cancun safeguards are being addressed and respected, known as a safeguard information system (SIS); and
• Shall provide a summary of information on how all the Cancun safeguards addressed and respected throughout the implementation of REDD+ activities.

The SIS is intended to track the application and respect of the UNFCCC Cancun Safeguards throughout the implementation of REDD+ activities at subnational and national levels. The Forest Carbon Registry will provide a secure, transparent, and traceable platform to manage project registration, issuance, transfer, and retirement of carbon credits. The mobile application will enable decentralized, real-time data collection on safeguards and carbon activities by communities and frontline officers. Together, these systems will enhance Ethiopia’s readiness to access results-based payments and meet national and international reporting obligations.

This assignment contributes directly to Ethiopia’s commitment under its National REDD+ Strategy and CRGE (Climate Resilient Green Economy) Strategy, aiming to increase forest cover, reduce GHG emissions, and foster inclusive green growth. Through the deployment of these systems, Ethiopia will improve its safeguards transparency, accelerate readiness for carbon markets, and strengthen data-driven forest sector governance.

ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVE:
The overall objective of the assignment is to develop an integrated, user-friendly, and secure web-based platform comprising a Safeguards Information System (SIS), Forest Carbon Registry, and a mobile application to support the implementation of Ethiopia’s REDD+ Strategy.

IMPORTANT TIMELINES:
The tender submission deadline is 20 June 2025, 16:00 pm KST (Korean Standard Time) / 10:00 am EAT.
If any bidder has any request for clarification on the TOR or any part of the tender documents, GGGI will be happy to clarify if they are received on or before 7 days before the deadline (namely: if the tender submission deadline is 16:00 15 April KST, then the due date for submission of request for clarification is 16:00 8 April KST).

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