CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) FORESTRY POLICY AND STRATEGY

Posted on April, 23 2018

CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) FORESTRY POLICY AND STRATEGYIn recognition of challenges facing the forest sector, partner states of East African Community (EAC) have been developing and implementing programs, strategies, policies and legislations to attain sustainable forests

CONSULTANCY
DEVELOPMENT OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) FORESTRY POLICY AND STRATEGY

In recognition of challenges facing the forest sector, partner states of East African Community (EAC) have been developing and implementing programs, strategies, policies and legislations to attain sustainable forests conservation and management. Despite these developments, forests are facing numerous challenges that threaten and undermine their potential contribution in conservation, poverty alleviation and economic development objectives.
To respond to the shortfall, the EAC Partner States have embarked on the process to develop regional forest policy and strategy to, among other things, maximize the contribution of forest sector in improving people’s livelihoods, conservation and economic prosperity across the region.
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is inviting interested and eligible Individual Consultants/firms to submit their technical and financial proposals to undertake consultancy to develop EAC Forestry Policy and Strategy.

Contract duration:

The consultancy is scheduled to cover a total of 60 days.

Interested individuals may express their Interest and provide the following information in the EOI. General and specific experience in the field of the assignment at least 7 years and provide a detailed list of similar consultancies previously done in the past seven (7) years and also, provide evidence of at least previous copies of contracts / orders of similar assignments.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 08:00hrs – 16:00hrs (East African Time). No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery and late submissions will be rejected.

Additional information, including detailed Terms of Reference, can be obtained via http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/jobs_wwf/ .Applications must be sealed, include a cover letter and full detailed proposal (Technical and Financial) labeled “Expression of Interest for the “CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) FORESTRY POLICY AND STRATEGY)” and should be addressed to the Head of Procurement WWF Tanzania Country Office through tz.procurement@wwftz.org and copy to Lucason Maiga at lmaiga@wwftz.org by or before May, 14th May 2018 at 5:00 pm.

Any changes or modifications will be communicated on the WWF Website: www.wwf.panda.org and EAC Website www.eac.int. Only successful applicant will be contacted.