Request for Proposals (RfP)

National consultant on project development

Purpose: Consultant to facilitate landscape multi-stakeholder dialogue and develop a project proposal to mobilize resources for supporting biodiversity conservation and mainstreaming into productive practices in the Mt Elgon landscape of Uganda.

Requested by Uganda Country Office (UCO), Biodiversity Programme under the BIODEV2030 phase 2 Project: “Reconciling biodiversity and development”

Project Number: P04570

RfP Reference Number: IUCN-12-08-P04570-2

Welcome to this Procurement by IUCN. You are hereby invited to submit a Proposal. Please read the information and instructions carefully because non-compliance with the instructions may result in disqualification of your Proposal from this Procurement.

1. REQUIREMENTS

1.1. A detailed description of the services to be provided can be found in Attachment 1.

2. CONTACT DETAILS

2.1. During this procurement, i.e. from the publication of this RfP to the award of a contract, you may not discuss this procurement with any IUCN employee or representative other than the following contact. You must address all correspondence and questions to the contact, including your Proposal.

IUCN Contact:

Email address: jolly.chemutai@iucn.org

3. PROCUREMENT TIMETABLE

3.1. This timetable is indicative and may be changed by IUCN at any time. If IUCN decides that changes to any of the deadlines are necessary, we will publish this on our website and contact you directly if you have indicated your interest in this procurement (see Section 3.2).

DATE – ACTIVITY

14th February 2025 – Publication of the Request for Proposals

28th February 2025 – Deadline for Proposal submission (Full Proposal according to guidelines presented below)

3rd March 2025 – Expected contract award date

10th March 2025 – Expected contract start date

28th February 2026 – Expected contract end date

3.2. Please email the IUCN contact to express your interest in submitting a Proposal by the deadline stated above. This will help IUCN to keep you updated regarding the procurement. Please submit a complete proposal by the deadline for proposal submission stated above and according to the guidelines presented below.

4. COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

4.1. Your Proposal must consist of the following four separate documents:

• Signed Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2)

• Pre-Qualification Information (see Section 4.3 below)

• Technical Proposal (see Section 4.4 below)

• Financial Proposal (see Section 4.5 below)

  4.2. Proposals must be prepared in English.

  4.3. Your Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact (see Section 2). The subject heading of the email shall be [RfP Reference No***. IUCN-12-08-P04570-2*** – bidder name]. The bidder name is the name of the company/organisation on whose behalf you are submitting the proposal, or your own surname if you are bidding as a self-employed consultant. Your proposal must be submitted in PDF format. You may submit multiple emails suitably annotated, e.g. Email 1 of 3, if attached files are too large to suit a single email transmission. You may not submit your Proposal by uploading it to a file-sharing tool.

  IMPORTANT: Submitted documents must be password-protected so that they cannot be opened and read before the submission deadline. Please use the same password for all submitted documents. After the deadline has passed and within 12 hours, please send the password to the IUCN Contact. This will ensure a secure bid submission and opening process. Please DO NOT email the password before the deadline for Proposal submission.

  4.4. Pre-Qualification Criteria

  IUCN will use the following Pre-Qualification Criteria to determine whether you have the capacity to provide the required goods and/or services to IUCN. Please provide the necessary information in a single, separate document.

Pre-Qualification Criteria

1. 3 relevant references of clients similar to IUCN / similar work

2. Confirm that you have all the necessary legal registrations to perform the work

3. State your annual turnover for each of the past 3 years

4.5. Technical Proposal

The Technical Proposal must address each of the criteria stated in the table below explicitly and separately, quoting the relevant criteria reference number (in the two middle-columns).

Proposals in any other format will significantly increase the time it takes to evaluate, and such proposals may therefore be rejected at IUCN’s discretion.

Where CVs are requested, these must be of the individuals who will carry out the work specified. The individuals you put forward may only be substituted with IUCN’s approval.

IUCN will evaluate Technical Proposals with regards to each of the following criteria and their relative importance as follows:

SN-Description-Information to provide -Relative weight

1. Technical capability

1.1 State your understanding of the consultancy objectives and tasks.-15

1.2. Define the scope of work clearly and in sufficient detail.-10

1.3. Articulate how you will achieve each objective and task in sufficient detail, while directing proper level of effort towards each objective and task.-15

1.4. State your understanding of the expected outputs and provide technical solutions and expected outcomes.-15

1.5. Define the equipment, techniques, tools, approaches, and methods to be used in executing the assignment.-10

1.6. Provide assignment time schedule in conformity with assignment scheduling and duration.-5

2. Past performance alignment and coherence with current assignment objectives and tasks

2.1. Provide your past performance/ relevant experience that match with the current assignment.-10

2.2. Indicate key personnel and their qualifications, expertise and past work experience that match with the current assignment.-10

2.3. Attach detailed CVs of individuals whose qualifications, expertise, and past work experience match with the current assignment, and who will carry out the work specified.-10

TOTAL – 100%

4.6. Financial Proposal

4.6.1. The Financial Proposal must be a fixed and firm price for the provision of the goods/services stated in the RfP in their entirety.

4.6.2. Prices include all costs

Submitted rates and prices are deemed to include all costs, insurances, taxes (except VAT, see below), fees, expenses, liabilities, obligations, risk and other things necessary for the performance of the Terms of Reference or Specification of Requirements. IUCN will not accept charges beyond those clearly stated in the Financial Proposal. This includes applicable withholding taxes and similar. It is your responsibility to determine whether such taxes apply to your organisation and to include them in your Financial Proposal.

4.6.3. Applicable Goods and Services Taxes

Proposal rates and prices shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax to ensure that we are comparing like for like. This applies regardless of whether the IUCN office in question is exempt from VAT.

4.6.4. Currency of proposed rates and prices

All rates and prices submitted by Proposers shall be in Uganda Shillings.

4.6.5. Breakdown of rates and prices

Include here all the required price information breakdown, for example daily rates or unit prices for goods. The price needs to be broken down as follows:

SN-Description-Quantity-Unit Price-Total Price

1. Professional fees

2. Per diems/Day Day Allowance

3. Reimbursables (specify below)

a)

b)

c)

d)

4. Travel expenses

TOTAL

4.7. Additional information not requested by IUCN should not be included in your Proposal and will not be considered in the evaluation.

4.8. Your Proposal must remain valid and capable of acceptance by IUCN for a period of 90 calendar days following the submission deadline.

4.9. Withdrawals and Changes

You may freely withdraw or change your Proposal at any time prior to the submission deadline by written notice to the IUCN Contact. However, in order to reduce the risk of fraud, no changes or withdrawals will be accepted after the submission deadline.

5. EVALUATION of PROPOSALS

5.1. Completeness

IUCN will firstly check your Proposal for completeness. Incomplete Proposals will not be considered further.

5.2. Pre-Qualification Criteria

Only Proposals that meet all of the pre-qualification criteria will be evaluated.

5.3. Technical Evaluation

5.3.1. Scoring Method

Your Proposal will be assigned a score from 0 to 10 for each of the technical evaluation criteria, such that ‘0’ is low and ‘10’ is high.

5.3.2. Minimum Quality Thresholds

Proposals that receive a score of ‘0’ for any of the criteria will not be considered further.

5.3.3. Technical Score

Your score for each technical evaluation criterion will be multiplied with the respective relative weight (see Section 4.4) and these weighted scores added together to give your Proposal’s overall technical score.

Subject to the requirements in Sections 4 and 7, IUCN will award the contract to the bidder whose Proposal achieves the highest total score.

6. Explanation of procurement procedure

6.1. IUCN is using the Open Procedure for this procurement. This means that the contracting opportunity is published on IUCN’s website and open to all interested parties to take part, subject to the conditions in Section 7 below.

6.2. You are welcome to ask questions or seek clarification regarding this procurement. Please email the IUCN Contact (see Section 2), taking note of the deadline for submission of questions in Section 3.1.

6.3. All Proposals must be received by the submission deadline in Section 3.1 above. Late Proposals will not be considered. All Proposals received by the submission deadline will be evaluated by a team of evaluators in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in this RfP. No other criteria will be used to evaluate Proposals. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose Proposal received the highest Total Score. IUCN does, however, reserve the right to cancel the procurement and not award a contract at all.

6.4. IUCN will contact the bidder with the highest-scoring Proposal to finalise the contract. We will contact unsuccessful bidders after the contract has been awarded and provide detailed feedback. The timetable in Section 3.1 gives an estimate of when we expect to have completed the contract award, but this date may change depending on how long the evaluation of Proposals takes.

7. Conditions for participation in this procurement

7.1. To participate in this procurement, you are required to submit a Proposal, which fully complies with the instructions in this RfP and the Attachments.

7.1.1. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted a complete and fully compliant Proposal in English.

7.1.2. Any incomplete or incorrectly completed Proposal submission may be deemed non-compliant, and as a result you may be unable to proceed further in the procurement process.

7.1.3. IUCN will query any obvious clerical errors in your Proposal and may, at IUCN’s sole discretion, allow you to correct these, but only if doing so could not be perceived as giving you an unfair advantage.

7.2. To participate in this procurement, you must meet the following conditions:

• Free of conflicts of interest

• Registered on the relevant professional or trade register of the country in which you are established (or resident, if self-employed)

• In full compliance with your obligations relating to payment of social security contributions and of all applicable taxes

• Not been convicted of failing to comply with environmental regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to sustainability and environmental protection

• Not bankrupt or being wound up

• Never been guilty of an offence concerning your professional conduct

• Not involved in fraud, corruption, a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorism, or any other illegal activity.

  7.3. You must complete and sign the Declaration of Undertaking (see Attachment 2).

  7.4. If you are participating in this procurement as a member of a joint venture, or are using sub-contractors, submit a separate Declaration of Undertaking for each member of the joint venture and sub-contractor, and be clear in your Proposal which parts of the goods/services are provided by each partner or sub-contractor.

  7.5. Each bidder shall submit only one Proposal, either individually or as a partner in a joint venture. In case of joint venture, one company shall not be allowed to participate in two different joint ventures in the same procurement nor shall a company be allowed to submit a Proposal both on its behalf and as part of a joint venture for the same procurement. A bidder who submits or participates in more than one Proposal (other than as a subcontractor or in cases of alternatives that have been permitted or requested) shall cause all the Proposals with the bidder’s participation to be disqualified.

  7.6. By taking part in this procurement, you accept the conditions set out in this RfP, including the following:

• It is unacceptable to give or offer any gift or consideration to an employee or other representative of IUCN as a reward or inducement in relation to the awarding of a contract. Such action will give IUCN the right to exclude you from this and any future procurements, and to terminate any contract that may have been signed with you.

• Any attempt to obtain information from an employee or other representative of IUCN concerning another bidder will result in disqualification.

• Any price fixing or collusion with other bidders in relation to this procurement shall give IUCN the right to exclude you and any other involved bidder(s) from this and any future procurements and may constitute a criminal offence.

8. Confidentiality and data protection

8.1. IUCN follows the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information you submit to IUCN as part of this procurement will be treated as confidential and shared only as required to evaluate your Proposal in line with the procedure explained in this RfP, and for the maintenance of a clear audit trail. For audit purposes, IUCN is required to retain your Proposal in its entirety for 10 years after then end of the resulting contract and make this available to internal and external auditors and donors as and when requested.

8.2. In the Declaration of Undertaking (Attachment 2) you need to give IUCN express permission to use the information you submit in this way, including personal data that forms part of your Proposal. Where you include personal data of your employees (e.g. CVs) in your Proposal, you need to have written permission from those individuals to share this information with IUCN, and for IUCN to use this information as indicated in 8.1. Without these permissions, IUCN will not be able to consider your Proposal.

9. Complaints procedure

If you have a complaint or concern regarding the propriety of how a competitive process is or has been executed, then please contact procurement@iucn.org. Such complaints or concerns will be treated as confidential and are not considered in breach of the above restrictions on communication (Section 2.1).

10. Contract

The contract will be based on IUCN’s template in Attachment 3, the terms of which are not negotiable. They may, however, be amended by IUCN to reflect particular requirements from the donor funding this particular procurement.

11. About IUCN

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Headquartered in Switzerland, IUCN Secretariat comprises around 1,000 staff with offices in more than 50 countries.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,300 Member organisations and some 10,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples’ organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

1. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for a national consultant to facilitate landscape multi-stakeholder dialogue and develop a project proposal to mobilize resources for supporting biodiversity conservation and mainstreaming into productive practices in the Mt Elgon landscape of Uganda.

Objectives of the Consultancy

This consultancy has the following objective(s):

1. Facilitate dialogue consultations in form of workshops and meetings with stakeholders aimed at building consensus around a pilot landscape project that can be presented to private donors and public finance stakeholders.
2. To develop a project proposal based on the consultations and bring it to the pre-feasibility stage at the end.

Background

Halting the decline in biodiversity is an urgent imperative if we are to guarantee lasting access to the ecosystem goods and services that underpin the survival and sustainable development of humankind, such as food, fibre, wood, carbon sequestration, water regulation and so on. By adopting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in December 2022, the States have affirmed a strong ambition for biodiversity, including its mainstreaming into all economic sectors and the adoption of sustainable production practices that preserve nature (links to targets 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19).

Launched in 2020 in 16 pilot countries, the first phase of the BIODEV2030 project initiated a dynamic multi-stakeholder dialogue based on science, which mobilised, in each country, all the players in society – governments, the private sector, civil society organisations, indigenous peoples and local communities, citizens, men, women and young people – around this vital issue, in close collaboration with each National Focal Point (NFP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

In Uganda, the first phase focused on two sectors (agriculture and energy) and/or commodity chains identified by the diagnosis and dialogue as priorities for biodiversity and the country’s economic development. The dialogue established within the multi-stakeholder platforms supported by BIODEV2030 has fostered the emergence of a shared national vision for transforming production practices in favour of biodiversity. Concrete avenues for voluntary commitments have been identified, discussed and validated in some countries by national stakeholders, and these have been incorporated into the action plans and strategies of economic sectors and businesses.

Building on the results of phase I and the dynamics of the multi-stakeholder platforms, the general objective ofphase II of the project (2023-2026) is to contribute to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal agreement by promoting the adoption of production practices that reconcile biodiversity and development.

At the level of a landscape,the project will help stakeholders to collectively identify the actions that need to be taken to reconcile development and biodiversity and thus give concrete expression to the CBD’s vision of a "world living in harmony with nature". Projects for the transition to nature-positive practices, or even nature-based solutions, will be developed based on the actions thus identified, and then submitted to potential funding bodies. Specific

orientations of the project will be taken at country level as part of a multi-stakeholder dialogue, to respond as best as possible to the priorities and needs of each country.

About the Project

Financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and coordinated by Expertise France, the BIODEV2030 project is an experimental approach being tested and implemented in Uganda and other countries. The 1st phase of the project in Uganda was implemented by WWF (2020-2022) while the 2nd phase (2024 – 2026) is being implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The project’s overarching goal is to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and restore biodiversity by 2050, while fostering more sustainable and resilient economies.

Phase 2 of the BIODEV2030 project builds on the lessons learned from phase 1 and utilizes the diagnostic information generated during phase 1 to advocate for reforms in sectoral public policy instruments. These reforms aim to reduce biodiversity loss and promote more sustainable production practices that balance biodiversity preservation with the goal of building sustainable and resilient economic development. More importantly, to construct a pilot project aimed at reducing pressures on biodiversity in the Mt Elgon landscape. The proposal/project development will be achieved through dialogue with key stakeholders in the landscape and by incorporating actions contained in the voluntary commitments generated during phase 1 as well as recommendations provided by other assessments.

These multi-stakeholder dialogues will help to have a comprehensive analysis of existing practices that cause pressure on biodiversity within the agriculture and energy sectors in the Mt Elgon landscape, and to collaboratively design feasible projects that encourage the adoption of sustainable production practices among a broad range of stakeholders. In this pilot site of the BIODEV2030 Phase 2 project, key information generated from dialogue sessions will be used to guide the preparation and implementation of projects that support both biodiversity and sustainable development.

Description of the Assignment

In this regard, the IUCN Uganda Country Office is hiring a consultant to facilitate landscape level stakeholder dialogue engagements leading to the development of a nature positive project proposal aimed at mobilizing resources to support sustainable practices in the Mt Elgon Region of Uganda.

The specific orientations of the project will be taken at the landscape level within the framework of a multi-stakeholder dialogue, to best meet local/landscape needs and diagnoses carried out in phase I (threats and changes in sectoral practices).

The consultant will use a systemic change ("system change") and collective action approach illustrated in the table.

Expected results, Approach and format.

Coherence

Direct exchanges towards proposals for pilot projects relevant to biodiversity and development against criteria established at national level and during phase I diagnostics, as part of the implementation of NBSAP and KMGBF.

Dialogue

To establish the basis and share best practices for an open and continuous dialogue between stakeholders, in order to ensure momentum for the pilot project, in line with the issues discussed at Phase I at local level.

Adhesion

To ensure social acceptance of the project, the dialogue seeks to meet stakeholders’ expectations in terms of health, safety, well-being, respect, information and global understanding, inclusion and meaning.

Capacity building for action

Strengthen the capacity of participants to support the launch of the pilot project, in particular to promote the project to private donors/ funders.

Empowerment

Support participant capacity building activities to support the launch of the pilot.

Synergies

Identify territorial projects and synergistic actions that will link and amplify the efforts of participants.

Consultants’ roles and responsibilities

Overall, the consultant will be responsible for designing and facilitating three local workshops aimed at building consensus around a pilot landscape project that can be presented to private donors and public finance stakeholders. Based on the consensus reached among participants, the consultant will lead the development of one feasible project proposal. This project must incorporate key actions to align biodiversity conservation with development within the sectors prioritized by the project.

Approach and format

The approach to understanding context is based on theneeds of stakeholders.

Dialogue is designed as a collaborative process, using systems thinking to foster collaboration towards implementation of sustainable practices that favour biodiversity.

The dialogue uses custom animationsfor effective sharing of content with stakeholders. These activities pay particular attention to the popularization of relevant issues arising from the IPPS study and the first dialogue workshops at national level. Based on consensus and inputs generated from the dialogue process inform design of landscape project proposal

Local workshops benefit from professional facilitation, local knowledge of stakeholders and experience in co-creative collaboration and systemic change.

Workshops are conducted primarily in-person and use appropriate tools to facilitate and stimulate group discussions, maintain participation and support convergence towards expected outcomes, such as built consensus on areas needing change in the production practices and preparation of nature positive project proposal to support one or more projects that support implementation of sustainable production practices.

Participants will discover and apply key concepts and tools of systems thinking while engaging in dialogue and identifying concrete actions.

Specific roles of the consultant

The roles of the consultant includes the following

• Support the design of three national/landscape level workshops, with the aim of guiding the consultations to consolidate stakeholder feedback to support design of the project proposal
• Support the design of the workshop objective and program that will support comprehensive engagement of stakeholders to contribute to the proposal design
• Produce a stakeholder engagement report documenting the results of each workshop and recommendations, in alignment to the development of the proposal
• Facilitate collaborative identification of problems and proposal of changes used as key inputs for the landscape project.
• Suggest identification of key donors needed to engage during pre and post dialogue stages.
• Drafting the Mt Elgon landscape biodiversity project proposal.

Details of workshops:

• Each of the three workshops will last up to two days, spread over a period of 12 months (March 2025 – February 2026).
• The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for mobilizing and inviting participants.
• Each workshop will be composed of 30 – 40 participants (30% women) from government, decentralized public administration, private sector (and particularly representatives of the economic sector covered by the pilot project), civil society, indigenous people and local communities, and development assistance/financial sector organizations.
• The consultant will ensure, if deemed relevant by the Senior Program Officer, the follow-up of participants/ entity representatives to allow continuity and progress of exchanges between workshops.
• In addition to the three local workshops, up to 10 meetings with key stakeholders, resource persons and members of Project Task Force may be organized to provide further insights for the dialogue during the workshops. If needed, resource persons, experts or members of the Project Task Force may be invited to the workshops, particularly when the dialogues aim to include well-informed, co-created outcomes and actions that should be reflected in the development of territorial projects.
• The consultant will be the lead facilitator of the workshops/meetings.

Steps to be followed by the consultant to discharge his/her responsibilities

Step 1 – Understanding the context

• Work with SPO and Project Task Force to understand logic, purpose, model, success criteria, risks, roles and responsibilities, and dialogue readiness of BIODEV2030 phase 2 project.
  • Review of literature, deliverables from Phase I and studies already produced for Phase II to understand the work of BIODEV2030 phase 2 project and key deliverables sought by the project
  • Know how the preparatory calls and/or interviews with key stakeholders need to go and understand the political and economic context, content and status of the local landscape project as well as stakeholder dynamics at both national and local levels.
  • Based on the findings,produce a scoping note for the landscape workshop cycle

Step 2 – Landscape dialogue session design

• Design the detailed collaborative process and agenda (i.e., what will be done during the workshop) for about 10 preparatory meetings and 3 workshops, using a systemic change and collective impact approach.
  • Invitation strategy to engage resource (powerful, empowered) actors to ensure target audience participation
  • Prepare detailed notes for the facilitator (i.e. what will be said during the workshop) with a division of roles between the consultant, SPO and PTF.

Step 3 – Facilitation of sessions

• Lead facilitation of preparatory meetings.
  • Lead facilitation of 3 local workshops.

Step 4- Preparation of landscape project proposal

• Lead facilitation of preparatory discussions to gather inputs for the territorial proposal.
  • Prepare landscape proposal and facilitate key expert meetings to enrich the proposal
  • Support presentation of the landscape proposal at bilateral meetings with key donors
  • Support in the identification of key donors and other stakeholders to mobilize resources
• More than 7 years of experience in design and facilitation, using a variety of approaches and tools, with a particular focus on the use of systemic thinking ("systemic thinking").
• Strong knowledge of social, economic and environmental issues as well as key players in Mt Elgon region and the entire country.
• Ten years of experience working with multi-stakeholder and multi-sector groups, forging collaborations and collective agreements despite differences of opinion and perspectives.
• Proven experience in project proposals development.
• Strong knowledge of key donors operating in Uganda particularly in the biodiversity conservation space.
• Strong political instincts. Multiple experiences working in different political and cultural contexts. Ability to understand the impact and influence on the process and commitment to adapt these processes to the current context.
• Excellent collaborative work skills, with an openness to change and the ability to receive/integrate feedback.
• Proven experience in promoting diversity and inclusion in dialogues.
• Excellent ability to design and implement projects, organize and implement stakeholder negotiations and reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Exceptional communication and advocacy skills.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• Integrity and ethical standards demonstrated.

Step 5 – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Write reports on the sessions of the 3 workshops and accomplishment of the landscape project proposal. These reports must include: the number of participants (f/h, organization), the agenda achieved, the dialogue/ facilitation techniques used, the main points discussed, the decisions taken, points of consensus and dissent, and the facilitator’s perspective on the dynamics of change as well as the collaborative process followed to design a territorial project proposal. This report will include recommendations for further dialogue and design of the territorial proposal.

Duration of the Assignment

From March 2025 to February 2026

Deliverables and Activities

The consultant will provide the following deliverables and carry out the following activities:

Deliverable/Activity – Description -Deadline

1. Inception report-1st April 2025

Acceptable inception report delivered

1.a Literature review

Context, ambition and objectives of the dialogues (workshops, meetings etc) presented.

1.b Literature review

A well described overall facilitation approach.

1.c Literature review

Work plan showing delivery of key outputs.

1.d Literature review

Baseline information on unsustainable production practices and Mt Elgon region.

2. Workshop Program -14th April 2025

Workshop program delivered and endorsed by SPO.

Literature reviews

Meetings with SPO, PTF and other stakeholders

A comprehensive workshop cycle framework note + full and explanatory facilitation notes for each workshop (especially the first one), including: the context, objectives, facilitation tools, integration of the workshop outcome, information on participants, information on the timetable, programme etc.

Facilitation of workshops and production of workshop reports -July 2025

Workshops well facilitated and reports submitted to IUCN

Lead workshop discussions and consensus

3 local workshops facilitated using participatory approaches.

Summarize workshop proceedings-July 2025

A summary report on local workshops, describing: the list of participants, a summary of discussions, the main results obtained, group dynamics and outline of landscape project proposal compiling draft theory of change, KPIs and deliverables. The report should also have the following:

Advanced draft final project proposal:-August 2025

Draft proposal submitted

Prepare executive summary.

Executive summary and ToC of the project

Prepare final proposal-September 2025

Full draft final project proposal submitted

Payment Schedule

The Timetable below summarises the chronological order of deliverables and indicates milestones at which IUCN will pay the Consultant.

Deliverable- Milestone payment

Inception report -30%

Workshop reports -30%

Advanced project proposal -40%

Skills and Experience

The consultant must have the following skills, education and experience as a minimum:

This position requires strong expertise and knowledge appropriate to dialogue, consensus building, proposal writing and presentation of compelling proposal to key donors. This assignment requires a post graduate training in economics, agriculture, ecology, sustainable development or any other related field with the following hands-on experience and skills:

Supervision and coordination

The consultant will report to and work under the supervision of Senior Programme Officer – BIODEV2030.

How to Apply:

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 28th, February,2025 via the email address jolly.chemutai@iucn.org