Request for Proposals (RfP)

National expert on Policy Analysis

Purpose: Conduct policy analysis for the identification of priority sectoral policy instruments and examples of biodiversity-friendly reforms to inform national policy multi stakeholder dialogues on agricultural production and biomass energy.

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

Project Nunber: P04570

RfP Reference Number: IUCN-12-08-P04570-1.

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 the course of 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: 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-P04570-1 – 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

4.4. Technical Proposal

4.5. 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. In order 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

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12. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 Specification of Requirements / Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for a national expert toConduct plicy analysis for the identification of priority sectoral policy instruments and examples of biodiversity-friendly reforms to inform national policy multi stakeholder dialogues on agricultural production and biomass energy.

Objectives of the Consultancy

This consultancy has the following objective(s):

1. To analyze the identified harmful practices and show how it is a pressure on biodiversity.
2. To analyze the sectoral policy instruments that are the most influential in shaping these practices and possibly show what policy instruments are currently missing and could be introduced as well as guide discussions among stakeholders to evaluate the likely effects on different actors of these possible future reforms.
3. To suggest how to change or repurpose these incentives to better align production practices with biodiversity conservation national targets.
4. To evaluate the likely effects of the suggested reforms on concrete economic actors (small farmers, sellers of chemical inputs, extension service providers, consumers, taxpayers, etc.)

Background

Project Reference: PA04570

In recognition of the importance of conserving Uganda’s rich and unique biodiversity, Uganda signed and ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992 and 1993 respectively. The convention envisions a world in which humans live in harmony with nature by 2050. Furthermore, the government of Uganda has demonstrated commitment to manage biodiversity by putting in place a range of legal and policy instruments. Key among them include the National Environment Management Policy, the National Environment Act, the Environment Impact Assessment regulations, National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), Uganda Forestry Policy, National Wetlands Policy, the National Land Policy, Uganda Wildlife Policy, Uganda Wildlife Act and the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act.

There is an urgent need to reverse the decline in biodiversity by 2030 and to restore nature by 2050. By adopting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) in December 2022, States affirmed a strong ambition for biodiversity, which includes its integration into all economic sectors and the adoption of sustainable production practices that preserve nature (links to targets 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19). As part of efforts to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in Uganda, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in collaboration with other stakeholders is supporting the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) to reform policies on production practices that harm biodiversity. Such production practices include spatial expansion of small-scale farming at the expense of natural/protected habitats and charcoal/fuelwood production. The support is being provided through the BIODEV2030 2 II project. Other practices identified during phase 1 assessments particularly excessive application of agricultural chemicals (herbicides and fungicides) have been analysed effectively by NEMA and UNDP through the Biodiversity Financing Initiative Project (BIOFIN)[1]

Although progress is being made in the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity in Uganda, it is still not enough to halt the direct and indirect causes of its degradation. It has been estimated that Uganda lost about ½ of its overall biodiversity value between 1975 and 1995. Since then, the losses have generally stabilized but remain high in some sectors, notably forests, woodlands and wetlands[2].

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).

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 national level, the specific aim will be to support national public authorities in identifying sectoral public policy instruments (SPPIs) in priority sectors and possible reforms to encourage this change in practices (SO1 "National reforms of SPPIs").

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, phase 2 of the project is phase 2 of the project is to support national public authorities in identifying sectoral public policy instruments (SPPIs) in priority sectors and possible reforms to encourage this change in practices.

According to BIODEV 1 assessments, the key sectors causing biodiversity loss are Agriculture (small scale farming, commercial farmlands and livestock), and Energy(biomass energy and logging). The specific harmful production practices within the sectors causing loss of biodiversity and suggested less harmful practices are illustrated in the table below.

Sectors selected in BIODEV2030 Phase 1- Sub-sectors**;**

1. Agriculture production practices

1.1. Small-scale farming practices

Specific pressure on biodiversity;

a)Excessive use of chemical inputs causing pollution and harm to biodiversity.

Possible alternative less harmful practice;

i) Organic fertilizer and pesticide.

ii) Integrated Pest Management (improved seed, mechanical control, crop rotation, cultural control, chemical application etc)

Possible policy instrument to reform to incentivize the adoption of the less harmful practice and thus mitigate this pressure;

NEMA and UNDP through the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) project identified tax exemptions as the main instrument perpetuating continuity of the pressure.

b) Spatial expansion at the expense of natural habitats such as wetlands and protected areas.

Possible alternative less harmful practice;

i) Enforce the spatial planning to conserve biodiversity in KBAs (for example intercropping to minimize expansion)

ii) Adopt intensive agriculture to increase productivity (good seed, apples, coffee, horticulture etc).

iii) Diversification of livelihoods – fish farming, apiary, piggery, zero grazing for livestock etc.

iv) Promote technologies that are compatible with land size e.g climbing beans.

Possible policy instrument to reform to incentivize the adoption of the less harmful practice and thus mitigate this pressure;

i)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

ii)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

iii)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

iv)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

1.2. Commercial plantations

Specific pressure on biodiversity;

a) Excessive use of chemical inputs causing pollution

Possible alternative less harmful practice;

i) Judicious use of chemicals

ii) Soil and water conservation measures.

Possible policy instrument to reform to incentivize the adoption of the less harmful practice and thus mitigate this pressure;

i)-Analysed by NEMA and UNDP as explained above

ii)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

b) Spatial expansion at the expense of natural habitats

Possible alternative less harmful practice;

Enforce the spatial planning to conserve biodiversity in KBAs, PAs

Possible policy instrument to reform to incentivize the adoption of the less harmful practice and thus mitigate this pressure;

To be analysed and discussed during workshops

2. Energy production practices

2.1. Charcoal production & fuelwood collection

Specific pressure on biodiversity;

Inefficient charcoal production and over reliance on fuel wood as a source of energy by households and institutions.

Possible alternative less harmful practice;

i) Promotion of fuel-efficient technologies (cook stoves)

ii) Promotion of fuel-efficient technologies (e.g Lorena stoves)

iii) Energy woodlots

Possible policy instrument to reform to incentivize the adoption of the less harmful practice and thus mitigate this pressure;

i)- To be analysed and discussed during workshops

ii)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

iii)-To be analysed and discussed during workshops

The concern now is the kind of changes needed in the policies, and strategies required to incentivize the adoption of more sustainable production practices. The BIODEV2030 project presupposes that the changes could be in the tax and subsidies regime, legal and policy mechanisms, appropriate institutional approach, and favourable financing environment.

Description of the assignment.

With the objective of supporting the identification of priority economic and sectoral policy instruments and examples of possible biodiversity-friendly reforms to provide input for the stakeholders involved in phase II of the BIODEV2030 project, the IUCN Uganda Country Office is hiring a national expert on policy analysis to facilitate the dialogue process on the identification of SPPIs and the reforms to incentivize the change of practices on the production process and the entire value chain.

The recruited national policy analyst expert will work closely with the BIODEV2030 Senior Programme Officer on the preparation and facilitation of the multistakeholder dialogue workshops based on the findings of this assessment and results from the joint work with the international expertise (by ALTAÏ Consulting) on the identification of priority sectoral policy instruments and examples of possible biodiversity-friendly reforms to provide food for thought for the stakeholders involved in phase 2 of the BIODEV2030 project. BIODEV2030_Policy_Coherenc_Biodiv_KMGBF_Uganda_by_ALTAI – 27.pdf

It is important to note that work on this topic has been undertaken (1st of June – end of October 2024) by Altai Consulting for the 15 countries involved in BIODEV2030 Phase II. ALTAÏ study aimed to provide IUCN and WWF with solid elements to support each BIODEV2030 country in preparing and feeding the multi-stakeholder dialogue, avenues of reform associated with a few priority SPPIs per sector to implement the commitments made in the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework for Biodiversity.

Some of the roles of performed by ALTAÏ Consulting.

1. Identified and justified a suitable type of public policy instrument.
2. For each of the 15 countries in phase 2, and for the 3 priority sectors or sub-sectors (recommended by WWF and IUCN at the start of the mission) in each country, give at least one example of a sectoral policy instrument, by type of instrument.
3. Provided at least two examples of instruments, by type of instrument.
4. Demonstrated how each major pressure (i.e. threat) on biodiversity identified at national level in the Phase 1 diagnoses, "triplets" between "pressures on biodiversity" – "production practices at the origin of these pressures" – "all the economic, trade and sectoral policy instruments identified in specific objectives 2 and 3 above constituting incentives to adopt these production practices";
5. Proposed at least 2 combinations of at least 4 public policy instruments (sectoral, economic or commercial) considered to be priorities.

Methodology

The support by the contracted national expert involves working with public authorities (ministries) and other stakeholders on specifying how the existing SPPIs shaping producers’ harmful practices and that are thus not aligned with the implementation of Kunming – Montreal GBF to provide stakeholders with an initial inventory. At the transversal level, expertise by ALTAÏ Consulting supported countries (including Uganda) to identify at least 2 SPPIs per sector to be changed as a priority to implement the KM-GBF.

Overall, the contracted national expert will apply the following methods. The expert is expected to elaborate the methodology clearer in the technical proposal and in the inception report.

1. Read, understand and use the deliverables by ALTAÏ Consulting that are specific to Uganda and the ones that are generic but relevant to the mission such as how to establish the links between pressure on biodiversity – production practices – sectoral and economic policy instruments.
2. Literature review of relevant documents and policies. Relatedly, review and present best practices/alternatives undertaken from within the region to reform the practices and pressures.
3. Key informant interviews targeting specific respondents from government, private sector and field sites.
4. Stakeholders workshop to validate findings and proposed recommendations.

Duration of the Assignment

From March 2025 to February 2026

The assignment is expected to last for 50 working days distributed over time (11 months) as indicated in the table below.

Activity-# of days

1. Preparation and presentation of inception report-5

2. Literature reviews- 15

3. Interviews- 15

4. Presentation of findings/recommendations during national workshop- 6

5. Production of final report plus 2 policy briefs- 7

6. Presentation of final report/policy briefs to sectoral ministries – with SPO.- 1

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

Describing the methodology in detail in terms of the documents to be reviewed, and key people and institutions to be interviewed and expected results.

2. Facilitation of workshop and production of draft analysis report plus workshop report-June 2025

Workshops well facilitated and reports submitted to IUCN

Lead workshop discussions and consensus-July 2025

1 national workshop facilitated using participatory approaches.

Final analysis report -August 2025

Detailing the analysis of findings of production practices versus policy instruments perpetuating the practices

2 Final policy briefs with key recommendations.-September 2025

Prepared/extracted from the final analysis report.

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 by week 1 of April 2025-30%

Draft analysis report plus workshop reports**-30%**

Final analysis report plus two policy briefs.-40%

Consultant qualifications

The expert should possess the following qualifications.

1. Post graduate qualification in any of the following fields natural resources management, agriculture, forestry or public policy.
2. 10 years of experience in public policy analysis and feedback to government.
3. At least 5 years of experience in support and advice in integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainability into sectoral policies and/or business strategies and investments
4. Experience developing policy briefs for agriculture and energy sectors.
5. Proven ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders and capture the diverse perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders.
6. Good knowledge of the social and environmental responsibility of companies at the national and regional level
7. Proven experience and capabilities in facilitating multi-stakeholder processes.

Supervision and coordination

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

[1] NEMA report (June 2024), Identify and Assess Subsidies with Possible Negative Impacts on Biodiversity And Propose Redesign Options. Biodiversity Finance Initiative.

[2] Pomeroy et al (2017). The state of Uganda’s Biodiversity 2017. National Biodiversity Data Bank, Makerere University, Kampala.

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 28/02/205 via the email address jolly.chemutai@iucn.org