Revision and alignment of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) with regional environmental frameworks

United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invite qualified companies to submit electronic tenders as follows:

UNESCO is seeking the services of a company/institute to support such iteration with the following objectives:

i) to develop an enhanced SEA for the CORB, building on prior work, with updated actionable recommendations and a monitoring framework,

ii) to reassess socio-economic, environmental, and governance baselines in the CORB,

iii) to establish an inclusive stakeholder engagement plan as a component of the whole SEA process and builds ownership and buy-in,

iv) to develop a GIS-based decision-support tool,

v) to develop a systematic conservation plan that will guide the zonation of key and critical areas for biodiversity and water resources protection in the CORB,

vi) to develop a management, monitoring and evaluation framework to guide adaptive management over time,

vii) to ensure the alignment of the SEA with current and emerging regional, national, and international policy frameworks and initiatives.

Please refer to attached Procurement Notice Form.