Services to drive adoption for Child-Lens Investing in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select a supplier for the provision of Services to drive adoption for Child-Lens Investing in Germany; Italy; Luxembourg; The Netherland; Switzerland and Liechtenstein. UNICEF is advancing Child-Lens Investing (CLI) to catalyze capital for children’s well-being and to ensure that investment practices minimize harm to children. UNICEF Innovative Finance Hub (IF Hub) works to influence finance stakeholders to ensure their investments are aligned to delivering for children’s rights and development globally. Since the launch of the Child-Lens Investing Framework (CLIF) in September 2023, the field has seen growing interest and uptake among the investment community. CLI supports the mobilization of capital to ensure all children are healthy, educated, protected, and respected. It is designed for application across public and private markets, multiple asset classes, geographies, and investment strategies. UNICEF aims to contract an institutional consultant to engage and convene key market players in the finance and investment market, identify opportunities to embed child rights and drive CLI adoption in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.