Dear Sir/Madam,
The German International Cooperation (GIZ) supports the SADC FANR Directorate through the SADC Programme – Transboundary Use and Protection of Natural Resources (TUPNR) to improve the implementation of SADC protocols and strategies for sustainable natural resource management by regional and national actors. Among other things, the programme supports the coordination of Regional Common Positions for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
The SADC Member States mandated the SADC Secretariat to, amongst others, advise and guide them on the management of environment, natural resources and wildlife. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the MEA that is appointed to govern the unsustainable trade in wild animal and plant species. In preparation of to the previous 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) held from 24 September to 5 October 2016 (CITES COP17), SADC Secretariat supported its Member States in their negotiations by facilitating a process to develop and ratify a SADC regional common position for CITES COP17. Recognizing the importance of such regional negotiations, SADC Ministers responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture and Tourism in their Joint Ministerial Meeting in November 2017 requested the SADC Secretariat to assist in developing a common position for the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CITES COP18), to be held from 23 May to 3 June 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
In order to further guide SADC Member States through the preparatory process leading to CITES COP18 and facilitate their development of a common position document, individual consultants are invited to bid for the assignment on SADC Common Position Development for COP18. The selected consultant will enter into a contract with GIZ.
For more detailed information please refer to the attached Terms of Reference should you be interested in participating in the tender.
Submission deadline
Should you be interested in implementing the tasks according to the Terms of Reference (Annex 1), please submit your bid in the English Language consisting of 1 original and 2 copies at GIZ office by 25 May 2018, 10:00hrs. Please note that tender bids submitted by email will not be accepted.
Please send your tender bids by courier or Post office or hand deliver to:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ Office Gaborone
1st Floor, South Wing, Morula House
Plot 54358, New CBD or
P.O. Box 202 Village
Gaborone, Botswana
