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. The Programme supports implementation of the Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement and the Protocol on Forestry; the Protocol on the Development of Tourism; the SADC Law Enforcement and Anti-Poaching Strategy (2016-2021); as well as the SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas Programme.
In July 2016, SADC Ministers responsible for Tourism at their meeting of July 2016 held in Gaborone, Botswana approved the organizational transformation of RETOSA from being a public organization to a lean, more agile, dynamic and private sector driven regional marketing entity, leaving Tourism Policy Coordination functions the SADC Secretariat. Consequently a Tourism Coordination Unit was established within the SADC Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate. In a Joint Meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Tourism held from 23-24 November 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ministers directed the SADC Secretariat in collaboration with Member States to develop a SADC Tourism Programme by August 2018 and to mobilize resources to support the implementation of SADC Tourism Programme once developed. The Programme will serve as a roadmap to guide and coordinate the development of ethical tourism industry
in the region and to facilitate removal of barriers to tourism development and
growth.
It is against this background that the TUPNR Programme seeks the services of an individual consultant to develop a SADC Tourism Programme to serve as a roadmap to guide and coordinate the development of an ethical tourism industry in the region and to facilitate removal of barriers to tourism development and growth. 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
