Expression of Interest For Consultancy Services To Develop The Sustainable Investment Guidelines And Undertake The Capacity Building Training

Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services to develop the Sustainable Investment Guidelines and undertake the Capacity Building Training Consultancy Services to develop the Sustainable Investment Guidelines and undertake the Capacity Building Training Financial Services Financing Agreement reference: 5500155016207 Project ID No.:P-MU-H00-006 The Ministry of Financial Services and Economic Planning has received financing from the African Development toward the cost of the Mauritius Sustainable Investment Guidelines Support Project, and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for Consultancy Services to develop the Sustainable Investment Guidelines and undertake the Capacity Building Training. The services included under this project are: (a) Conduct readiness assessment of Mauritius which will evaluate Mauritiuss capacity to align sustainable investment practices with its public finance management strategy: with deliverables being a concise report that included a gap analysis of current systems, benchmarking against international standards and prioritized recommendations structured into short-term (0-2 years) and medium-term (3-5 years) actions to guide the phased implementation of the Sustainable Investment Guidelines. (b) Suggest internal governance structure e.g., management-level sustainable investment committee or oversight board to move forward with sustainable investment implementation including decision rights, accountabilities, and oversight. (c) Identify sustainable investment risks and/or opportunities that all investment activities and particularly sectors like agriculture, energy, mining, transport, water, manufacturing and other infrastructure projects need to manage and disclose. (d) Development of a sustainable investment assurance guidelines including incorporating sustainable investment factors into (1) program quality assurance and risk management, (2) project level screening, assessment, and management of social, environmental and governance risks and impacts, (3) stakeholder engagement and response mechanism, (4) access to information, (5) monitoring, reporting, and compliance. Mauritius has laws in place as part of a general risk assessment and project monitoring Guidelines. (e) Conduct inventory and assess data collection and governance practices in collaboration with all stakeholders. (f) Develop a sustainable investment information and data guidelines or system to capture, collate, track and disclose relevant sustainable investment data in a harmonised and consistent manner. The framework shall define clear data governance roles and responsibilities, set our verification protocols and audit trail requirements, and ensure that all data is reportable, repeatable, and auditable thereby safeguarding integrity, transparency and investor confidence. (g) Develop appropriate sustainable investment disclosures, action plans and measurable Key Performance Indicators. Tender Link : https://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/procurement