Tenders Are Invited For Business And Management Consultancy Services – 10004007_1-Provision Of Technical Expert Support On Climate Change Adaptation And Climate Finance In Central And West Africa

Business And Management Consultancy Services – 10004007_1-Provision Of Technical Expert Support On Climate Change Adaptation And Climate Finance In Central And West Africa. In This Work Package, The Contractor In Collaboration With The African Development Bank Will Identify And Work With Project Applicants From The Pool Of Projects Generated By The National Climate Funds, Financed By Giz. The Contractor And Afdb Will Identify Small-Scale High-Impact Highly Replicable Climate Change Adaptation Demonstration Projects, That Are Suitable For Afdbs Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (Abm), Seeking To Mobilize Higher Amounts Of Funding Than Available Through The Paco Small Grants From Output 3. The Specific Objective Is To Establish And Implement Four New And Fully Validated Abm-Projects, Developed According To The Abm Activity Cycle, That Will Catalyse Up To Four Million Euro Of Public Or Private Money Via The Issuance Of Certified Adaptation Benefits (Cab). The Basis For The Four Abm Projects To Develop Are The Identified Projects From Output 3 Suitable For An Abm Activity. To Obtain The Cabs, Issued By The Afdb And The Goal Of The Activity, The Contractor Must In Collaboration With Afdb, Guide The Abm Activity Participants During The Abm Activity Cycle. Both The Small-Scale Adaptation Project, Implemented By The Project Developer Under Output 3 And Financed By Giz (Responsibility Of Giz), And The Demonstration Of The Abm Must Be Fully Implemented Within The Project Duration (Responsibility Of The Contractor). The Contractor Will Be Responsible For Undertaking All Activities Necessary To Establish And Demonstrate Four Abm Activities, In Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal And Republic Of Congo, Which Will Lead To The Issuance Of Certified Adaptation Benefits By The African Development Bank. The Contractor Accordingly Will Deliver Advisory Services, Technical And Process-Related Assistance, Deliver Basic Studies, And Develop Abm Methodologies During The Abm Activity Cycle To The Four Identified Abm Participants. The African Development Bank Will Provide Guidance And Advise On The Abm Components. Promote And Catalyse Adaptation Financing In Benin, Côte Divoire, And Senegal This Work Package Outlines The Activities Required To Develop A Pipeline Of Climate Change Adaptation Projects Using The Isdbs Financial Instruments In Benin, Côte Divoire And Senegal In Cooperation With Relevant National Stakeholders To Leverage Through Catalysation Additional Adaptation Finance (Up To 50 Mio. Eur From Public And Private Investors). The Objective Is (1) To Build A Strong Pipeline Of Isdb Projects In The Three Countries That Are Adapted And/Or With A Main Objective Of Addressing Adaptation Challenges In Relevant Sectors, Building From Paco Small Grant Projects (Output 3), And Nap/Ndc Investment Plans Developed Or Revised Under Output 1, And (2) To Facilitate Capacity Building To Strengthen The Institutional Capacity Of Financial Institutions. The Contractor Will Be Responsible, In Coordination With Isdb And Giz, For Deploying A Series Of Country-Level Consultation Workshops To Firm Up And Engage With Relevant Public And Private Actors Fo