Expression of Interest For Consultancy Services For Review Of Environment Impact Assessment Processes

Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for Review of Environment Impact Assessment Processes IFC is seeking to engage a Consultant firm to undertake a comprehensive review of the Environmental Management (Amendment) Act 2025 and associated legislation, with the objective of strengthening EIA regulatory processes, legislative effectiveness, compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. The assignment will assess legal and procedural frameworks, identify regulatory gaps, and develop robust pathways for compliance management, enforcement actions, prosecution of environmental offences, and management of unauthorized developments, fixed penalty notice administration, and regulatory decision-making. The Consultant will provide international best practice recommendations, implementation frameworks, and draft legislative amendments to enhance the Ministrys capacity to effectively administer and enforce Fijis environmental regulatory regime. The consultancy will: Review and strengthen the regulatory process, compliance, enforcement and prosecution framework under the Environment Management Act 2005 and Environment Management (Amendment) Act 2025 and associated legislation, including administrative enforcement measures, fixed penalty notices, unauthorized development offences, recovery of penalties, environmental restoration requirements, prosecution processes and court enforcement mechanisms Review the adequacy of the compliance and enforcement provisions within the Environment Management (Amendment) Act 2025, subsidiary regulations and EIA-related guidelines and identify legal, procedural and institutional gaps affecting enforcement effectiveness. Assess the effectiveness of current administrative, civil and criminal enforcement powers available to the Ministry and recommend amendments to enhance compliance monitoring, enforcement and prosecution outcomes. Review and recommend legislative provisions to support Stop Work Orders, Restoration Orders, Compliance Notices, Permit Suspension, Permit Revocation and Cost Recovery Orders for environmental breaches and unauthorized development activities. Develop a comprehensive enforcement escalation framework identifying enforcement actions appropriate for minor, moderate and major environmental offences. Tender Link : https://wbgeprocure-rfxnow.worldbank.org/rfxnow/public/advertisement/7393/view.html