Request For Expressions Of Interest For Development Of Integrated Forests And Pastures Management Plans In Two Municipalities Has And Maliq In Albania Contract Ii

Request For Expressions Of Interest For Development Of Integrated Forests And Pastures Management Plans In Two Municipalities Has And Maliq In Albania Contract Ii Environmental Services ProjectThe Project Is Jointly Financed By The Global Environment Facility Gef And Swedish Government And Includes The Following Components Component 1 Strengthening Institutional Capacity To Improve Environmental Services From Integrated Landscape Management The Component Aims To Build A Stable Institutional Environment That Facilitates Sustainable Upland Management Thereby Improving Environmental Service Provision Component 2 Planning And Provision Of Ipard Like Grants To Improve Land ManagementThe Component Aims To Increase The Provision Of Environment Services To Downstream Beneficiaries And Society As A Whole Whilst Increasing The Return And Livelihood Opportunities To The Owners Users Managers Of The Land Through Improving Forest Pasture And Micro Catchment Management Component 3 Introducing Payments For Environmental ServicesThe Component Will Help Establish Financing Mechanisms To Reduce Land Degradation And Support Sustainable Livelihoods Through Provision Of And Compensation For Environmental Services Component 4 Supporting Project ImplementationThe Objective Of The Component Is To Support The Ministry Of Environment And Tourism Mte To Carry Out Mainstreamed Project Implementation And Overall Coordination According To Agreed Arrangements With The Administrative Reform And The Law N 115 2014 Republic Of Albania Has Defined New Administrative Units Municipalities As Aggregations Of Previous Administrative Units In The Whole Territory Of Albania 363 Municipalities And Communes Were Merged Into 61 Municipalities Due To The Lack Of Activity In This Area In Recent Years A Large Proportion Of Forest Management Plans Are Now Either Already Or Close To Being Expired And The Geographic Units To Which They Refer Have Now Been Replaced The Esp Project Now Seeks To Pilot A New Approach To Planning In A Limited Number Of Municipalities The Objectives Of The Assignment Are Prepare Multipurpose Forest And Pasture Management Plans Fpmp Balancing Economic Social And Ecological Aspects The Plans Will Adhere To The Fpmp Guidelines 2018 And Reflect The Constraints And Opportunities Of The Forests And Pasture Resource In Each Area In A Way That Maximizes The Benefits To Municipal And Local Stakeholders According To Their Needs Raise The Capacity Of Local And Municipal Staff To Conduct Fpmp Planning And To Conduct Quality Control Tasks Related To It

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