Tenders Are Invited For International Community Engagement And Safeguards Consultant To Support The Lao National Redd+ Program, The Redd+ Taskforce, And The Redd+ Division.

Tenders are invited for International Community Engagement and Safeguards Consultant to Support the Lao National Redd+ Program, the Redd+ Taskforce, and the Redd+ Division. The GoL has participated in the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) since May 2008. The FCPF manages two different multi-donor funds the Fund for REDD+ Readiness Preparation Support and the Carbon Fund. Lao PDR was provided with a REDD+ Readiness Preparation grant in November 2011, which supports analytical work including the development of the REDD+ strategy, relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, capacity development including training and workshops, stakeholder consultations, communication campaigns, and awareness-raising. The FCPF Readiness has contributed to developing Lao PDRs capacity to receive REDD+ investments. One such international investment for REDD+ is from the ER-P through results-based payments from the FCPF Carbon Fund. The Department of Forestry (DoF) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is responsible for managing the first sub-national emission reduction program in Lao PDR titled Governance, Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods Northern Laos (GFLL). The Program covers an area of 8.1 million hectares of six provinces located in northern Lao PDR, which includes Bokeo, Huaphan Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang, Oudomxay, and Sayaburi. The Program stems from a strong analysis and understanding of the main direct and underlying drivers of forest loss. The area constitutes approximately one-third of both the countrys geographical and forest area, with a population of 1.8 million people and where the dominant land use designation is forest. Each province in the GFLL program area shares an international border with one of the surrounding countries of Thailand, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. The Lao REDD+ program has made significant progress and has already endorsed its National REDD+ Strategy (NRS), developed its Reference Emission Level and Forest Reference Level (REL/FRL), continues to strengthen the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) through an approved roadmap, and has established its Safeguards Information System (SIS). In addition a Benefit Sharing Plan (BSP) has been prepared. The first results based payment has also been received by the GoL and is now being deployed as per the BSP. The GFLL is looking for an International Community Engagement and Safeguards Consultant (ICESC) who would provide support to the Lao National REDD+ Program. The consultant would provide technical advice, guidance and support to the program on community engagement, and social and environmental safeguards applied under the program Framework Safeguard Documents The above mentioned community engagement, and social and environmental safeguards policy requirements and implementation process are provided in a safeguards operational package (or Safeguard Package), which has been developed for GFLL and has been reviewed by the World Bank. The safeguards package simplifies and includes: -Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA); -Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF); -Ethnic Group Policy Framework (EGPF); -Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF); -Process Framework (PF); and, -Gender Action Plan (GAP). These documents have been disclosed on the DoF website (http://dof.maf.gov.la/). GFLL Approach to Community Engagement and Safeguards The GFLL has integrated social and environmental safeguards into its community engagement process (CEP) based on lessons learned and experiences from similar forest conservation and management projects financed by the WB in Laos. The consultant will be responsible for guiding and supporting the TA team of national and international consultants, and forestry staff for implementing the community engagement process, ensuring compliance with social and environmental safeguards, and monitoring. The project aims to establish community action plans in approximately 300 villages in the six project provinces in Northern Laos through three-steps of CEP. Tender Link : http://dof.maf.gov.la/en/home/

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