Consultancy Service to Prepare Training Module on UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and Biosphere Reserve (BR) Concept

Call for Expression of Interest for Consultancy Service to Prepare Training Module on UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and Biosphere Reserve (BR) Concept under EU financed Project

Closing Date for Submission: 23 September, 2019 

Publication Reference: 021RECC/G/EU-2019-SRV-13-5244

 

The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) in partnership with Dedoplistskaro Municipality (Georgia) is involved in implementation of EU financed Project on Establishment of Vashlovani Biosphere Reserve in Kakheti Region as a Model for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. The Project start day is February 1, 2019 and planned end day January 31, 2021.

REC Caucasus is seeking for procurement of service contract for preparation of  training module on UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and Biosphere Reserve (BR) Concept to be further used for training for local, regional and national stakeholders.

 

1. THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

Overall objective of the project is to improve living conditions and quality of life of local communities in Kakheti region due to inclusive and sustainable growth and sustainable management of natural resources at local level.

The specific objective of the project is establishment of Vashlovani Biosphere Reserve in Kakheti region (through formal submission for international designation of Vashlovani Biosphere Reserve  by UNESCO for its further inclusion into the World Network of Biosphere Reserves) as model for inclusive and sustainable growth at local level with increased role and participation of local authority in multilevel governance and cross-scale coordination between national, regional and local levels for sustainable management of planned Biosphere Reserve’s common-pool natural resources.

 

2. ASSIGNMENT 

Assignment is envisaged to be carried out during the period of October, 2019 – January, 2020.

 

3. MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

Maximum budget available for this assignment is 3,000 GEL.
4. EVALUATION

Selected applicant/s will be invited to the single tender. Evaluation will be made in accordance with the quality- cost based selection method.

For full details of the tendering procedures, please refer to the Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for EC External Actions (15 July, 2019) and its annexes, which may be downloaded from the following Web site:

https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/funding/about-funding-and-procedures/procedures-and-practical-guide-prag_en

 

5. APPLICATION INFORMATION 

Interested candidates should submit (via e-mail or post and with indication of call ref. number in subject line) the following application documents:

Curriculum vitae (CV) – see attached template and scanned version of a signed cover letter of stating an expression of interest with a possible starting date for the entire duration of the contract to:

 

Kety Jibladze

Project Technical Assistant

REC Caucasus

13, Badri Shoshitaishvili Street
(former Dimitri Arakishvili 1st Dead-End)
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel: + (995 32) 2-25-07-75

E-Mail: kety.jibladze@rec-caucasus.org

 

NOTE:

Expression of Interest (EoI) is an alternative to writing a fully-fledged selection-criteria response. The EoI might be with a maximum length such as 2-3 pages. The EoI will outline what the person is to do and the experience and skills needed to carry out the role.
Attached EoI template could be used for submission.
For additional questions applicants could contact:

 

Sophiko Akhobadze

Project Coordinator / REC Caucasus Director

REC Caucasus

13, Badri Shoshitaishvili Street
(former Dimitri Arakishvili 1st Dead-End)
0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel: + (995 32) 2-25-07-75

E-Mail: sophiko.akhobadze @rec-caucasus.org

6. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION 

The deadline for submission of Expression of Interest (EoI) and CV:

23 September, 2019, 18:00 Central European Time (CET).

 

7. ATTACHMENTS

Attachments are available for downloading from this site:

 

CV Template

EoI Template