REQUEST FOR TENDER
NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A MAPPING OF PALAU’S PRIVATE SECTOR RESILIENCE BUILDING INITIATIVES AND TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE
BACKGROUND
Palau, like any other small island state in the Pacific region, is vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and disasters. The direct impacts are likely to involve high tides, coastal erosion, sea-level rise, increase in drought and storm activity, increase in sea-surface temperature and coral bleaching, all of which are related to climate change. With these threats, the Government of Palau has developed the Palau Climate Change Policy and Action Plan for Climate and Disaster Resilient Low Emission Development. The main objective of the Policy is to build the resilience of Palau to the impacts of climate change and disasters. It ensures that each stakeholder within the national and state governments, the private sector, civil society, communities and traditional leadership has a role in the implementation of the Policy. For instance, partnership between the Government of Palau and the private sector is crucial to the implementation of the Policy actions.
To be able to implement these climate related actions effectively, access to international climate change finance is a priority for the Government of Palau. The preliminary findings of a climate change finance assessment conducted in 2017 revealed that although Palau has accessed funding for climate change and disaster management initiatives, it is still at the lower range compared to what other Pacific Island countries are accessing. Most external support for these activities comes from bilateral sources that are largely focused on climate change adaptation. There is also an opportunity for the private sector to access climate change resources to supplement government’s efforts on adaptation and mitigation actions by being a conduit for innovative financing and as a service provider through contractual arrangement with the government. However, broad challenges in accessing climate change finance still remain in the Pacific, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that have a very small private sector. These barriers are largely related to limited information and knowledge about climate change and its impacts, including the understanding of available funding sources and how to access them for climate change and resilience related projects.
Due to the challenges identified above, the EU-funded PACRES Project will support the Palau Chamber of Commerce (PCC) to conduct a mapping of private sector activities relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation. The exercise provides an opportunity to collect some baseline information that can assist PCC and the Government of Palau with strategic planning and resourcing activities related to resilient development for the private sector. As part of the mapping, a SWOT analysis is carried out on the private sector including a study of options for improved engagement between the public and private sectors in climate change and resilience.
Additionally, the mapping will provide an opportunity to analyse how businesses in Palau are trying to sustain operations post-COVID-19 and at the same time mitigating the impacts of climate change.
OVERALL TARGET
Private sector engagement in climate finance access and management including collaboration with key stakeholders is strengthened.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The consultant will work with the guidance of PCC, Office of the Climate Change, GCF’s National Designated Authority (NDA) team, relevant government agencies and the PIFS PACRES Project team with the objective of consolidating key information and data sources from the private sector to inform more effective policy and decision-making relating to private sector engagement including recommendations to strengthen private sector engagement in all national climate change and disaster related initiatives.
SCOPE OF WORK
The consultant will carry out the responsibilities and tasks as set out under the Terms of Reference document which can be downloaded from www.tenders.net/forumsec.
HOW TO APPLY
Submissions should be titled:
REQUEST FOR TENDER
NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A MAPPING OF PALAU’S PRIVATE SECTOR RESILIENCE BUILDING INITIATIVES AND TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE
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Deadline for Submissions:
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