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Request For Proposal (RFP/2011/4)

The Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan seeks procurement of short term international or international and local consultancy consortium of research institutions/firms or international research institutions/firms subcontracting with local research institutions/firms in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment in Jordan. to submit a proposal to carry out a consulting study on

DEVELOPING POLICY-ORIENTED RESEARCH GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES, AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTING RIO CONVENTIONS IN JORDAN

Consulting companies as well as research and academic institutions are welcome to bid for this consultancy. Each bidding organization (or consortium) should formulate a strong core team of specialists with a highly experienced specialist as the consultancy team leader. It is envisaged that the team formulated will have the following minimum members:

The Team Leader is expected to have a PhD in fields of direct relevance to the present assignment (such as but not limited to environmental science/engineering or environmental management or environmental/ecological research, with emphasis on climate change and/or biodiversity and/or land degradation/combating desertification or any related field); a minimum of 15 years of proven experience in the environmental/ecological research fields with emphasis on single or multiple discipline(s) of climate change and/or biodiversity and/or land degradation/combating desertification or similar environmental synergy fields; proven knowledge of Global Environmental Conventions with high emphasis on Rio Conventions; proven expertise in the development of national environmental policies and strategies; a thorough understanding and experience in policy-oriented research and/or linkages between research and policy development and /or scientific findings to inform decision makers.

For the remaining qualifications of the Team Leader and the rest of the team members (Climate Change, Biodiversity and Land Degradation/Combating Desertification Research Specialists/Experts and Policy Development Specialist/Expert) as well as for full Terms of Reference of assignment and details of application, interested firms/organizations can download RFP document from

www.undp-jordan.org, “Working with us” and by choosing the “Tenders” option.

Deadline for receiving your Technical and Financial Proposals in a sealed envelope, marked RFP/2011/4 is:

13:00 hrs (Amman-Jordan local time) on Monday 18 July 2011

at our address:

UNDP Jordan, Queen Rania Street,

University of Jordan, Building # 274

Attention: Mr. Camille H. Franjieh

Tel: +962-6-5338167

Fax: +962-6-5340782