Deadline: 06-Aug-2025
The Capacity Strengthening for the Effective Management of Nature Project aims to enhance Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) legal and institutional framework for Nature Reserves. It focuses on improving reserve management, monitoring, and evaluation systems. The project also includes assessing climate change and disaster risk vulnerabilities, setting up a knowledge-sharing platform, and conducting natural capital valuation and scientific research. Additionally, it emphasizes inclusive, participatory, and gender-equitable investments, targeting communities near the official boundaries of the reserves.
This initiative is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). It is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment.
Nature Reserves in Lebanon are critical for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision. However, effective management is essential to achieve conservation goals. The project will assess the capacity needs of nature reserve committees and develop a tailored capacity development plan to strengthen management systems across the reserves.
The consultancy firm will operate under the supervision of the UNDP Project Manager and coordinate with project staff and consultants to deliver outputs according to the framework. The assignment targets fifteen nature reserves currently managed by the Appointed Protected Areas Committee (APAC), including Horsh Ehden, Palm Islands, Al Shouf Cedars, Tyre Coast, Bentael, Tannourine Cedar Forest, Machaa Chnaniir, Jaj Cedars, Abbasiyeh Coast, Mount Hermon, Yammouni, Kafra, Ramya, Beit Leef, and Wadi Al Houjeir.
To be eligible, proposers must be legally registered entities and belong to a diverse supplier group such as a micro, small or medium enterprise, or a women– or youth-owned business. They must not be suspended or ineligible under any UN organization, the World Bank Group, or similar international bodies. Proposers should not be involved in bankruptcy or facing legal actions that may disrupt operations.
Qualified proposers must also have no history of non-performance due to contractor default in the past three years, no repeated adverse court or arbitral decisions, and should be a legally registered organization or consortium (consultancy firm) with relevant experience.
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