Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for proposals for Facilitating and Assisting Forest Area Management by Villages in Kutai Timur District, East Kalimantan Province.
Scope of Work
The selected CSO should work within the following scope:
- Socialization that includes awareness raising activities about the importance of protecting forested areas in APL and its benefits for the community. Note: initial assessment by KalFor and Focal Point and/or local government has carried out FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent) at the village level and the village has provided consent on KalFor activity in the village.
- Facilitation of the development of enabling conditions for the realization of quality and innovative village programs based on forest management in APL. This includes the village government and the community that is conducted in a participatory manner.
- Implementation of pilot activities as innovative village program.
- Strengthening women’s groups, gender equality, and disabled inclusion will be integrated in this LVG activities.
Funding Information
The total budget provided by KalFor-UNDP for this activity is USD 140.000.
Expected Results
The activities that will be carried out by the selected CSO is to achieve the following expected results:
- Detailed description of the level of welfare of the pilot villages in the form of Economic/welfare Baseline data at the level of family unit/household.
- Innovative plans to address specific village needs.
- Information and conditions of forest management practice in the APL and potential management model developed that are equipped with village level policy.
- Data and information on the conditions of opportunity and choices of incentive model and management/utilization for community groups that manage forests in APL in a sustainable manner that is complemented with relevant village-level policy.
- Recommendations for follow-up actions on village assistance that include the development of a forest management model in APL, a scheme to improve community welfare, and recommendations for proposing models, and incentives for community groups.
- Implemented pilot activities in each village to improve community’s welfare in the context of APL forest protection.
- Map of conditions and use of natural resources in the villages that contain information about the distribution of forested areas in APL and other potential resources.
- Form of collaboration between companies, communities and district governments to support ecofriendly community-based businesses with document of collaboration Plan/Action as evidence
- Lesson learn material with documentation facilitating process in printed and audio-visual material
Qualifications
The selected CSO should comply with requirement as follow:
- Has at least 3 years of experience at the village level with specialization in policy assistance and implementation of natural resource management by the village.
- CSO located in East Kalimantan or East Kutai will be an advantage
- Experienced in conducting assessments of the level of community welfare associated with natural resource utilization activities around the village, especially forested areas.
- Has a good network and working relationship with the government of East Kalimantan Province and East Kutai District
- Has exceptional time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Personnel shall be qualified for each proposed position and must be a permanent staff of the CSO (CV attached).
- Capable of meeting the administrative document requirements required by UNDP.
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For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=93087