Background of consultancy assignment/ project

WWF was one of the first International non-government organizations working in Vietnam. In 1985, WWF began working on a national conservation strategy and since then has worked closely with the Vietnamese Government on a diverse range of environment issues and implemented field activities across the country. Find out more at http://vietnam.panda.org/.

The Carbon and Biodiversity Project (CarBi II) is implemented by WWF through KfW, and part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. This is one of the priority conservation programmes in the Central Annamites Landscape, which holds one of the biggest contiguous natural forests in continental Asia, constituting a reservoir of rich and unique biodiversity.

CarBi II project will be implemented over a 5-year period (2019 – 2024) by WWF-Vietnam and Laos. Key partners of the project in Vietnam are the provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Forest Protection Departments, Saola Nature Reserves, Bach Ma National Park and the authorities, communities of participating districts of around 100 villages in four districts Dong Giang, Tay Giang in Quang Nam province, and A Luoi, Nam Dong in Thua Thien Hue province.

Improved community based forest protection measures and agriculture–based livelihood enhancement interventions are necessary to generate alternative livelihood opportunities and decrease incentives for illegal exploitation of natural resources. These interventions would contribute to the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of ecosystems and  biodiversity in the Central Annamites. Several incentive models are being applied in Vietnam, combining local conservation commitment and promoting sustainable livelihood develoment in selected priority villages where there are high pressures and negative impacts on protected areas.

In pursuance of the optimal community based forest protection model, CarBi II is interested in exploring all appropriate and functionally effective Village Development Fund (VDF) models in Vietnam for potential application in target CarBi II villages.

Please refer to the attached ToR for more details.

Objective of the consultancy

• Conduct a comprehensive review and assessment all current VDFs in Vietnam
• Analyse the CarBi - specific requirements for performance based community forest protection.
• Propose a feasible VDF model to apply in selected Carbi II villages, including recommendations on best practice, a specific planning and implementation action plan, an outline for an M&E protocol, technical guidelines and training manual.
• Identify selected villages for piloting the proposed VDFs’ model and support the pilot operationalisation & implementation.
• Evaluate progress made with pilot VDFs and identify possible areas for improvement and lessons learnt, and support the application of adaptive management
• Reccommendation on follow up/action plan for implementing in all the rest of target VFDs’ Carbi II villages

Proposals required: technical proposal and financial proposal in different sealed envelopes.

Proposal submission deadline: 10:00 AM (Hanoi time) 4th December 2019

All sealed proposals must clearly indicate the tender reference: “Ref 15: Consultancy for reviewing, assessment, and support for the establishment and operationalization of Village Development Funds (VDFs) in target Carbi II villages”

Proposals could be sent via post at:

WWF-Vietnam
Add:  #6, lane 18 Nguyen Co Thach Street, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi
Attn: Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy, Procurement Admin Officer
OR via email:     [email protected]

Organization: WWF
Location:
Application deadline: 2019-12-04
Send application to: [email protected]