Avis d’appel d’offre pour la réponse élargie à la résilience climatique dans le développement (ERCRID), Zambie
REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
MINISTRY OF GREEN ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT NAME : Expanded Response to Climate Resilience in Development (ERCRID)
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE :
The Republic of Zambia has received a Grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance the activities aimed at interventions for the Expanded Response to Climate Resilience in Development (ERCRID) project in the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment. The Grant will be supervised by the African Development Bank (AFDB).
The overall objective of the proposed project is to foster sustained economic development, mainstream gender, reduce poverty and enhance food security through strengthening the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities to better respond to climate change. The specific goal is to enhance the resilience of communities and the sustainability of livelihoods in rural and urban areas threatened by climate change, for both women and men. The project which is to be implemented in the Copperbelt, North Western and parts of Central provinces is intended to introduce new dimensions of gender-responsive climate smart urbanization programs as this region covers major industrialized towns, and is a mining industry hub.
The project comprises the following two components :
Component 1: Climate information, experiences and Framework for future intervention :
This component will focus on the following activities: Review of lessons learnt from the SCRiKA and SCReBS Projects; Consultancy to conduct a gender sensitive Climate and Vulnerability Risk Assessment; Develop a knowledge sharing platform, advocacy and outreach program; Develop a long term strategy for integrated climate-health risks and develop an approach for incorporating gender-responsive COVID-19 risk, response and recovery; Develop a framework to enhance capacity of national and regional stakeholders to plan, manage and implement climate adaptation measures.
Component 2: Capacity Development for Stakeholders :
This component will focus on the following activities: Stakeholder capacity assessment; Capacity building support for local stakeholder engagement for resilience building and upscaling; Assessing capacities and exploring opportunities for strengthening integrated gender responsive land use planning in the urbanized areas in the sub basin.
The Procurement of Goods, Works and Services, financed by the Bank for the Project, will be carried out in accordance with the Bank’s Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations dated October 2015 which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org and in line with the provisions stated in the Grant Agreement. Bidding documents are expected to be available in February 2022.
Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting the :
Head Procurement Unit
Ministry of Green Economy and Environment
John Mbita Roads, Old Central Statistical Office Building,
P.O Box 30147, Lusaka LUSAKA.
E.mail to : bridget.mwale@npcu.org.zm