REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND LAND REFORM
NAMIBIA WATER SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAM (NWSSP)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI)
CONSULTING SERVICES FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY FOR THE PROGRAM
(INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)
Financing Agreement reference : 5800155002303
Program ID No. : P-NA-E00-005
Namibia is currently facing water scarcity, water supply, and sanitation problems. To address the challenge, the Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN), through the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR), embarked on implementing the Namibia Water Sector Support Program (NWSSP) supported/funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The program has been designed to help sustainable production and consumption of water resources, sanitation facilities, promotion of hygiene good practices, resulting in i) improved access to safe drinking water for human consumption and industrial use, ii) improved food and nutrition security in the Urban and Rural areas in Namibia, iii) construction of Water Supply Schemes. This will be achieved by investing in water and sanitation infrastructure, leading to an increase in access, quality, security, and sustainability of water supply and sanitation services. Further, the program will support the construction and extension of water supply systems and sanitation facilities (nationwide). In addition, the program will further support the development of rain and floodwater harvesting infrastructure for rural populations and climate change resilience and adaptation programs countrywide.
The program is currently in its inception phase to build a cohesive and solid portfolio to find long-term solutions for accessible, safe drinking water, climate change resilience, sanitation, and hygiene for all. Subsequently, the proposed NWSSP sub-projects consist of rehabilitation work, construction of new water facilities, and upgrading existing infrastructure.
Within this context, the Ministry of Agriculture Water Land Reform, in partnership with the African Development Bank, seeks a consultant to support the program activities with communication, profiling, championing, capturing, and visibility enhancement. Further, this will mainly include generating evidence to support NWSSP implementing advocacy strategy, campaigns, promotion of work in all aspects, enhancing awareness in the regions, supporting ongoing activities, and acting as a resource to both implementing agencies, partners, and stakeholders. In addition, the service provider will work closely with the Program Implementing Team to ensure the reporting aligns with the program activities.
Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform invite eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (cover letter, curriculum vitae, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.).
The consultant will carry out the following tasks among others :
- Draft a Communication and Visibility Advocacy Strategy and Action Plan of the NWSSP program” to be endorsed by the Implementing Agencies, which will be a validation process workshop ;
- Prepare visual communication materials such as leaflets, training materials, brochures, and other publications for print/electronic/voice/media and support the production of projects results as well as contents editing ;
- Establish and develop content for branding visibility, social media platform updates, TV, radio scripts, and the Ministry Web page ;
- Archive communication materials, including digital publications, press releases, photographs, audio, manual, video, and visual program activities for occasions such as training, workshops and meeting ;
- Oversee the preparation of quality written and visual content for the project’s knowledge products and write and send press releases reports.
Eligibility criteria, the establishment of the short-list, and the selection procedure shall be following the African Development Bank’s Procurement Framework for Group Funded Operational, October 2015 edition, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
Any clarification and inquiries requests should be address as indicated below during office hours between 08h00 and 17h00 (local time), before the deadline set for submission.
Mr: Victor Slinger
Program Technical Advisor
Third Floor, Room 309,
Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation Coordination
Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform
Government Office Park
Luther Street
Private Bag 13184, Windhoek, Namibia
Tel : +264 61 208 7268
Facsimile (fax): +264 61 221 733
E-mail : Victor.Slinger@mawf.gov.na
Sealed Expressions of Interest must be submitted by e-mail or physical submission to the address above by 10 September 2021 at 11h00 local time and marked “Expression of Interest for the Review and Update of the National Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for the Namibia Water Sector Support Program.”.