GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Name of Grantee Country: Ethiopia

Name of Project: Technical Assistance for Improving Climate Resilience of Communities and Ecosystems Through Integrated Water Resources Management in the Ziway-Shalla Lakes Sub Basin

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

  1. Ethiopia has received a grant from the African Development Bank/African Development Fund to finance the Technical Assistance for Improving Climate Resilience of Communities and Ecosystems Through Integrated Water Resources Management in the Ziway-Shalla Lakes Sub Basin
  1. The principal objectives of this project are to :

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  • Contribute to mainstreaming climate risk management and resilience into economic planning and development in the Sub-Basin.
  • Ensure the interests of the different economies of scale (smallholders, cooperatives, businesses, industries, etc…) are addressed in the planning and important segments of society, particularly women are given due consideration
  • Contribute to building upon and scaling up of a water allocation plan to promote efficiency and ensure long term water security, address biodiversity issues surrounding several lakes in the sub-basin
  • Promote the upstream watershed management that is critical to building climate resilience
  • Enhance community resilience through climate smart water use and management technologies, particularly addressing the interests of women during technology selection
  • Increase awareness and capacity of local and regional government, water user cooperatives, business leaders, investors and community stakeholders on climate-resilience and water resource management.
  • Identify water resource utilization gaps (including gender gaps) and challenges that need to be addressed and mainstreamed in the planning and future project preparation at the different level of administration (national, regional, local)
  • Ensure continued management and engagement of stakeholders (participatory process) with particular emphasis on local water user’s associations, women groups, local administrators, the national key players in the decision making process

The mode of Procurement to be used will be: Open Competitive Bidding both International and National

  1. The project includes the following components :
  • Output 1: Climate-resilient Water Resources Development plan that has integrated measures against the impacts of climate change (droughts and floods) developed for the Sub-Basin
  • Output 2: Local and regional government capacity, local communities’ awareness to incorporate climate resilience into economic and social development planning and water infrastructure increased
  • Output 3: Livelihood-based climate-resilient water resources management is promoted and access to economic assets to increase resilience in climate variability improved
  1. Procurement of goods and/or works and acquisition of the services of Consultants will be in accordance with the Bank’s Procurement Policy Framework dated October 2015. Bidding documents are expected to be available in (October 2021).
  1. Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting:

Name of Executing Agency: AAU-Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network

Address: Addis Ababa

contact name: Leta Etisa

telephone number: +251-910-45-45-33

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