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Assessment of the Vehicle of the
Procurement area System of Ethiopia,
“making the economic case”.
1.
Background SDPASE: (Sustainable Development of the Protected
Areas System of Ethiopia)
SDPASE has
stared on the 1st Oct. 2008. It is funded by the Global
Environment Facility/UNDP. Other funding sources are the Government
of Ethiopia and co-funding institutions like NGOs, bilateral
development projects etc.
The Ethiopian
Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA) has been charged by
Government and UNDP implement the project. SDPASE is embedded in
EWCA, and GTZ-IS (German Agency for Technical
Cooperation-International Services) is the implementing partner of
EWCA, and GTZ-IS (German Agency for Technical
Cooperation-International Services) is the implementing partner of
EWCA for the first phase of the project.
2.
Objective of the consultancy
The Consultant
is to collect and compile the “business” arguments for the PA-system
of Ethiopia and EWCA in particular, which will be Utilized to
solicit for Government and partner funding and support. On the basis
of the business case, the study will provide arguments to mainstream
the PA system of Ethiopia into the broader development context, in
particular in the pro poor-development agenda of the PASDEP.
3.
Main elements
Make a
persuasive case for EWCA’s strategy to meeting its mandate that
includes:
Value of PA-system and wildlife to
Ethiopian economy
The role of PAs in assuring
sustainability of development
Current and future benefits of the
system, sources of income, in particular tourism, consumptive
utilization, other PES
Costs of the PA-system, including
opportunity costs of land use
Cost-benefit considerations,
including costs of not investing, like climate change.
Summary of core functions and
services, and how EWCA is organized to deliver
Analysis of EWCA addressing capacity
development and human resource issues
Business plan and viability-provide
details on the financial plan for the PA System including the
returns on investment
Write the
business case in a format that is easily understandable by
non-natural resources personnel and politicians.
Estimate the
value of the PA-system for the development of the local economies
and the national development of
Ethiopia, present the economic
arguments for mainstreaming.
Deliverables
and timeframe
The expected
duration of this work is 3 months with a start date of 1st
May 2009, and the completion of the final business plan by end of
August, 2009.
Competences
required
The
consultant(s) or consulting firm must demonstrate the following
competencies:
Extensive experience in the
development of business cases in the environmental sector;
especially PA-systems,
Extensive experience with economic
studies in the environmental sector; especially PA-systems.
An understanding and knowledge of
government objectives, targets and strategies of the Wildlife
sector, including the budgetary process; and how the EWCA fits
within this context;
Extensive experience of human
resource planning;
Extensive experience in budgeting and
financial projections;
Knowledge of Ethiopia’s PASP, sector
strategies, the Government’s Business Planning approach.
Knowledge of similar approaches and
studies carried out in similar situations, particularly in Africa,
Knowledge of GEF and UNDP
environmental and biodiversity strategies.
Knowledge of Poverty Reduction
Strategies and the respective Millennium Development Goals and
strategies to achieve them.
Contractual
arrangements
The contract
will be drawn up between GTZ-IS and the service provider. Interested
service providers are kindly asked to contract
Ludwig.siege@gtz.de Or
lakew.berhanu@gmail.com for the detailed tender document.
GTZ International Services Ethiopia
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