Deutschland – Dienstleistungen im Umweltschutz – 81322610-Appui technique à la conservation de la biodiversité et au bien-être des populations en Côte d'Ivoire

GIZ is seeking to contract an international service provider to deliver "Technical support for bio-diversity conservation and the well-being of populations in Côte d'Ivoire". The contracting party will be in charge of achieving the following four major outputs : The service provider will be responsible for implementing output 1 in the Bossématié region. To improve regional planning and management of natural resources, it will support the establishment of a multi-stakeholder platform and provide technical assistance. To ensure the sustainability of the action, the platform will be managed by a local decentralized authority such as the Indénié-Djuablin region. The contracting party will also provide support for the Regional Council of Indénié-Djuablin in natural resource management planning. To achieve this, structuring activities, such as the participative preparation of a land-use plan (spatial plan with land use, monitoring of forest cover etc.), the operational development planning (aka "green planning") and the implementation of a geoportal, at regional and/or departmental level, will be focused. On a local level, the service provider will assist communities and local authorities in the process of implementing local agreements in areas bordering the Bossématié nature reserve. Local agreements will be a key element in the sustainable management of natural resources and the protection of biodiversity. Once they have been negotiated, action plans will be drawn up, which will provide a framework for all measures implemented with the support of the project, particularly in the areas of agriculture, biodiversity and reforestation. Regarding output 2 "Management of protected areas", the service provider will strengthen capacities of the conservation authority OIPR to improve their biomonitoring and surveillance systems, climate change adaptation, complaints management procedures and management of marine protected areas. Furthermore, local authorities, public institution