Alignment of National Fisheries and Aquaculture Strategies and The National Agricultural Investment Plans to The PFRS in Africa and Climate-Change Adaptation Including Formulation of Recommendations for Domestication of Relevant Global Instruments

Background Information

The Assignment

The goals of this service contract are threefold namely:

• (i) to review national fisheries and aquaculture policies and strategies for alignment and coherent with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS) and relevant international instruments
• (ii) to review national fisheries and aquaculture policies and strategies in order to make specific recommendations for alignment and domestication of global instruments and relevant international conventions;
• (iii) to support African Union Member States (AU-MS) successfully develop and implement national fisheries and aquaculture sectoral strategies and National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) that are aligned to the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS) and climate change adaptation. This is with the aim to benchmark and establish twinning mechanisms for peer review to strengthen coherence in the sector to the PFRS and capacity for realistic fisheries and aquaculture policy making;

Contracting authority

African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources, Nairobi, Kenya.

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) of the African Union Commission (AUC), is mandated to support and coordinate the utilization of livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and wildlife as resources for both human wellbeing and economic development in the Member States of the African Union. The Vision of the AU-IBAR Strategic Plan 2018-2023 is an Africa in which animal resources contribute significantly to integration, prosperity and peace.

AU-IBAR’s intervention in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is guided by the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy (PFRS) for fisheries and aquaculture in Africa. The PFRS formulated in response to the recommendations of the first Conference of African Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CAMFA I) to promote policy coherence, was reiterated by CAMFA II, and endorsed at the June 2014 Summit of the African Heads States and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea as a blue print for facilitating sustainable African fisheries development. PFRS is aimed at improving governance of the sector for increased sustainable contribution to food security, livelihoods and wealth creation. Also within the framework of the African Union Agenda 2063, the Africa Blue Economy Strategy envisioned an inclusive and sustainable blue economy that significantly contributes to Africa’s transformation and growth.

One of the functions of the African Union Commission, as stated in its Statute, is to work out draft common positions of the Union and coordinate the actions of Member States in international negotiations. In the fisheries and Aquaculture sector some progress has been made in the ratification and/or implementation of global instruments such as the on-Port State Measures Agreement (the PSMA), Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), United Nations Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA and African instruments) (charters, conventions, protocols).

However, there is still much work to be done to continue to encourage and support AU Member States for the ratification and/or implementation of relevant instruments. Such support and encouragement would be more effective in (i) developing capacities of AU Member States (ii) establishing a monitoring mechanism to follow the progress of implementation. (iii) Facilitating studies to collate opportunities and identify changes with respect to global instruments in order to deepen the awareness created under FishGov 1. (iv) Supporting actions to develop and strengthen mechanisms for compliance by AU member states.

Background

Africa’s fishery sector produces over 11 million tons of fish annually employs over 12 million people, contributes 1.24% of continental GDP and is a major source of food for over 200 million Africans. It is among the primary food and nutrition as well as livelihood sources for several rural communities. The sustainability and expansion of the sector, are therefore among Africa’s prospects for reducing poverty and spurring rural development and socio-economic growth.

The needed reforms to reverse the current trend of decline and waste that have undermined the African fisheries to contribute sustainably to economic growth, food security, nutrition and healthy ecosystems are being recognized through various declarations at the highest political level of the African Union including the commitment to restore fisheries to their maximum sustainable yields by 2015 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the Abuja Declarations of African Heads of Government at the Fish for All Summit and the resolutions at the Conference of African Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CAMFA). These continental initiatives have culminated in establishment of the African Fisheries Reform Mechanism (AFRM) and the formulation of a Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for fisheries and aquaculture in Africa (PFRS).

In furtherance to the above AU-IBAR through series of interactive consultations had put together a document on ‘A Guide for the Implementation of the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa’. ‘The Guide’ was produced through consultative and participatory processes involving stakeholders that included African Union Member States (AU MS), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), specialized regional institutions in fisheries and aquaculture, NSAs, members of the AFRM, development partners, individual experts and key institutions. This document has been developed as a complementary document to the parent PFRS to provide guidance for the implementation of the PFRS.

As a follow up to FishGov1, the second phase, also with EU support, entitled “Enhancing sustainable fisheries management and aquaculture development in Africa: A programme for accelerated reform of the sector (FISHGOV2)’ is aimed at enhancing the contribution of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture to the achievement of the AU Agenda 2063’s objectives, notably in terms of food security, livelihoods and wealth creation. The goal is to implement activities that will address the objectives and principles of the above-mentioned declarations, recommendations and resolutions as well as those of the AFRM and PFRS.

One of the functions of the African Union Commission, as stated in its Statute, is to work out draft common positions of the Union and coordinate the actions of Member States in international negotiations. In the fisheries and Aquaculture sector some progress has been made in the ratification and/or implementation of global instruments such as the on-Port State Measures Agreement (the PSMA), Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), United Nations Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA and African instruments) (charters, conventions, protocols).

However, there is still much work to be done to continue to encourage and support AU Member States for the ratification and/or implementation of relevant instruments. Such support and encouragement would be more effective in (i) developing capacities of AU Member States (ii) establishing a monitoring mechanism to follow the progress of implementation. (iii) Facilitating studies to collate opportunities and identify changes with respect to global instruments in order to deepen the awareness created under FishGov 1. (iv) Supporting actions to develop and strengthen mechanisms for compliance by AU member states.

The sustainability of Africa’s fisheries sector, unfortunately remains challenged by poor governance, low levels of investment, environmental degradation and climate-change. Environmental degradation and climate-change have been cited as causes for loss of breeding and fishing grounds, diminution of fish landing sites and reduced fish production in the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sub-sectors. Livelihoods and thus, the socio-economic status of rural fishing communities has progressively become at stake. The contribution of the sector towards African Union Member State’s (AU-MS) national GDP’s, food and nutrition security and rural development is consequently below the anticipated most AU-MS national goals for the sector.

The PFRS seeks to address the bottlenecks hindering the establishment of sustainable climate-smart commercial fisheries and aquaculture development by anchoring on promoting healthy aquatic ecosystems and equitable trade as foundation stones for the sector. Similarly, the Africa Blue Economy Strategy (ABES) seeks to expand the economic opportunities derived from the fisheries sector based upon the same principles.

Africa Development Bank (AfDB) analyses indicate that poverty levels in Africa can be halved by promoting agricultural growth alone. Investment in Africa’s agricultural sector would also address most of Africa’s food and nutrition security concerns. The Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) articulates these prospects into a framework that guides investment to transform and accelerate agricultural growth in Africa. Hence, Africa’s Head of State and Government (AHSG) endorsed the CAADP in 2003 in commitment to boosting investment for agricultural development. The implementation of the CAADP has been cascaded down to the regional and national levels through Regional Agricultural Investment Plans (RAIPs) and National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) to facilitate the realization of this broad objective across the continent. The RAIPs and NAIPs aim to mobilize resources for investment to effectively harness the economic opportunities offered by agricultural, considering the comparative advantage of each of the agricultural sub-sectors within the respective Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Member States (MS).

A nation’s capacity for responsible use and management of its natural resources greatly determines the extent to which it can effectively harness these resources sustainably through agriculture. The NAIPs and RAIPs were designed as tools to help AU-MS and RECs generate and direct resources from the public and private sectors to meet their sectoral CAADP targets. In this regard, they provide a framework through which wide range of resources can simultaneously be harnessed for public investment notably institutional and policy structures, infrastructure, technology, human resource development, private-sector organizations and natural resources. They present one of the most practical approaches for pooling scarce resources from the public and private sectors to attain the levels of investment needed to more effectively accomplish regional or national development goals. The value of NAIPs and RAIPs that holistically address sustainable agricultural development within the context of natural resource management and climate-change for robust and resilient agricultural value-chain development cannot be understated.

Current situation in the sector

Africa’s fisheries-aquaculture sector transcends a wide range of ecological habitats and socio-economic environments. Its oceans, rivers and lakes support the continent’s fisheries and growing aquaculture sub-sector. About 31% of Africa’s land surface area is suitable for small-scale fish farming and 13% suitable for commercial fish farming.

One of the Strategic Objectives of the FishGov2 Project is to Strengthen the Capacities of Member States, RECs and RFBs to develop realistic sustainable fisheries and aquaculture policies in coherence with the PFRS. Accordingly, one of the main specific activities to achieve the intents of this Strategic Objectives is to Facilitate national validation workshops for reviewed national policies and laws at Member State’s level of 15 AU member states with the objective of aligning them with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa for coherence in sector management. The Project identified the following AU Member States as fragile states to be the beneficiaries of this exercise: – Somali, South Sudan, DR Congo, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Central Africa Republic and Sahrawi.

One of the anticipated impacts and sustainability of the FishGov 2 is to ensure improved governance of the fishery and aquaculture sectors through fostering policy coherence, accountability as well as ratification and adoption of international best practices and global instruments by AU member states and RECs.

Furthermore, based on the final review of the FishGov1 Project it was found that much work is still needed in the areas of: (i) continuation on promoting coherence in fisheries and aquaculture governance instruments, underpinned by provisions of PFRS and adherence to global instruments; (ii) consolidating effective participation and articulating a common African voice in global fora for e.g. climate change and ocean governance. There is still indeed much outstanding work to be done with regards to, for examples, events such as Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ), United Nations Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) etc. One of the key lessons learnt was the important leadership role of African Union Commission as one of its mandate in supporting Africa Voice and Partnerships in regional and Global fora and the opportunities for partnerships for sustainable governance of the sector.

The phase two of the Fisheries Governance Project (FishGov2) therefore aims to build upon the achievement of FishGov1 by providing technical support to AU Member States and regional institutions through alignment of their national fisheries and aquaculture policies, strategies with the PFRS, and other relevant global fisheries and aquaculture related instruments. The challenges confronting member states for the implementation of global instruments have been identified and priority actions developed. Thus, the next phase is to provide technical support to AU Member States to facilitate implementations of the global best practices, including the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), United Nations Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA), Food and Agriculture Organization – Ports State Measure Agreement (FAO PSMA), Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (VG-SSF) etc).

The sustainable development of Africa’s fisheries and aquaculture potential is unfortunately beset by growing threats to its aquatic resources arising from pollution, environmental degradation, inundation of wetlands, flooding, sedimentation, climate-change and inadequate fishery management policies and practices. These factors have negatively impacted water quality, breeding grounds and the status of fish populations. Increased reports of the destruction of aquaculture infrastructure after adverse climatic events are a growing concern. Traditional fish processing practices such as fish drying and smoking are weather and wood dependent. Thus, they are susceptible to climate-change events and contribute to deforestation and carbon-gas emissions. Meeting sanitary and market standards under such these conditions remains an uphill task for producers. Dedicated investment to address impacts related to environmental degradation and climate-change systematically across the continent’s fishery and aquaculture value-chain to establish resilience has generally been overlooked; and is perpetuating the business and sustainability risks the sector is facing.

Ensuring NAIPs and RAIPs become fully aligned to the PFRS and the respective environmental management and climate-Change adaptation plans will go a long way in fostering the resilience, performance and sustainability of Africa’s fishery and aquaculture sectors. The finding from this consultancy facilitate the strengthening the level of coherence and realistic policy making and budgeting for sustainable fisheries-aquaculture development as prospects for twinning those with and without PFRS aligned strategies and investment plans as a peer review mechanism will better be elaborated.

In the above regard AU-IBAR is through due diligence seeking to identify and engage the services of relevant and competent national consultants to (i) facilitate Alignment of national policies of African Union Member States in line with the Guide with a view of updating them for coherence and alignment to the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa. (ii) to Conduct a review of national policies of AU MS and make specific recommendations for alignment and domestication of global instruments (iii) review national fisheries and aquaculture sectoral strategies and National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) for alignment with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS) and climate change adaptation.

Objectives, Purpose & Expected Results

Overall objectives

The Overarching objective of this consultancy is to ensure national fisheries and aquaculture policies and strategies are coherent/aligned to/with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for fisheries and aquaculture in Africa and relevant international instruments; make specific recommendations for alignment and domestication of global instruments and relevant international conventions.; and assess the extent to which AU-MS have aligned their NAIPs to their fisheries and aquaculture strategies and investment plans aligned to the PFRS, environmental management and climate-change adaptation action plans and are benefiting from this action.

Purpose and Specific Objectives

The purpose of this contract is to:

• (i) Produce a revised national fisheries and aquaculture policy/ strategy
• (ii) Facilitate the analysis of national fisheries and aquaculture policies and relevant international instruments;
• (iii) Review (but not exclusively):
  • a) Global, continental and regional best practices for promoting and implementing climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture.
  • b) National and regional fisheries and aquaculture sectoral plans, NAIPS, national and regional CAADP compacts, climate-change national action plans and related documents on best practices for integrating climate change into the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
• (iv) From the review, compile a list of indicators relevant for assessing climate-smart fisheries-aquaculture development in Africa.
• (v) Undertake a SWOT analysis to assess the extent to which the PFRS and climate change has been mainstreamed into NAIPs and the impacts thereof based on PFRS Implementation Guidelines and CAADP compacts.
• (vi) Compile national success stories as case studies demonstrating the benefits and challenges associated with mainstreaming climate-change into the fisheries-aquaculture industry for lessons learning and knowing sharing.
• (vii) Recommendations for the way forward showing options for policy, resource mobilization and building partnerships to promote the adoption and implementation of climate-smart environmentally sustainable fisheries-aquaculture development aligned to the PFRS among AU-MS and other stakeholder initiatives within the industry.
• (viii) Prepare documentation on mainstreamed on NAPIS with fisheries and aquaculture mainstreamed
• (ix) Organize and facilitate stakeholder validation workshops on the.

Results to be achieved by the selected national consultant

• (i) Final consultancy report highlighting the outcomes of the policy review, the policy gaps and issues for the reforms of the fisheries and aquaculture, the best practices and lessons learnt and the policy intervention entry points.
• (ii) Consultancy report highlighting the outcomes of the policy analysis, priority instruments and strategies for effective participation as well as specific recommendations for implementation, ratification and domestication of relevant instruments and the policy intervention entry points.
• (iii) A report on the status of alignment of the country’s NAIP to national fisheries and aquaculture policies and strategies, the PFRS and national environmental management and climate-change change adaptation strategies highlighting the implications for the sectors sustainable development and recommendations.
• (iv) Final Technical Report incorporating inputs from stakeholder’s validation workshop to be produced 10 days maximum after the workshop
• (v) National stakeholder validation workshop organized and facilitated;

Assumptions & Risks

Assumptions underlying the project

The success of this project will depend on the commitment of AU MS to share information on their fisheries and aquaculture strategies and investment plans, NAIPs climate-change adaption action plans for the fisheries-aquaculture sector and relevant status reports. It will also depend on the availability and quality of relevant national and regional data/information on fisheries-aquaculture, environmental management and climate-change.

Risks

• Poor commitment by specialized institutions and relevant organizations towards the implementation of the assignment, inadequate institutional or human resource capacity or unwillingness to participate or contribute relevant information.
• Availability of key informants and accessibility to relevant data and documents for within the stipulated time frame of the assignment.
• Unpredictable events affecting the availability of key informants and organisation of consultative workshop(s).

Scope of The Work

General

Contract description

The contract is within the overall broad theme of ensuring fisheries and aquaculture policies in Africa are coherent with the PFRS and coordinated at continental, regional and national levels in order to maintain healthy, productive and resilient marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change.

Among the major challenges undermining Africa’s effort for sustainably increasing the contribution of its fisheries and aquaculture sector to food security, increased livelihood and wealth creation among others is the capability of AU MS and RECs to implement policy reforms. The FISHGOV II project endeavours to address this by strengthening the capacity of AU MS and RECs develop the rational strategies and investments to facilitate coherence and effective implementation of the PFRS anchored onto global and continental best practices, so that national, regional and continental sectoral goals can be achieved.

Consequently, the main goal of the assignment is to assess the extent to which the PFRS and climate-resilience have effectively been mainstreamed into fisheries and aquaculture sectoral plans; and accordingly, into NAIPS, RAIPS and other investment programs.

To achieve these goals, the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), through the provision of the EU funded Fisheries governance phase 2 (FishGov 2) project in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) is through due diligence seeking to identify and engage suitably and appropriately qualified national consultant to assess the to Establish whether the PFRS, environmental sustainability and climate-resilience have been mainstreamed into national fisheries and aquaculture sectoral plans; and accordingly into NAIPS and other national investment programs.

The selected consultant may be invited to share their findings at national and/or regional consultative validations workshops organised by AU-IBAR in a selected AU-MS.

Geographical area to be covered

The coverage of this contract will be national in approach and undertaken in liaison with relevant national institutions

Target groups

National authorities and institutions involved in fisheries and aquaculture management and planning, natural resource and environmental management climate-change adaptation and national development planning and monitoring

Specific work

The Consultant will carry out the following specific activities to meet the expected outcomes and produce a comprehensive report:

A. Alignment of National Policy to PFRS

• (i) Meeting with the relevant stakeholders at national level and where possible at regional level (e.g. RFOs, RECs, etc);
• (ii) Analyze relevant documents (national policy, strategies and legislative/regulatory frameworks) using the Guide for implementation of the PFRS developed by AU-IBAR, with reference to the preliminary analysis that has been done by the ACECOR (University of Cape Coast) on policy alignment and also ensuring adoption of relevant international best practices;
• (iii) Identify policy gaps and key issues for the reforms of the fisheries and aquaculture sector
• (iv) Document best practices (including critical enablers) and lessons leant from the implementation of current or past policies and strategies
• (v) Propose policy intervention entry points and priority actions to fast track the reforms for coherence/alignment to the PFRS.
• (vi) Prepare in close consultation with the National Departments of Fisheries, or the National Competent Authorities responsible for Fisheries the draft revised National Fisheries Policy/strategy that is coherent with PFRS.
• (vii) Facilitate a stakeholder’s consultation to validate the draft document, ensuring uptake and ownership by national stakeholders.

B. Recommendations for alignment and domestication of global instruments and relevant international conventions.

• (i) Organize consultations with the relevant national authorities and stakeholders at national level and where possible at regional level (e.g. RFOs, RECs, etc);
• (ii) Analyze relevant documents (national policy, strategies and legislative/regulatory frameworks) with reference to the preliminary analysis and findings that has been done by the African Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana on Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives at Continental, Regional and National Levels;
• (iii) Identify and analyze priority instruments and initiatives and outline strategies for effective participation;
• (iv) Develop a mechanism with specific recommendations for implementation, ratification and domestication of relevant instruments;
• (v) Facilitate a national stakeholder’s consultative workshop in close consultation with AU-IBAR and the National Departments of Fisheries, or the National Competent Authorities responsible for Fisheries to validate the draft document, ensuring uptake and ownership by national stakeholders.

C. Alignment of NAIPs to fisheries and aquaculture strategies and investment plans to the PFRS, environmental management and climate-change adaptation action plans.

• (i) A detailed and comprehensive inception briefing with relevant AU-IBAR staff to agree on expectations and provide clarity on any outstanding issues.
• (ii) A desk review of international, continental and national documents including AU policy instruments and strategies relevant to this Contract area, such as (but not exclusive) including the Comprehensive Africa Aquaculture Development Program (CAADP), the PFRS, Africa Blue Economy Strategy, Regional and National fisheries management and aquaculture development policies, plans and programs, NAIPs/RAIPs, CAADP compacts, environmental management and climate-change adaptation.
• (iii) An evaluation of the extent to which the country has mainstreamed the PFRS, environmental sustainability and climate-change resilience into its (adaptation) fisheries and aquaculture sectoral strategies, and NAIPS other investment programs within the country.
• (iv) For best practices, liaise with national institutions such as departments of fisheries and aquaculture, water development, environmental management and development planning and monitoring especially in relation to the CAADP to identify key informants, sectoral documents and relevant data for the Contract;
• (v) Undertake a situation analysis highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) affecting the mainstreaming and implementation of climate-smart environmental sustainability fisheries-aquaculture within AU-MS and RECs.

Upon completion of the tasks, the key experts may be invited to share their findings at national/regional consultative validations workshops in a selected AU-MS.

The selected national consultant shall ensure the sharing of knowledge related to the implementation of the project with relevant stakeholders including, NSAs, and other knowledge-based institutions in the country and region.

Project management

Responsible body

This contract shall be managed by AU-IBAR. Activities will be supervised by the Senior Fisheries Officer in AU-IBAR who shall also be responsible for the review and approval of reports and deliverables under this contract.

Management structure

The contracting authority of this contract is AU-IBAR. The project is implemented in partnership with AUDA-NEPAD and is supervised by a Project Steering Committee (PSC). The latter provides supervisory and advisory guidance and may make recommendations on project deliverables where deemed necessary.

Logistics and Timing

Location

This contract will largely be performed remotely from the selected candidate’s home base.

Start date & period of implementation

The effective duration of this consultancy is 15 days and the period of implementation of the contract will be 30 days from this date.

Requirements

Qualifications and skills

The successful national consultant is required to have a post graduate degree in fisheries, aquaculture, agricultural/fisheries economics or related disciplines such as natural resources/agricultural science/biological sciences

General professional experience

The candidate should have:

• i. A high level of proficiency in spoken and written of one or more African Union Official Languages;
• ii. Proven experience of knowledge in conducting related studies on fisheries, aquaculture and/or in related agricultural and environmental sub-sectors;
• iii. Good understanding of fisheries-aquaculture related environmental sustainability and climate-change issues with demonstrated knowledge of AU policy instruments and strategies relevant to this Contract such as the CAADP, the PFRS and Africa Blue Economy Strategy.
• iv. Evidence of having undertaken related consultancies, projects on behalf of development partners organization, including EU in the last 5 years;
• v. Record of familiarization with institutions (national, regional and continental) with mandates in fisheries-aquaculture or related disciplines at national, regional and continental levels in Africa
• vi. Proven skills and ability to facilitate consultation process;
• vii. Evidence of working with or knowledge of stakeholders, including NSAs, in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Africa.

Specific professional experience

• i. Demonstrated evidence in supporting the development, implementation and/or evaluation of sectoral policies, strategies, investment plans and/or programs in sustainable fisheries management, sustainable commercial aquaculture development, environmental management climate-change adaptation including with CAADP compacts, NAIPS and RAIPs;
• ii. Evidence of being adequately, appropriately qualified and experienced in fisheries, aquaculture or related disciplines especially in the areas of policy making, strategic planning, investment planning and/or monitoring and evaluation of performance of sectoral policies, programs and investments.
• iii. Proven record of undertaken similar policy-oriented studies, training, conducting research, investigation and publications in fisheries, aquaculture or related fields.
• iv. Demonstrated capacity for organizing and conduction stakeholder consultative processes including workshops.

Support staff & backstopping

As appropriate. The selected candidate will provide support facilities to their team of experts (back-stopping) during the implementation of the contract.

Office accommodation

There will be no requirement for office accommodation as the assignment will largely be a desk-based online assignment.

Incidental expenditure

There are no incidental expenses envisaged under this contract. Any travel and subsistence costs for missions foreseen in the terms of reference will be covered separately by the contracting authority according to its established procedures. AU-IBAR will take responsibility for all the cost implications related to the organization of the applicable Experts Consultative and Validation Workshops.

Fees

The maximum consultancy fees payable for all the services envisaged in these terms of reference is USD 4,500 only (Four Thousand US Dollars Only.

• No other payments will be made in respect of this assignment.
• The final Payment should be subject to delivery and clearance by the country supervisor.

Reports And Payment Schedules

Reporting requirements

Each report must consist of a narrative section and a financial section.

Submission & approval of reports

Reports should be submitted in MSWord and PDF versions to the Project Manager identified in the contract. The reports must be in English and where applicable any of the African Union Official Language. The Project Manager is responsible for approving the reports.

Payment

Payment shall be made upon completion of all tasks and approval of reports by the project manager and the contracting authority.

How to apply

Application Procedures

Applicants are required to submit only a technical proposal which should include:

• a) The approach to the assignment, including the proposed methodology and work plan, objectives, activities to be carried out, expected outputs, outline of the content and a clear timeframe to carry out the assignment.
• b) Detailed CVs of proposed expert, copies of relevant certificates and copies of identification documents
• c) Signed declaration form on exclusion criteria and statements of availability for the individual experts

Deadline for submission of applications is 10th November 2024.

Attachments

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