Historique

a) Project background

The Strengthening Capacity and Incentives for Wildlife Conservation in the Western Forest Complex Project is financially supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with the objective to improve management effectiveness and sustainable financing for Huai Kha Khaeng-Thung Yai Naresuan (HKK-TYN) World Heritage Site. It will also develop and implement mechanisms to incentivise surrounding communities living in an around the HKK-TY to better protect the biodiversity of the World Heritage Site and to adopt more sustainable land use and forestry management practises in the adjacent buffer areas.

Total GEF-supported funding for this project is US$7,339,450, with the co-financing of US$24, 234,427 from the Thai counterparts. The project implementation is led by the Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plants (DNP) and other key agencies including NGOs, in collaboration with UNDP. The project has been organized into three components, and has been implemented over a period of five years (2015-2019).

The first Component of the project is directed towards strengthening and scaling up existing best-practice management activities, and developing and testing innovative approaches to enforcement and compliance, in the HKK-TYN WHS. It will strive to reduce the direct threats to tigers and prey, improve effectiveness of wildlife sanctuary management, and enhance the use of data and information to support key management decision-making.

The second Component of the project is focused on linking sustainable livelihood development in the enclave and buffer zone villages with specific conservation outcomes. It will seek to achieve these linkages by promoting incentives for community-based sustainable forest management, including technical support and grant funding for sustainable livelihoods initiatives, environmentally-friendly agricultural practices, nature-based tourism and education, and piloting a biodiversity financing for Wildlife Conservation.

The Third Component of the project is directed towards raising the awareness in communities living in and around the WHS of the need to conserve, and the importance of protecting, the forest landscapes and associated wildlife. Work under this component will assist in strengthening the representation of the buffer and enclave communities in each of the Wildlife Sanctuary’s Protected Area Committees (PACs). With improved representation on the PAC, the project will assist in building the capacity of each of the PAC to assure a constructive and meaningful contribution to the co-management of the wildlife sanctuaries.

b) Context of the required services.

The required service is to monitor the implementation of community projects funded by the project’s grant. The IC will also help strengthening the capacity of five community outreach officers (contracted by the project) who work for the Chief of HKK Wildlife Sanctuary on outreach and public participation.

Work under this assignment will focus on the buffer zone areas where human-wildlife conflict is major challenge. These community projects are gearing towards transitioning and transformation of non-sustainable land use into alternative livelihoods which embrace wildlife conservation as the end goal. Community projects are classified with area-based approach into 3 zones characterised by different champions and initiatives. The north zone (Lansak) comprises 3 projects aiming at changing attitude against wildlife and turning wildlife into assets, not enemy. The initiatives include stocktaking of wildlife appearance along the buffer zone by joint patrolling, and applying research methodology cum indigenous knowledge to develop data and reference for rationale community initiatives. The projects also include land use change from mono-cropping to precision agriculture which guarantee sustainable land use and wildlife friendly activities.

The central zone comprises one project on environment education and awareness raising via teachers and students on importance of the World Heritage Site and priceless resources of icon species in this global hot spot. The south zone comprises two projects aiming at reducing wildlife hunting by providing alternative food production and income generation from wildlife friendly products and services.

Strategically, the project will be meaningless if sustainable land use and community living in harmony with wildlife are not succeeded. Transitional period in transforming the Business as Usual into alternative livelihoods is crucial.

c) Relevance/purpose of the work required

According to the project component 2, the project needs a mediator in promoting incentives for community-based sustainable forest management, including technical support and grant funding for sustainable livelihoods initiatives.

d) List and describe the stakeholders for the project

Focusing on buffer zone management of HKK Wildlife Sanctuary, major stakeholders are community-based organizations receiving project grants, local governments, line agencies of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment i.e. HKK Wildlife Sanctuary under Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Royal Forest Department, and Ministry of Agriculture. Provincial governor is the top executive of geographical administration of which buffer zone management is the prime agenda of the province.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Scope of Work:

a) Role and major tasks to be undertaken

The IC will perform the role of community liaison of the Project in assuring the grant supported to community projects will be result-based and timely deliver the outputs as planned. The IC will also be the team leader for 5 outreach officers who work closely with the communities as the extended arms of the HKK wildlife sanctuary. The IC will help monitoring the deliverables of community-grant projects and mediate technical support on capacity strengthening and enabling community participation in natural resources protection with proven evidence for demarcation, joint patrolling, etc. The IC will help setting up of coordination platform to share lessons on proven applicable innovation in production process and products which do not jeopardize the biodiversity of the World Heritage Sites. This includes seeking support on brand creation and sustainable financing system for alternative livelihoods’ supply chains.

b) Required activities (scope, location, subjects, etc.)

Mainly, the working station is at HKK Wildlife Sanctuary and Buffer Zone areas which require extensive travel. As the team leader, the IC will work with community outreach officers and have regular meetings with the team. Consequently, regular meeting with the Chief of HKK Wildlife Sanctuary to inform progress and consult on adaptive management, if need be. Monthly meeting with the Project Manager, Chief of Wildlife Sanctuary and Outreach officers will be on the plan. Communication channel will be on LINE for daily contact and reporting of issues to be resolved.

c) Literature/data/information/policy framework (as reference to the work)

Project Document and Annual Work Plan, including community project proposals are available.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

1. List down the outputs and specific deliverables in sequence, corresponding to the work and their corresponding target delivery dates.

The schedule of deliverables is based on scope of work as follows:

Institutional Arrangement

Substantive guidance to the IC will be provided by the Small Grant Programme Committee comprising advisory group from UNDP-GEF SGP National Committee, Chief of HKK Wildlife Sanctuary and Senior Coordinator of the project.

The IC will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager to ensure the progress of activities. Approval of monthly progress report will be initially endorsed by the Chief of HKK, and reviewed by the PM for monthly payment. Quarterly progress report will be endorsed by the Small Grant Programme Committee.

The following coordination activities between the IC and Project Management Unit is required to ensure expected deliverables to be in line with the project’s objectives and overall work plan.

• Regular weekly email or phone updates of the services, sharing work experiences, challenges encountered & possible solutions;
• Organize bimonthly face to face meetings with PMU/ UNDP staff, or when necessary, for efficiency and effectives of results and updated according to the most recent milestone of the work plans/activities.

Duration of the Assignment

Contract duration is 20 months with maximum 320 days worked, from 15 November 2018 till 31 July 2020. It should be noted that the last few months of the contract should be planned for closing-out period. The contract will be evaluated at the end of each year and be extended upon satisfactory of consecutive deliverables until 31 July 2020.

Duty Station

It is envisioned that the work will be carried out in Huai Kha Kaeng Wildlife Sanctuary and its buffer zone areas. Coordination offices are at both UNDP Office and DNP Wildlife Conservation Division in Bangkok, with the base station at the project field office in Huai Kha Kaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, and with possible travel in Thailand

Working facilities are provided at the Project Field Office in Tung Faek station, HKK Wildlife Sanctuary.

Compétences

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Technical Competencies:

• Analytic capacity and demonstrated ability to process, analyse and synthesise complex, technical information;
• Proven ability to support the development of high quality knowledge and training materials, and to train technical teams;
• Proven experience in the developing country context and working in different cultural settings.

Communication:

• Communicate effectively in writing to a varied and broad audience in a simple and concise manner.

Professionalism:

• Capable of working in a high pressure environment with sharp and frequent deadlines, managing many tasks simultaneously;
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Teamwork:

• Projects a positive image and is ready to take on a wide range of tasks;
• Focuses on results for the client;
• Welcomes constructive feedback.

Qualifications et expériences requises

The IC must have strong experience of implementing the similar programme in Thai context. The IC shall mobilize in terms of expertise and time allocation in order to complete the activities required under the scope of the assignment and to achieve the overall and the specific objectives of the assignment in terms of time, costs and quality.

The IC should have:

• At least Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Forestry and/ or other related fields;
• At least 7 years of professional experience working in the area of wildlife conservation, community livelihoods, stakeholders participation, and preferably in the Thai context;
• Strong coordination and management skills;
• Strong work experience in facilitation, extension and communication;
• Able to work collaboratively as a team; and
• Experience working with the government, DNP in particular, is a strong advantage

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payment :

Consultant must send a financial proposal based on Daily Fee. Consultant shall quote an all-inclusive Daily Fee for the contract period. The term “all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, communications, consumables, etc.) that could be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment are already factored into the daily fee submitted in the proposal. If applicable, travel or daily allowance cost (if any work is to be done outside the IC’s duty station) should be identified separately. Payments shall be done on a monthly basis based on actual days worked, upon verification of completion of deliverables and approval by the IC’s supervisor of a Time Sheet indicating the days worked in the period. The required review time is up to 14 days to review prior to approving outputs and authorizing payments.

In general, UNDP shall not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources

In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Travel costs shall be reimbursed at actual but not exceeding the quotation from UNDP approved travel agent.  The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Budget for organizing meetings and events are provided as project activities under output 2.1, according to the project‘s annual work plan.

Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

Applicants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Cumulative analysis

The award of the contract shall be made to the applicant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as a) responsive/compliant/acceptable; and b) having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria (70%). and financial criteria (30%). Financial score shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the lowest priced proposal received by UNDP for the assignment.

Criteria 1 Relevance of Education – Max 10 points

Criteria 2 Relevant experience as the team leader of wildlife conservation and community livelihoods project, in particular, dealing with human-wildlife conflict. - Max 30 Points

Criteria 3 Relevant experience in coordination and project management – Max 25 points

Criteria 4 proven record of work in advocating for multi-stakeholders participation and communication – Max 25 points

Criteria 5 Relevant experience in working with the government, DNP in particular, - Max 10 Points

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% of the total technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Documents to Be Included When Submitting the Proposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document:

a) Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability and financial proposal using the template provided in Annex III.
b)  Personal CV, indicating all experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
d) Financial Proposal The applicant must send a financial proposal based on Daily amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all costs components required to perform the deliverables identified in the TOR, including professional fee, travel costs, living allowance (if any work is to be done outside the IC´s duty station) and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs stated in section D.

Incomplete proposals may not be considered. The short listed candidates may be contacted and the successful candidate will be notified

ANNEXES

Annex I - TOR_ Project Coordinator (Community Liaison)

              Annex I-I - Project Document

              Annex I-II - Project Annual Work Plan 2018

Annex II- General Condition of Contract

Annex III - Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual IC, including Financial Proposal Template

All documents can be downloaded at : http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=50899