CONSULTANTS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION

West and Central Africa Programme (PACO) Regional Water and Wetlands Programme Senegal Programme RECRUITMENT OF A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION OF THE PROJECT "WATER VOICES, PEACE PATH" TERMS OF REFERENCE --------------------- August 28, 2026 1 1. Context The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a unique union of governmental and civil society member organizations. Founded in 1948, IUCN has grown over the years to become the world's largest and most diverse environmental network. It relies on the expertise, resources, and contributions of over 1,500 Member organizations and over 15,000 experts; it is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. IUCN and the Geneva Water Hub (GWH), a center of expertise on water for peace at the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute, with the support of the European Union (EU), are implementing the Project "Voices of Water, Path of Peace", the third component of the "Integrated Management Project for Surface and Groundwater Resources in the Senegal River Basins and the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer (PROGIRESS)". The main objective is to improve climate change resilience of surface water systems in the Senegal River Basin (SRB) and groundwater in the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB). IUCN and GWH interventions aim at the third specific objective, which is to strengthen the capacities of actors in the SRB and SMAB in hydro-diplomacy and to promote peace through cooperation in the field of water. It is organized around three complementary axes: (i) practical initiatives strengthening social cohesion around water points; (ii) deployment and capacity building of a community of practice in hydro-diplomacy; and (iii) breaking down silos of knowledge and prospective thinking. This action is a continuation of the implementation of the recommendations of the High-Level Global Panel on Water and Peace (Geneva Water Hub, A Matter of Survival, 2017) and Senegal's commitment to deploy through the Dakar Water Hub (PED), pursuing the strategic objectives of: 1) building a network of strategic actors on hydro-diplomacy and water governance issues; 2) bringing the issue of hydro-diplomacy into the regional and international debate. The "Voices of Water, Path of Peace" Project contributes to the key stage of deploying and strengthening a network of actors among the OMVS States and in the West African region through the establishment of a community of practice for hydro-diplomacy. Knowledge management and communication are crucial for the "Voices of Water, Path of Peace" project, as they will help to break down silos...