Request for Proposals (RfP) Project Team Leader (Self-employed) for GBCRP

Attachment 1: Description of Services / Terms of Reference Terms of Reference for IUCN Consultancy Title: Project Team Leader (Self-employed) for Gandaki Basin Climate Resilient Project (GBCRP) Objective of the Consultancy This consultancy has the following major objective(s): Lead to implement the project activities within the strategic Guidance of Project Management Committee (PMU) and Project Steering Committee (PSC) Oversee the overall monitoring of the use of funds and the implementation plan Provide the strategic direction to other project execution support unit staffs and technical experts Coordinate partnerships with key stakeholders Ensure proper monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of all project activities Background Project Reference: Gandaki Basin Climate Resilient Project (P02849) Donor reference: GCF FP131-Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal About IUCN IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and around 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards. IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. www.iucn.org https://twitter.com/IUCN/ About the Project IUCN is an Accredited Entity of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and works closely with the GCF secretariat, governments, civil society, the private sector, and partner organizations to identify, design and implement projects that meet the GCF’s standards. In Nepal, IUCN is currently implementing “FP131-Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal” project or in-short 'Gandaki Basin Climate Resilient Project (GBCRP)'. The objective of the project is to improve the climate resilience of the vulnerable communities and ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal. This will be measured by vulnerable indices, in the Gandaki River Basin (GRB) targeting Provinces Gandaki, Bagmati, and Lumbini. The project is designed to shift planning and implementation of climate change adaptation measures from using political boundaries such as districts and municipalities as a basis of river basin management to one where the entire landscape along the basin becomes one unit of planning and implementation of climate change adaptation measures linking all the impacted communities in the upstream and the downstream at the landscape level. The proposed interventions aim to improve the resilience of agricultural and other natural ecosystems in the GRB region mainly by adapting agroforestry practices and improving the forest, wetland, and grassland conditions. The project plans to intervene in terms of agricultural improvements to retain the workforce in the basin as a major portion of out-migration in the GRBs at present is resulting from low-income earning opportunities from agricultural activities due to low productivity. The project also supports the incorporation of ecosystem-based adaptation approaches in the local level plans and the development of integrated sub-riverine watershed and water resource management plans through creating new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at the basin level. Primary measurable benefits will include: i) a total of approximately 1.88 million people, of which approximately 833,647 people are direct beneficiaries and 1,052,500 people are indirect beneficiaries;ii) 847,250 tCo2eq reduction in the project lifetime; and iii) 101,000 hectares of climate resilient forest, 8000 ha of climate resilient grasslands, and 83 climate resilient wetland ecosystems protected and strengthened. The project is designed with three components i) Community Resilience ii) Ecosystem Resilience and iii) Climate Governance. Each of the project components has an outcome which will contributed to by two to three project outputs. IUCN, as the Accredited Entity, is the implementing entity of the project. The Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (DoFSC) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal, and the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) are the executing entities of the project. IUCN Nepal country office is the TA provider for the project. The total budget of the project is USD 32.7 million, including grant from Green Climate Fund (GCF) of 27.4 million and the co-financing amount of USD 5.3 million from the executing entities. The Project Management Unit (PMU) is housed at the DoFSC and the Project Execution Support Unit (PESU) is housed in IUCN Nepal to support the PMU for the execution of project activities. Description of the Assignment Under direct supervision of the IUCN Nepal Country Representative and the National Project Director/Manager, Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (DoFSC), the Project Team Leder (PTL) is responsible for the overall management of the project. [...] Procurement details Reference: IUCN-26-06-Request for Proposals (RfP) Project Team Leader (Self-employed) for GBCRP-180 Procedure: SOP1 - Open Procedure Procurement type: Consulting IUCN office (lead): ARO Nepal Requisitioning unit: Nepal Programme Coordination (NP) Project: P02849 Gandaki Basin Nepal project Country of performance: Nepal Expected contract duration: 27 Months Estimated contract value: 25,000-199,999 CHF Currency of proposals: NPR - Nepali Rupees Language of documents: English Deadline for questions: 30 June 2026 18:14 UTC Deadline for technical and financial proposals: 23 July 2026 18:14 UTC Expected contract award date: 01 August 2026 18:14 UTC Contract awarded to: Gyanendra Kumar Mishra Contract amount: CHF 47,500 Contract signature date: 2026-08-31 Documents - Terms of Reference: P02849_Terms of Reference_PTL_Attachment 1.docx - Conditions for Participating: Conditions for Participating ENG-SPA-FRA.docx - Standard contract: P02849_Contract Template_PTL_Attachment 3.docx - P02849_Declaration of undertaking_Attachment 2.docx The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership union of government and civil society organisations working on nature conservation and sustainable development. 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