Consultancy for support to the Blue Champion Award — Indian Ocean Commission

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST for the selection of an Individual Consultant to ensure " Support as facilitator to the Blue Champion Award part of the SWIOFish 2 project " • The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is an intergovernmental regional cooperation organization which brings together the Union of the Comoros, France, on behalf of Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles. Its mission is to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between peoples and to contribute through regional cooperation to the sustainable development of its member states.

The IOC has received a grant from the World Bank to support the SWIOFish 2 regional project. It intends to use part of this grant to make payments under the individual consultant contracts that will be responsible for « Support as facilitator to the Blue Champion Award for the SWIOFish2 Project ». • The Consultant's mission is to support as facilitator to the Blue Champion Award which aims at promoting the emergence of young entrepreneurs and innovative ideas for the promotion of circular economy to fight marine pollution in the African and Indian Ocean Developing Island States (AIODIS). • The mission will be carried out in the South-West Indian Ocean region. • The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Indian Ocean Commission. • The estimated duration of the benefits is from October 2019 to February 2020. • The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) now invites eligible consultants to express their interest in providing the services described above.

They must provide information justifying that they are able to implement the necessary expertise and perform the services in question (curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and attestations, references concerning the performance of similar contracts, etc.). • A version of the terms of reference is available on the website of the Indian Ocean Commission http://commissionoceanindien.org • Expressions of interest must be filed electronically in uncompressed format at the address below no later than Monday, October 14, 2019 at 16:30 (Mauritius time UTC+4): e-mail: innocent.miada@coi-ioc.com and njiva.r@coi-ioc.com / --- / Reference: " Support as facilitator to the Blue Champion Award (SW2/Y2-C021)" • Individual Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank Guidelines on Selection and Employment of Consultants. • The individual consultants concerned may obtain further information during working hours at 9:00 to 16:00 (Mauritius time UTC+4) from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) by sending e-mails to the addresses referred in paragraph 8.