Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Multinational) – DTPI-EAREP

The overall objective is to carry out a full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), including an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the Project. Furthermore, the consulting firm will identify potential environmental and social impacts and to ensure that those impacts are avoided where possible. Where unavoidable, impacts must be examined fully and addressed so that the development work is based on sound environmental protection management and monitoring criteria.

The Study will be undertaken within the framework of the African Development Bank Environment and Social framework (ESF) in addressing and managing environment and social safeguards, public consultation and disclosure. Moreover, the ESIA Study shall be conducted in compliance with Member States’ Environmental Management Acts and their Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations. 1 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) Country: Multinational – Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) (Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan) Project Name: Desert-to-Power - East Africa Regional Energy Project (DTPI-EAREP) Sector: Energy Grant Reference No.: 2100155041474) Project ID No.: P-Z1-F00- 129 1.

This Request for Expression of Interests follows General Procurement Notice (GPN) published on UNDB, AfDB and IGAD websites dated 7th September 2022. 2. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has received financing from the African Development Fund toward the cost of the Desert-to-Power, East Africa Regional Energy Project (EAREP) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for consultancy assignment to undertake Technical and Financial Feasibility Studies in Three IGAD Member States (Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan).

• The overall objective is to carry out a full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), including an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the Project. Furthermore, the consulting firm will identify potential environmental and social impacts and to ensure that those impacts are avoided where possible.

Where unavoidable, impacts must be examined fully and addressed so that the development work is based on sound environmental protection management and monitoring criteria. The Study will be undertaken within the framework of the African Development Bank Environment and Social framework (ESF) in addressing and managing environment and social safeguards, public consultation and disclosure. Moreover, the ESIA Study shall be conducted in compliance with Member States’ Environmental Management Acts and their Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations.

• The specific objectives of the project specifically aim to set indicative Renewable Energy targets at regional level that are to be harmonized with national targets. It will also propose a portfolio of policy measures, laws, regulations and incentives to be implemented at national and – where applicable – regional levels in the East Africa Sahel region.

It is expected that the project will contribute to increasing access to electricity in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan countries by launching several regional on-grid solar energy electricity programs with associated battery storage for stabilizing the grid interconnectivity. Developing on-grid solar will also contribute to reducing GHG emissions in the respective countries, thereby enabling -- 1 of 2 -- 2 them to achieve their mitigation targets for the energy sector as outlined in their respective Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.

• The services included under this assignment include, but not limited to, (i) collect, review and compiling of all relevant required technical, economic, and cost data essential to conduct the study (ii) determine analyze the physical and environmental characteristics of the area; the connection conditions and their future plans; international data relevant for the analysis of options of technical characteristics of the regional power plant, their sizing and costs; collect and analyze the characteristics of the existing and planned network with future investments in the selected areas and geotechnical particularities of the site.

The implementation period of the activities is estimated at six months. 6. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat, located in Djibouti, is an Executing Agency responsible for facilitating and managing fiduciary functions of the project.

IGAD now invite eligible Consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability