Environmental and Social Safeguards training Consultant

GOVERNMENT OF

THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND

MINISTRY OF

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF TINKHUNDLA ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Project

ID No. P095232

EXPRESSION OF

INTEREST – ENVIRONMENTAL

AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS TRAINING CONSULTANCY

This

request for expression of interest follows the general procurement notice for

this project that appeared in the dg market on the 13 December 2010.

The Government of Swaziland received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction

and Development (IBRD) toward the cost of the

Swaziland Local Government Project. The project includes three components, as follows:

• Component 1 (Tinkhundla Infrastructure and Capacity

Building Support) provides

performance-based funding for small-scale infrastructure within eightselected

Tinkhundla and capacity-building support to the administration structures of

the eight Tinkhundla.

• Component 2 (Urban Infrastructure Grants and Capacity

Building Support) provides

discretionary grants to finance capital investments in local roads, and provides

capacity building support to twelve urban local governments to provide and

sustain local services.

• Component 3 (Project Management and Technical Assistance) supports the establishment and operation of the Project

Support Team (PST), strengthening the capacity of urban local governments and

Tinkhundla, carrying out of performance assessments and related reviews, and

strengthening the local government monitoring systems of the Ministryof

Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Tinkhundla Administration and

Development.

The Government of

Swaziland intends to apply part of the loan proceeds for consulting services.

The implementing agencies are the Project Support Team,

the twelve urban local governments and the Micro Projects Programme.

The objective of this assignment is to

build capacity of Local Governments in the application of World Bank safeguard

policies during implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ESMF and ESMPs.

The training would include World Bank

environmental and social safeguards policies and their impact on the project,

familiarization with the details of the project ESMF and RPF, and theprocesses

associated with screening and categorization of sub-projects and mitigation of

environmental and social impacts in implementation of the sub-projects. Case

studies and other practical approaches to encourage learning and participation

are envisaged.

Consultants will be selected in accordance with the

procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines:

Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (May

2004 and revised in October 2006 and May 2010

edition). The consultancy will be procured using Individual Consultant

Selection (ICS)

The Project Support

Team now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in

providing the above services. Interested consultants must provide information

indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.

The consultant will need to meet the

following criteria:

• Tertiary

education with a Degree in Environmental/ or Social science, or related

discipline

• Good

experience ( min5 yrs.) of direct involvement with project safeguards

assessment and monitoring

• Extensive

experience ( min 10 years with a detailed knowledge of World Bank

operations and safeguards policies)

The level

of effort required will be 2.0 weeks inclusive of preparation, execution and

reporting. The

assignment includes inception/Course content and Training/ workshop report. The training workshop is required to be

delivered during February 2016. The contract will be negotiated on

a lump sum basis.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at

the address below during office hours 0800 – 1300, 1400 – 1645 Mon –Thurs (1400

– 1630 Fri).

Expressions of interest should be clearly marked and

delivered to the address below by Thursday 17 December 2015:

Swaziland Local Government

Project Support Team

Ministry of Housing &

Urban Development

Portion 1 of Lot No. 308

next to St. Marks High School along Mbovane Street 2nd house from

the junction with Mbhilibhi Street opposite Intfutfuko Flats.