Consultancy on Sustainable SWIOFC Financing Mechanism and Policy Brief on possible FFA

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

for the selection of an Individual Consultant for a " Consultancy on the development of a Sustainable SWIOFC Financing Mechanism and a Policy Brief on the setting up of a possible South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Framework Agreement (SWIO FFA)."

• 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 SWIOFish1 regional project. It intends to use part of this grant to make payments under the individual consultant contract that will be responsible for a « Consultancy on the development of a Sustainable SWIOFC Financing Mechanism and a Policy Brief on the setting up of a possible South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Framework Agreement (SWIO FFA)».

• The Consultant's mission is to (i)) Prepare a document (not exceeding 20 pages) to be presented at the 10th SWIOFC Session in late September/early October 2019 in Maldives, listing and describing pros and cons of all options for the funding needs of a sustainable SWIOFC Financing Mechanism for the sustainability of the Commission on which all Members should agree before the end of the SWIOFish1project. The agreement on a sustainable financing mechanism for SWIOFC, besides being the objective of the SWIOFish1 Project, is also an indicator against which the SWIOFish1Project will be assessed. The report on the assessment of options to render SWIOFC more effective in meeting the growing needs of developing countries and the Cost Benefit Analysis of the SWIO FFA may assist in the formulation of alternatives. and (ii) prepare a Policy brief on the SWIOFFA (3-4 pages maximum) based on the outcomes of the last three consultancies, namely merging the SWIOFish1 Framework Agreement with the AU- IBAR- Fisheries Accord, the legal and Institutional Framework and the Cost Benefit Analysis of the SWIOFFA with focus on how the SWIO FFA could be modelled on similar lines of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) as spelt out in the three consultancies with regard to negotiation of Fisheries Access Agreement with the Distant Water Fishing Fleet for presentation to SWIOFC Policy makers at the 9th Working Party on Collaboration and Cooperation in Tuna Fisheries (WPCCTF) to be held in the first week of September in Mauritius.

• The assignment will be carried out home based.

• The Consultant will work administratively and technically under the supervision of the Indian Ocean Commission/SWIOFish1 and SWIOFC Secretariat.

• The estimated duration of the benefits is approximately 30 days. The start of benefits is scheduled for July 2019.

• The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) now invites eligible consultants to express their interest in providing the services described above. They must provide relevant information justifying that they are able to implement the requirements of the consultancy with the essential expertise as laid down in the ToR (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 Friday, June 14, 2019 at 16:30 (Mauritius time UTC+4): "e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]" -------------- Reference: " Consultancy on Sustainable SWIOFC Financing Mechanism and Policy Brief on possible FFA (SWIO1-PY04-C09) "

• 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 and all relevant reports relating pertaining to the Consultancy from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) by sending e-mails to the addresses referred in paragraph 8.