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Request for Proposal, Development of Prespa Watershed Management Plan (Macedonian part of the Prespa Basin)

The main objective of the assignment is to develop a Watershed Management Plan for the Macedonian part of the Prespa Basin. The Plan is expected to provide basis for identification of the main surface and groundwater bodies in the basin, assessment of the major anthropogenic impacts and their influence on the status of the water bodies, as well as establishing the environmental objectives. The Plan will also include an economic analysis of the water use in the region and based on the findings from the assessments will establish a program of measures for achievement of the established environmental objectives (Application deadline: 28 August 2009).

Scope of Work

The development of the Watershed Management Plan is divided in five Phases, comprising of: Phase I: Data Collection and Analysis of Existing Conditions; Phase II: Identification of the major watershed management issues; Phase III: Development of programme of measures; Phase IV: Formulation of a Draft Watershed Management Plan; and Phase V: Final Watershed Management Plan.

Expected Outputs

  1. Watershed Management Plan for MK-Prespa (the provisional content of the watershed management plan is presented in Annex III). The plan will be prepared in both English and Macedonian language.
  2. Manual on Watershed Planning (simple, user-friendly watershed planning manual prepared in both English and Macedonian which can be used by watershed management practitioners and decisionmakers, but also as a helpful planning tool to be used for the needs of preparation and implementation of other watershed/river basing management plans across the country and in the wider region. The expected size of the manual is approximately 40 pages).

Qualifications

The company will have extensive experience in developing and managing complex projects in the field of environment, water resources/watershed management and sustainable development. It will have a track record of minimum 5 projects of comparable size and complexity with the watershed management plan for Prespa (list of projects to be submitted and a contact details for reference check-please indicate the e-mail addresses or fax numbers for contact persons).

The scope of work requires a multidisciplinary team of skilled professionals with previous experience in similar environmental/water resources/watershed management projects. Team members will possess excellent relevant technical and language skills in order to successfully implement the assignment.

The team of experts shall be able to respond to the requirements of the following mandatory areas of expertise (NOTE: there is no limitation on the number of experts per area of expertise). In your proposal submission please clearly indicate the name of experts per the area of expertise, and the actual number of man-days that each expert is allocated for each of the proposed areas of expertise.

Application Deadline

28 August 2009

To view the complete set of requirements and the details for the application procedure and Terms of Reference, visit http://www.undp.org.mk/datacenter/tenderdocumentation/RFQ%2050%20%20Prespa%20Lake%20Watershed%20Management%20Plan%20FINAL.pdf

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