INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE CONSULTANCY OF A RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCING AND CARBON CREDIT MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NGOS IN ZIMBABWE.
Tenders
- World Vision
- Expires 11 Sep 2024
- Harare
- Full Time
Job Description
World Vision Zimbabwe (WVZ) has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1973 and currently manages projects in all 10 provinces of the country through a staff complement of over 460.
To achieve the selected child wellbeing objectives, WVZ focuses on five (5) critical sectors:
WASH, Health, Livelihoods, Education and Child Protection
Over the past 5 years, climate financing and carbon credit markets have emerged as
potential and lucrative funding opportunities for developing countries such as Zimbabwe
and for NGOs. A lot of dynamics around these types of funding opportunities have evolved
around the funding mechanisms, regulatory frameworks, and institutional arrangements at
local, regional, and international levels. Although NGOs such as WVZ had already been
tapping into these opportunities, they seek to further comprehend these types of
opportunities for Zimbabwe with an aim to further intentionally and strategically intensify
resource mobilization efforts through diversifying and fully exploring such opportunities in
the future. The comprehension of such opportunities is expected to boost annual grant
incomes for WVZ and its local partners, thus enabling them to meet their strategic
objectives. In light of the above, WVZ intends to engage a consultant(s) who will dive
deeper and divulge comprehensive and latest emerging information around this gray area.
Completed bids sealed in an envelope should state the Tender Reference:
“CONSULTANCY ON INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCING AND CARBON CREDIT
MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NGOS IN ZIMBABWE” and should be submitted and
deposited in the tender box at World Vision Zimbabwe, National Office; No. 59 Joseph Rd, off Nursery Road, Mount Pleasant, Harare.
The closing date for submission of bids is 1630 hours Harare time, September 11, 2024.
Research Title: Carbon Climate Financing and Carbon Credit Markets
Opportunities for NGOs in Zimbabwe - Consultancy
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Background of the research
1.1 Research background and context
Over the past 5 years, climate financing and carbon credit markets has emerged as potential and
lucrative funding opportunities for developed countries such as Zimbabwe and for NGOs (both
international and local). A lot of dynamics around these types of funding opportunities have evolved
around the funding mechanisms, regulatory frameworks, and institutional arrangements at local
regional and international level. Although NGOs such as World Vision Zimbabwe had already been
tapping into these opportunities, they seek to further comprehend these types of opportunities for
Zimbabwe with an aim to further intentionally and strategically intensify resource mobilisation
efforts through diversifying and fully exploring such opportunities in FY25 and beyond. The
comprehension of such opportunities is expected to boost annual grant incomes for World
Zimbabwe and its local partners thus enabling them to meet their strategic objectives. Considering
the above, World Vision Zimbabwe intends to engage a consultant(s) who will dive deeper and
divulge comprehensive and latest emerging information around this grey area.
1.2 Overview of World Vision Zimbabwe
WV has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1973 and currently manages projects in all the 10
provinces of the country through a staff complement of over 460. WVZ strategy 2021 – 2025
through long-term development programming and humanitarian assistance, aims to work with
children, families, communities and partners to contribute to the sustained well-being of nearly 2.5
million children, especially the most vulnerable. To achieve on the selected Child wellbeing
objectives, WV Zimbabwe focuses on five (5) critical sectors: WASH, Health, Livelihoods, Education
and Child Protection.
Funding
The annual income for 2023 was 49.76 million. According to the 2023 Impact report, this funding
remained lower than the FY20 to FY21 levels which benefited from the intense COVID-19
response. World Vision Zimbabwe aims to grow its grants portfolio to 70% of total revenue
annually. In FY23 the actual contribution of the total revenue was $27,390,809 USD (and 64%).
75% of all grant programming is aligned to existing Area Programs. WVZ also intends to further
increase its grant funding through climate financing and carbon credit markets over the next years.
1.3 Identified problems
According to the Zimbabwe Human Development Report 2017 and the World Bank Climate
Change and Development Report of 2023, Climate change presents the biggest threat facing
mankind today. Zimbabwe is susceptible to an array of changes in temperature and precipitation
with extreme events such as droughts, heatwaves, heavy rains accompanied by flash floods, strong
winds and hailstorms becoming common. As such several mechanisms exist at international level to
fund mitigation and adaptation actions and carbon credit markets for developing countries such as
Zimbabwe. These mechanisms exist to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable communities in
marginalised areas through reducing the negative effects of climate change. However, over the past
decade, several barriers were observed in terms of ensuring that such opportunities are fully
explored by NGOs such World Vision Zimbabwe. One major barrier is limited access to information
on:
• Platforms that provide up-to-date information on Carbon credit market information in
Zimbabwe
• Regulation implication on NGO resource mobilisation on climate financing and carbon
credits markets
• Emerging institutional arrangements for accessing international climate financing and
carbon credit market at local and international level
• Available opportunities to access climate financing and carbon credit markets
3.0 Purposes of the study
The primary focus of the study is to map relevant international climate financing and carbon credit
markets funding instruments in Zimbabwe which will guide World Vision Zimbabwe and its local
partners as they develop resource development strategies. It will serve as a practical guidance and
basis for decision making whether to consider application for climate finance and carbon credit and
through which scheme. It will highlight funding instruments that are worthy to pursue.
4.0 Main objectives:
• To provide a comprehensive presentation of existing schemes and opportunities for climate
financing and carbon credits for NGOs (local and international) in Zimbabwe;
• An analysis of the current carbon markets landscape in Zimbabwe;
• To map the existing the carbon investors, donors and players in Zimbabwe and the potential
for World Vision programming to align with the existing carbon markets potential in
Zimbabwe;
• Implication of relevant climate financing and carbon credit market regulations in Zimbabwe
on resource mobilization for NGOs.
Qualifications and Experience
5.0 The contents of the study/Research Questions
The study should provide the following:
- Overview of international climate financing and the carbon credit markets
- The status of UNFCCC article 6 negotiations and its implications on carbon markets in
Zimbabwe in the near future
- Local and international institutional arrangements for supporting access to climate
financing and carbon credit markets including partnering
- A list of Identified climate finance funding opportunities and carbon credit markets for
NGOs in Zimbabwe, including a criteria for their relevance;
- Contacts for the most realistic carbon funding opportunities specifically a minimum of 5 carbon climate financing and at least 5 carbon credit markets
- A list of local and international experts who are available to support NGOs in accessing
international climate finance (minimum a list of 5 experts) and carbon credit markets in
Zimbabwe (minimum a list of 5 experts).
- An overview of the thematic and methodological content of projects which have been
financed in Zimbabwe through carbon credits.
- Existing barriers for NGOs in Zimbabwe (local and international) from accessing
international carbon climate financing and the carbon credit markets.
- Carbon climate financing and carbon credit market regulations in Zimbabwe
- Gaps, hindrances and risks in accessing Climate financing and carbon credit markets.
- The future of international carbon climate financing and the carbon credit markets in
Zimbabwe.
- Avenues and options of generating high quality carbon credits in Zimbabwe for the
sustainable benefit of communities.
- Barrier analysis of the challenges in implementing carbon markets in Zimbabwe.
- Evidence and an analysis of the past Prior Informed Consent Process in Zimbabwe
- Best practises on community benefit sharing plans in Zimbabwe
- Recommendations for World Vision and local NGOs in order for them to be competitive so as to increase their changes of accessing carbon funds from international climate funds and carbon credits.
