| Country: | MAURITIUS – Indian Ocean |
| Name of Project: | SECOND SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN FISHERIES GOVERNANCE AND SHARED GROWTH PROJECT (SWIOFish2) |
| Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: | IDA-Grant Number D1720 |
| Assignment Title: | Service contract for the elaboration of action plans for the reduction of marine plastic pollution caused by plastic water bottles and single-use plastics in the AIODIS |
| Reference No. | SW2/Y5-C012 |
- 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 financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the SECOND SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN FISHERIES GOVERNANCE AND SHARED GROWTH PROJECT (SWIOFish2) regional project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services
- The consulting services (“the Services”) include the Service contract for the elaboration of action plans for the reduction of marine plastic pollution caused by plastic water bottles and single-use plastics in the AIODIS, which will take place remotely between May 2022 and January 2023 with possibility of missions to the project sites (including Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé & Príncipe, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives and Seychelles).
The Consultant’s mission is to support the AIODIS to reduce marine plastic pollution from plastic water bottles and single-use plastics; specifically, to elaborate national and regional action plans for the reduction of plastic water bottle and single-use plastics use in the AIODIS to reduce marine plastic pollution. A provisional version of the terms of reference is available by following this link https://www.commissionoceanindien.org/sw2-y5-c012/
3. The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) now invites eligible individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services through curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and certificates, references regarding the performance of similar contracts, etc.
4. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers edition January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
5. An Individual Consultant will be selected in accordance with the SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
6. Further information can be obtained at the address below.
7. Expressions of interest must be sent to the email addresses below by Thursday 10 March 2022 at 4:30pm (Mauritian time UTC+4):
e-mail: innocent.miada@coi-ioc.org and njiva.r@coi-ioc.org
Reference: “ (SW2/Y5-C012) elaboration of action plans for the reduction of marine plastic pollution caused by plastic water bottles and single-use plastics in the AIODIS “
