The creation of structured documents outlining the rationale, objectives, methodology, and expected impacts of proposed projects or initiatives, typically for multilateral organizations such as GEF or GCF
Comprehensive records detailing project objectives, methodologies, progress, and outcomes to ensure transparency and knowledge retention.
The process of involving and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure inclusive decision-making and sustained impact.
The identification and analysis of stakeholders and their relationships using Stakeholder Network Analysis (SNA) to optimise engagement and networking strategies.
The Ruvuma Project, a five-year initiative funded by the GEF and approved by the GEF Council in January 2024, aims to tackle the deficiency in cross-sectoral multi-state collaboration in transboundary water resource management. Focusing on the Ruvuma River Basin shared by Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique, the project recognizes the significance of this area’s terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity on a global scale. The project’s primary goal is to foster multi-sector transboundary cooperation using a source-to-sea management approach, integrating ecosystem health and social inclusion into planning and management strategies of the Ruvuma River Basin. There are five key components to the project that include (i) institutional framework strengthening; (ii) science-based decision-making; (iii) strategic investment planning; (iv) sustainable land and water management, and (v) knowledge management. The project is led by the Global Water Partnership (GWP), alongside local partners and facilitated by the IUCN as the GEF Agency.
WE&B’s role in this consultancy is to lead the development of the project design, aligned with government priorities and IUCN/GEF standards, and associated documents for the ÒStrengthening integrated transboundary source-to-sea management of the Ruvuma River Basin and its coastal zones to ensure ecosystem health and livelihood securityÓ project. To achieve the objective, the assignment is structured into four distinct phases; Project planning, Project Design, Coordination and Stakeholder Engagment and lastly, Validation and Final project document.
Some of the main responibilities include;
– Coordination with relevant stakeholders (including the Project Development Team, PDT)
– Undertake a review of relevant literature and documents
– Lead project design, including defining the situational context (environmental problem, threat analysis and prioritization, and barriers to be tackled by project), identifying project activities, site selection criteria and identification, documenting the baseline and incremental cost reasoning, developing the Results Framework, integrating safeguards and gender inputs, and support budget development, and co-financing letters process, based on the PIF and project design consultations.
– Lead drafting of the IUCN GEF Project Document and accompanying documentation, including: the IUCN GEF Project Document, GEF Request for CEO Endorsement document, GEF core indicators, Letters of co-financing.
– Organization of workshops that will provide inputs for the development and closure of the project document
– Ensure virtual and in-person (with government, GWP and IUCN) meaningful stakeholder consultations, from local to national level, to inform project design, and in compliance with IUCN, GEF and Government of Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.
– Guide and coordinate the work with national consultants
– Design, in coordination with local consultants and PDT, the Stakeholder Analysis and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan
– Support, as appropriate, the interaction with relevant government departments and other stakeholders, working closely with the PDT.
– Draft and finalize gender assessment and gender action plan as well as environmental and social safeguards documentation, according to the IUCN, GEF and government policies, and incorporate main outcomes into project design
– Ensure compliance with IUCN, GEF, and government policies and best practices for quality project development, including social and environmental safeguards, financial management, public involvement, gender and social inclusion mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation, and incorporating lessons learned from past projects.
