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National Consultant - Interpretation and Reception Rooms Design and Supervision Services
Procurement Process :IC - Individual contractor
Office :UNDP Country Office - JORDAN
Deadline :31-May-16
Posted on :18-Apr-16
Development Area :CONSULTANTS  CONSULTANTS
Reference Number :29354
Link to Atlas Project :
Non-UNDP Project
Documents :
IC terms and conditions
Terms of Reference
Overview :

To apply, kindly read the procurement notice, attach the following documents and submit through the following email:  ic.jo@undp.org

  1. CV
  2. Technical proposal
  3. Financial proposal

No later than 2 May 2016.

The Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Tourism Sector Development in Jordan Project is a GEF/UNDP project commenced in January 2014. The four years project aim is to make the consideration of biodiversity a fundamental part of everyday planning and development for tourism in Jordan. More specifically, the Project Objective is:

 Biodiversity conservation objectives are effectively mainstreamed and advanced into and through tourism sector development in Jordan.

 The project executed jointly by a number of national institutions namely, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA), the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MoMA), the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA), and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA). The project is further coordinated with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) and the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv).

 The project scope includes three components, each reflected in one strategic outcome as follows:

 Outcome 1: Regulatory and enforcement framework in place to avoid, reduce, mitigate and offset adverse impacts of tourism on biodiversity.

 Outcome 2: Institutional capacities for planning, monitoring and enforcement strengthened in Jerash, Petra and Wadi Rum landscapes so as to manage the impacts of tourism development on biodiversity within ecologically valuable and sensitive areas.          

 Outcome 3: Improved management effectiveness particularly in revenue generation, tourism planning and management, and community relations in Dibbin, Shoubak and Wadi Rum Protected Area.