| Overview : ADMINISTRATION To apply, interested persons should upload the combined* Technical Proposal/Methodology (if applicable), CV and Offeror’s Letter to “UNDP Jobs” by navigating to the link below and clicking “APPLY NOW”, no later than the date indicated on the “UNDP Jobs” website. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted**: - UNDP Job Site – https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=81332(cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work) * PLEASE NOTE: The system allows the upload of one (1) document ONLY – if you are required to submit a Technical Proposal/Methodology, this document along with your CV/P11 and Offeror’s Letter, MUST be combined and uploaded as one. NOTE: The Financial Proposal should not be uploaded to “UNDP Jobs”**. **Please email the Financial Proposal to procurement.bb@undp.org. The subject line of your email must contain the following: “BBRSO50799 Financial Proposal – Your Name” Any request for clarification must be sent in writing to procurement.bb@undp.org within three (3) days of the publication of this notice, ensuring that the reference number above is included in the subject line. The UNDP Barbados & the OECS Procurement Unit will post the responses*** two (2) days later, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to: - http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=50352 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work) A detailed Procurement Notice, TOR, and all annexes can be found by clicking the above link. *** UNDP shall endeavour to provide such responses to clarifications in an expeditious manner, but any delay in such response shall not cause an obligation on the part of UNDP to extend the submission date of the Proposals, unless UNDP deems that such an extension is justified and necessary. The twin island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis consists of two islands located in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands in the Eastern Caribbean. The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has a land area of 269 sq. km.; St. Kitts is 176 sq. km. in area and Nevis is 93 sq. km. in area. The physical landscape of St. Kitts is characterised by three volcanic centres: the central northwest range, dominated by the country’s highest peak Mt. Liamuiga (1,156 meters elevation), The total population of St. Kitts and Nevis is approximately 53,000, of which 11,000 persons reside on Nevis. Most of the terrestrial landscape of St. Kitts and Nevis has been significantly transformed by human activity, particularly in lowland areas where intensive land use has removed or transformed the natural vegetation communities. On St. Kitts, agricultural lands account for 28% of land below 1,000 ft. (though some of this area is former sugarcane land that has reverted to scrub or secondary forest), while infrastructure (residential, commercial, industrial, tourism and institutional) accounts for another 10%, with housing concentrated along the coastlines, and to a lesser extent, in small villages clustered along the island’s main roads. Mid-level elevations are characterized by mixed uses, including grazing, farming of food and tree crops and abandoned sugarcane farms. Above 1,000 feet, the rugged uplands are predominantly covered by forest, though large swathes are secondary forests with many non-native plant species. On Nevis, the areas above 1,000 feet on Nevis Peak are predominantly secondary forest. The existing system of Protected Areas in St. Kitts and Nevis is limited to three (3) terrestrial protected area units on the island of St. Kitts. Of these three sites, only the Central Forest Reserve National Park (CFRNP), which occupies all lands above 1,000 feet in elevation on St. Kitts, is managed as an area focused on ecological conservation (i.e. biodiversity conservation; protection of water catchment and other ecosystem services; ecotourism and recreation activities). There are no legally established terrestrial protected areas on the island of Nevis. On the marine side, the government recently (2016) legally established the St. Kitts and Nevis Marine Management Area (SKNMMA), which will extend for 2 miles out from the shoreline of both islands; with zoning that identifies 3 “conservation zones” (as well as other categories). These conservation zones are the same sites as described in the Project Document for MPA designation, and with the appropriate description amended in the FAMRA legislation (2016), these MMA conservation zones will serve the function of MPAs with the focus on species and ecological conservation. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) investment, through the Conserving Biodiversity and reducing habitat degradation in Protected Areas and their areas of influence Project (Project) aims to improve ecosystem representation in the protected area system; establish/strengthen protected area management operations at key sites; and strengthen institutional, policy, legal/regulatory, information, and financing frameworks at the protected area system level. The Project will expand the protected areas system from two terrestrial sites totaling 5,260 hectares to four terrestrial sites totaling 8,810 hectares and three marine sites totaling 11,693 hectares, The project will further enable support for improved ecosystem representation in the protected areas system through the establishment of these new conservation / protected areas, strengthening of institutional, policy and legal/regulatory framework, development of sustainable finance mechanisms and the establishment and strengthening of protected areas management operations at key sites. At the systemic level, the GEF investment, through the Project, will assist the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in establishing, staffing and equipping an institutional body to manage this a system of protected areas, the first such institution dedicated to protected areas in the country’s history, which will oversee and manage the overall Protected Areas system as well as the specific Protected Areas sites. The project also will assist in the revising and updating of key laws, regulations and national plans to support Protected Areas management; the establishment of inter-institutional and multi-stakeholder coordination and information sharing mechanisms; and the creation and operationalization of sustainable financing mechanisms and business planning strategies that will ensure sufficient long-term funding support for management of the Protected Areas system. However, for effective support for achieving these objectives, the GEF investment is also focused on developing and effective coherent governance, institutional and financial frameworks to support a newly developed system of protected areas and its management at the site, species, ecosystem and national levels. For effective long-term implementation of PA and biodiversity conservation action, it is essential that a robust, coherent and effective policy, legal and regulatory framework be in place |
