| Overview : This Highland CCA Project, funded by the Least Developed Countries Fund and administered by the Global Environment Facility, is a five-year project which was approved by Government of Ethiopia in April 2017, which will work in 4 regions (Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP and Tigray). The project is working in 6 selected Woredas and 2 City Administrations from the above mentioned 4 Regional States. The long-term success of watershed restoration projects in Ethiopia has been underpinned by the technical, institutional and management capacity of the project stakeholders responsible for implementation. In light of this, the proposed LDCF project will focus on building capacity, increasing awareness and improving understanding of climate change risks and opportunities amongst government staff and local communities at both national and Woreda-levels.The project methodology is set out in three Outcomes, broadly i) development of skills and experience to plan for and prioritise adaptation strategies ii) improve capacity to use climate risk information for adaptation planning and insurance for risk transfer and iii) implement adaptation strategies for strengthening community adaptation to climate change effects. The consultant will work with the UNDP and MoEFCC staff and other designated groups and people at national and sub-national and local levels to gather data and information designed to inform and support the process. Application Instruction: Procurement Reference No.: ETH/IC/2018/069; e-Tendering event ID: 0000002982, https://etendering.partneragencies.org; The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently implementing climate resilient and green economy plans in highland areas in Ethiopia that requires the services of an individual to perform the work described in the corresponding TOR. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), therefore, hereby invites National Individual Consultants to submit their proposals for providing the required services. Detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) as well as other requirements are listed in the IC available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system” https://etendering.partneragencies.org UNDP/ETH10/Event ID: 0000002982. Your offer, comprising of a Brief Technical Proposal and Financial offer, should be submitted in accordance with IC requirements, through UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system and by the deadline indicated in https://etendering.partneragencies.org; In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the system shall prevail. Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets). You are kindly requested to indicate whether you intended to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 05 November 2018. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using username: event.guest password: why2change The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: info.procurementet@undp.org cc: mehari.goitom@undp.org Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password: Minimum length of 8 characters. At least on capital letter. At least one number. New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed. For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet requirement. Online video guidelines available on the following link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/ The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues | 
