| Overview : Request for Proposal: PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR) FIRM TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROMOTIONS PLAN FOR THE YEAR OF THE PROTECTED AREAS CAMPAIGN The United Nations Development Program through its Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Project, has been supporting the Philippine Government in articulating the financial resources it needs to maintain a healthy biodiversity portfolio in-country. One of the finance solutions that will be implemented is increasing visitation revenues from protected areas through the Year of the Protected Areas (PAs) Campaign. This Request for Proposal aims to contract the services of a Communication/PR Firm to develop and execute the promotions plan for the “Year of the Protected Areas” campaign of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. This campaign aims to increase the public’s awareness on the economic and ecological value of protected areas to instill an appreciation amongst the new generation of Filipinos and result in increased visitation rates. Specifically, this engagement seeks to raise awareness on the economic and ecological values of protected areas that will encourage the public to visit protected areas, thereby, increase their revenues. For interested parties, the Request for Proposal Document may be downloaded and secured at this website: http://etendering.partneragencies.org with reference to the following details: Insert BU Code: PHL10 Event ID number: 0000003776 The step by step guide for e-tendering website can be downloaded at this link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/ The abovementioned event shall be accessible to all interested participants until 14 June 2019. Deadline of submission of proposals will be on 14 June 2019, 5:00p.m., Philippine Time or 5:00a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. UNDP reserves the right to reject any or all the bids, waive any defect or informality therein, accept the bid and award the contract to the most advantageous offer. UNDP assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify the bidder for any expense or loss that may be incurred for the preparation of bids, nor does UNDP guarantee that an award will be made. | 
