| Overview : The Paris Agreement, which came into force in November 2016, delivers a strong global signal of countries’ commitment to transform global economies and lifestyles towards zero carbon footprints. Achieving the ambition of the Agreement in Viet Nam will require increased efforts to ensure that not only Government, but also the private sector have the capacity and ambition to implement accelerated climate action at scale. Viet Nam’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) review process is well-underway and expected to be completed soon. It is clear that stepped-up efforts will be required from across all sectors of the economy and society to meet current, or potentially more stringent national climate change targets. Along with the opportunity and momentum created by the Paris Agreement comes the important challenge of transforming these NDCs into tangible actions that lead to long term zero-carbon and climate-resilient development. As outlined in Viet Nam’s NDC, climate impacts are already putting pressure on development gains, and action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions must be coupled with stepped up adaptation action to improved resilience of their populations and keep warning to under 1.5% as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Viet Nam’s NDC made clear that the more than 70% of finance for achievement of its Paris Agreement targets would need to come from non-government sources, such as the private sector or ODA. There is still a disconnect between financing and action from the private sector to achieve NDC targets, and further action is required to fill this gap. In Viet Nam private sector action will be essential to meeting agreement commitments. This project is in line with the Output of the NDC Support Program and the Capacity Building for Implementation of National Climate Change Strategy Project to enhance and systemize Vietnamese private sector’s engagement with the agenda of the projects. UNDP aims to development of a voluntary platform for private sector entities to register their contributions to climate action in support of Government and Paris Agreement targets for Viet Nam. The platform will update the Catalogue of climate action good practice developed showcasing technologies and opportunities for private sector action in NDC implementation. The platform, CBI, is a web-based voluntary reporting framework where private companies can benchmark and log their contributions towards the NDC mitigation and adaptation targets. Users of CBI will involve two groups of entities: 1) reporting companies and 2) information users. Reporting companies will disclose their climate-related performance and potential contributions to the NDC targets in our system. Companies in the priority sectors for accelerated climate action will be invited, including those in the agriculture, forestry, energy, energy efficiency and transport sectors. To distinguish the impact of their core businesses on climate change, we categorize them into three groups: 1) List I companies that provide services or technologies that contribute positively to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation; 2) List II companies that want to reduce their GHG emissions by adopting climate smart practices or technologies; and 3) Mixed portfolio companies which have core businesses in both of the above. The information users will include government agencies in Viet Nam which are mandated to take stock of progress in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance; other entities concerned with the lack of climate-related disclosure among Vietnamese businesses, such as NGOs, development agencies, and investor groups. CBI will serve as a valuable resource toward transparency. In the context, UNDP would like to request for a consultancy service to conduct the works as below: - Producing and promoting public relations materials and supporting promotional activities of Climate Business Index for companies
- Supporting companies to register to CBI and providing recommendation notes and manage CBI web-based system
- Supporting partnership activities and further cooperation opportunities with investors and stakeholders
Support organizing events and producing Final reports of Climate Business Index. Procurement Notice with enclosed TOR and evaluation criteria are in the attached files. Interested offerors are invited to submit CVs, financial proposals and other information following guidance in the Procurement Notice to: Procurement Unit UNDP Viet Nam 304 Kim Ma, Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tel: (+84 24) 38500100 Direct: (+84 24) 38500195 Email: nguyen.thai.duong@undp.org with notification by email (without attachment) to: procurement.vn@undp.org that the bidder has submitted proposal. UNDP will not be responsible for the missing of proposal if the bidder does not send notification email to above address. Deadline for submission: 17.00, 02 July 2019 (Hanoi time) | 
