| Overview : Project Title: Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol International Consultancy for Scoping existing and emerging partnerships for bio-discovery between users and providers of Genetic Resources Background The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), an agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya (Japan) and entered into force on 12 October 2014. The Republic of Seychelles is a Party to the Nagoya Protocol since its entry into force (ratification) on October 12, 2014. The UNDP-GEF Project “Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol” (Global ABS Project) is a 3-year project that specifically aims at assisting 24 countries in the development and strengthening of their national ABS frameworks, human resources, and administrative capabilities to implement the Nagoya Protocol. With the support of the UNDP-GEF Global ABS project, the ABS policy and the guidelines to preserve and valorise Seychelles’ traditional knowledge were. National consultations and awareness raising activities were undertaken with key stakeholders and the political profile of ABS. Capacity building interventions are also being planned. The consultancy aims to support the valorisation of Genetic Resources and associated Traditional Knowledge in Seychelles. The consultant will scope out the existing and emerging partnerships for biodiscovery*between users and providers, identify pilot ABS compliant value chains, elaborate a valorisation strategy based on case studies to generate success stories and practical lessons, as well as to reinforce trust. Duration of the work The assignment will be for a maximum of 40 days over 4 months Duty Station The Contractor will be “home-based” for report writing and with travel to Seychelles once or twice, depending on the deliverables within the consultancies. Deadline for submission of offers - no later than Friday 19 July at 24:00 hours Seychelles time (GMT +4 hrs) to the email address below: procurement.mu@undp.org Annexes Annex A - Letter of confirmation of interest and availability and Submission of financial proposal
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