| Introduction : Country: Sierra Leone Description of the Assignment: 4.2.2 Marketing Consultant, Freetown Treetown, Freetown, Sierra Leone Period of assignment/services (if applicable): 6 months. The purpose of consultancy is to provide communications and reporting support to the Freetown City Council (FCC) for the implementation of the #FreetownTheTreeTown campaign, one of the winners of the 2021 Global Mayor's Challenge. The project provides monetary incentives for local communities to plant trees, establishing a tree investment platform that funds additional reforestation. Using geospatial tagging for each new tree, the initiative creates tree tokens in the hopes of developing a new market focused on the reforestation of the city. This initiative offers a unique opportunity to use market forces to drive climate action at the community level. UNDP is looking to select a consultant to support the #FreetownTheTreeTown campaign and the Freetown City Council (FCC) in (1) elaborate the project natural capital investment marketing strategy, with a focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targeting corporate and institutional investors to attract investment to the #FreetownTheTreeTown project, (2) create marketing tools for the project, including designing branding and pitch materials to promote the project opportunities to corporate and institutional investors in the private and carbon markets, in collaboration with the project team, (3) organize at least two events to present the #FreetownTheTreeTown project to introduce the opportunities for commercial success in the voluntary carbon and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) / corporate sustainability markets, Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.
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