81284044-Strengthen public climate change adaptation and mitigation planning and improve climate finance approaches in Honduras

Kurze Beschreibung

As a result of climate change, Honduras is experiencing an increase in extreme weather events like heavy rainfall and hurricanes as well as prolonged periods of drought and heatwaves. The country is currently unable to mitigate the resulting economic damage sufficiently or develop comprehensive action strategies for climate protection and adaptation to climate change. The marginalised rural population, including indigenous groups and women, are particularly hard hit by the consequences.
Unevenly distributed incomes and a lack of alternative sources of income in rural areas exacerbate problems like malnutrition, the lack of potable water, migration and violent conflicts over resources. High rates of deforestation caused by forest fires and illegal logging along with a lack of climate-friendly agricultural practices further increase the pressure on environmental resources and result in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Honduran Government has committed to an ambitious implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Honduras has also set itself challenging targets within the framework of nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement. The country has been steadily expanding the strategic and legal foundation for climate protection and adaptation to climate change since 2010. In spite of this, the prevailing political framework and the competencies required to comprehensively understand and describe climate change and to put it into the context of sustainable social and economic development are still not adequate, although this is a prerequisite for deriving and using appropriate technical, planning and financial instruments.
Objective
State, private sector and civil society actors can better apply approaches to climate protection and adaptation to climate change for implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Approach
The project promotes social participation in the national dialogue on the 2030 Agenda and climate change and supports institutions that are taking an overarching approach. This is intended to create momentum and introduce changes in order to recognise climate change as relevant for national development and to reappraise natural resources. All measures are aligned with the principle set out in the 2030 Agenda of leaving no one behind.
To this end, the project trains government representatives in climate protection and adaptation to climate change and promotes dialogue between the state, the private sector and civil society on climate change and sustainable development. It also advises on the further development of an observatory attached to a scientific institution. This is intended to provide information on how climate change and the measures devised to combat it are impacting on the protection of natural resources, social development processes, peace and security.
The government is advised on assessing the investment needed in the fields of climate protection and adaptation to climate change. At the same time, the project is helping establish a new advisory unit within the Ministry of Finance, in order to mainstream the topics in public sector budgets and projects. It also promotes dialogue on successful models and approaches to good governance and climate finance in municipalities and companies.
A national, internet-based platform for knowledge management and coordination of measures for the 2030 Agenda is being established with the project's support. The project also promotes international dialogue on successful examples of practical climate protection in the region.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The Paris Agreement recognizes the importance of reorienting financial flows to a level consistent with a trajectory leading to resilient, low-emission development. This implies that climate commitments require the involvement of all stakeholders.
In this sense, it can be noticed that the private sector is increasingly a key actor of climate finance, as well as strategic governmental bodies, such as the ministries of finance or planning which manage economic, fiscal, and financial risks associated with extreme weather events and climate change, lead the challenges of the transition to low economies in carbon emissions and reorient public finances to contribute to national resilience and decarbonization objectives.
Honduras presents its NDC update in 2021. Despite all the mitigation and adaptation actions that are presented, there are still a series of needs and challenges in the country for the identification, prioritization, and implementation of appropriate measures, linked to the themes: financial, capacity building, institutional and technical assistance.
In response to global trends, strategic actors such as the Ministry of Finance (SEFIN) are also joining the efforts in Honduras. SEFIN has been working on tools aimed at risk management and climate budget tagging. Likewise, the private sector has begun to promote a transformation through circular economy approaches and a strategy for sustainable companies. The above is a clear example of a willingness on the part of various sectors to contribute to the climate agenda and particularly regarding its financing.
The advisory services required are aimed at strengthening public planning of climate change adaptation and mitigation and improving public, private and international climate finance approaches in Honduras. The services contribute to two of the three components of the ProAgenda project. These components are 1) Intersectoral planning and dialogue, as well as; 2) Climate finance.
There is a strategic relationship between these two components of work within the framework of the project. In this sense, it is essential that climate finance is addressed with a national planning approach.
The services are divided in four work packages to be implemented in approximately thirteen months, as follows:
Design of the coordination mechanism for inter-institutional planning on climate change.
The objective of the development of this package is to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in institutional planning processes. This will help lay the groundwork for shared, climate action-oriented governance. It includes a brief analysis of the current integration of climate change in the country's planning processes, the definition of suitable methodologies based on best practices. The design should be piloted with selected sectoral entities, to consolidate a coordination mechanism for inter-institutional planning.
Development of a digital method of climate proofing in the budget and public investment program.
This work package supports the development of a digital method to analyze, guide and review how public investment and the general budget of revenues and expenses address climate change (adaptation and mitigation). The analysis of current capacities is, as well as institutional needs should be developed, followed by a prioritization of instruments, to finally design and agree on a method that includes a piloting with the participation of selected sectoral public entities.
Institutional strengthening in SEFIN for the management of climate finance
The aim of this work package is to develop the processes required to promote an institutional space that allows to accompany the method established under work package 2 and the management of international climate finance in the country. The development of a plan to strengthen institutional capacities on climate finance is foreseen based on a previous gap analysis to finally support the consolidation of a unit within SEFIN that manages climate finance and advises the other institutions of the public sector in the application of the climate proofing approach.
Climate finance strategy for the private sector
The objective is to develop a participatory strategy that provides guidance and shows how the private sector can mobilize financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation. For this, the creation of a space for consultation is foreseen that brings together the relevant actors, a space from which the scope of the strategy is agreed based on an initial proposal. A barrier analysis might also be included and a prioritization of innovative private climate finance instruments.

Beschreibung der Verlängerungen

GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.

Objektive Kriterien für die Auswahl der begrenzten Anzahl von Bewerbern

A selection will be made under all eligible participants based on the following criteria:
Technical experience (up to five specialist areas, including cross-cutting themes)
1. 2 advisory processes conducted with planning and finance ministries in the field of climate change (10 out of 10 points) - 10 %
2. 2 strategic documents in the field of climate Finance and private sector engagement (10 out of 10 points) - 10 %
3. Development of 2 methodologies in the field of climate proofing and budget tagging (10 out of 10 points) - 10 %
4. Development of 2 adaptation and mitigacion plans and strategies (national or sectoral) (10 out of 10 points) - 10%
5. 4 projects or approaches conducted on cross-sectoral governance and planning for adaptation and mitigation (10 out of 10 points) - 10 %
2. Regional experience
Regional experience 5 reference projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America or Southern America (10 out of 10 points) - 20 %
3. Experience of development projects (ODA-financed)
Experience of development projects (at least 50% ODA-financed), (4 projects to receive 10 out of 10 points) - 30 %

Beschreibung der Optionen

GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Bedingungen

1. Trading name and address, commercial register number.
2. Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply.
3. Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable.
4. Association clause if applicable.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1. Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 400.000 EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 5 persons

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of 75.000 EUR.
2. At least 2 reference projects in the technical field of Climate Finance and planning and at least 2 reference projects in the region in Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America or Southern America in the last 5 years.

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