RFP/BIOFIN/2604/22 Biodiversity positive enterprises pipeline development in SL

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Biodiversity positive enterprises pipeline development in Sri Lanka.Biodiversity plays a key role in processes that support all life forms on the earth. Sri Lanka is considered as a biodiversity hotspot in the world due to its rich and unique biodiversity, including a high number of endemic species, and significant threats to its natural ecosystems. As a country with an agrarian economy, the economy of the country depends on the country’s rich biodiversity. Especially the key economic sectors such as agriculture and tourism depend on the health of biodiversity. The government of Sri Lanka has identified the importance of sustainable management of the country’s biodiversity and has taken several important steps to mitigate the threats on biodiversity but even though the efforts taken are inadequate. However, these efforts remain insufficient to address the scale of biodiversity lossTo exacerbate the situation, the government has a limited fiscal space and there is a significant reduction in the grant funded initiatives on sustainable biodiversity management in the country. Therefore, private sector financing has become critical to the biodiversity management. Financing does not limit to generate more revenue for conservation efforts. It includes future cost avoidance through investing on biodiversity friendly practices, realigning existing investments on other sectors with biodiversity friendly activities and increasing the efficiency of investments already earmarked for biodiversity management in addition to generating more revenue for biodiversity management actions. Mobilizing private sector investments on biodiversity management is an international commitment of the country as well under the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.As Sri Lanka has a relatively small private sector, mobilizing private capital for biodiversity management is a challenging task. Only way to address this issue in a sustainable way is to encourage private sector to internalize biodiversity into their business models so a win-win situation could be created for both private sector- increasing shareholder wealth- and public sector- promote sustainable use of biodiversity and hence increase the investments available for management of important biodiversity in the countryObjective;The overall objective of the assignment is to develop a biodiversity positive investment pipeline with the private sector of Sri Lanka. The lessons learnt through this consultancy would feed into establishing a national level platform for potential private sector investors to explore technical and financial feasibility of project ideas related to sustainable use of biodiversityPlease refer to the TOR for details.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.orgusing 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.Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the contact details of this tender as indicated in the solicitation document.UNDP Sri LankaProcurement Unit

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