LRPS - 9204207 - Technical Assistance on Carbon Market Capacity Building for ECC&CD

Summary

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals] in order to select a supplier for the provision of Technical Assistance on Carbon Market Capacity Building for ECC&CD Pakistan, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement, has committed in its third Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) to reduce its GHG emissions by 50% by 2035 (17% unconditional and 33% conditional grant-based or concessional international climate finance, complemented by technology transfer and capacity-building support). The recently introduced National Carbon Market Policy (2024) provides a framework for mobilizing climate finance, enabling emission reduction projects, and accessing international voluntary and compliance carbon markets. Sindh's diverse landscape offers substantial carbon sequestration and emission reduction potential across sectors. The existing carbon market institutional arrangements at the provincial level include the Environment Climate Change & Coastal Development Department (ECC&CDD) as the nodal agency, alongside the Planning and Development Department (P&DD), which manages the technical and financial structuring of carbon credit agreements. However, provincial-level awareness and technical capacity remain fragmented across key line departments. Significant gaps persist in the institutional mechanisms required to identify high-potential mitigation activities, navigate the complexities of international registration, and implement rigorous Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) protocols aligned with ISO 14064 and IPCC Tier 2/3 methodologies. Without a standardized provincial pipeline, many potential projects remain stalled at the conceptual stage. Additionally, there is limited institutional understanding of how carbon market mechanisms can be leveraged to generate and channel financing toward social sectors, including health, education, and water and sanitation. UNICEF aims to support the Government of Sindh in positioning carbon markets as a sustainable financing mechanism for social sectors, with a strong focus on equity, child rights, transparency, and accountability. This assignment aims to build the capacity of public and private sector stakeholders in Sindh to engage effectively with carbon markets, channel carbon revenues into child-focused social sectors, and ensure transparency, equity, and community-centered implementation aligned with Pakistan's National Carbon Market Policy (2024) and NDC 3.0 commitments. The overall objective of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of public and private sector stakeholders in Sindh to effectively engage in look into social co benefits carbon market initiatives for high integrity CERs. This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system. By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandator