Request for Proposal for Conducting a Review of Grievance Redress Mechanisms GRMs

UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms/institutions for conducting a review of grievance redress mechanisms GRMs and propose design options of GRMs for implementation of REDD+ activities at national level and in six pilot provinces under UN-REDD phase II programme in Vietnam.

This assignment is designed to support the development of an accessible, accountable and effective  recourse mechanism adapted for REDD+  principles in Viet Nam to achieve the following objectives:

1.     Assessing the potential disputes and conflicts in REDD+ activities and capacity of current mechanisms for resolving it.

2.     Recommend the design options for GRMs suitable for REDD+ at national level and in the 6 pilot provinces of the UN-REDD programme.

3.     Conduct the review of tested mechanisms in at least 2 sites to document the capacity gaps, if any, for improvement and to finalize the design of GRMs for the six provinces.

The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.

Request for proposal and Addendums (if any) are posted on the following website: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=16836

Submission deadline: 4 August 2014 (Hanoi time)