Services

Technical Cooperation No_  ATN/JF-16525-GY

Reference No_ ISGSSN-15-SBCC-CF

CONSULTING FIRM

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - funded Programme of the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF-IWEco Project), is seeking to engage a contracting firm to  review and strengthen policy, legislative and institutional capacity to support sustainable land and water resources and ecosystems management in IWEco participating states

BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, SCOPE OF WORK

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the 11th EDF Programme for the Support for Health System Strengthening for prevention  and control of outbreaks  of Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean, is seeking to engage a  consultant to gain a better understanding of the population’s knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) in six (6) CMS, that  could be used  to (i) further  inform CARPHA of facilitators and barriers  to implementing  a community-based Vector Borne Disease public education  campaig

Objectives
The objectives of this consultancy are_
1. To develop a programme for biodiversity monitoring;
2. To coordinate and implement biodiversity monitoring protocols; and
3. To manage, analyse, and disseminate data in collaboration with relevant personnel, to include
the Biosecurity Officer, the Redonda Ecosystem Reserve Coordinator, and the OICP Coordinator.
General responsibilities_

Objectives
The overall goal of this post is to maintain IAS-free status of offshore islands. The objectives of this
consultancy are_
1. To develop a programme for biosecurity monitoring on the offshore islands;  
2. To verify and maintain biosecurity protocols on offshore islands;
3. To review and revise biosecurity protocols for implementation on offshore islands; and
4. To develop a strategy for continued engagement with stakeholders.
General responsibilities_

Consultancy Objectives
The objectives of this consultancy are_
1. To develop an eradication plan for Green and Smith Islands, informed by existing feasibility plans (Smith and Green Is) and previous eradication plans (Green Is)
2. To coordinate and implement an eradication of rats from Green Island and Smith Island. Black rats are the primary focus of this eradication, however there have been small numbers of
chickens and goats recently recorded on Green Island whose removal will also be required under this consultancy.   

CONSULTING FIRM The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - funded Programme of the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF-IWEco Project), is seeking to engage a contracting firm to  review and strengthen policy, legislative and institutional capacity to support sustainable land and water resources and ecosystems management in IWEco participating states   BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, SCOPE OF WORK See attached Terms of Reference for det

The overall objective of the Environmental and Horizon Scans is to assess trends in the current and future, internal and external environments, to determine their relationship with the Community’s future direction by_

The Action is designed to contribute to the integration of the Caribbean Forum of ACP Group of States into the World Economy, though strengthening the enabling framework that stimulates innovation and competitiveness of the private sector. The specific objective of the action is to further upgrade and harmonise the system for IP creation, protection, administration and enforcement in line with the EPA provisions, and to contribute to regional integration in IPR.