Management Authority (REMA)
TITLE OF CONSULTANCY: RECRUITMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO
CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT BENEFITS OF THE
RUBAYA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-GICUMBI DISTRICT AND BENEFITS OF PROJECT
REPLICATION
REF: No.46/REMA-PIE/2012-13 1.
1. Background
Rwanda´s-Vision 2020, the country´s overarching national planning and policy
framework to which other GoR strategies, plans, programmes and policies are
anchored, recognizes that environmental degradation makes it more challenging
to achieve development objectives such as poverty reduction Thus, environment
and development issues need to be addressed in a co-ordinated manner. The
document states clearly that Rwanda will endeavour to mainstream the
environmental sustainability issues in all development policies. programmes and
actions to realise equitable and sustainable development. As part of the road
towards realising the Vision 2020, environmental sustainability has been given priority
both as a specific sector and as a crosscutting issue in national medium term
strategies like the just concluded Economic Development and Poverty Reduction
Strategy (EDPRS I) and its successor strategy (EDPRS II) now under preparation,
as well as other national, sector and sub national planning processes.
The integration of pro-poor environmental sustainability objectives into
national planning at all levels serves as a critical input to both
sustainability and national poverty reduction initiatives. This is fully
recognized by the Government of Rwanda, which through the support of the
Poverty and Environment Initiative Program (PEI), led by REMA in close
co-operation with MINECOFIN and other ministries has been very active in
influencing the sectors to mainstream environment and climate change in sector
plans, budgets and policies. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
(MINECOFIN) has been spearheading the exercise through the Sector Strategic
Planning guidelines and the Budget Call Circulars where all budget agencies are
required to mainstream environment and climate change.
Subsequently, drawing lessons from the recent initiatives, the process to
mainstream Environment and climate change issues into the next generation of
the EDPRS is underway. However, the main issue at hand is how the national,
sector and sub national policies that include environment and climate change
can be designed and implemented to reach and sustainably transform the lives of
the poorest people at the community level. This requires that policy objectives
are translated into practical tangible actions on the ground that sector and
sub-national entities like agriculture, local Governments and community actors
use to further mainstream environmental sustainability and achieve economic and
social development goals. It is against this background that REMA decided on a
pilot demonstration of an integrated environmental management program named
Rubaya Demonstration project in Rubaya sector, Gicumbi district. The main
purpose of this initiative was to practically demonstrate how poverty problems
related to environment and natural resources management (land use, agriculture,
human settlements, health and education) can be addressed through participatory
integrated approaches to generate sustainable livelihoods, fight poverty and
transform rural economies in an environmentally sustainable manner. More
specifically, how investments in environmental sustainability can help achieve
development goals such as poverty reduction, food security and the empowerment
of women.
To address the above mentioned problems REMA therefore supported the initiative
which includes a number of inter-linked components. These include provision of
water reservoirs to control run-off and ensure that it is productively
utilized; control of soil erosion to reduce the loss of fertile top soil and
retain much of the water through terracing. In the demonstration project.
Girinka, the one cow per family has become a communal rather than individual
project. There is a common collection centre for waste from the cows and also
human waste which is used to generate biogas that is distributed to all the
houses for cooking and lighting. The residue is then used as manure in the
terraces. Rain water from all the rooftops is collected into 7 underground
tanks of 100 cm each from where it is piped to different taps in the village
(Umudugudu).
To ensure effective replication and scale up of the best practices and the
lessons learnt from the Rubaya demonstration project and to effectively support
the on-going EDPRS II processes, REMA/PEI is recruiting an international
consultant to carry out an analysis of the costs and benefits of the
demonstration project as stipulated in the specific ToRs as outlined below.
The consultant will be selected under a Consultant Qualifications Selection
(CQS). The consultant will collaboratively assess the economic, social and
environment benefits of the Rubaya demonstration project-Gicumbi District and
benefits of Project replication
2. Submission requirements
The application shall include:
– A motivation letter expressing suitability for the assignment;
– Curriculum Vitae of the consultant with the required supporting
documents (Copies of Academic qualifications);
– List of previous work, contractual responsibility and successful
completion of at least 5 similar services;
– Methodology that demonstrates a clear understanding of the Terms of
Reference, relevance to the assignment needs and a work schedule that responds
to REMA´s proposed assignment timeframe
– A work plan and a financial proposal that will facilitate contract
negotiations.
3. Address for submission:
All applications to be clearly marked Application for International Consultant
to conduct an assessment of the economic, social and environment benefits of
the Rubaya demonstration project-Gicumbi District and benefits of Project
replication and Addressed to:
The Director General of REMA Inyota House, near UK Embassy Boulevard de
l´Umuganda P.O. Box 7436 Kacyiru-Kigali,
4. Other Details:
Late applications shall not be considered
The deadline for the submission of applications shall be on 27/05/2013 at
14h00; Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the above mentioned consultancy can be
collected at REMA´s reception or on REMA´s website (www.rema.govsw);
Your documents shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of
Submission, Enquiries regarding this consultancy may be addressed in writing
to:
etushabe@rema.gov.rw and fredsabirwa@yahoo.com
