Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

Indonesia is the world's fifth largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and is crucial to the success of anyglobal strategy to tackle climate change. Almost 80 % of these emissions stem from deforestation and land-use change. The rate of deforestation in Papua has been historically low compared to the rest of Indonesia. It is Indonesia's easternmost province and has 40 % of Indonesia's remaining tropical forest. DFID sought to engage Service Provider for providing technical support to implement the GEG programme focussing on voicing SME development from the bottom-up while increasing the confidence to go-into-business, and also the public confidence in local authorities to manage local economic development including investors' confidence to inves in those rural and urban regions of Papua. The scope and nature of Private Sector development (GEG) we envisage must target the ‘missing middle’ of Small and Medium Enterprises — GEG is not about grants, microcredit or simple green loans, but about the demonstration effect of a successful blueprint that i) justifies the additionality for risk capital, and ii) that can show how to build businesses that pursue low carbon growth — the type of businesses that benefit Papuans and steer government to shape an economic strategy with ambitious Green House Gas reduction targets. The scope of work for the programme is to cover both Papuan provinces in engagement for Small and Medium Enterprises, but limited to areas where the catalytic support is realistic, and where there is enough evidence of an agricultural and forestry potential. Four villages will be selected under the contract to operate under the government special autonomy local funds. GEG bidders can indicate clear examples where those 4 project sites should be. These will be agreed during the inception phase.