Tender for the policy environmental analysis in Kosovo/a and a seminar on legal and advocacy tools

Zelena akcija – FOE Croatia is announcing an open call for tenders under the project Advocacy NGOs networks for sustainable use of energy and natural resources in the Western Balkans and Turkey – ETNAR (IPA-CSF-2014-351-683, EU funded IPA CSF project)

2. Tender for the policy environmental analysis in Kosovo/a and a seminar on legal and advocacy tools

Who can apply – environmental and social justice CSOs (for all LOTs) or researchers (for LOT 1,2,3) from Kosovo/a.
The preference would be given to CSOs if the applicants are of equal expertise and offers are of similar quality and price. An application can be sent for each lot individually or in any combination of LOTs together. Evaluation will be done for each lot individually. The price for value approach would be used, where we will evaluate the capacity of the applicant by references, proved previous experiences and CVs of experts. After the selection the contracted organisation or person would sign a contract.

The deadline for application is June 23th 2016.
The applications / offer of the services must be sent electronically at info@etnar.net with CVs of the experts and listed references and short description of the previous experience. A specified budget for the work offered needs to be submitted.

The deadline for potential questions is June 19th, and the deadline for delivering answers is June 21st. The offers that do not meet required characteristics will be rejected.

It is important to note for which LOT(s) are you applying. The budget requested cannot be more than 8000 euros for all Kosovo Lot 1, 2 and 3 combined together. Upon contract signed, 50% of the budget would be transferred, while the remaining 50% upon submission and approval of the reports, but no latter than October 2016 for the Kosovo LOTs 1, 2 and 3.

There is 6500 euros limit for the costs of Kosovo LOT4. Upon contract signed, 80% of the budget would be transferred, while the remaining 20% upon submission and approval of the reports, but no latter than October 2016 for the Kosovo LOT 4.

Kosovo/a – LOT1
Energy policy analysis and input for Energy position paper
The expert will collect the data for the energy policy analysis based on the prepared questionnaires and submit it to the ETNAR project team. The results need to be presented and discussed with other stakeholders in Kosovo/a. The questions include overview of energy and climate legislation and its comparison with EU legislation (climate change, air pollution, energy efficiency, basic policy on the issue, international treaties signed, transport and noise pollution, energy sources (renewable and non renewable). Situation with energy efficiency and renewable energy cooperatives. Analysis of Paris agreement and pledges of Kosovo under the agreement. The expert will communicate with the ENTAR project team about the details of the input to the content for the position paper on a top of the written report.

Deadline for submission of analysis is September 5th 2016, preferably earlier.

Kosovo/a LOT2
Natural resources policy analysis and input for natural resources position paper

The expert will collect the data for the natural resources policy analysis based on the prepared questionnaires and submit it to the ETNAR project team. The results need to be presented and discussed with other stakeholders in Kosovo. The questions include overview of the legislation and the state of the transposition of the EU environmental legislation:  Nature protection; Water protection; Forests; Agricultural land; Law on soil protection; Law on GMOs; Environmental law; Sea protection; EIA; SEA and IPCC. The expert will also refer to the state of development projects in the protected areas and hydropower development on rivers in and out of the protected areas.

The expert will communicate with the ENTAR project team about the details of the input to the content for the position paper on a top of the written report.

Deadline for submission of analysis is September 5th 2016, preferably earlier.

Kosovo/a LOT3
Input for the Environmental Law and Public Advocacy Toolkits
The expert will fill in the questionnaire about the environmental legislation and legal tools that can be used for advocacy campaigning in Kosovo/a.
The questionnaire will serve as a basis for our new publication on Legal instruments for environmental protection. It is divided into four parts, according to different law branches through which the environment can be protected on the national level: constitutional, administrative, criminal and civil law. When answering the questions, it might be helpful to follow the first toolkit. Since the questionnaire was based on it, it might help you regarding the point of the question or length and style of your answer. You can find the English version at:
http://etnar.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ETNAR_publikacija_EN.pdf.
The expert will also provide photographs from some cases (press conferences, actions, debates, landfills, power plants etc.), with a short description of the photo, where it was taken and by whom – your organization or someone else. Also, if your national legislation recognizes some specific tools for environmental protection, which are not included in the questionnaire, please write what they are, how and by whom they are used, quote the legal provisions, and, if possible, give case examples.

Deadline for submission of analysis is September 5th 2016, preferably earlier.

Kosovo/a LOT4
Organisation of the National seminar about legal tools and EU environmental horizontal legislation and public advocacy tools
The contractor will organise a seminar for environmental CSOs in Kosovo/a that will last for 2 days for about 25 participants. Organisers will be responsible for the whole logistic – arranging the hotel accommodation for the participants and speakers, food and coffee breaks, venue with the needed equipment. Organiser will also be responsible, together with ETNAR project team, to prepare agenda of the seminar and invite participants and appropriate international speakers. The seminar can be either organised in English language or have professional interpretation Albanian / English / Serbian depending on the language needs of speakers and participants.
Total budget for this LOT is 6500 eur and it needs to cover all of the costs of the preparation and implementation of the seminar. If there is need for a bigger budget this needs to be elaborated with concrete offers from the service in question (for instance hotel invoice).

Deadline for the implementation of seminar is October 15th 2016, preferably September 2016.