Under the Indo German Bilateral Development Cooperation, the focal areas currently are:

• Energy;
• Environment and Management of Natural Resources; and
• Sustainable Urban Development

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and GIZ India are jointly implementing the “Sustainable Urban Development - Smart Cities” (SUD-SC) project. The project supports the National Ministry and the State Governments (Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala) in the policy formulation on housing for all, basic services, planning framework, and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also supports the three select Smart Cities (Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, and Kochi) in implementing concepts of integrated spatial urban development planning.

The Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development (C-HED) was established as a technical support unit to the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC). This semi-autonomous institution operates as the Research & Development wing of KMC and has been at the helm of various sustainable urban development efforts in Kochi for nearly 18 years. Considering the upcoming urban development challenges of the future and the significance of city governments in addressing them, KMC with the support of GIZ under the SUD-SC project is looking to expand C-HED’s mandate and strengthen its capacities in sustainable urban development. In this regard, SUD-SC is proposing to hire the services of a Strategic Advisor as an Individual Consultant / Expert to strengthen and transform the institutional capacities of this Centre in Kochi, Kerala.

The objective of this assignment is to

• Enhance C-HED’s institutional profile to emerge as a non-partisan city level Think Tank, and steer technical support in the areas of housing, planning, basic services and SDGs as part of C-HED activities and engagements.
• Guide C-HED to mobilise resources and leverage funding opportunities and strengthen networking and stakeholder engagement strategies to further C-HED’s institutional agenda.
• Evolve systems and processes with a focus on digitalisation to enhance C-HED’s professional and research capabilities in the urban development sector.

The assignment is for individual consultants only.

Please refer to the bidding conditions and follow the instructions carefully.

The detailed documentation with regards to this call for proposals includes –

• The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
• The Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts
• Annex C-HED brochure

Tender timelines are:

• Posting date : 13^th August, 2020
• Deadline to receive queries : 19^th August, 2020
• Clarifications to the queries to be uploaded on web portals : 26^th August, 2020
• The deadline for submission of proposal is : 7^th September, 2020

F.A.Q

GIZ reserves the right to cancel / modify this tender and / or reject a bid document including subsequently a technical and financial proposal, without assigning any reasons.