Consultancy to strengthen governance frameworks and institutional capacity for sustainable ocean management in Grenada

Description

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with Grenada's Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Affairs, is seeking a specialized consulting firm to finalize, operationalize, and transition the country's National Ocean Policy (NOP) and Strategic Action Plan (SAP). The objective is to establish a climate-smart, gender-responsive, and integrated national framework for sustainable ocean governance.

1. Policy finalization and climate mainstreaming
Cabinet-ready delivery: Conduct comprehensive technical and legal reviews of the draft NOP and SAP, updating them to create a cohesive national framework ready for formal Cabinet submission and official approval.

Strategic alignment: Ensure absolute policy coherence with national development goals, regional frameworks (such as ECROP and CLME+), and global commitments including the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14).

Climate integration: Review Grenada's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plans (NAP) to isolate ocean-specific targets, producing a dedicated Climate Mainstreaming Report and an Ocean-Climate Action Plan to be embedded directly into the SAP.

Thematic coverage: Provide clear, actionable policy directions across marine spatial planning, sustainable fisheries management, biodiversity conservation, pollution control, and maritime transport.

2. Institutional governance and committee framework
NOGC design: Draft the formal Terms of Reference (TORs), institutional mandates, and operational guidelines to establish the National Ocean Governance Committee (NOGC) as the central coordinating body.

Inclusive ecosystem: Structure the committee’s composition to guarantee balanced representation from government ministries, the private sector, academia, civil society, and community-based organizations (CBOs).

Inaugural operationalization: Define clear decision-making workflows and coordinate with national authorities to convene the inaugural NOGC meeting, formally initiating inter-sectoral oversight.

3. Multi-stakeholder consultation and consensus
Territorial workshops: Plan and execute two comprehensive multi-stakeholder workshops across mainland Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique, actively engaging fisherfolk, women, youth, and coastal communities.

National validation: Convene a National Validation Dialogue to cement institutional consensus and secure formal multi-sectoral endorsement of the final NOP/SAP text.

Data tracking: Document all insights within a structured Stakeholder Input Matrix to guarantee technical traceability, backed by a comprehensive Consultation Summary Report.

4. Capacity building and technical sensitization
Institutional training: Deliver three targeted training sessions for public officials focused on cross-sectoral coordination, integrated ocean management, and gender-responsive climate adaptation.

Grassroots mobilization: Conduct at least two sensitization sessions for community leaders, MSMEs, and local fisherfolk organizations to promote sustainable ocean stewardship and climate-smart commercial practices.

Educational deployment: Produce a standardized NOP/SAP training toolkit containing supervisory guidelines, curricula, and evaluation templates for long-term domestic replication.

5. Sustainability, strategy, and project handover
High-level summary: Prepare a concise, public-facing Policy Brief summarizing the core pillars of the NOP and SAP to drive high-level political engagement.

Long-term roadmap: Integrate a comprehensive Sustainability Strategy within the final assignment report, mapping out future resource mobilization options and monitoring frameworks.

Formal transition: Organize a final dissemination workshop and an official handover ceremony to seamlessly transition all digital assets, toolkits, and policy documents to national counterparts.

Note: Interested companies must review the requirements in the BEO Bidders Portal.