Ministry Of Water Resources Tender

Expression of Interest: Consultant for National water resources policy specialist and team leader The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (ta) subproject 1: strategic research of promoting ecological protection and high-quality development (hqd) in the yellow river basin (yrb) through economic and intensive water use will support the overall ta cluster with strong focus on mainstreaming water resources management into legislatives and the implementation of the yrb ecological protection and high-quality green development master plan (yrb master plan), which has recently been approved by the central government. The ta subproject 1 will support the yellow river conservancy commission (yrcc) under the ministry of water resources (mwr), the executing agency of the ta subproject 1, by defining the high-quality development and developing legislative provisions and master plan implementation mechanisms for water resources management in the yrb. The ta aims to achieve these development goals by delivering the following four key outputs: (i) assessment of the status and prospects for water sector in the yellow river basin prepared; (ii) strategic direction and project pipeline on water resources management recommended; and (iii) stakeholder engagement mechanism established. The detailed descriptions of the outputs and associated activities are described in the ta subproject report. The asian development bank (adb) will administer the ta subproject 1. Its implementation period is 13 months from november 2021 to december 2022. The yrcc is the executing agency, and the international cooperation division (icd) is the implementing agency. It is estimated that the ta subproject 1 will require 22 person-months of consulting services, comprising five national consultants: (i) water resources policy specialist/team leader (4 person-months); (ii) integrated water resources management specialist/deputy team leader (4 person-months); (iii) water resources economist (2 person-months); (iv) ecology and environment specialist (4 person-months); (iv) governance and institutions specialist (3 person-months); and (v) public participation specialist (5 person-months). Adb will mobilize maximum six international resource persons as needed with maximum 30 days inputs each that includes but not limited to (i) water resources management specialists; (ii) river basin master planning and conservation specialist; (iii) ecology and environment specialist; and (iv) governance and institutions specialists. Adb will engage the consultants through individual consultant selection following the adb procurement policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated procurement staff instructions. For efficient contract management, an output-based contract may be offered. The need for additional consultant support will be reviewed during implementation; and if required, support will be proposed as international or national resource persons. It is anticipated that ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB),