United Nations Secretariat Tender

Promoting Sustainable Irrigation Technologies: A Water-energy-food (wef) Nexus Perspective Towards Reducing Climate Risk From Small Farmers In High Climate Risk In The Municipalities Of Rabinal, And San Miguel Chicaj In The Dry Corridor Of Baja Verapaz Gua & The United Nations Office At Nairobi (unon), On Behalf Of Climate Technology Centre And Network (ctcn), United Nations Environment Programme (unep) Invites Qualified Interested Firms To Submit Expression Of Interest (eoi) To Participate In The Upcoming Solicitation For Provision Of Technical Assistance On Promoting Sustainable Irrigation Technologies: A Water-energy-food (wef) Nexus Perspective Towards Reducing Climate Risk From Small Farmers In High Climate Risk In The Municipalities Of Rabinal, And San Miguel Chicaj In The Dry Corridor Of Baja Verapaz Guatemala. The United Nations Environment Programme (unep) On Behalf Of The Climate Technology Centre And Network (ctcn) Requires The Services Of An Institution To Deliver The Technical Assistance As Approved By National Designated Entity From Guatemala. The Overall Objective Of The Technical Assistance Is To Develop Suitable Systems And Business Models To Make Solar Photovoltaic Irrigation Systems (spis) Available To Smallholder Farmers, Including Women, In The Dry Corridor Of Guatemala. Some Of The Expected Outcome, Outputs And Activities Are; • Development Of Implementation Planning And Communication Documents. • Study The Current Irrigation Practices Of Smallholder Farmers In Guatemala And Establishment Of Agreements With Local Organizations. • Development Of Potential Designs For The Spis, Depending On Social Capital-organizations Structures, Crops, And Potential For The Value Chain. • Select The Appropriate Spis Technology. • Pilot A Small-scale Implementation Of The Spis In The Selected Community. • Formulate An Enabling Environment Roadmap And M&e Framework. • Dissemination Modules And Training Of Trainer’s Workshops. The Complete Details Of The Requirement Will Be Provided In The Tender Documents That Will Be Issued To Bidders After This Request For Eoi Is Closed.