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SECOND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs)

For the Development of Value-Added Tools for Decision-Making

INTRODUCTION

This Second Request for Proposals (RfP) under the framework of IABIN Project intends to finance proposals from institutions that have experience in developing value-added tools to guide environmental management, conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development decision-making processes throughout the Western Hemisphere.

PRIORITY AREAS 

The basic principle of the proposals should be to demonstrate with concrete products how biodiversity information is useful to decision-makers in the public and private sectors and at the local, national, sub-regional and regional level. Under that principle, proposals should that addresses the need for information products tools in one of the following areas:

1. Integrate data from biodiversity and socio-economic databases

2. Visualize and analyze data and information

3. Utilize data with models to develop scenarios (options and consequences) for decision makers.

Proposals may be either for tools that will be built upon already developed tools by proponent or for new tools to be developed.

SCHEDULE OF PROCESS

Proposals must be received by 11:59 PM, October 8^th, 2008  and should be addressed to Luisa Fernanda Neira (lneira@oas.org) copied to Richard Huber ([email protected]).

1.                   Proposal evaluated and selected by October 17^th, 2008

2.                   Successful Proposal applicants contacted by October 24^th, 2008

3.                   The assignment to be commenced by November 28^th, 2008

4.                   The assignment to be completed by November 30, 2009

More details are provided in the Request for Proposals and Terms of Reference . 

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