OBJECTIVE: To prepare the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Itezhi-tezhi Transmission Line Project in Zambia, assessing relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, stakeholder performance, and lessons learned.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Assess project relevance, design, and alignment with country and Bank priorities

• Evaluate achievement of project outputs, outcomes, and development objectives

• Review project efficiency, including implementation timelines and financial/economic performance

• Assess sustainability, safeguards, institutional capacity, and stakeholder performance

• Identify lessons and recommendations for future AfDB power infrastructure operations

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Back-to-office report for the PCR mission

• Draft Project Completion Report using AfDB template and guidelines

• Final PCR incorporating Bank review comments

OBJECTIVE: To support the operationalization of UMDF, especially its Project Preparation Facility and African Cities Program, by strengthening project identification, preparation, coordination, and institutional development.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Support development and oversight of UMDF project preparation pipeline

• Coordinate dialogue with cities, governments, AfDB departments, and partner institutions

• Support rollout of the African Cities Program across at least 40 cities

• Review city diagnostics, City Action Plans, project concepts, and technical outputs

• Develop knowledge products, advocacy materials, fundraising inputs, and project documentation

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• PPF pipeline tracking and management tools

• Project briefs, concept notes, presentations, and follow-up documentation

• Technical inputs to transport, water, energy, waste, environment, and sanitation project documents

• City Action Plan guidance, reviews, and harmonized city outputs

• Knowledge products, fundraising inputs, and UMDF institutional documents

OBJECTIVE: To assess wood value chains in the Congo Basin and develop a roadmap for value addition, industrialization, and job creation through strengthened regional wood processing industries and cross-border processing zones.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Analyse forest products value chains across Congo Basin countries

• Identify constraints and investment opportunities for secondary and tertiary wood processing industries

• Develop policy, regulatory, financing, and infrastructure recommendations to strengthen regional wood value chains

• Propose priority forestry and wood-processing projects, including cross-border processing zones

• Support policy dialogue and regional trade integration around sustainable and inclusive forestry development

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Inception report with methodology and workplan

• Draft analytical report on wood value chain development in the Congo Basin

• Stakeholder webinar and consultation outputs

• Final report with investment roadmap, policy reforms, and project portfolio recommendations

OBJECTIVE: To support implementation of the Mozambique project on resilient and circular wastewater solutions for post-disaster recovery, focusing on pollution reduction, ecosystem protection, and climate resilience.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Conduct baseline assessments of wastewater systems, including policy, institutional, technical, and financial analysis

• Perform stakeholder mapping and facilitate participatory consultation workshops

• Assess environmental, social, and economic risks linked to wastewater pollution in post-disaster settings

• Develop climate-resilient wastewater solutions pathways and funding strategies

• Prepare fundable project proposals and support government capacity development on resilient wastewater investments

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Baseline assessment and stakeholder engagement reports

• Capacity gap and risk assessment outputs

• Multi-stakeholder consultation workshops and training sessions

• Wastewater solutions pathway document

• Donor mapping and financing analysis

• Draft and submission-ready project proposals

OBJECTIVE: The consultancy seeks to design and operationalize a nationally owned Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system for Uganda. The system will create a structured data pathway from individual tree farmers through district and regional levels to national reporting platforms using an upgraded WEIS/FOMIS architecture

SUMMARY OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
This is a major national systems-development consultancy focused on building a four-tier FLR monitoring and reporting architecture integrated into Uganda’s Water and Environment Information System (WEIS). The assignment combines policy, GIS, software systems, mobile data collection, remote sensing, restoration analytics, interoperability APIs, dashboard development, and national reporting integration aligned to Bonn Challenge, AFR100, REDD+, and Restoration Barometer commitments.

CORE COMPONENTS:

• Upgrade the WEIS/FOMIS forestry module into a national FLR-MRV data hub

• Develop four linked dashboards:My Farm Dashboard
  District FLR Dashboard
  Regional FLR Dashboard
  National FLR Command Centre
  

• Build offline-capable mobile data collection tools for farmers and field teams

• Integrate GIS, NFMS, remote sensing, satellite verification, and restoration finance tracking

• Benchmark Uganda’s system against:WRI TerraMatch/TerraFund
  Malawi FLR Monitoring Framework
  Rwanda monitoring systems
  FAO/WRI Road to Restoration
  IUCN Restoration Barometer
  

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Inception Report and WEIS/FOMIS architecture review

• Systems Architecture & Benchmark Analysis Report

• Technical Design Report for the Uganda FLR-MRV Framework

• Functional WEIS/FOMIS four-tier prototype

• Pilot and validation reports

• Tier-specific user manuals and technical documentation

• National roll-out and capacity-building strategy

OBJECTIVE: To review and revise Uganda’s Forest Management Planning Guidelines and align them with a landscape management planning approach that supports integrated, climate-resilient, and sustainable forest governance.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Review existing forest management planning guidelines, policies, laws, and international best practices

• Conduct stakeholder consultations with government, civil society, private sector, and communities

• Develop revised Forest Management Planning Guidelines and standard FMP structure aligned to landscape approaches

• Integrate ecosystem services, climate resilience, social safeguards, monitoring systems, and landscape restoration principles

• Conduct field testing, training, validation workshops, and finalize guidelines for national adoption

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Inception report with methodology and stakeholder engagement plan

• Gap analysis and review report on existing guidelines

• Draft revised Forest Management Planning Guidelines and FMP structure

• Stakeholder consultation and validation report

• Final revised and validated Forest Management Planning Guidelines in editable and PDF formats

OBJECTIVE: To support extraction and analysis of built-up area data on slums and informal settlements, and generate training data for estimating housing stocks in selected cities.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Generate training datasets for spatial modelling of housing typologies and high-density informal settlements

• Extract built-up area data from high-resolution satellite imagery across multiple time periods

• Validate extracted data against previous UN-Habitat DSU datasets and trends

• Cross-validate SDG 11 geospatial data using literature and historical data

• Support spatial analysis scripts, workflow automation, and capacity-building activities

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Training datasets for housing and informal settlement modelling

• Extracted built-up area datasets from satellite imagery

• Validation and trend analysis outputs

• SDG 11 geospatial data cross-validation inputs

• Spatial analysis scripts, workflows, and training support materials

OBJECTIVE: To support Mauritius in achieving its NDC 3.0 energy efficiency commitments through institutional reforms, financial incentives, market development, and implementation of large-scale energy efficiency programmes.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Assess Mauritius’ current energy efficiency baseline, sectoral consumption, and EE potential

• Develop an Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EE/DSM) Master Plan and Action Plan

• Design institutional, regulatory, and financing frameworks to scale EE investments

• Support establishment of a Super ESCO structure and White Certificate framework

• Develop policy reforms, implementation roadmaps, and capacity-building strategies across sectors

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• EE baseline assessment and sectoral EE potential analysis

• Draft and final EE/DSM Master Plan and Action Plan

• Super ESCO institutional framework and operational roadmap

• White Certificate framework, regulations, and implementation roadmap

• Stakeholder workshops, implementation schedules, and final consolidated reports

OBJECTIVE: To support lifesaving identification, referral, and treatment of children with severe wasting in Karamoja and refugee communities through health facilities and community systems.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Plan and support community mass screening with district local governments and health facilities

• Conduct integrated nutrition outreaches in high-burden IPC Phase 4 districts

• Analyze screening data and support timely referral of children with wasting

• Track admissions, treatment updates, and reporting through HMIS

• Work with district teams, health facilities, and communities to strengthen response coordination

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Mass screening plans and implementation updates

• Integrated outreach reports

• Screening data analysis and referral tracking

• Weekly admission and treatment updates

• HMIS documentation and sector reporting outputs

OBJECTIVE: To support AfDB’s engagement with the Pandemic Fund and implementation of the Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa (SQHIA), including coordination, monitoring, and technical support to member countries.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Support implementation of Pandemic Fund and SQHIA projects in line with AfDB procedures

• Coordinate internally across Bank teams and externally with country offices and partners

• Provide technical support to Regional Member Countries during proposal calls and co-financing efforts

• Monitor, track, and report on project progress and Fund-related activities

• Document lessons learned, maintain records, and support senior management reporting

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Implementation support outputs for Pandemic Fund and SQHIA projects

• Coordination and stakeholder engagement outputs across AfDB teams and partners

• Monitoring reports, briefs, and communication materials

• Documentation of lessons learned and best practices

• Technical inputs to funding proposals and co-financing opportunities

OBJECTIVE: To support UNEP’s data analytics and foresight work by contributing to data management, analysis, visualization, and exploration of AI-driven insights for environmental decision-making.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Assist with data management, structuring, and analysis using tools like Python

• Support development of dashboards, visualizations, and analytical workflows

• Contribute to testing and refinement of digital platforms and interfaces

• Conduct research on AI trends, data sources, and analytical methods

• Support documentation, reporting, and preparation of technical outputs

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Cleaned and structured datasets for analysis

• Data visualizations, dashboards, and analytical outputs

• Research summaries on AI tools, trends, and methodologies

• Documentation of workflows, processes, and data systems

• Technical inputs to reports, presentations, and briefs

OBJECTIVE: To ensure compliance with environmental and social safeguard frameworks for a climate resilience project in Tanzania, including risk management, monitoring, and stakeholder protection systems.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Provide technical guidance on environmental and social safeguards (ESMS, ESMPs, GAP)

• Develop monitoring plans and ensure compliance with UNEP and GCF safeguard frameworks

• Support grievance redress mechanisms (GRM) and SEAH protocols implementation

• Conduct annual field missions and oversee safeguards compliance and risk mitigation

• Build capacity of project teams and stakeholders on safeguards systems and reporting

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Updated Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) and monitoring plans

• Site-specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs)

• Safeguards mission reports and compliance assessments

• GRM and SEAH implementation support outputs

• Inputs to semi-annual and annual project performance reports