Consultancy Services for Alignment of Private Cookstove Projects with Jurisdictional ERP in Muchinga Province

  REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF GREEN ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT   REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)   Project: Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD) II Project Grant/Project ID No.: P507971 Assignment Title: Consultancy Services to Align Private Cookstove Projects with the Jurisdictional ERP in Muchinga Province Reference No.: ZM-MGEE-570653-CS-CQS   The Government of the Republic of Zambia, through the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment (MGEE), has received financing from the World Bank, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), the Nordic Development Fund and Scaling Climate Action by Lowering Emissions (SCALE), totalling USD 137 million, to support implementation of the Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development (TRALARD) II Project in Copperbelt, Luapula, Muchinga, Northern and Southern Provinces. The Government intends to apply part of the proceeds towards payments under the contract for the consulting services described below. The objective of the assignment is to produce a technically robust, policy-aligned methodology and operational process that reconciles private cookstove project emission-reduction claims with jurisdictional emission-reduction accounting under the Muchinga ERP and Zambia’s national carbon-market framework, enabling continued project operations and transparent discounting where appropriate. Scope of the Services Prepare and validate the inception report, methodology, work plan and assignment launch arrangements. Review the cookstove policy, legal and institutional framework for carbon-market regulation. Inventory and technically assess active and pipeline cookstove projects in Muchinga Province. Develop harmonized methodological rules for reconciling and discounting project-level emission reductions under the ERP. Undertake technical assessments, s