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Last call! Deadline approaches for consultancies under Blue Economy (BE-CLME+) Project

January 26, 2024

Expressions of Interest invited for Blue Economy Consultancies

BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION

Project Title:

Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus (BE-CLME+ Project)

Funding Agency:

Global Environmental Facility (GEF)

GEF Co-implementing Agencies:

The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Executing Agency:

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat

The BE-CLME+ Project is a regional initiative aimed at promoting Blue Economy (BE) development in the Caribbean region through Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), development of climate-smart sustainable fisheries value chains, and knowledge management in Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Panama. The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is the Executing Agency for the project, while the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations are the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Co-implementing Agencies.

The 2023-2024 BE-CLME+ Project Workplan & Budget was approved by the Regional Steering Committee on 29 September 2023, and calls for several consultancies to be executed. Please find details of the open consultancies for national and regional activities below.