UNIDO Request for proposal for the provision of services required for conducting the Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Lebanon (RFP No. 7000005159)

The UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO) invites candidate companies to submit a written proposal for services required for conducting the Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Lebanon.

The Minamata Convention has been ratified by Lebanon in 2017. It aims at protecting human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury.

The aim of this Request for Proposal is to provide services to assist Lebanon to enable policy and strategic decision-making and prioritize areas for future interventions. Patterns of mercury consumption and release will be assessed, and institutional capacity will be developed and enhanced at the national level in order to reduce the impacts of mercury in human health and the environment.

The main outcomes and outputs of the required services are as follows:

• Outcome 1. National capacity improved to prepare for implementation of the Minamata
• Convention
• Output 1.1. Institutional gaps identified and national coordination on mercury established
• Output 1.2. Review of existing mercury related regulations and identification of needed policy
• reforms to prepare for implementation of the Minamata Convention completed
• Output 1.3. National mercury profile established based on the initial inventory and key sectors
• identified for intervention and investment to reduce, and where possible eliminate, mercury use,
• release and emissions
• Output 1.4. Dissemination of information among relevant stakeholder groups (academia, public and
• private sectors and civil society) conducted