81305096-Financing Energy for Low-carbon Investment - Cities Advisory Facility - Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Program (FELICITY II)

Advisory Facility - Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Program (FELICITY II)" on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). FELICITY II is part of the International Climate Initiative 2020 and supports the preparation and implementation of low carbon infrastructure projects in Partnership Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The anticipated project outcome of FELICITY II is to enable participating countries to realize low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects with support of international climate finance. In Ukraine, the focus of FELICITY II is on the water and wastewater sector, which shows significant scope for investment to improve services and water security, to reduce environmental pollution and to reduce GHG emissions. The project is jointly implemented with the European Investment Bank EIB which is financing low-carbon infrastructure investment measures in the water and wastewater sector. A Contractor is required to provide technical assistance to project promoters in Ukraine, in particular water and wastewater utilities, in the development of bankable low-carbon infrastructure projects in the water and wastewater sector. A team of national and international experts shall be provided by the Contractor for this purpose. Services of the Contractor include capacity development measures related to water and wastewater infrastructure planning as well as technical support in the preparation of bankable projects in line with international standards and EIB requirements. Services of the contractor shall be delivered in close collaboration with project promoters and in coordination with the GIZ project team in Ukraine.