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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY has floated a tender for Cultural Studies of Kahuzi-Biega National Park for Conservation, Peace, and Reconciliation of Local Communities. The project location is DR Congo and the tender is closing on 15 Apr 2024. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 99457682. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Country : DR Congo

Summary : Cultural Studies of Kahuzi-Biega National Park for Conservation, Peace, and Reconciliation of Local Communities

Deadline : 15 Apr 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 99457682

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tenders are invited for Cultural Studies of Kahuzi-Biega National Park for Conservation, Peace, and Reconciliation of Local Communities.

About the Consultancy.

The overarching goal of this consultancy is to carry out in-depth analysis of cultural heritage and associations of different ethnic groups to KBNP, the role of traditional ecological knowledge and culture heritage to achieve sustainable peace and reconciliation of different ethnic groups and effective management of the park. The blended participatory and expert research seeks to empower IPLC organizations or individuals to play an active role in the study process.

Specific objectives are.

1. Collect and analyse traditional ecological knowledge, cultural use resources and practices of Bantu and Batwa communities around the park.

2. Document the cultural importance of the park for communities and how people interact with the park and its resources.

3. Build capacity of identified IP organizations and/or individuals to actively participate in documentation of IPLC stories and songs including training on use of digital devices for data collection, recording of songs, stories

4. Collect, Collate, and analyze community stories, songs, tales, artefacts etc. linked to the park and the surrounding forest and design information, communication, and education (IEC) materials (e.g pictorials, audio-visuals, murals, paintings) to be shared with different segments of the local population.

Deliverables

1. Documentation of community stories, songs, tales, artefacts, and natural resources of cultural importance to Batwa and Bantu communities.

2. Training of selected IP and non-IP individuals on storytelling, use of digital devices for data collection and participatory research methods.

3. Production by Batwa communities of participatory maps documenting their perception and understanding of important cultural and natural resources around the park.

4. In collaboration with WCS-s communications, community conservation teams, Batwa and other communities- produce IEC materials for dissemination to the local population, based on the above

5. Technical report summarizing findings and providing recommendations on further practical actions WCS, and partners can take to promote cultural heritage for peace, reconciliation and effective management of the park, including identifying traditional institutions to engage.