Lrps-2023-9186859 Modelling the Education Case for Investing in Green and Adaptive... Tender

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Country : Thailand

Summary : Lrps-2023-9186859 Modelling the Education Case for Investing in Green and Adaptive School Infrastructure in Thailand

Deadline : 06 Dec 2023

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 92121225

Document Ref. No. : 9186859

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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UNICEF Thailand is seeking a qualified institution with expertise in economics and cost-benefit analysis, environmental and climate change research and education, and climate-proof infrastructure and design to help unpack dimension 5 on climate smart infrastructure in Thailand. The primary objectiveis to model an education case for investing in green and adaptive school infrastructure in Thailand.BackgroundThailand is recognized as highly vulnerable to climate variability and change due to increasing natural hazards, such as heavy rainfall, floods, and droughts, as well as sea level rise impacts the country's coasts (World Bank and Asian Development Bank 2022). It ranks 50th in the global Children's Climate Risk Index (CCRI) with a value of 6.2, a combination of increased risk of climate and environmental factors (8.4) and relatively reduced child vulnerability (2.3). Building on the CCRI, the national assessment of impact of climate change and environmental degradation on children (UNICEFth the North-eastern and Southern regions of Thailand facing the highest risk of climate change after incorporating children-related factors.Despite the growing evidence, most countries, including Thailand are yet to adopt comprehensive measures to adapt and reduce the negative impacts of climate change on education. Education sector is poorly reflected in national climate plans in terms of its contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation. An initial review of the education sector indicates that it is identified as a challenge and there is currently some integration of climate change, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), sustainable development and global citizenship into Thailand's basic education core curricula, teacher training and student evaluation.There are few investments one can make that have as high a payoff as investing in human capital and education. However, investments in human capital will be affected by climate change, and like every sector of the economy, the education sector will need to adjust to the realities of a warmer and more unstable climate. Given that the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme climate events will increase for Thailand, it isimportant to build a climate smart" education sector to ensure that it can adapt to changing climate and is resilient in protecting its hard-earned gains in children's education and learning.Objectives, Purposecape analysis of the education sector response to climate change and sustainable development in Thailand. This will complement the Royal Thai Government's efforts to deliver on Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality equitable education for all, especially Target 4.7 which recognizes that understanding education systems is essential for promoting sustainable development and responding to climate change.The education-specific landscape analysis is expected to review and build on UNICEF and TDRI's study on Impact Assessment of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on Children in Thailand launched in March 2023. The study was the first of its kind in Thailand, examining the impact of climate change specifically on children across provinces, incomes, disabilities, and ages. It also features a Child-Sensitive Climate Risk Index for the country based on factors including extreme heat, cold, floods, droughts as well as the availability of healthcare facilities and social services in each province. Further, it is also expected to focus on how existing DRR policies and mechanisms and environment education within the education sector can provide a critical foundation to effectivelytransition to a more climate-smart and resilient education sector.The overall objective of the education-specific landscape analysis is to assess the degree to which the education sector in Thailand is/can be consideredould be seen as interrelated, as achievements under one dimension are not sustainable in isolation: 1. Data and Evidence; 2. Policy and Planning; 3. Coordination; 4. Finance; 5. Infrastructure; 6. Teaching and Learning; 7. Schools and Communities. The work is expected to involve development, simulation, and costing of evidence-based scenarios for making schools climate-smart. This includes improving climate resilience and adopting low-carbon approaches, reaching the most marginalized population who are not receiving quality education, and retrofitting existing school infrastructure for those who are receiving education services in Thailand, especially those located in areas with greatest risk for different climate shocks (as outlined in UNICEF-TDRI 2023), in a cost-effective way to enhance student learning and reduce health and operational costs to increase school quality and resilience.For more details, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system (UNGM).By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest' button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons' included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html .In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission.Please note that in order to access the full-set of tender documents through UNICEF's e-submissions system, vendors must: (1) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (2) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering.Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated.All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log-in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.Should you have any questions against this solicitation, please submit your queries to Tongchanok Sonsawangphol at tsonsawangphol@unicef.org with CC to: thl-ml-bkksupply@unicef.org - no later than 28th November 2023 so that all queries could be clarified and circulated to all bidders before the deadline.We look forward to receiving your proposals within the given timeline.Best regards, UNICEF Supply team
Publish Date: 13-Nov-2023
UN Orgnization: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF)
Type of Notice: Request for proposal

Documents

 Tender Notice

052023-UNICEF-e-submissions-instructions-to-Bidders.pdf

Annex-B--TOR--UNICEF-Thailand--Green-School-Infrastructure.pdf