RFP Technical Assistance support 5 rural municipalities for LoCAL, Nepal

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN’s flagship catalytic blended financing platform, supports market development by enabling access to finance in high-risk environments through financial instruments, mechanisms, and advisory services. With a unique mandate, UNCDF blends and deploys grants, loans, and guarantees alongside related advisory support.

The LoCAL Nepal project aims to:

· Increase availability of climate finance to local government to implement gender-responsive and inclusive climate change adaptation investments; · Address climate change impact at the local level while investing in climate resilient development pathways; · Strengthen the capacities of local governments and their communities for effective adaptation actions that also support their sustainable development.

The objective of the assignment is to:

Strengthen the capacity of pilot local governments to mainstream climate change adaptation into planning, budgeting and investment processes; Support the effective implementation and institutionalization of Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRGs) under the LoCAL framework in Nepal; Deliver technical assistance to ensure the effective implementation of PBCRG funded Climate Adaptation Investments in LoCAL pilot Local Governments.

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