F -- Technical Assistance to implement the USAID funded program, entitled

The tropical forest biodiversity conservation program is targeted at local resource users living around officially notified protected areas (wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and game reserves) specifically at developing the capabilities of local resource management organizations to broker community consensus in understanding, accepting and assuming their roles and responsibilities under a co-management approach in collaboration with the Department of Forest. With participation of all stakeholders, this primary focus will be achieved through a program of coordinated activities aiming at (a) local organizational mechanisms, (b) natural resources management investments and interventions, (c) institutional skills and capabilities, (d) an enabling environment of policies, plans, rules and regulations, (e) alternative income generation and employment activities, and (f) program implementation and support to other program partners. The primary responsibility of the contractor will be to coordinate the entire process with guidelines from USAID and the Project Steering Committee.