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This Request for Expressions of Interest is for the implementation of a technical assistance program to one of the two LFPs of the Project, namely NBE, as described above. The Services will be funded through the TAF by AFD.
The Services of the Consultant shall consist of the implementation of the technical assistance program for the entire benefit of the NBE:

i) Assistance to the NBE in the definition and implementation of a climate finance strategy, including:
a. Scoping: diagnosing current situation analysis (baseline study and gap analysis report) benchmarking against ESG standards relevant to global climate change strategies and sectors covered within AFD Credit Facility as well as consideration of thorough study of global taxonomies in comparison to current national banking sector code for initiating an NBE sustainable finance and climate change taxonomy
b. Strategic Alignment: Integrating Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 2030); Africa 2063 Sustainable Development Agenda; as well as updated national (Egypt Vision) Sustainable Development Agenda/Strategy (SDA) 2030; and NDC within Climate Change strategy and cross cutting aspects. Provide technical input to the preparation of internal climate change/ green growth strategies, action plans, reports, operational guidelines and tools
c. Elaboration and implementation of a climate finance policy, integration of climate issues in internal procedures, reporting applications, capacity building activities, the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) accreditation support and peer learning experiences ;
d. Support to NBE in the establishment of tools and activities to map and measure transitional, physical, reputation and strategic risks (i.e. climate change and sustainable finance related risks);
e. Stakeholders Mapping & Engagement: identification of internal and external stakeholders within each milestone / phases and ensuring clarification of their roles and responsibilities across
f. Provide technical support to the updating of operational documents (operational manual, Results Based Framework (M&E), Readiness Review Procedures, Country Strategy Papers / Regional Integration Strategy Papers and project templates) to reflect the mainstreaming of climate change and green growth.
ii) Project Origination and reporting: Support for the identification and the development of eligible and bankable climate-related projects: feasibility study for developing climate-related projects, assessment of projects’ eligibility, technical / financial assessment support to final beneficiaries, monitoring and implementation of the AFD Group’s credit facility (preparation of inception report, implementation progress reports, impact indicators reporting and other type of reporting as requested).

iii) Assistance to the NBE in the management of environmental and social (E&S) risks:
support to reinforce and implement E&S risks management policy, procedures, tools and assessment, sector-specific guidelines definition, capacity building activities, as well as support to E&S due diligences on sub-projects ; including :
a. Review of Environmental and Social Safeguard studies, which may include:
- Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA)
- Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
- Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)
- Stakeholder Engagement Plan (including a Project-level grievance redress mechanism)
b. Digitalisation pillar: providing characteristics of software solutions and/or systems based on global best practices and trends and updates to be tailored to AFD credit line facility requirements.
iv) Support to the NBE in the definition and implementation of a professional equality / gender policy: professional equality initial diagnosis, support to activities related to professional equality within the Bank, support to define a gender policy related to the investments, capacity building.
v) Branding, Marketing, Communication and Positioning: Support to NBE for marketing and communication tools, activities, strategies and capacity building needed to promote the project and the eligible climate investments, awareness campaigns, institutional relations.
- communication and participation in policy events on Global, Regional, and Local Climate
Change conferences, events and platforms
- support to develop and disseminate position papers, policy briefs,
- updated information for stakeholder’s website and various communication channels (print outs, materials, digital media channels);
- aligning efforts with key climate change events and providing NBE speech slots to further promote facility updates and outputs;
- promoting synergies among international agreements and processes (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as well as Gender related events, ESMS Risk related platforms and events, conferences.