Communications Agency to Conduct Public Communications and Outreach Campaign for Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project

Country:

Serbia

Notice/Contract Number:

Consulting Services

Publication Date:

Dec 1, 2008

Deadline:

Dec 18, 2008

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Proposed Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LTAP)
Ministry of Energy and Mining

Original Language:

English

Address:

Lorik Haxhiu
LPTAP Project Office
24 Maji Str. No. 15
Pristina , Kosovo 10000
Serbia

Telephone:

+381 38 213 770

Fax:

+381 38 213 772

Email:

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Web Site:

www.lignitepower.com

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

KOSOVO

Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project

Credit Grant H-2540

Communications Agency to conduct Public Communications and Outreach Campaign for Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project

Request for Expressions of Interest

NOTE: This request for Expressions of Interest is an update to previous advertisement posted in the UNDB online on December 21, 2007. This is the second call for eligible consultants to submit their EOI for the subject assignment.

The Government of Kosovo (GOK), with support from the donor community, particularly the World Bank through the Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LPTAP), is embarking on a lignite power initiative that is crucial for the economic and social development of Kosovo. The objectives of LPTAP are (a) to help the GOK strengthen the enabling policy, legal and regulatory frameworks conducive to new investments in the energy sector; and (b) to assist the GOK to attract qualified private investors to build new capacity for lignite thermal power generation guided by high standards of environmental and social sustainability.

The lignite power initiative entails the largest single investment ever undertaken in Kosovo and is of the utmost importance for its development and economic prospects. It is a highly complex project due to its size and also from a technical, social and economic standpoint. The lignite power initiative will have implications regarding population resettlement, environmental impact and water consumption, among others.

The Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LPTAP) requests the services of a Communications Agency (Consultant) to undertake a public communications and outreach campaign for the lignite power initiative for the next 12 months. The selected consulting firm needs to be aware of the project's complexity and of its potential to touch upon specific sensitivities due to the involvement of foreign bidders.

A key objective of the assignment is to provide adequate and timely information to stakeholders to build awareness and enhance a positive public profile of the LPTAP, managing public communications with its stakeholders and the general public through a targeted, planned and sustained outreach campaign.
Main tasks of this assignment are:

• Put in place a mechanism through which LPTAP can systematically and proactively engage in two-way communications with the public as well as with identified key stakeholders
• Support the role of the LPTAP through high-quality public relations and wider communications activity
• Acquire an excellent grasp of the lignite initiative and current affairs, allowing the LPTAP to take advantage of public relations opportunities in Kosovo and at the international level in a timely manner
• Developing and implementing outcome-oriented communications strategies for the project and proactively address and adapt LPTAP's communication needs in a rapidly changing environment
• Identify project and reputational risks, advise on their management and plan on how to respond to negative comment or crisis
• Develop partnerships to improve dialogue and outreach and to strengthen the project overall effectiveness and image
• Promote the coordination of information flow among the key players, suggest suitable coordination mechanisms with relevant institutions and ensure a unified approach to communication
• Strengthen and sustaining effective relationships with key external constituencies (including the media, civil society, NGOs, academia, businesses, government agencies, international agencies, etc.)
• Provide the LPTAP with expertise to generate brand awareness, to execute successful media events, to reinforce its public presence and to build stakeholders' trust and allies' loyalty
• Promote transparency and building public trust by clearly explaining the rules, the actors involved and by disclosing as much information as possible in order to assuage concerns of secrecy and corruption.
• Support the dissemination of the consultations findings and of information related to management of existing resources and promotion of future opportunities/benefits
• Act as focal point for the relation with the media and coordination of official spokespersons and mobilize partners in support of the project

The period of the assignment is 12 months.

The Consultant will be selected through Fixed-Budget Selection procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, dated May 2004.

The Ministry of Energy and Mining now invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignment, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Three (3) copies of the firm’s or consortium’s Expression of Interest and qualifications shall be submitted in a sealed envelope to the address below not later than 1600 hours (Pristina time) on December 18, 2008, signed and certified by an officer of the firm (or the lead consortium member), and clearly marked “Expression of Interest for Communications Agency (LPTAP)”.

LPTAP Project Office
Ministry of Energy and Mining
Attention: Dr. Lorik Haxhiu

24 Maji Str. No.15
Pristina 10000, Kosovo
Telephone: +381 38 213 770, Fax: +381 38 213 772
E-mail: lorik.haxhiu@lignitepower.com
Website: www.lignitepower.com

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