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Description of the Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) of the
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem and the assessment of their vulnerabilities
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is owned by the
Federal Republic of Germany and works worldwide in the fields of international cooperation
for sustainable development. GIZ provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political,
economic, ecological and social development in a globalized world. Our corporate objective
is to improve people’s lives on a sustainable basis. The 5-year project – Marine Spatial
Management and Governance (MARISMA) of the Benguela Current Large Marine
Ecosystem (BCLME) – supports the Benguela Current Commission (BCC), its member
states Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and other stakeholders and key players in the
marine management sector to enable ocean development planning for an enhanced
sustainable management and governance of the BCLME’s marine biodiversity and natural
resources. The main focus of the project is capacity development at various levels, to
implement and institutionalize Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and to identify and describe
the region’s “Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)”.
The project requires expert support for the description of the region’s EBSAs and the
assessment of their vulnerabilities. The specific work to be carried out comprises the
following three major work streams:
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Description/revision of areas meeting the EBSA criteria
 Data, information and knowledge discovery and aggregation
 EBSA knowledge gaps identification, prioritization and action formulation
 Mapping of data, information and knowledge
 EBSA description/revision support
Assessment of the vulnerabilities of areas meeting the EBSA criteria
 Identification and application of an EBSA vulnerability assessment (VA) method
 Deduction and formulation of EBSA management measures
EBSA process support
 National and regional EBSA workshops
Capacity development and data, information and knowledge management
 Contribution to the capacity assessment and elaboration of the capacity
development strategy
 Data, information and knowledge management advice
The service provider is requested to carry out the work through a consortium which will
deliver the expert services across the three BCC member states. The service provider will
collaborate closely with GIZ as well as the national and regional project partners.
Interested companies operating in the three BCC member states Angola, Namibia and South
Africa
should
request
the
documentation
to
be
completed
from
[email protected] by 23.11. 2015. Please quote # 83211554 when requesting
the documentation.