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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Please be informed that the submission deadline for this tender has been extended to:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Procurement Associate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">United Nations
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Development Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">25 - 29 Phan Boi Chau, Ha Noi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tel: (+84 4) 3942 1495 (ext 226)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="www.vn.undp.org">www.vn.undp.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The UN’s global development network</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 14, 2014 2:53 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request for proposal for conducting a review of grievance redress mechanisms GRMs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms/institutions for conducting a review of grievance redress mechanisms GRMs (in Vietnamese: Cơ chế Thông tin, Hòa giải,
và Khiếu nại Tố cáo trong REDD+) and propose design options of GRMs for implementation of REDD+ activities at national level and in six pilot provinces under UN-REDD phase II programme in Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This assignment is designed to support the development of an accessible, accountable and effective recourse mechanism adapted for REDD+ principles
in Viet Nam to achieve the following objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Assessing the potential disputes and conflicts in REDD+ activities and capacity of current mechanisms for resolving it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Recommend the design options for GRMs suitable for REDD+ at national level and in the 6 pilot provinces of the UN-REDD programme.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Conduct the review of tested mechanisms in at least 2 sites to document the capacity gaps, if any, for improvement and to finalize the design of GRMs for the six provinces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Request for proposal and Addendums (if any) are posted on the following website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=16836">http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=16836</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Submission deadline:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">4 August 2014 (Hanoi time)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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