Contact Info

Office Coastal Zone Management Complex, Princess Margaret Drive, Belize City

Call +501-203-26235

Email hello@fisheries.gov.bz

Weather

Belize City
WeatherRain(moderate rain)

25

°C
Weather9.5mph
Weather22%
Weather80%
25°Weather
Weather25°
25
°C
Weather
Sat
24
°C
Weather
Sun
21
°C
Weather
Mon
21
°C
Weather
Tue
21
°C
Weather
Wed

Invitation to Tender – Legal review of the Framework for Co-management of Belize’s Marine and Inland Water Reserves and Fishery Areas

legal review of the Framework for Co-management of Belize’s Marine and Inland Water Reserves and Fishery Areas

Submission Deadline

Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

Submission of Bids

adriel.castaneda@fisheries.gov.bz
Belize Fisheries Department, Princess Margaret Drive, P.O Box 148, Belize City, Belize
+501-203-262
+ 501-224-4552

Overview

Project Programme ID: SI-22-08

Project Description:

Basic Concept: The Second Phase – Improving the Management of the Marine Reserve Network is a one-year project under the Transition Plan funded by The Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT). The Transition Project aims to contribute towards improving protection and biodiversity conservation and enhancing the benefit of the NPAS priority ecosystems and their buffering communities. Through the project the Belize Fisheries Department will be able to improve the management of the Marine Reserve Network by contributing towards the legal review of the Framework for Co-management of Belize’s Marine and Inland Water Reserves and Fishery Areas.

Co-management is a strategy for managing marine resources where responsibility for decision making on how the resources will be managed sustainably is shared between government, resource users and other stakeholders. It can take many forms and varies from country to country and runs a range of approaches from very little power sharing where government generally just consults with resource users on proposed rules, to decentralized systems where decisions are made primarily by user groups.

In Belize, The Fisheries Department started employing co-management agreements since the year 2000 with Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) for the management of the Port Honduras Marine Reserve. Co-management of Marine Reserves is entirely with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) to this date. Under the Fisheries Act No. of 2020 section 13¬¬-1 & 2 makes provision for the Minister to enter co-management in whole or part for any area to which the act applies. It also stipulates that the execution of the co-management be done by the execution of a legally binding agreement that details the duration, terms, and conditions of the agreement.

As such, the Fisheries Department under the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, with funding obtained under the Transition Plan funded by The Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT), is seeking a qualified individual/firm to conduct a thorough legal review of the final draft of the Co-management framework and agreement to ensure that the proposals contained therein are in compliance with the laws of Belize. 

 

Objective: 

  • The Consultant will set out to achieve a revised and updated Co-management agreement and framework that is aligned with our constitution, legally sound, standardized and adaptable to different levels of organizational capacities.

Consultant Qualification, skills and Knowledge Requirement:

The Team or individual consultant must:

  1. Be an established lawyer and or legal firm with at least 5 years’ experience in the legal system of Belize.

Duration of the consultancy

The duration of this consultancy is for a period of five (5) months, commencing upon signature of contract.

 

Timeline

As include in the TOR

 

Disbursements/Payment

Payment terms will be stipulated in the contract in accordance with project policies.

 

 

Interested

 Interested applicants can request for the complete Terms of Reference from adriani.nicholson@fisheries.gov.bz

People interested in developing this consultancy please send the required information:

          – Complete Resume with work reference

          – Proposal and methodology to be used.

 

No later than May 15th , 2023 to adriel.castaneda@fisheries.gov.bz, adriani.nicholson@fisheries.gov.bz and submit a hard copy address to the following:

Mr. Adriel Castaneda
Ag. Senior Fisheries Officer
Belize Fisheries Department
Princess Margaret Drive
P.O Box 148
Belize City, Belize

Report an Incident





    If available, upload document or photo.