Information about the project: Climate-friendly economic policy and financing

Context
Rwanda is extremely vulnerable to climate change, which is putting growing pressure on many economic sectors, regions and population groups. It also threatens to exacerbate inequalities. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and better adapting the country to the impacts of climate change requires substantial investment by the Rwandan state, international cooperation and private investors.

Climate change and green economic growth top the Rwandan development agenda. The country is therefore designing an economic and fiscal policy that is climate-friendly and for the long term, and it is further developing its institutional capacities. This is creating the conditions for channelling capital flows into climate-relevant projects and economic activities and securing the right to a healthy environment for the people in Rwanda and, in particular, future generations.

Objective
The regulatory and market economy conditions for making public and private capital available for a socio-environmental economic transformation in Rwanda are improved.

Approach
The project operates in three closely interlinked areas of activity.
It helps make more and better information available for decisions in the area of national climate finance.

The project also improves the analytical and technical capacities of the Rwandan finance institutions for implementing a climate-oriented fiscal and economic policy. For example, it provides advice on shaping policies and assessing their impacts, implementing Rwanda"s green taxonomy and reporting.

In addition, the project supports relevant authorities in developing climate-oriented regulatory and supervisory instruments.

Information about the services to be provided

The objective of the tender is to ensure an active application and utilization of Rwanda Green Taxonomy (RGT; rwandagreentaxonomy) by providing capacity building and tools for key stakeholders and users, and by providing guidance on how to integrate the RGT into national policies and regulations.

Under the leadership of the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and the Ministry of Environment, the RGT was developed in 2023-2024 as a framework for classifying green economic activities. The RGT aims to clearly define green investments, thereby bridging the gap between the financial market and environmental goals. Its successful application and implementation require additional initiatives such as incentives, regulations, promotion, and capacity building, among others. An actionable RGT Implementation Roadmap has been developed to identify potential opportunities and actors in the short, medium and long term to foster effective use of the RGT.

The objective of the RGT Implementation Roadmap (not yet published) is to provide guidance on how to align the existing policy and regulatory framework with the RGT. It also outlines steps to initiate new policies and regulations that drive implementation, fostering effective use of the RGT. Additionally, the Roadmap outlines institutional strengthening capacity building initiatives for key stakeholders and users of the RGT, so as to meaningfully engage and coordinate with them for RGT implementation.

The services to be provided under this tender form part of the RGT Implementation Roadmap. The contractor will collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including government agencies, industry, and financial institutions as well as with GIZ bilateral and global projects.

The services provided under the tender are grouped in three work packages:
1: Inception phase and stakeholder engagement
2: Integration of the RGT into national policies and regulations
3: Development of capacity and tools for RGT implementation.

GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.

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