Although the transition to a green economy in Jordan has been gaining momentum in the last decade driven by more sustainable public policies and enhanced engagement of the private sector, the green business market ecosystem in Jordan is not yet managed in a strategic manner. The green business market is in need for a clear identity and nascent green companies face different barriers in developing their green products and services, access to finance and market penetration. Henceforth, supporting green/circular business, with a focus on SMEs and other green investments to expand their impact and use of the national and regional markets is a clear priority for green economy transition in the private sector.

Therefore, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is seeking a contractor to implement the project "Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan", which is part of the overall Green Action in Enterprises (GAIN) project. The objective of the GAIN project is that "public and private actors use instruments to promote a Green Economy". In this context, GIZ is seeking to commission a contractor to provide a range of specialised green and circular business advisory services relating to four packages of services: (1) analysing Jordan"s green and circular business ecosystem, (2) development of service offering by business support organizations, (3) Developing and rolling up of green/circular business products and services, as well as (4) documenting lessons learnt, sharing and Award ceremony for innovative solutions.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is seeking a contractor to implement the project "Supporting the green and circular business ecosystem in Jordan", which is part of the overall Green Action in Enterprises (GAIN) project.
The overall objective of the GAIN project is that "public and private actors use instruments to promote a Green Economy". The project consists of 4 outputs:
- Output 1 aims to strengthen the organisational capacity of public sector institutions to implement selected initiatives to promote a green transformation of the Jordanian industrial sector.
- Output 2 aims to improve the facilitation between the industrial and financial sector for green investments.
- Output 3 focuses on strengthening instruments for scaling up resource-efficient and/or circular production in the Jordanian industrial sector.
- Output 4 aims to strengthen instruments to empower women in the Jordanian industrial sector.
- Output 5: aims to strengthen the ecosystem of green and circular business models in Jordan through providing technical support to existing green businesses with focus on SMEs to develop new concepts of green products and services and/or scaling up existing ones.

In this context, GIZ is seeking to commission a contractor to support the implementation of its output 5 through the provision of a range of specialised green and circular business advisory services relating to four packages of services:

(1) Preparation Phase
This work package focuses on to establishing a comprehensive understanding of Jordan"s green and circular business ecosystem and develop a methodology for implementation of the other work packages.
(2) Development of service offering by business support organizations
The objective of WP2 is to enhance the capacity and strategic orientation of intermediaries and business support organizations in offering service lines for the development of circular and green business models in cooperation with academic institutions and innovation centres. It is planned that such service lines will be strategically integrated in the long-term future of the selected BSOs

(3) Developing and rolling up of green/circular business products and services
The goal of this work package is to enhance the technical capabilities of advanced Green BDS providers that already follow international best practices and standards by introducing new service lines and piloting the implementation of more complex BDS packages to industrial cli-ents.

(4) Lessons learnt, sharing and Award ceremony for innovative solutions
The objective of WP4 is to share lessons learned and showcase innovative circular business solution that have been developed and rolled out in the project.

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