Request for Proposals
Recruitment of a Consultant โ Investment Memorandum Writer for the Community-Led Forest Economy for the Congo Basin (CLFE-CB)
Summary of procurement
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking to award a fixed-price contract for a consultant (an individual or a team) to lead the development of an investment memorandum (memo) for its new campaign on Community-Led Forest Economies in the Congo Basin (CLFE-CB). The consultant will work closely with the WRI team to create a compelling, bankable memo that aligns with IP&LCโs priorities while strategically positioning WRI and partners as the most suitable potential implementers. This role will focus on facilitating deep dive conversations with key WRI experts in the Congo Basin and beyond, crafting different versions of a memo, and conducting a donor analysis to identify relevant entry points and approaches for enabling investment. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in strategic thinking, fundraising campaign including donor engagement and proposal writing, and programme development. A good understanding of tropical forestry, including community-led management approaches, forest and land-use governance, sustainable forest management solutions, and creating enabling conditions for local actorsโ including economic empowerment and stakeholder cooperationโwill be essential for this assignment. Previous experience in all or a few Congo Basin countries would be a plus.
About WRI
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that drives human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its ability to meet the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. WRIโa trusted partner for changeโprovides the research, coalitions, and global reach needed to make meaningful progress. We aim to transform the human systems driving unsustainable production and consumption, including food, land and water, energy, and cities, as well as the economic, financial, and governance systems supporting them. We focus on transitions in key countries, where we test, evaluate, and scale successful strategies and lessons learned, alongside global initiatives. Through established and new partnerships with governments, businesses, non-profits, and other stakeholders, we bring together the essential change-makers to create lasting impact. Founded in 1982, WRI has nearly 1,800 staff around the world, with country offices in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States and regional offices in Africa and Europe.
WRI Africa works on four main pillars with target impacts on people, nature and climate: Thriving Resilient Cities, Food, Land and Water, Sustainable Energy Transition and Access, Climate, Economics and Finance. More information on WRI can be found here.
In the Congo Basin, WRI has been leading the collaborative development and use of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) geospatial data to inform land-use planning and management for over 20 years. More recently, our work has expended to champion community-led forest economies (CLFE) that are grounded on a power shift towards stronger IP&LC agency over their customary lands, improved wellbeing through the development of key forest-related sectors led by IPs&LCs, and greater forest integrity owing to improved forest monitoring, protection and restoration interventions.
Scope of Work and Deliverables
The CLFE-CB programme is in its early stages. However, it builds on several years