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ԱՇԽԱՏԱՆՔԻ ՆԿԱՐԱԳԻՐ : 

The “ArmSwissBank” CJSC one of the leading Armenian banks that also seek accreditation with GCF (under direct access modality) has been awarded the contract for implementation of “Scaling up Green Finance Practices in the Republic of Armenia” Project. Within the framework of the Project the Company announces engagement of International Legal Expert for carrying out review of regulatory framework and designing package of recommendations for advancing “green finance” in Armenia.

Scope of Work:
Most of the banks and non-banking financial institutions through specifically designed mapping matrix and experience collecting questionnaire (circulated during the first phase of the project) have communicated the need for advancing environment for “green finance instruments” in Armenia through removing regulatory impediments, creating enabling conditions for “green finance” principles. MDS that has also been targeted during the previous phase of the Project has also shared their recommendations on specific interventions that are necessary for boosting “green finance” practices. With the purpose of identifying regulatory bottlenecks and designing recommendations aiming to address them as well as to establish enabling regulatory levers that are based on international best practices, services of legal consulting firm are being sought through this RFP.

ՊԱՐՏԱԿԱՆՈւԹՅՈւՆՆԵՐ : 

More specifically, the Consultant will:
- With on the ground support of (separately contracted) local legal firm carry out comprehensive review of regulatory framework governing the banking sector with particular focus on the findings of the first phase of the Project and identification of impeding provisions;
- With on the ground support of (separately contracted) local legal firm review international best practices in the field of enabling legal frameworks facilitative towards advancement of “green finance” practices in the Republic of Armenia and drafting respective legislative/ regulatory package containing comprehensive set of recommendations for further consideration by regulator;
- Lead consultations with key stakeholders, including Central Bank of Armenia, Union of Banks of Armenia, commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions, as well as MDBs;
- Within 6 months after completion of final draft of respective legislative/ regulatory package containing comprehensive set of recommendations for further consideration by regulator, make a presentation of proposals for the beneficiaries of this program.

ԱՆՀՐԱԺԵՇՏ ՈՐԱԿԱՎՈՐՈՒՄՆԵՐ : 

- Preferably with degree in Լaw and at least 12-15 years of professional experience in/ with MDBs and climate funds on designing legal/ regulatory frameworks related to advancement of “green finance” instruments at
national and international levels;
- Specific experience related to drafting regulations, policies, and/ or laws for the promotion of “green finance”;
- Institutional track record on successful delivery of high-level expert advice to banks, governments and/ or international organizations in the relevant fields gained in at least 5 different countries;
- Experience related to the intersection of energy efficiency and renewable energy finance and the financial sector in emerging economies.

ԴԻՄԵԼՈւ ԿԱՐԳԸ : 

Submission Packages comprised from CV and Financial Proposal should be submitted to: procurement.gcf@armswissbank.am by the deadline. Financial Proposal should be submitted to: priceoffer.gcf@armswissbank.am by the deadline. The Financial Proposal should include fee component only, which should be all inclusive. Services of the International Expert will have to be delivered in on-line modality.
Services proposed shall be reviewed and evaluated based on completeness and compliance of the Proposal and responsiveness with the requirements of this RFP. The Proposal that complies with all of the requirements meets all the evaluation criteria and offers the best value for money shall be selected and awarded the contract. Any offer that does not meet the requirements shall be rejected. Consulting companies can nominate individual experts, however, only relevant experience and expertise of candidate proposed will be evaluated. Submission of multiple experts by consulting companies is prohibited. Please Note: “ArmSwissBank” CJSC will not provide feedback on the evaluation process to unsuccessful candidates.

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ԾՐԱԳՐԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ : 

Within its strategy to promote enabling framework for introducing environment resilient practices, the Government of Armenia plans to significantly scale up the utilization level of green finance instruments and to secure a more pro-active participation of the private sector in implementing interventions in climate adaptation and mitigation domains.
Within that overall strategy, the Government of Armenia through the Ministry of Environment (Designated National Authority) has requested support of Green Climate Fund (GCF) within the framework of “Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme” to implement comprehensive assessment of the constraints for further expansion of “green finance” practices, mapping of available instruments and to come up with comprehensive set of methodological, awareness raising and capacity building interventions. The Readiness Project will design a Green Finance Roadmap, as key political document outlining current state, existing impediments for green finance development and establishing comprehensive vision for green finance strategy contributing to implementation of Armenia’s NDCs and Paris Agreement. The Roadmap and further activities aimed at implementation of the activities proposed will benefit from Repository of “Green Finance Instruments” that will be compiled during project execution stage and further handed over to Central Bank for maintenance and updates upon completion of the Project. The main objective of the Readiness Project is to achieve paradigm shift in design and utilization of “green finance” instruments through incorporating into policies, operational modalities of national banks and non-banking financial institutions the climate-resilient approaches and guidelines, as well as regulatory simplification and introduction of policy incentives for designing respective on-lending facilities. To achieve this objective, interrelated chain of activity clusters, including assessment of baseline, regulatory review and simplification, assessment of best international practices, design of methodological baseline and further capacity building activities will be implemented.

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RFP_03-001_International Legal Expert.pdf - ToR