The ILBANK received financing from the World Bank “the Bank” toward the cost of the “Municipal Services Improvement Project” (the Project) which is jointly financed by the Bank and the European Union (EU) through an IBRD loan to ILBANK, guaranteed by the Republic of Turkey, and a grant from the European Commission Development Fund (ECDF)’s Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT), the content of which is further described in the Annex 1 below. ILBANK intends to apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of individual consultant services (“the Services”) that will cover the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Expert (1 person – full time) PMU-IND-09.
The individual consultant will join ILBANK’s Project Management Unit, within its Department of International Relations in Ankara, to participate in the daily tasks and activities associated with the management of the Project’s implementation, in close collaboration with ILBANK’s General Directorate and involved Water & Sewerage Administration General Directorates (SKIs) and Municipalities. The Services are expected to start in January 2022. The estimated duration of the Project is approximately 3 years. One-year contracts will be signed with consultant as a first phase. The Terms of References for the mentioned position is provided in the following link: https://www.ilbank.gov.tr/ihaleler/dis-finansmanli-isler-kapsamindaki-ihaleler/5 (under FRIT-II DÜNYA BANKASI HALELER).
The shortlisting criteria for the individual consultant services shall be found by the Terms of Reference documents provided by the above link.
ILBANK invites eligible consultants to indicate their interests for the Services mentioned above. For this position, applicants will be shortlisted.
Interested applicants shall submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English in the format given in the Appendix II below, before December 9, 2021, 17.00 (local hour). In their CVs, interested applicants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform the expected Services; similar services shall be considered when ranking the applications. Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on: (i) the nature of the services performed; (ii) the technical area of expertise; (iii) the application of international donors’ procedures; (iv) the location and, when applicable, (v) the sector.
Individual Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (Fourth Edition November 2020) (“Procurement Regulations”), which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org and is open to all eligible individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the e-mail address below during office hours (09.30 to 18.00).
Expressions of interest/s will be sent by e-mail within due time for application together with the CV/s in PDF format. Reference Number of the position you apply for shall be mentioned on both the CV and the subject of the e-mail which will be sent for application.
ILBANK
International Relations Department
Address:
Kzlrmak Mah. Ufuk Üniversitesi Cd. No:12, Kat 5,
ÇANKAYA /ANKARA / TURKEY
(Please note that ILBANK’s headquarter will be moved to another address in Ankara in December 2021.)
Attention: Özkan ÇÜÇEN, Manager of Contract Management Unit
Tel : +90 (312) 508 79 05
Fax : +90 (312) 509 79 48
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: www.ilbank.gov.tr
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APPENDIX 1 : PROJECT DESCRIPTION
CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT
As a result of increased migration flows, mainly due to the Syrian conflict, Turkey hosts the largest refugee population in the world, almost 4 million people, of whom about 3.6 million are registered Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs). The EU’s Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT) aims to help Turkey meet the immediate humanitarian and development needs of refugees and their host communities. On 28 June 2018, the European Council approved the launch of the second tranche of the Facility, with a budget of EUR 3 billion (“FRIT 2”). Of this amount, EUR 380 million has been earmarked for municipal infrastructure, notably in the water and sanitation sector. WB was selected on the basis of a proposal submitted in the framework of a call for expressions of interest.
OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT OF THE PROJECT
The overall objective of the Project is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of host communities and Syrians under Temporary Protection (SUTPs) in five (5) selected municipalities; Adana, Kahramanmaras, Kayseri, Konya, and Osmaniye, in dealing with the increased pressure on defined municipal services, in particular water supply, sanitation and solid waste management, in a sustainable and equitable manner.
The specific objectives are as follows:
- Provide access for host communities and Syrians under Temporary Protection to safely managed drinking water, wastewater and solid waste management services.
- Participate in the protection of the region’s environment and, in particular, of its resources in fresh water, under stress due to climate change.
- Support the municipalities and SKI’s in achieving operational and financial sustainability in water, sanitation and solid waste management services.
The Project would be implemented through three components:
1) Environmental infrastructure investment (Component 1) including; water, sanitation and solid waste management, comprising fourteen (14) projects located in five (5) provinces stated previously.
2) Technical assistance for Project Management and Supervision, Capacity Building, Communication and Citizen Engagement (Component 2), including in particular accompanying measures to improve the performance of water, sanitation and solid waste operators (municipalities and metropolitan municipality water and wastewater administrations called “SKIs”), and to support ILBANK in sub project management of the Project. This component will also consist of related communication and visibility actions.
3) Monitoring and evaluation of the Trust Fund financed portions of the Project (Component 3); Provision of assistance to carry out monitoring and evaluation of activities implemented under the Trust Fund financed portions of the Project, including data collection and preparation of reports in support of the related results framework under the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
STAKEHOLDERS AND MODUS OPERANDI
The final beneficiaries of the Project are, in fact, 6:
– 4 SKI in Adana (ASKI), Kahramanmara (KASKI), Kayseri (KASK) and Konya (KOSKI).
– 1 metropolitan municipality (Kahramanmara) and 1 municipality (Osmaniye), which manages its water and sanitation services directly under its own management.
ILBANK, a public bank dedicated to the financing of municipal infrastructures, assumes the role of technical and financial intermediary and the functions of project management assistance to the municipalities / SKI. ILBANK has applied to grant financing from the European Development Fund (EDF) and has received an IBRD loan to that end.
The World Bank has extensive experience globally and in Turkey with implementation of municipal infrastructure and service delivery operations, provision of analytical and advisory services and policy dialogue to promote sustainable municipal services in urban areas. The Bank has a professional team engaged in preparation and implementation support of the investment and TA projects, and excellent client relations with ILBANK, municipalities and key Ministries and central government agencies. Bank’s country office located in Ankara.
COST AND FINANCING
This project is jointly financed by the European Union (EU) through an IBRD loan in the amount of Euro 133.633 million to ILBANK, guaranteed by the Republic of Turkey, and a grant from the European Commission Development Fund (ECDF)’s Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT) in the amount of Euro 135.355 million. The total cost is estimated at Euro 268.988 million.
MAIN EXPECTED EFFECTS
Overall objective of the Municipal Services Improvement Project (MSIP) is to improve municipal infrastructure including; water supply, wastewater and solid waste services in municipalities affected by refugee influx.
Number of people to be benefited from improved water supply, wastewater and solid waste services is summarized below:
Results Chain
Baseline value
Target value
Outcome (s) (Specific objective(s))
O1: Improve access to water supply services
1.935.918
3.482.689
O2: Improve access to wastewater services
2.144.178
3.137.600
O3: Improve access to solid waste services
314.366
411.000
O4: Enhance institutional capacity of Ilbank, municipalities and local utilities in provision of municipal services
3.581
6.438
In addition to the objectives mentioned above, strengthening ILBANK’s and the Municipalities’ institutional capacity by means of trainings organized by ILBANK / Municipalities is also aimed.