Provision of high-quality simultaneous interpretation services for events and meetings, interpretation in several languages and/or combination of languages

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, is the basis of the intergovernmental negotiating process to address the global problem of climate change. That process is serviced by the UNFCCC Secretariat (“the secretariat”), which has been located in Bonn, Germany since August 1996. The secretariat supports all institutions involved in the process to combat climate change, particularly the COP, the subsidiary bodies and their Bureau in the implementation of the Convention and its Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement’s central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. In this context, it organizes major conferences at locations around the world, provides web-based services to 197 parties and operates various mandated information systems supporting the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms.

The secretariat of the UNFCCC is seeking qualified contractor(s) who can provide high-quality simultaneous interpretation services for events and meetings, interpretation in several languages and/or combination of languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic and Chinese) under a long term agreement.

Services will be generally provided remotely at the company’s or interpreter’s location, but also in-person services at the premises of the UNFCCC secretariat must be provided whenever needed. For services provided remotely, interpreters shall use their own equipment and software for technical integration with the selected event platform. The events will normally be hosted on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom. UNFCCC will provide necessary license, management and moderation for the event.

Detailed specifications will be provided as part of the Invitation to Bid, which will be issued after the closing date of this request for EOI.

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