Support of a Forestry Fund for Pipeline Development, Training and Capacity Building, Monitoring and Reporting, Deer Density Study and other Support under the Natural Capital Finance Facility (NCFF)

Item Description:

The European Investment Bank (EIB or the Bank) is the financing institution of the European Union (EU). Created by the Treaty of Rome, its shareholders are the Member States of the EU, and its Board of Governors is composed of the Finance Ministers of these States. The EIB enjoys its own legal personality and financial autonomy within the Community system.

The mission of the EIB is to contribute, by financing sound investment, to the policy objectives of the EU, as laid down in its statutes and in decisions of the European Council.

The EIB contributes towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the Members of the EU. To this end, it raises on the markets substantial volumes of funds that aim at financing capital projects according to the objectives of the EU with the most favourable financial terms. Outside the EU the EIB implements the financial components of agreements concluded under European development aid and cooperation policies.

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Brief description of the required services

The overall objective of this assignment contract is to promote the active management of private forests and the wider development of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) management as an alternative to the clear-fell system in Ireland. The assignment shall support and build the capacity of a forestry fund which aims to acquire 4 000 ha of commercial conifer forests in Ireland and manage them according to CCF principles improving biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Where possible the fund will also carry out afforestation on new land.

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