Open call for tender: service. Single contract of 18 months (total budget 150 000 EUR).
The contract will involve desk-based compilation and analysis of information on the implementation of soil and land-related SDGs, contacts with Member States authorities, on-site assistance for the organization of a Conference at EU level in Brussels, publication of key findings for policy makers and dissemination in at least three events. The work will build on information already available in the context of the implementation of SDGs in the Member States and at EU level), and on information collected autonomously by the contractor and provided by the Commission services. In particular the contractor will need to:
1) Compile existing information on the state of implementation of soil and land-related SDGs at national and European level (scientific literature, national plans on sustainable developments, reports on the implementation of SDGs, etc.). Complete and analyse the information on the coordination, definition of indicators, priorities, implementation and best practices at national level, by contacting the relevant national authorities, in particular the soil expert group under the supervision of the Commission;
2) Support the Commission for the organization of a conference on the implementation of land and soil-related SDGs in the EU planned in the second half of 2019 in Brussels. It will encompass the preparation of the conference, the provision and management of logistics of the conference, the drafting and dissemination of the outcomes, in close collaboration with the European Commission services;
3) The compilation, publication and dissemination of examples of good practices and key messages to policy makers on the implementation of land and soil-related SDGs.