Expert/Firm in Expert in Heritage Evaluation and Description of Touristic Sites

In order to maximize the number of high-quality offers we receive, the PCPM has decided to grant a deadline extension to the proposal submission. The new deadline for proposals submission is now on August 19, 2021 at 17:00 Beirut Local Time

Polish Center for International AID (PCPM) is seeking an Expert in Heritage Evaluation and Description of Touristic Sites, Dreib Region – LEBANON

For a complete tender dossier please contact: Joanna Byszewska-Zapletal jbyszewska@pcpm.org.pl

Location of the Assignment: Akkar, Dreib Area (3 Unions of Municipalities – UoMs).

MASAR for Local Governments is a programme funded by the EU MADAD trust fund and implemented in Lebanon and Iraq. The overall aim of the programme is to strengthen the long-term resilience of targeted subnational governments and their host, refugee and IDP populations to deal with displacement.

MASAR has three objectives:

• To improve the capacities of subnational governments to engage in holistic, area-based planning and consider different scenarios that respond to the needs of host, refugee and IDP populations.
• To improve service delivery to generate greater social stability outcomes based on the needs of host, refugee and IDP populations.
• To empower subnational governments and service providers to facilitate local economic development and to have better access to municipal investment that benefit the extension of safe public services and create economic opportunities for host, refugee and IDP populations.

In Akkar, Lebanon, MASAR supports three Unions of Municipalities: Dreib el Gharby, Dreib el Awsat, and Akkar El Chemali.

Background specific to the assignment:

The aim of the assignment is to support the Unions of Municipalities of Dreib in development of tourism in accordance to the principles of sustainability and local communities’ values. The Expert will contribute to this task through evaluation of heritage places, recommendation of protection policies, and description of touristic sites.

Building on the findings from an earlier consultancy, the Expert will:

• assess the natural, historical and cultural heritage sites,
• propose heritage protection measures,
• preparing accessible and informative descriptions of touristic sites in the region;

propose a trail across the three Dreib Unions of Municipalities allowing tourists to learn more about the natural, historical and cultural heritage of the area.