Shifting to Zero Waste against Pollution (SWAP) Project
Sierra Leone has made a significant move towards treating waste as more than just a sanitation issue by launching the Shifting to Zero Waste against Pollution (SWAP) Project. The inception meeting, held on November 2, 2026, at the Country Lodge Hotel, welcomed a range of implementing partners, including the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Freetown City …
Procurement of Local Technical Consulting Firm to Establish the SWAP Sierra Leone / Freetown Project Baseline, Including the Assessment of All Waste Streams and Flows Using the UN-Habitat Waste Wise Cities Tool
Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/001 Date of first issue: 29th October, 2026. Background The Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative is a five-year (2025 to 2030) GEF-funded programme implemented by UNDP in five pilot cities: Freetown (Sierra Leone), Kocaeli (Türkiye), Montevideo (Uruguay), Tunis (Tunisia) and Tianjin (China). It seeks to reduce chemical pollution in value …
FIRM CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO UNDERTAKE SITE-SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS AND PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) FOR KINGTOM, GRANVILLE BROOK AND OTHER PRIORITY WASTE HOTSPOTS
Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/003 Date of first issue: 29th October 2026. Background The Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative is a five-year (2025 to 2030) GEF-funded programme implemented by UNDP in five pilot cities, including Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Initiative seeks to reduce chemical pollution in value chains and improve resource efficiency by supporting …
Local Technical Consultancy to Map and Evaluate the Implementation and Impact of Existing Fiscal and Financial Incentives, Identify and Review Budgetary Policies and Measures to Ring-Fence Relevant Revenue Sources for the Transition to a Zero-Waste City in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Procurement Number: EPASL/SWAP/RFP/2026/002 Date of first issue: 29th October 2026. Background The Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative is a five-year (2025 to 2030) GEF-funded programme implemented by UNDP in five pilot cities, including Freetown, Sierra Leone. It seeks to reduce chemical pollution in value chains and improve resource efficiency by supporting pilot …
Training of Law Enforcement Officers on Environmental Law, Processes and Procedures
Together with the Sierra Leone Police Force, we have concluded a one-day training for police officers, investigators, and prosecutors to enhance capacity on environmental laws, what constitutes environmental crimes, and procedures at the Atlantic Hotel in Freetown. Partnership, engagement, and financing are key enablers in our Transformation Strategy (EPATS), which closely aligns with our functions …
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP 3.0 2026-2035)
We concluded a two-day stakeholders’ workshop at the new Brookfield’s Hotel in Freetown, with funding from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the NBSAP Accelerator, to develop the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP 3.0) implementation plan. With participants drawn from related ministries, departments and agencies, academia, development organizations, civil society organizations, local …
RECRUITMENT OF A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR RESTORATION OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT OF THE WESTERN AREA PENINSULAR FOREST PROJECT (WAP)
Procurement Number: EPASL/NRG/UNDP/RFP/2026/0014 Date of First Issue: 31ST AUGUST 2026 Background The Western Area Peninsula National Park (WAPNP), Located on the Freetown Peninsular, is one of Sierra Leone’s oldest and most ecologically significant protected area. Initially gazetted a forest reserve in 1961 and upgraded to national park status in 2012, it spans approximately 18,000 hectares …
RECRUITMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES) SCHEME FOR THE WAP PROJECT.
Procurement Number: EPASL/NRG/UNDP/RFP/2026/0014 Date of First Issue: 31ST AUGUST 2026 Background The Environment Protection Agency through the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) received funding from UNDP GEF-funded “Sustainable and Integrated Landscape Management of the Western Area Peninsular Project’’ to implement component 1 and part of component 3 of the project. Component 1 …
RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THEGHG MITIGATION MODELING AND EMISSIONS PROJECTIONS FOR SIERRA LEONE
Procurement Number: EPASL/NRG/UNEP/RFP/2026/0014 Date of First Issue: 20th JULY 2026 Background The Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), is implementing the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project “Strengthen Sierra Leone Climate Transparency” under a Project Cooperation Agreement with UNOPS (Project No. 11875-003/ICAT PCA/2025/10). The overall objective is to enable Sierra Leone to update …
RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THE GHG IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES AND MEASURES (ICAT RE GUID) AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CO-BENEFIT ASSESSMENT (ICAT SD METHODOLOGY) IN SIERRA LEONE
Procurement Number: EPASL/NRG/UNEP/RFP/2026/0015 Date of First Issue: 14th JULY, 2026 Background The Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), is implementing the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project “Strengthen Sierra Leone Climate Transparency” under a Project Cooperation Agreement with UNOPS (Project No. 11875-003/ICAT PCA/2025/10). The overall objective is to enable Sierra Leone to update …