Objectives

The primary objective of this tender is to appoint a qualified service provider to support the design, facilitation, documentation, and revision of the Inclusive Land Framework (ILF). The provider will offer technical input, facilitate stakeholder workshops within the Greater Kruger Mega Living Landscape and at a national level, and ensure the process is credible, neutral, and inclusive. The aim is to enable voluntary, partnership-based land inclusion that strengthens land rights, enhances biodiversity, and unlocks socio-economic benefits for marginalized landholders.

Scope

The scope of work includes:

• Supporting the development of the ILF through phased engagement in targeted landscapes and national stakeholder workshops.
• Addressing legal, institutional, and implementation aspects of land reform, conservation governance, social and environmental safeguards, and benefit-sharing pathways.
• Designing participatory engagement processes and workshop methodologies.
• Ensuring technical and legal credibility of ILF content based on South African land and conservation legislation.
• Grounding the ILF in viable economic pathways such as biodiversity economy and community benefit-sharing.
• Producing stakeholder input reports, policy frameworks, and board-level documentation.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement, synthesis of inputs, and feedback in relevant languages.

Technical Requirements

The service provider must demonstrate:

• Deep understanding of South African land tenure systems, communal land systems, and rights-based facilitation.
• Expertise in participatory process design, co-creation, systems thinking, and social compacting methodologies.
• Legal and legislative expertise in land and conservation laws such as NEMPAA, Restitution of Land Rights Act, CPA Act, SPLUMA, and traditional land governance frameworks.
• Experience in biodiversity economy initiatives, community benefit-sharing, and nature-based livelihoods.
• Proven ability to produce stakeholder input reports, policy frameworks, and high-level governance documents.
• Capacity to facilitate stakeholder engagement in multiple languages and synthesize diverse inputs effectively.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multi-stakeholder processes, especially in high-conflict contexts.

Skills Requirements

The successful bidder should possess:

• Strong expertise in land reform, conservation governance, and social compacting.
• Experience in designing participatory engagement architectures and workshop methodologies.
• Legal advisory skills related to land and conservation legislation.
• Knowledge of biodiversity economy and benefit-sharing models.
• Ability to produce comprehensive stakeholder input reports, policy documents, and board-ready outputs.
• Excellent facilitation skills, including stakeholder engagement, synthesis, and translation of inputs into actionable frameworks.
• Proven track record in high-conflict, multi-stakeholder processes involving communities, traditional authorities, government entities, and civic society.
• Capacity to maintain neutrality, traceability, and an audit trail of stakeholder inputs and process documentation.