SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
You are invited to submit a proposal to support a project being undertaken by the Chiefs of Ontario to Ontario to develop and deliver a training program for youth to develop and enhance skills and experience relevant to pursuing further training or employment opportunities in the fields of biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable development.
Background And Context
The Chiefs of Ontario supports all First Nations in Ontario as they assert their sovereignty, jurisdiction, and their chosen expression of nationhood. The Environment Sector provides advice, guidance, and recommendations to the Leadership Council (LC) and Chiefs of Ontario on water, natural resources, energy, species at risk, traditional knowledge, environmental assessments, mining, climate change, and others.
Chiefs in assembly June 2022 passed Resolution 22/10 to update existing Resolution 8/10 in order to renew support for the Environment Unit to support First Nations in Ontario in relation to Species At Risk and addressing the Biodiversity Crisis, including advocating for greater involvement of and direct support for First Nations and their work in relation to Species At Risk.
As part of COO’s biodiversity mandate, we have sought funding to address a priority challenge in the Carolinian zone. This project is a pilot to increase knowledge and awareness of the biodiversity challenges in this region and respond to them through targeted training of youth. It has also been designed to provide a forum for the 10 First Nations to work together on biodiversity issues and with the broader conservation community working in this region. The expectation is to engage the 10 First Nations in this region specifically and also to develop a program that could be used by First Nations throughout Ontario.
The goal of this project is to provide intensive training to First Nations youth within Ecoregion 7E on the identification and assessment/monitoring of Species At Risk (SAR) and build a collaborative network to address biodiversity issues in this region.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Submission Deadline: September 09, 2022 AT 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Send Proposal to:
Environment Department, Attn: Kathleen Padulo, Director of Environment
Chiefs of Ontario
468 Queen St. E – Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5A 1T7
Email: Kathleen.padulo@coo.org.
A proposal must be submitted as a PDF file to Chiefs of Ontario with two (2) hard copies of the proposals to be shipped to the Chiefs of Ontario. The proposal must be received by Chiefs of Ontario no later than the deadline date. A proposal submitted in any other manner or late may be disqualified.
The proposal shall be irrevocably open for acceptance and binding on the Facilitator for fourteen (14) days after the Submission Deadline date.
For more information, please download the RFP here: RFP – First Nations Youth in Conservation (09.06.22)
