🌍 #FundingWednesdays | eThekwini Municipality (Durban, South Africa) is inviting bids to review, consolidate and support the rollout of the Durban Climate Change Strategy (DCCS 2027) and its Climate Action Implementation Programme.

🌱 Why it matters: Durban has been one of Africa's leading cities on climate action. This tender brings the city's climate instruments together into one strategy and action plan, and shifts climate work from one-off projects to a coordinated programme across the whole municipality.

💼 The assignment:
📑 Combine existing climate instruments into a single Durban Climate Change Strategy (DCCS 2027) with a time-bound Climate Action Plan
🏛️ Embed climate action into planning, budgeting, infrastructure and everyday service delivery
📊 Set up systems to track, report on and adapt climate action
💰 Develop a resource mobilisation and climate finance framework
🎓 Build the municipality's capacity to own and lead the work after the contract ends

📋 Strong fit if your firm has:
✅ Experience in climate strategy, climate action planning or climate finance
✅ Experience working with local government on planning or budgeting
✅ Skills in monitoring, reporting and institutional capacity building

🎯 Missed the 5 October briefing? It wasn't compulsory, so you can still bid. The municipality will publish answers to all bidders' questions by 23 October.

💚 IMVELO Impact: Cities are where climate plans meet real life: in drainage systems, bus routes, budgets and building codes. When a major African city turns its climate strategy into a working programme, it shows the rest of the continent how it's done.

📍 Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
🏛️ Procuring entity: eThekwini Municipality, Environmental & Sustainability Management (Tender No. 35990-7U)
⏰ Deadline: 30 October 2026, 11:00 SAST

🔗 Tender document: https://www.durban.gov.za/uploads/0000/16/2026/09/29/35990-7u-tender-document.pdf

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