Georgia: Capacity Building Assistance: Creating Investable Cities in a Post-COVID-19 Asia and

the Pacific, Tbilisi, Georgia

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE
TECHNICAL FIRM

A. Project/TA Overview

Objective

1. Georgia is a developing country with an upper-middle income level. In 2021, the country had a
population of 3.7 million and a GDP of $18.7 million and GDP per capita amounted to $5,024. The annual
(real) GDP grew by 4.5% between 2011 and 2021. In recent years, Georgia has introduced rules and
regulations to improve the ease of doing business and increase private-sector investments resulting in
major improvement in the country’s international ratings on governance and investment climate.
2. In December 2019, the Government of Georgia approved the Decentralization Strategy 2020–
2025 (“Strategy”) which aims at increasing the powers of local self-governments, strengthening their
finances and creating a decentralization model based on the principles of efficient service provision,
reliability, accountability, transparency and results orientation. Under this Strategy, a wide range of
competencies and resources are expected to be transferred to local authorities by 2025, with 7% to 8%
of GDP to be allocated to the municipal budget (from 5.6% in 2016).1
3. In 2021, Georgia emphasized the importance of climate resilience and approved its Nationally
Determined Contribution (“NDC”) to align with the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21.
Georgia is committed to an unconditional limiting target of 35% below the 1990 level of its domestic total
greenhouse gas emissions (“GHGs”) by 2030,2 which will need climate resilience to be a key part of
infrastructure investment decision making by SNGs. The emission limitation targets include transport,
buildings, industry and waste, and the Government realizes the importance of municipalities in meeting
these targets.
4. Tbilisi is the capital city of Georgia and is the political, economic, financial, cultural, and
educational center of the country. The city covers an area of 720 km2, is divided into 10 district
municipalities and has a population of around 1.2 million people. The city was ranked 1st in Europe and
Central Asia and 7th worldwide in Doing Business rankings (2020).3
5. As Georgia’s NDCs get downscaled to the municipalities, the City of Tbilisi has been actively
engaged in resilient infrastructure planning and improvement through various initiatives. In recent years,
several plans, including the Land Use Masterplan [LUM] (2019), Local Economic Development Plan
[LEDP] (2018), Draft Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan [SUMP] (2019-2030)4, Green City Action Plan
[GCAP] (2017-2030), and Resilient Tbilisi (2019-2030) have identified projects and investments for the
city.
6. As per the city’s 2030 Resilience Strategy, there is considerable infrastructure need, including
replacing aging infrastructure to meet the requirements generated by urban redevelopment and

1
Georgia Decentralization Strategy 2020–2025. https://mrdi.gov.ge/pdf/5e468e292b317.pdf/Decentralization-strategy-ENG.pdf.
2
United Nations Climate Change. 2021. Georgia’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), 2021.
https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/ndcstaging/PublishedDocuments/Georgia%20First/NDC%20Georgia_ENG%20WEB-approved.pdf
3
Tbilisi City Hall. 2018. Tbilisi in Figures. https://tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2018/6/12/tbilisiinfigures.pdf; World Bank Group. 2020. Doing
Business: Economic Profile of Georgia. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/10/24/georgia-ranks-7th-in-the-world-for-
ease-of-doing-business-says-latest-world-bank-study (Tbilisi is the city covered by the World Bank Group in its Doing Business report for
Georgia).
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SUMP is under preparation and being financed under Livable Cities Investment project readiness facility.

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 expansion. Renovation of aging Infrastructure, including housing, roads, bridges, and utilities, is one of
the city’s main priorities.5
7. The Tbilisi Green City Action Plan (2017–2030) (GCAP)6 identifies various infrastructure
investments across the transport, energy, water, waste management, and urban sectors. GCAP lists two
main challenges to implement the plan: (i) arrangement of financial resources; and (ii) the need to build
the capacity of city officials to plan, develop, and implement the identified measures.
8. To address the challenges related to closing the infrastructure gap and improving its capacity for
financing infrastructure, ADB is assisting Tbilisi by extending its support to (i) prioritize resilient projects,
climate-smart policies, and increase its contribution to the NDCs; (ii) increase the fiscal space of the city
through targeted interventions by improving its own revenues, including innovative sources, such as LVC,
to enable a deeper engagement with private sector; and (iii) to maximize VfM through the procurement
of these investments by bringing in private sector innovation and capital, including through PPPs.
Together, this support will help the City of Tbilisi close its infrastructure investment gap. Support is also
being requested to increase the proposed resilience of these key investments and align the investment
plans with climate priorities and contribute to the targets set under the updated NDCs/NAPs/SDGs.
9. The outcome of the TA is leveraging Quality Infrastructure principles and closely tying the key
functions of project planning, funding and financing for the city of Tbilisi. This will be done through
implementing the various tools and frameworks developed by ADB under the Creating Investable Cities
TA7 and assist in (i) the prioritization of a pipeline of infrastructure projects and policies that improve
climate resilience, (ii) identification and implementation of policies that improve local revenue mobilization
and creditworthiness, and hence bankability of private-sector oriented projects, and (iii) PPP and private
sector screening of priority projects and identification of the most suitable procurement modality – public,
private-private, and private - based on value-for-money considerations.

B. Implementation Plan/Scope of Work

10. The TA will consist of three components, each of which will be implemented predominantly by,
but not limited to, leveraging various tools and frameworks developed by ADB and also capacity
development modules across each of the areas for Tbilisi City Hall (“TCH”) (footnote 7).

• Component 1: Prioritizing Resilient Projects and Climate-Smart Policies to Increase

Livability;
• Component 2: Improve Local Revenue Mobilization and Access to Finance
• Component 3: Maximizing VfM.

11. Component 1: Leveraging from the portfolio of projects identified across various studies, the
selected Consulting Firm will advise on prioritizing policies, programs and a project pipeline that increase
the resilience and competitiveness of Tbilisi including aspects related to climate mitigation and
adaptation, food security, alignment to SDGs and circular economy aspects in the city’s policies,
programs, projects, and procurement from an early-stage and support costing and prioritization, ensuring
the City’s priority pipeline of investments is Paris Agreement-aligned (“the Priority Investments”). The
specific sub-activities would include:

5
Rockefeller Foundation - 100 Resilient Cities. 2019. Resilient Tbilisi–A Strategy for 2030. Tbilisi City Hall. Tbilisi_Resilience-Strategy-
English.pdf (resilientcitiesnetwork.org)
6
Green City Action Plan Tbilisi (2017–2030). prepared with support from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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The activities will predominantly leverage the various tools and frameworks developed under the KSTA 8908-REG: Infrastructure Public–
Private Partnership Pipeline Development Support and TA 6588-REG: Creating Investable Cities in a Post-COVID-19 Asia and the Pacific –
Increasing Competitiveness and Resilience through Quality Infrastructure. The tools include City Resource and Finance Tool (CRAFT),
Project Screening Tool, Subnational Financing Monitor (SNFM) and Competitiveness and Resilience Toolkit

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 a) Consulting with the TCH on its medium-term investment plan and other infrastructure
priorities of the city leadership to identify an initial long list of priority investments for costing
and private sector screening.
b) Leveraging G20 Quality-Infrastructure Principles to mainstream climate resilience and
ensure Paris Agreement-alignment of the initial list of priority investments to identify
climate benefits and develop project concept plans, including cost estimates, and identify
the “investment need.” The Consultant shall deploy tools provided developed by ADB for
these activities.
c) Reprioritizing the initial priority investments list and the investment needs iteratively with
the “Investable Surplus” identified in Component 2, to develop a final priority-investment
pipeline.
Capacity Building Activities: During the implementation of Component 1, capacity-
building activities for Tbilisi City staff will include:
i. Competitiveness and resilience training. This will involve key personnel from city
government, particularly in planning, urban transport, built environment, solid
waste management, and water sectors, who will be trained in the application of a
city-level thematic and sectoral toolkits to help them mainstream climate resilience
and conceptualize projects.

12. Component 2: The activities to support this will include working closely with the mayor’s office
and executive leadership of Tbilisi to identify opportunities to increase the city’s local revenue mobilization
potential that can be utilized for the development of infrastructure. With several key investments planned
in Tbilisi, the Consulting Firm shall, in close coordination with TCH, review city budgets and asset
management plans and support TCH in developing a strategy for increasing local resource mobilization
and identifying “own-source revenues”, and also improve resource access to private sector finance
including through municipal/thematic bonds and ADB’s private sector window. This component helps in
identifying the ‘investable surplus’ that the city could generate and closely tie to the planning process.
The key activities under this would include:
a) In close consultation with the Finance and Planning Departments and using the city’s
previous and proposed budgets, developing analytics based on the City Resource and
Finance Tool (CRAFT) to illustrate the city’s base revenue, expenditures, and assets and
the impact of the Priority Investment pipeline to identify the city’s “investment gap”.
b) In consultation with city leadership, identifying opportunities for generating additional
revenue,8 reducing existing expenditures,9 and leveraging strategic assets to boost
revenues.
c) Evaluating the resource-mobilization requirements of the city and propose various options
and strategies with due attention to Georgia’s existing public financial systems.
d) Developing a land value capture plan and other local revenue mobilization instruments
such as tax-increment financing, betterment levies, building rights, special districts, land-
readjustment, and land pooling to illustrate revenue enhancement to the city.
e) Based on the agreed-upon opportunities for revenue, expenditure, and asset
management and a land-value capture plan, developing an own-source revenue
enhancement plan and identifying the potential “investable surplus” for the city.
f) Support Tbilisi City in leveraging its credit risk assessment10 to identify opportunities for
private sector and climate finance, including through ADB’s private sector window and
institutional investors, to implement the medium-term capital investment plan/Priority
Investments.

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Revenue-enhancement strategies could include improved revenue management and policy changes to primary drivers including local taxes,
fees, and charges.
9
Expenditure-management strategies could include controls on subsidy and tariff management, and variance analysis.
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ADB would develop the credit risk assessment of the City of Tbilisi through individual consultant recruited separately. The individual consultant
and the Consulting Firm shall work closely with each other towards implementing this TA.

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 g) In consultation with the city leadership, developing a final list of Priority Investments
identified in Components 1 and 2 and the procurement strategy in Component 3 iteratively
with the “investable surplus” of the city to develop a financially sound capital investment
plan for Tbilisi.

Capacity Building Activities: During the implementation of Component 2, capacity

building activities for city staff will be undertaken in coordination with Individual
Consultants and firms engaged separately by ADB. These will include training on
municipal finance, implementation of CRAFT, capstone study tour to Japan, and training
on improving creditworthiness of the city. The Consulting Firm shall work closely with
various consultants and jointly deliver the capacity building activities.

13. Component 3: The Consulting Firm will advise the city on maximizing the VfM from the priority
investments in Component 1 through PPP and private-sector screening, and VfM analysis to identify
optimal sources of procurement for the Priority Investments—public, public-private, or private. The key
steps under this would include:

a) Private-sector screening: By deploying PPP and private-sector screening tool and VfM
assessment tool, the Consulting Firm shall help identify the potential sources of
procurement—public, public-private, or private for the Priority Investments. Depending on the
project’s suitability for private-sector involvement, assess at a high-level, the overall resource
requirements that the city would need to fund from its budget to implement Priority
Investments (‘investment needs’ assessment) to ensure bankability.
b) Assisting the city by preparing project concept papers: The Consulting Firm shall prepare
Project concept papers (PCP) for up to six (6) prioritized investment projects/policy actions11.
Emphasis will be placed on those projects that bring private sector participation into the city.
Each The indicative content of a PCP is summarized in Appendix 1. PCP will include
recommendations about the project scope, costs, procurement modality (public procurement,
or private sector engagement) to be used, VfM analysis, and identifying the level of
government support.

Capacity-Building Activities: During the implementation of Component 3, capacity-building

activities for city staff will include:
i. Private Sector Screening and VfM tools: Training in the use of early-stage PPP
screening and qualitative VfM tools to support project procurement will be extended.
Training will also be provided in the areas of climate-resilient PPPs with the Global
Center on Adaptation. Separately, ADB will also recruit an APMG-accredited training
organization (ATO) to provide training following the APMG PPP curriculum and will
include taking the Certified PPP Professional tests (Foundation). The Consulting Firm
shall lead the training on PPP screening and VfM and shall work closely with ATO to
deliver the overall capacity building.
ii. Project Business Case Development: Staff across all city functions will be trained on
how to develop business case studies/project concept papers for their priority projects,
highlighting for consideration for funding.

C. Timeline and Deliverables

14. The delivery of the TA will be led through a combination of firm- and individual consultants. The
current recruitment is to select a Consulting Firm on quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS) basis. In
addition, ADB will, through Individual Consultant Selection (ICS) process separately procure individual

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Projects may include investment projects, policy actions/interventions or such other revenue mobilization interventions such as bond issue,
LVC, etc., as discussed and agreed with ADB.

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 consultants for the support on activities such as credit-risk assessment, PPP financial modelling/VfM
modelling, resilience, sector studies, property tax, and municipal bond/underwriting. ADB will also procure
the services of Stanford University and an APMG-accredited training organization (ATO) for delivery of
specific capacity building activities defined under Components 2 and 3. See the Terms of Reference in
Section D.

15. The TA will be executed over a period of 12 months from the issuance of notice-to-proceed, as
shown in Table 1, which also highlights the key milestones and deliverables. All deliverables will be
prepared by international experts in the English language.

Table 1: Key Deliverables and Expected Timeline

Indicative Payment
Key milestones time Milestone
(months)*
Issuance of notice to proceed T
Preparation of an inception report T+1 5%
Component 1 Output 1: Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment of Tbilisi T+3 15%
City; Priority Investments, including preliminary scoping
and costing, and the associated climate mitigation and
adaptation benefits.
Output 2: Preliminary medium-term (5-year) capital T+5 10%
investment plan for the City of Tbilisi.
Component 2 Output 1: Report on revenue mobilization strategies and T+7 10%
associated impact on the city’s “investable surplus.”
Output 2: Local revenue mobilization options and strategy T+6 10%
for the city identifying specific policy and project
interventions
Output 3: Fiscally sustainable medium-term (5 year) T+9 10%
capital investment plan for the city
Component 3 Output 1: VfM Tool deployment; Procurement plan — T+8 10%
public, public private, and private — for key priority projects
and associated medium-term “government support needs
analysis.”
Output 2: PCPs for up to 6 projects T + 11 20%
TA completion report T + 12 10%
*NB: indicative timeline, assuming smooth city government approval/decision-making and timely provision of input data.

D. Summary of Consulting Services Requirements

16. The Consulting Firm would be selected based on their technical qualification and financial bid.
The selected Firm shall have extensive experience in the areas of urban sector planning and
development, urban finance and PPPs, and shall propose a team of experts that have hands-on
experience in delivering similar engagements. The Firm shall demonstrate:
• Proven experience in implementing tools, frameworks and policy action plans, preparation of
climate action plans, capital investment plans, comprehensive master plans, financial
operating plans, smart city action plans, or a combination of these for cities across multiple
geographies covering both developed and developing countries.

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 • Experience of working with the International Development Banks/ Agencies such as ADB,
World Bank, United Nations etc.
• Experience of working with national governments in preparing policies, strategies and large-
scale urban transformation programs
• Experience of undertaking multi-year project management services for assisting subnational
governments in implementing transformative programs that will necessarily have financial and
technical components
• Qualified staff that have worked on the above projects
• Demonstrated experience of working in Georgia/Central Asia

17. ADB will procure a firm for the overall execution of the TA on a QCBS basis. In addition, ADB will
also procure additional individual consultants on a need basis for supporting in the execution of various
components of the TA, as indicated above. The Firm recruited herein shall work closely with such
individual experts and training firms to deliver the overall outcomes of this TA.

18. All deliverables shall be in English language only.

19. International experts, on an average, are expected to spend up to 50% of their time in Tbilisi,
subject however to any COVID-19 travel restrictions that my still be in effect.

20. The Firm is encouraged to propose and deploy multiple non-key experts for assisting in
preparation of various sector-specific actions including preparation of PCPs and to assist in deployment
of various tools and frameworks for the execution of the TOR.

A. Technical Firm Experts

A summary list of key experts is shown below:
S.no Title/Category Minimum Person
Months
International
a) Team Leader/Municipal Infrastructure and Finance Expert 5.5
b) Urban Infrastructure and Planning Expert 3.5
c) Infrastructure Financing Expert 3.0
d) Land Value Capture Expert 2.0
e) PPP/Private Sector Expert 3.0
f) Asset Management Expert 1.3
National
g) Deputy Team Leader/Municipal Infrastructure and Finance Expert 12.0
h) Urban Infrastructure and Planning Expert 6.0
i) GIS Expert 4.0
j) Infrastructure Financing Expert 3.0
k) Architect/Planning Expert 4.0
l) Climate Change and Environment Expert 2.5
m) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Expert 2.5
n) Legal Expert 1.0

The terms of reference for various experts is elaborated below:

Consulting Firm

(i) Team Leader/Municipal Infrastructure and Finance Expert (part-time, international

consultant, 5.5 person-months)

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 a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:
• Master’s degree/equivalent diploma in business, finance, urban economics, or
related fields.
• 15 years of experience in SNG finance in multiple (advanced and developing)
countries.
• Hands-on experience in SNG budgeting and financial management.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Lead a team consisting of international experts and local coordinator. The team
leader shall be responsible for coordination with individual experts to ensure the
overall execution of the TA and shall be the key focal point between ADB, the city,
the experts from the firm and individual experts.
• Get familiar with all tools and frameworks developed under the CIC towards
implementation in the city.
• Ensure that all the components of the TA are executed in a consistent and
interactive manner in compliance with the agreed timeline and quality.
• Coordinate with the sector experts for the implementation of climate-risk screening
and resilience toolkits for the city.
• Lead the the implementation of climate-risk screening and resilience toolkit related
to municipal finance and governance.
• Lead the team in preparation of the VfM analysis through coordination between
Financial Modelling Expert and Private a. Private Sector and Project Finance
Expert other experts relevant
• Engage with the city administration on a regular basis to ensure that all the key
stakeholders are involved and engaged throughout the project implementation.
• Lead the preparation of the PCPs and ensure that sufficient stakeholder
consultation is undertaken for shortlisting of the projects and ensuring inputs from
all respective experts are sufficiently incorporated.
• Ensure that the PCPs incorporate the QII principles.
• Get familiar with the CRAFT tool developed separately by ADB to capture all the
city’s financial data and prepare the Component 2 deliverables (as-is assessment).
• Lead the preparation of the Component 2 deliverables (LRM strategy).
• Lead the delivery of Component 1 (sector workshops).
• Prepare, with the assistance of the team members, the TA Completion Report

(ii) Deputy Team Leader/Municipal Infrastructure and Finance Expert (part-time,

national consultant, 12 person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree/equivalent diploma in business, finance, urban economics, or
related fields.
• 12 years of experience in SNG finance in multiple (advanced and developing)
countries.
• Hands-on experience in SNG budgeting and financial management.
• Experience in other developing nations is preferred.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Assist across various tasks and activities designated to the Team Leader.
• Play key role for coordination between the Team Leader, team, client and ADB.

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 • Review various deliverables, ensure alignment with the national
requirements/regulations, be key advisor to the city, and ADB on various national
aspects.

(iii) Urban Infrastructure and Planning Expert (part-time, international consultant, 3.5
person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree in urban planning, infrastructure planning or equivalent.
• 12 years of professional experience in urban planning and development and urban
resilience-related works.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Evaluation of city master plan and urban development plan.
• Evaluation of city urban risk and climate risk plans.
• Discussions with city officials on urban planning related activities, expansion plans,
resilience factors, vulnerability factors of the city, spatial planning, related areas.
• Lead in implementation of climate-risk screening and resilience toolkits for urban
development and disaster risk management.
• Advise on interventions related to improving urban resilience and planning.
• Provide inputs related to local revenue mobilization planning and implementation
activities, including focused options for LVC.
• Provide technical inputs and quality control over subprojects and contribute
towards preparation of PCPs and advise on international best practices suitable
and implementable for local situation.
• Provide specific inputs related to adaptation and mitigation.
• Advise team leader on other related project elements.
• Assist the team leader specifically in delivery of Components 1 and 3.

(iv) Urban Infrastructure and Planning Expert (part-time, national consultant, 6 person-
months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Graduate/Master’s degree in urban planning.
• 12 years of professional experience in urban planning and development and urban
resilience-related works.
• Experience in other developing nations is preferred.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Assist across various tasks and activities designated to the international Urban
Infrastructure and Planning Expert.

(v) Infrastructure Financing Expert (part-time, international consultant, 3 person-

months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (specialized in Finance) or in
commerce, or Qualified Chartered Accountant.
• 12 years of prior demonstrated experience in Infrastructure Finance.
• Infrastructure cost estimates, costing models, and related elements.

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 •Expertise and experience in infrastructure financing, forecasting, and projections
for capital and operational expenditures and monitoring financial implications and
cost overruns within projects, etc.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Provide inputs related to costing for identified projects across various infrastructure
subsectors.
• Identify benchmark costs and metrics/ shadow costs – both capital costs and
operating costs – towards assisting preparation of VfM tool and adopted for
analysis and prioritization exercise of the identified project pipeline.
• Provide inputs for VfM assessment.
• Advise team leader on other related project elements including capacity building
and PCPs.

(vi) Infrastructure Financing Expert (part-time, national consultant, 3 person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Graduate/Master’s degree in Business Administration (specialised in Finance) or
in commerce, or Qualified Chartered Accountant.
• 12 years of prior demonstrated experience in Infrastructure Finance.
• Expertise and experience in infrastructure financing, PPPs, alternative financing
mechanisms like LVC modalities, forecasting, and projections for capital and
operational expenditures and monitoring financial implications and cost overruns
within projects, etc.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Assist across various roles and activities designated to the international
Infrastructure Finance Expert especially those related to the national-level
regulations, norms, applicable standards, costing-related aspects based on
applicable standards and guidelines for infrastructure projects across various
subsectors.

(vii) Land Value Capture Expert (part-time, international consultant, 2 person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• MBA (specialised in Finance) or in commerce, urban planning, or qualified
Chartered Accountant
• 12 years of prior demonstrated experience in Infrastructure Finance
• Expertise and experience in infrastructure financing, PPPs, alternative financing
mechanisms like LVC modalities, forecasting.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Provide options and advise on financing models and vehicles suitable for
infrastructure projects given their complex and multifaceted nature.
• Propose innovative measures and modalities for enhanced resource and
investment mobilisation to support financing of infrastructure projects.
• Lead the delivery of Component 2 to the extent of providing LVC options for
enhancing local revenue mobilization.
• Advise team leader on other related project elements.

(viii) GIS Specialist (part-time, national consultant, 4 person-months)

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 a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:
• Graduate/Master’s degree in urban planning, infrastructure planning, or
equivalent.
• 7 years of well-rounded experience in GIS in multiple sectors.
• Experience in working across government departments, MDBs.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Evaluation of city GIS data including risk maps, zoning plans, and vulnerability
zones.
• Discussions with city officials on urban planning related activities, expansion plans,
resilience factors, vulnerability factors of the city, spatial planning, related areas.
• Support the baseline data collection for ongoing and upcoming environmental and
other capital investment projects.
• Assist the Urban Infrastructure and Planning Expert on interventions related to
improving urban resilience and planning for various infrastructure projects.
• Advise on planning related aspects based for specific identified projects.
• Advise team leader on other related project elements.
• Assist the team leader in delivery of Component 1 and 3..

(ix) PPP/Private Sector Expert (part time, international consultant, 3 person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree/equivalent diploma in business, finance, economics, or related
fields.
• 12 years of professional experience in using preparing, executing, and closing
infrastructure PPP projects (list of closed transactions to be provided) in multiple
(advanced and developing) countries.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
• Candidates with at least one level of APMG CP3P certification are preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Review the long list of projects provide by the city.
• Provide inputs towards preparation of PCPs in close coordination with the sector
experts.
• Undertake screening of projects through VfM assessment to segregate projects
that are amenable to PPPs. This is through early-stage screening.
• Provide inputs towards funding need assessment and financing options for
projects that could be taken up on PPP.
• Advise the team leader and the credit-assessment expert on the financial support
mechanisms needed to foster the bankability and financial viability of the identified
PPP projects under various PPP modalities.
• Coordinate and work closely with the other experts on Consulting Team and
Individual Experts to deliver the VfM, PPP screening, Affordability screening and
arriving at fiscally sustainable capital investment plan for the city.
• Assist the team leader in delivery of Components 1 and 3 including capacity
building activities and preparing PCPs

(x) Asset Management Specialist (part time, international consultant, 1.25 person-
months)

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 a) Minimum Qualification Requirements
• Master’s degree/equivalent diploma in business, finance, economics, or related
fields.
• 12 years of professional experience in infrastructure sector, asset management,
asset valuation, contract management or related areas.
• Experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia is preferred.
b) Detailed Tasks
• Take stock of the existing government assets and their status and advise on
improved asset management practices.
• Provide strategies to leverage existing and old government assets and advise on
options to enhance asset utilization for revenue enhancements.
• Advise on ways to improve revenue generation from the existing assets or options
for monetisation of the assets to improve financial health of Tbilisi.
• Assist in capacity building on the asset management practices to the city staff.
• Work closely with the team leader in overall delivery of the assignment

(xi) Architect/Planning Expert (part-time, national consultant, 4 person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Graduate degree in architecture/urban planning/urban design or equivalent.
• 10 years of experience in infrastructure planning, designs, architectural designs,
etc.
• Expertise and experience in developing urban designs, master plans, etc.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Provide options and advise on design and planning for exploring LVC options in
the city of Tbilisi.
• Propose innovative designs, conceptual architectural plans, and options to explore
various LVC options that can be explored including the LVC options for planned
and ongoing projects in the city
• Coordinate with GIS expert to support delivery of Component 2.
• Assist the Team in the delivery of Component 2 (LVC pilot project).
• Advise team leader on other related project elements for overall delivery of the
engagement..

(xii) Climate Change and Environment Expert (part-time, national consultant, 2.5 person-
months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree in environmental management, planning, engineering, or relevant
discipline, or a combination of a first degree, post-graduate/professional training,
and extensive relevant experience.
• 10 years’ experience of working in Georgia and Central Asia, with government
agencies and on donor-funded urban development projects that include
environmental management and climate change (including mitigation and
adaptation) focus.
• 5 years’ experience in conducting environmental assessments, climate risk
assessments of urban infrastructure projects, including identifying, assessing, and
evaluating tangible enhanced climate-resilience measures across each of the
relevant sectors with specific experience in Georgia.

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 •Fluent in written and spoken English and Georgian with proven report writing skills.
•Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and in be present in Tbilisi for
significant duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
The consultant will work in close coordination with the AP3F environment specialist to:
• Provide input into the project-screening tool and processes to ensure that relevant
climate change (including mitigation and adaptation) and environment aspects are
assessed, evaluated, and considered.
• Review, assess, and provide comments from a climate-change and
environmental-sustainability perspective on the long list of projects under
Components 1 and 3.
• Work with the various experts to provide inputs on enhanced climate resilience
measures and features and on any potential adverse environmental impacts—and
recommended/proposed general mitigation measures—to the Components 1 and
3 (up to six PCPs).
• Under the guidance of the AP3F coordinator (environmental), gather available
historical and recent climate data for the project area (Tbilisi City), including
variables such as precipitation patterns involving flooding history and temperature
increase and trends, etc.
• Using the gathered climate-hazard and -exposure data (past trends and future
projections) to identify key vulnerabilities of infrastructure across the relevant
sectors to arrive at suggested enhanced climate-resilience measures.
• Prepare and deliver climate-resilience mainstreaming training under Components
1 and 3.

(xiii) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Expert (part-time, national consultant, 2.5
person-months)

a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree/equivalent diploma in gender studies, social sciences, or related
fields.
• 10 years of professional experience of working on gender and development, with
a focus on infrastructure projects.
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in conducting gender analysis.
• Experience in conducting gender-related training and workshops.
• Familiarity with gender equality and social-inclusion issues in Georgia.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluency in written and spoken
English and Georgian, proven ability in report writing for professional purposes.
• Consultant will be based in Georgia full-time and be present in Tbilisi for significant
duration of the engagement.
b) Detailed Tasks:
The consultant will work in close coordination with the AP3F gender specialist to:
• Provide input into the project-screening tool and processes to ensure that relevant
gender and social inclusion aspects are covered.
• Review and comment on the long list of projects under Components 1 and 2 from
gender and inclusiveness perspectives aligned to G20 QII principles and best
practices.
• Work with the PPP lead and sector experts to provide input from a GESI
perspective to Components 1 and 3 (up to six PCPs).
• Prepare and deliver gender-mainstreaming training under Components 1 and 3.

(xiv) Legal Expert (part time, national consultant, 1 person-month)

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 a) Minimum Qualification Requirements:
• Master’s degree in Law at a reputable university or equivalent relevant practical
experience.
• Attorney with at least 10 years of international experience with PPP policy or
infrastructure economics and finance.
• Requisite certification or registration, as relevant, to practise law in Georgia
b) Detailed Tasks:
• Review and provide inputs related to the legal provisions and regulations related
to city’s finances, local resources mobilization, and borrowing-related aspects to
the Team Leader and other experts.
• Ensure recommendations made by various experts align with the laws and
regulations.
• Identify gaps and interventions required for enabling regulations to help improve
the city’s access finances (including borrowing, capital markets, local finances, and
expenditure management).
• Provide inputs related to interpretation of new regulations that would be in place
for LVC.
• Provide inputs to team leader as required from time-to-time during the
implementation of the TA

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 Appendix 1: FORMAT OF PROJECT CONCEPT PAPER (PCP)

The PCP is expected to be around 20 pages long, and address the following aspects, as applicable,
for each project analyzed:

• Land availability, LVC aspects (if any)

• Alignment with City’s strategic priorities
• Appropriate project size
• Technical (construction/operation/block costs) aspects
• Clarity of revenue formation (City/users), estimated affordability/commercial viability
• Legal and regulatory compliance, requirements
• Social/gender and environmental aspects (QII-based)
• Summary of stakeholder consultations
• Clarity of project outputs/objectives
• Value for Money Analysis; PPP and private sector screening
• Likelihood of need for local/national government support and estimated financial impact (if any)
of the project on the City’s budget
• Ease of structuring, procurement, and implementation
• City’s commitment to proposed procurement modality
• Project precedents (if any)
• Recommendation on next steps

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