Invitation to tender: Procurement of a Field Officer to offer on-site assistance to Municipality of Gacko, the Municipality of Kakanj and the City of Gradiška

The Sustainable Transition of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH SuTra) project aims to improve the country-wide approach and national and local capacities to implement efficiently and effectively environmental and sustainable transition policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and encourages the local bottom-up approach for creating Transition Plans and implementing comprehensive transition policies in local governments in coal regions in BiH.

The BiH SuTra project has partnered with three additional local self-government units (LSGUs) of the coal region(s) during 2025, respectively with the Municipality of Gacko, the Municipality of Kakanj and the City of Gradiška and will support these additional LSGUs in developing comprehensive Transitional Plans that will guide long-term transformation towards a more sustainable society.

The purpose of this procurement is to procure a Consultant (Field Officer) who will operate as an on-site assistant to three self-local government units and SEI. This assignment will be delivered through online/remote work and, when needed, through travel to the respective LSGUs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the Municipality of Gacko, the Municipality of Kakanj, and the City of Gradiška.

The scope of work includes the following key activities: 

• Operate as an on-site assistant in the three LSGUs and SEI.
• Provide support to data and information gathering from the partnered LSGUs, namely the Municipality of Gacko, the Municipality of Kakanj and the City of Gradiška.
• Coordination with local actors including local government representatives (focal points), thematic experts and other working group members of different thematic areas.
• Provide support to coordinating stakeholders’ consultations.
• Providing technical and administrative support, including preparation of databases, memos, documents, information notes, meeting minutes as well as any other task that might be required.
• Provide any other logistical support that might be needed.
• Conducting Capacity Building Assessment for the 3 LSGUs based on the predefined methodology.

Read more about the tender and requirements here. Tenderers are prompted to use this document as a base for the tender document.

How to apply 

Please find the tender application format here and submit your application to [email protected].  

Please find more info about the BiH SuTra project here.