ESMASP Manager

Government of Vanuatu Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, (MoLNR) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) Individual Selection of Consultant Name of the Project: Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project Consulting Service: ESMASP Manager Individual/Firm: Individual Consultant (CS-INDV) Date of Publication 23 March 2026 Deadline for submission: 6 April 2026 Reference Number: VU-MLNR-539675-CS-INDV 1). BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT A long-term vision of the Government of Vanuatu (GoV) is to provide potable water, sanitation, roads, drainage and electricity to low-income households for the largest number of citizens. To address this, the International Development Agency of the World Bank Group is supporting the GoV with the Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project (VARS). The aims of the Project include developing a phased, 10-year, risk-informed Land Development and Investment Strategy (LDIS) for the Greater Port Vila area with an estimated population of 114,000 people, almost 40 percent of the country’s population. VARS also will support GoV to prepare a five-year action plan to implement phased settlement upgrading (SURP) of the 23 existing informal settlements in the Greater Port Vila area. To build these two interdependent medium-term platforms, the Project will implement on-the ground selected investments and associated institutional and policy strengthening measures to pilot and set policy precedents for new land development and in situ settlement upgrading. This includes: (a) basic area upgrading of four informal settlements (Ohlen Mataso, Seaside, Tokyo and portion of Anamburu); (b) developing a 10 ha ‘sites-and-services’ (greenfield) lower-middle income residential area subdivision; (c) expansion or rehabilitation (as required) of off-site infrastructure focusing on flood management and mitigation; and (d) implementing measures for transformative institutional capacity strengthening of responsible Government of Vanuatu and sub-natio