The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is seeking an event management service provider/s (up to five) to plan, produce, execute and manage GCA’s various physical and virtual events.
GCA hosts multiple events including high-level events around the world as well as in the Netherlands, including in GCA’s floating office headquarters in Rotterdam.
Previous high-profile international events convened by GCA bringing together heads of state and governments, heads of international organizations, and other high-profile leaders in the fields of politics, economics and, climate include:
• Leaders’ Dialogue on the Africa Covid-Climate Emergency
• Hybrid Youth Dialogue on Adaptation Action
• Africa Adaptation Summit
• COP26 Ministerial Dialogue on Adaptation Action
Overview of GCA Event Types:
1. Hybrid Event from a GCA office location
2. Hybrid Event from a location other than a GCA office
3. In-person event with onsite production
4. Fully Virtual Event
Indicative list of GCA Service Events for 2023 and 2024:
• GCA Africa Adaptation Summit, September 2023. In-person, Nairobi, Kenya. - GCA’s flagship event featuring 30-50 high-level participants in person (and accompanying staff) and a select number of virtual participants.
• GCA Ministerial event in Bangladesh, 2023. In-person or hybrid, Bangladesh.
• GCA Africa Partnership Forum 2023, hybrid – A hybrid event, likely from an African country featuring some in-person participants (approx. 20) and mostly virtual participants.
• GCA Africa Partnership Forum 2023, hybrid – A hybrid event from Bangladesh featuring some in-person participants (approx. 10) and mostly virtual participants from across South Asia.
• STA23 launch, 2023. Hybrid - A flagship knowledge event for GCA, usually hosted at GCA’s HQ with a select number of high-profile guests joining virtually.
• GCA CEO Annual Lecture, 2023. In-person or hybrid - A flagship knowledge event for GCA, hosted at a university (likely in Africa) with a select number of high-profile guests joining virtually.
• GCA-convened high-level event at COP28, December 2023. In-person or hybrid, Dubai, UAE. - likely a high-profile side-event, featuring about 30-40 high-level participants (Heads of State and Governments, Ministers, and Special Representatives), and broadcast online to a mass audience.
• International Panel for Deltas and Coastal (IPDC) areas event, March 2024. Hybrid, from the Netherlands – either or hybrid or entirely virtual. A panel discussion, with some virtual participants, broadcast to a mass audience.
• GCA High-level launch event for the South Asia flagship program, 2024. In-person or hybrid, Bangladesh.
• GCA Annual Meetings, September 2024. In-person or hybrid, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. - GCA’s flagship event featuring 30-50 high-level participants in person (and accompanying staff) and a select number of virtual participants.
• GCA CEO Annual Lecture, 2024. In-person or hybrid - A flagship knowledge event for GCA, hosted at a university (likely in Africa) with a select number of high-profile guests joining virtually.
• GCA-convened high-level event at COP29, November-December 2024. In-person or hybrid. - likely a high-profile side-event, featuring about 30-40 high-level participants (Heads of State and Governments, Ministers, and Special Representatives), and broadcast online to a mass audience.
• Three Youth forums, 2023. 1 virtual and 2 in-person. – participants from different geographic locations, broadcast online to a mass audience.
• Seven Youth forums, 2024. 5 virtual and 2 in-person. – participants from different geographic locations, broadcast online to a mass audience.
• 16 Water Adaptation Community/IPDC technical knowledge exchanges. 12 virtual and 4 in-person. – speakers and participants from different geographic locations, broadcast online to a mass audience.