The Danish Energy Agency Energy Partnership Programme Phase II (DEPP II) is a major programme that will provide Technical Assistance combined with policy dialogue, in promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency — aiming for low carbon development and reduced CO2 emissions. The Programme will build capacity with DEPP partner countries to:

1. Provide convincing input for governmental energy, climate/low carbon policies, strategies and plans and,

2. Deal with implementation aspects of Energy Efficiency and of high shares of variable Renewable Energy in the national power systems in a cost-efficient manner.

This Tender aims to provide a Framework Agreement for external consultancy services to provide Technical Assistance / consultant support to DEPP on demand to ensure that the implementing agencies can access the most appropriate knowledge and skills and benefit from the expertise and experience of international know-how in the Partnership Programme.

The objective of the consultancy framework agreement is to provide specialist technical expertise on demand to ensure that the implementing agencies can access the most appropriate knowledge and skills and benefit from the expertise and experience of international know-how in the partnership programme.

The specialist technical expertise is provided in such a manner that capacity of partner institutions in the four countries is enhanced including through peer-to-peer learning modalities as relevant.

The Supplier can expect a series of assignments each governed by a specific Terms of reference (TOR) specifying activities and deliverables.