RFP: Integrated aquaculture study for Peru - governance; permitting; human capital; and spatial planning

• SOLICITATION NUMBER: 0002019150
• INSTITUTION:  IBRD/IDA , IFC , MIGA , ICSID
• ASSIGNMENT LOCATION: Peru
• ISSUE DATE AND TIME: Oct 28,2025 01:36
• CLOSING DATE AND TIME: Nov 11,2025 00:59

1) Background and RationalePeru’s aquaculture sector is strategically positioned for inclusive growth; yet remains constrained by governance; permitting; skills; and spatial planning gaps. Aquaculture has expanded in both coastal and inland systems (e.g.; shrimp; trout; mollusks; Amazon species); offering opportunities for jobs; nutrition; value addition; and export diversification. However; fragmented mandates; uneven regional capacities; complex licensing pathways; variable technical skills; and weak spatial guidance limit sustainable scaling. Environmental pressures (biosecurity; water quality; habitat conflicts) and climate risks add complexity; particularly for small producers and Indigenous/rural communities. The National Program for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (Programa Nacional de Innovación en Pesca y Acuicultura; PNIPA; 2017–2022) demonstrated strong demand and delivery capacity for innovation and services but also revealed systemic bottlenecks beyond project-level pilots. The proposed work squarely targets those bottlenecks.A first area of work focuses on strengthening aquaculture governance and institutional coordination to clarify roles; streamline functions; and improve accountability. At national and regional levels; the Ministry of Production (Ministerio de la Producción; PRODUCE)—through the Directorate General of Aquaculture (Dirección General de Acuicultura; DGA)—the National Fisheries Health Agency (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Pesquera; SANIPES); the Peruvian Marine Research Institute (Instituto del Mar del Perú; IMARPE); the National Fund for Fisheries Development (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Pesquero; FONDEPES); Regional Directorates of Production (Direcciones Regionales de la Producción; DIREPRO); the National Water Authority (Autoridad Nacional del Agua; ANA); environmental authorities; and the Coast Guard (Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas; DICAPI) share critical functions that often overlap or leave gaps. Inconsistent procedures and information flows impede predictability for users and undermine enforcement; biosecurity; and environmental management. A practical governance diagnostic is needed to map mandates and processes; assess performance against core functions (planning; regulation; monitoring/compliance; data/traceability; service delivery); and propose a sequenced improvement plan. The rationale is to translate this into investable actions—legal/operational clarifications; coordination mechanisms; staffing/skills; data governance; and service standards—so institutions can keep pace with sector growth.A second area of work centers on designing a streamlined; risk-based Aquaculture Single-Window to reduce time; steps; and uncertainty for users. The Ventanilla Única de Acuicultura (VUA; Aquaculture Single-Window) would consolidate permitting pathways that currently span environmental; sanitary; water-use; navigability; and tenure clearances—processes that are often sequential; duplicative; and paper-heavy; with uneven regional practice for Acuicultura de Recursos Limitados (AREL); Acuicultura de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (AMYPE); and medium/large producers. A well-specified VUA can parallelize reviews; enforce service-level agreements; and digitize workflows with transparency and auditability. The rationale is to enhance compliance and user experience simultaneously: clearer requirements and triage; standardized standard operating procedures (SOPs) and forms; interoperability with existing registries/cadastres; and performance dashboards. A VUA blueprint with pilots will demonstrate measurable reductions in processing times and costs; especially for smaller actors.A third area of work addresses human-capital and competency gaps that limit productivity; compliance; and resilience across public and private actors. Public officials require up-to-date competencies in licensing; inspection; sanitary/environmental monitoring; digital systems; and monitoring and evaluation (M&E); producers need practical skills in hatchery/grow-out operations; biosecurity; water quality; feed management and feed conversion ratio (FCR); cold-chain; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standards; climate adaptation; and basic business/finance. The rationale is to move from ad hoc training to a competency-based system: occupational standards; modular curricula (including e-learning and mobile delivery); certification/credentialing; trainer-of-trainers; and incentives for uptake. This enables the second phase of PNIPA (hereafter PNIPA2) to finance scalable capacity-building that improves service quality; market access; and inclusion (women; youth; Indigenous communities).A fourth area of work provides spatial planning and zoning tools to guide aquaculture to suitable areas while managing conflicts and environmental risks. Decisions on where and how to grow aquaculture depend on biophysical suitability (hydrology; water qu

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