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UNDP Belarus and UNECE implement an environmental project “Management of the Niemen River basin with account of adaptation to climate change”. The project is one of UNECE Transboundary pilot projects on climate change adaptation (http://www1.unece.org/ehlm/platform/display/ClimateChange/), partially implemented under the Environment and Security initiative (ENVSEC www.envsec.org). The project aims at improving the integrated water resources management in Belarus using the basin approach in the climate change context by the example of the Niemen River. The project will also facilitate the development of transboundary cooperation between the countries located in the Niemen River basin, and will facilitate achievement of mutual understanding regarding forecasted water resources and water use, taking into account possible climate change impacts.

The international expert on hydrometeorological monitoring system will work in close cooperation with the group of national experts, UNECE and ENVSEC and to complete the assignment shall:

- results of the assessment of the existing network for meteorological and hydrological monitoring in the Neman River basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation), taking into account inter alia the spatial, temporal and parametric aspects of the network;

-  proposals for optimization of the above mentioned hydrological and meteorological monitoring network to enable the timely and harmonized monitoring of the impacts of climate change on water resources in the Nieman River Basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of Russian Federation) and rough cost estimated for its optimizations;

 

Specifically, the International expert on hydrometeorological monitoring system will perform the following tasks:

 

• To provide assessment of the existing hydrometeorological monitoring network; proposals for optimization of the network to conduct climate change monitoring and hydrological extremes, and rough cost estimated for its optimizations. Where relevant for the particular monitoring sites in the basin, the proposals should include the identification of alternative instruments and technologies for data collection and transmission, data processing and information system.
  

 

The International expert on hydrometeorological monitoring system will ensure satisfactory completion of the following Milestones:

• Milestone 1: by 1^st September 2012. Interim report in English containing the provisional results of the desk assessment of theefficiency and representativeness of hydrological and meteorological monitoring network for the Nieman River basin as well as outline for the final report (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation) based on the information provided by group of national experts. The information to be made available includes at least descriptions and maps of the monitoring network, sample datasets, the report on the review and optimization of Lithuania’s network according to the requirements of the European Union’s Water Framework Directive;
• Milestone 2: by 20^th September, 2012. Mission to Belarus successfully completed. A presentation on the provisional results of the desk assessment of theefficiency and representativeness of hydrological and meteorological monitoring network for the Niemen River basindeveloped and delivered during a workshop in September 2012. Mission report approved by UNDP Belarus;
• Milestone 3: by 30^th November, 2012. The draft report in English (up-to 30 pages excluding annexes)that includes:

- results of assessment of existing network for meteorological and hydrological monitoring in the Neman river basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Russian Federation), taking into account inter alia spatial, temporal and parametric aspects of the network;

- proposals on the optimization of the network of meteorological and hydrological monitoring to enable the timely and harmonized monitoring of the climate change impacts on water resources in the Nieman River basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation) and rough cost estimated for its optimizations submitted to the UNDP Belarus;

• Milestone 4: by 24^th December, 2012. The draft report is circulated to the main national and international stakeholders, including the MinEnv, UNDP, the Secretariat of the UNECE Water Convention and the ENVSEC Initiative; comments and suggestions are collected and incorporated into the final report. The final report with (i) the results of assessment of existing network for hydrological and meteorological monitoring in the Neman river basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation), taking into account inter alia spatial, temporal and parametric aspects of the network and (ii) proposals on optimization of the network of hydrological and meteorological monitoring to enable the timely and harmonized monitoring of the climate change impacts on water resources in the Nieman River Basin (Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation) and rough cost estimated for its optimizations approved by the UNDP Belarus.

 

Payment of the consultant remuneration will be performed in 4 stage upon satisfactory achievement of the Milestones with written confirmation by the Project Manager and UNDP Programme Officer.

 

All travel expenses related to mission in September, 2012 to Belarus/Lithuania are not included in the lump sum and will be paid additionally in accordance with the respective UNDP rules and procedures.

Education:

Experience:

(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work. The methodology must address all aspects of the TOR, implementation schedule, quality assurance measures if applicable.

2. Financial proposal – please fill in Annex II (Finance Proposal)

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 2 references (or contact information of at least 2 people who could provide references upon request). 

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.

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Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria:

Total score=Technical Score + Financial Score

* Technical Criteria weight; [70%], maximum 700 points

* Financial Criteria weight; [30%], maximum 300 points

All the offers of individual consultants who scored 560 (80% from 700) and more points during the desk review/interview are acceptable for financial evaluation. The lowest technically qualified proposal receives 300 points and all the other technically qualified proposals receive points in inverse proportion according to the formula:

P=Y*(L/Z), where

P=points for the financial proposal being evaluated

Y=maximum number of points for the financial proposal

L= price of the lowest price proposal

Z=price of the proposal being evaluated

For more information please see Procurement Notice.