Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure that LDCF resources are used to address additional climate change-induced risks and existing community level vulnerabilities on top of the existing development baseline in the selected pilot regions/sites;
- Ensure suitability of the selected adaptation options and ensure that they increase adaptive capacity and reduce long-term climate-change-induced vulnerability;
- Identify and address gaps in information on activities underlying project outputs;
- Ensure that criteria for the selection of pilot sites and adaptation options reflect long-term vulnerability to climate change.
- Develop an Additional Cost Analysis for the full-size project, compliant with the requirements of the GEF Full Scale Project template for Adaptation projects;
- Propose a workable management arrangement for the project including decision making and hierarchical structure, roles and responsibilities and appropriate financial and technical workflow arrangements, taking into account existing arrangements for the disbursement of District Development Funds (DDF).
- Undertake coarse capacity assessment of key ministries and local institutions to fulfil project management and implementation roles, including reporting, financial management and technical support;
- Review inputs by the national consultant team on the definition of the Strategic Results Framework including a Project Objective, Outcomes, Outputs and indicative Activities and ensure compliance of the Full Size Project monitoring framework with UNDP/GEF quality requirements (particularly that the indicators used are specific, measurable, appropriate, relevant and time bound);
- Define a project sustainability strategy to ensure replication of project benefits beyond the lifetime of the project.
- Ensure that stakeholder consultations with relevant public and private authorities take place including mobilisation of project beneficiaries in defining project components, including mapping climate change adaptation needs and gaps;
- Provide advice and quality control for the design and implementation of an appropriate stakeholder involvement strategy;
- Support awareness raising for climate change adaptation and capacity building of key stakeholders throughout the PPG phase through meetings and outreach materials;
- Ensure that the development of the overall project framework is participatory and based on a wide range of project stakeholders;
- Facilitate and guide appropriate alignment of the project with related activities of other government, donor and private sector-driven activities in climate change adaptation;
- Ensure that the workplan for the implementation phase of the project is appropriate and transparent in terms of activities and responsibilities;
- Capture and detail the co-financing arrangements for each envisaged project component;
- Put particular attention to the design of project components requiring joint financing from different sources and stakeholders;
- Support discussions with Government to clarify and finalise co-financing contributions to the project
- Explore and clarify multilateral and bilateral cofinancing opportunities, in collaboration with the UNDP country office
- Consolidate inputs by the consultant team into a full-size UNDP/GEF compliant climate change adaptation project document;
- Review the findings of the technical assessments undertaken during the preparatory phase and synthesize them in the relevant sections of the final project document;
- Discuss and agree on the indicative project activities and compile a first Annual Work Plan (as per UNDP CO format) for project implementation;
- Finalize the overall Project Logical Framework (Objective, Outcomes, Outputs, Indicators, source of Verification, Risks/Assumptions) and Additional Cost Analysis;
- Compile Total Budget and Financing Plan;
- Draft Organigram, timetable and Terms of Reference for key functions within the final project document taking into account the requirements and guidelines of UNDP/Results-Based Management;
- Review and finalize stakeholder involvement plan;
- Review Management Arrangements, M&E plan and M&E Budget for UNDP/GEF compliance, including the new GEF AMAT monitoring framework;
- Finalize administrative mechanisms, including measures for effective delivery of LDCF financing (eg through the use of local government delivery mechanisms through GPAR) for the implementation phase, together with the UNDP Country Office;
- Ensure that appropriate co-financing for the project is identified and that co-financing endorsement letters are available at the end of the PPG phase;
- Compile Annexes for the full-size project document;
- Ensure alignment of the full-size project document and CEO Endorsement Template with UNDP/GEF format and criteria;
- Draft ToRs for all core project staff and national and international consultants
Competencies
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages, and in the handling of web based management systems.
Required Skills and Experience
- Master’s Degree in either Natural Science or Social Science or equivalent in environment management, land use planning, development economics, sustainable development, or related field.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in adaptation to climate change, environment management and sustainable development or a related field at the national or international level.
- Demonstrated experience in project formulation (English language), experience in GEF project formulation would be an advantage
- Demonstrated experience in providing management advisory services
- Demonstrated track record in the design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing/facilitating relationships between international organizations and national governments.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in adaptation to climate change, environment management and sustainable development or a related field at the national or international level.
Technical Evaluation Form -1 | Points | Name of Consultant | |||
Max 70 | | | | ||
| 1.1 Technical experience in climate change and development issues. None or no relevance - 0 Climate Change – 10 Climate Change and Ecosystems or Water Resources – 20 | 20 | | | |
1.2 Appropriate higher degree qualifications (minimum Masters level) None or no relevance - 0 Bachelor degree (5) Master degree (10) | 10 | | | | |
| 1.3 At least 7 years experience in project design in developing countries Less than 7 years: 0 7 years: 10 7 years including experience with GEF: 20 | 20 | | | |
| 1.4 Ability to develop and manage a work plan, deliver results on time and report effectively | 20 | | | |
| Sub-total for Technical Evaluation | 70 | | | |
| Financial (Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 30 points) Lowest technically acceptable offer will receive highest score i.e. 30 points | 30 | | | |
| Total max points obtainable Technical + Financial | 100 | | | |
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