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Environmental Lawyer and Advisor | |
Location : | Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA |
Application Deadline : | 14-Sep-15 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Climate & Disaster Resilience |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 21-Sep-2015 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 272 working days |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 272 working days |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. |
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Sustainable natural resources and environment is integral for Cambodia to sustain its economic growth and its growing population. Yet the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) currently faces several major challenges as exemplified by the fact that Cambodia is ranked 145 out of 178 countries for the Environmental Performance Index (Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, 2014). At present, Cambodia has a number of governmental bodies and laws for the governance of natural resources and the environment. The Ministry of Environment is one of the governmental bodies with a central mandate to ensure conservation and management of natural resources and environment. Over recent years, however, the MoE has faced significant constraints in addressing the emerging environmental issues and challenges due partly to its outdated organizational structure, priorities and strategic plans, and due partly to insufficient human and technical resources. Besides this, there had been no inter-ministerial governmental bodies or legal principles that provide overarching guidance and direction towards the aim of sustainable development. Nor did the mandates and regulations of existing ministries adequately correspond to emerging challenges. In order to tackle these challenges, the RGC embarked upon environmental governance reforms in November in 2013 with technical assistance from UNDP Cambodia. The governance reforms build on three pillars of activities (See the attachment, concept note for environmental governance reforms for more information about each activity):
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Scope of Work: This assignment of the environmental law advisor is specifically designed to support the development of an Environmental Code. The creation of the Environmental Code will proceed in four phases: Phase I: Defining overarching principles: This process entails 1) analysis of existing policies, laws and regulations and relevant international experience to identify best principles and standards for environmental management in Cambodia, and 2) compilation of these overarching principles into a government decision to be endorsed by the Prime Minister. This decision will then frame the further development of the Code. Phase II: Background research: this process involves:
Phase III: Proposals for statutory changes and implementation framework: Building on the background research results, this entails developing proposals for changes to existing legislation and adoption of innovations to the overall environmental framework. This will include amendments to existing law and creation of new law such as EIA. This phase will also include development of a number of innovative tools ranging from enforcement to citizens’ rights to green tax policy, climate change mitigation and many others. These proposals will be presented to the inter-ministerial working group and the Prime Minister for comments and eventual endorsement. Phase IV: The Environmental Code: Based on the work of phases I-III, the Code will be compiled into an integrated whole and presented to government for approval and adoption. Afterwards, a national and sub-national training and capacity building program will be conducted to expedite implementation. Expected Outputs and Deliverables: The consultant’s primary responsibility will be the overall management and coordination of the Environmental Code project. The consultant will provide a wide range of services during each phase to accomplish this aim. The consultant will also coordinate the integration of the Code project into the other aspects of technical assistance to the Ministry described in Section 2 of this Terms of Reference, and will provide assistance to these other aspects as may be required from time to time. The specific deliverables set forth below may be modified depending on the progress of the project. Phase I
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Duration of the Work: The proposed duration of this assignment of 272 days spreading over two year period from September 1, 2015 to July 31, 2017. The assignment is a combination of home-based and in-country missions (Cambodia). The Environmental and Sustainable Advisor is required to make at least 8 trips to Phnom Penh, Cambodia with up to 137 working days during the missions. Duty Station: The duty station of this assignment is a combination of home-based and in-country missions. The consultant will perform duties from her/his home country through email, telephone/Skype correspondence. The consultant will be responsible for her/his own local transportation arrangement.
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Important note: Interested offeror is strongly advised to read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=24505 for more detail about term of references, instructions to offeror, and documents to be included when submitting offer. Documents to be included when submitting the application: Interested offeror/individual must submit the following documents/information.
UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete. Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email. Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system, because the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document. Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email dalis.heng@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org. While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice. |
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