Background

Capacity development is essential and central to countries’ efforts to successfully tackle climate change. This includes increasing institutional capacities to provide appropriate skills and mechanisms of support and coordination when addressing climate change risks. It includes strengthening technical knowledge in order to better understand and make use of climate information, and increasing relevant data and access to data for planning and informed decision making.

One ?of the key decisions of the Paris Agreement was to Reaffirm the goal of limiting global temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius, while urging efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees; Establish binding commitments by all parties to make “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), and to pursue domestic measures aimed at achieving them; Commit all countries to report regularly on their emissions and “progress made in implementing and achieving” their NDCs, and to undergo international review; Commit all countries to submit new NDCs every five years, with the clear expectation that they will “represent a progression” beyond previous ones; Reaffirm the binding obligations of developed countries under the UNFCCC to support the efforts of developing countries, while for the first time encouraging voluntary contributions by developing countries too; Extend the current goal of mobilizing $100 billion a year in support by 2020 through 2025, with a new, higher goal to be set for the period after 2025;

From a development policy perspective, the Paris Agreement affirmed that addressing climate change requires a paradigm shift towards building a low-carbon society that offers substantial opportunities and ensures continued high growth and sustainable development.

The Sustainable Development Goals, otherwise known as the Global Goals, build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets that the world committed to achieving by 2015. The Paris agreement on the other hand is a historic agreement reached at during the climax of COP21 in Paris by parties to the UNFCCC to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future. The P.A and SDGs are inextricably linked owing to the fact that to achieve success in either field, both have to complement each other. SDG 13 on Climate action acknowledges that the UNFCCC is the international forum for negotiating the global response to climate change while the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary body for Scientific and Technological advice in turn acknowledges the importance of inter-linking Climate and the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. On that platform, it is key to note that if the goals of the P.A are not implemented, this will undermine at least all the Sustainable Development Goals and on the other hand, if the SDGs are not implemented in an environmentally cautious manner, it is safe to say that we shall experience the same extreme events arising from anthropogenic induced Climate Change. It is in principle a conveyor belt system where a win-win situation can be achieved if they are implemented in relation to the other.

On that background, it is key to note that the Uganda Government’s priorities have not changed. Uganda is fully committed to its goal under the UNFCCC as indicated through its submission of the INDC prior to the COP 21 in Paris that set a platform for the historic Paris Agreement. One of the outcomes of the P.A was implementation of the INDC that would be transformed to NDC after ratification of the P.A. Consequently, through the ratification of the P.A for Uganda that is in its final stages, Uganda is furthermore putting out a statement that it will continue to exercise its goal of implementation of the NDC as spelt out by the agreement outcomes. All this being done through collaboration and implementation across the different sectors communicated within the INDCs to achieve uniform success and the ultimate goal of limiting global temperature increase well below 2 degrees.

The Uganda Vision 2040 affirms that social economic transformation cannot be attained without paying adequate attention to climate change and the principles of green growth such as inclusive growth and low carbon emissions development. For this reason, the Uganda Vision 2040 recommends the development of appropriate mitigation strategies on climate change at the national and sector levels to ensure that the country is cushioned against the adverse effects of climate change. Operationalization of this aspiration will therefore require formulation of development strategies that pursue economic growth and socioeconomic transformation along a low carbon development path over the vision period.? In the same vein, the second National Development Plan (2015/16-2019/20) reiterates the Uganda Vision 2040 commitments national climate change response. The five year plan climate change strategy is to build a climate change resilient economy along a low emission carbon development path over the plan period.

From a National perspective, despite past and ongoing efforts Uganda has not yet reached the threshold for Climate Change Resilience (CCR) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).? Some of the key bottlenecks to reaching a minimum threshold for CCR/DRR are policy gaps related to integration and provision of funding for CCR and RDD policies and legal frameworks, gaps in policy implementation capacity i.e. planning, mainstreaming, coordination, monitoring and evaluation and weak capacities for adoption and adaptation of emerging technologies and methods for low carbon emission and CCR. As such, the UNDP in collaboration with Government of Uganda designed the Country Program Document (2016- 2020) with a component focusing on climate change and disaster risk reduction. The targeted outcome of this component is “ Natural resources management and energy access are gender responsive, effective and efficient, reducing emissions, negating the impact of climate-induced disasters and environmental degradation on livelihoods and production systems, and strengthened community resilience”. It is hoped that this shall be achieved by stepwise elimination of capacity gaps among MDAs, Parliament, CSOs and Private sector players through engagements that appraise their capacities to understand own contributions to GHG emissions and the resultant consequences to Uganda and the globe generally.

As a result of the commitment of all Parties to support climate change efforts at the national level, UNDP is implementing a capacity building programme in 25 countries including Uganda, with funding from the European Commission, and the governments of Germany and Australia. The Uganda Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme Phase 1, strengthened Uganda’s national capacities in the following areas: Develop/establish greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory management systems; Measure, report on, and verify GHG emission inventories; identify opportunities for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the context of national development; and Design low emission development strategies (LEDS). Key results attained in phase 1 include National GHG Inventory System for Uganda established; Four NAMAs studies developed (Green School NAMA, Fuel Efficient Vehicle NAMA, Transport/Energy NAMA and Climate Smart Agriculture NAMA). One NAMA proposal submitted to the NAMA facility; MRV systems in place for mitigation actions; Green Growth Development Strategy developed and Private sector engagement and financial contribution to NAMA implementation.

The LECB Programme has received financial support worth 350,000 USD from German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) to support select countries in transforming national Climate Action Plan targets to actions. Uganda has been selected to receive support towards transforming National Climate Action Plan targets to actions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work and deliverables:

Objective:

The overall aim of the project is to enhance transformtion of climate change action plans into actions. One of such plans is the Nationally Determined Contributions to GHG emmissions which was submited to UNFCCC as one of the requirements from member countries that ratified the Paris agreement. ?It is hoped that this will be achieved through continued capacity building, pursuing of sustainable development goals and sustainable co-benefits.

UNDP Uganda is seeking for services of a National consultant to facilitate design of LECB Phase 2 project.

The overall purpose of the consultancy is the preparation of a UNDP compliant project document, which will have the three national outputs and one global output (on knowledge management). Each output contains work package with an outline of national activities to be implemented including Capacity building, sustainable development and sustainable co- benefits generation. This will be included in 3 work packages

The work packages selected include:

Work package 1a: Support to design NDC implementation plans and institutional frameworks:

• Submitted NDCs re-examined to address gaps and strengthen underlying technical basis;
• Countries supported to translate NDCs targets into achievable actions through NDC implementation plans and assessments of existing policies in the context of NDC targets;
• Countries supported in disaggregating economy-wide NDC mitigation targets into sectoral mitigation targets and developing sectoral mitigation action plans where applicable;
• Countries supported in strengthening institutional frameworks and capacities to manage NDC implementation, including mainstreaming of climate change mitigation.

Work package 2b: Financial assessments for NDC, LEDS and NAMA implementation are developed to structure national budgets and investments more efficiently:

• Mapping and analysis of public and private climate investments applying or building upon UNDP Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review methodology;
• Costing assessments for the implementation of NDCs, LEDS and NAMAs developed and financial sources (national/international, public/private) are identified using UNDP Investment and Financial Flows assessments.
• Innovative financial incentives for GHG mitigation assessed (e.g., price premiums, tax breaks, carbon offset, and fossil fuel subsidy reduction);
• Capacities for management and coordination of climate finance strengthened for central and line ministries;
• Engagement with international funding mechanisms and the commercial actors to mobilize funds for NDC, LEDS and NAMA implementation.

Work package 3: Private sector investments de-risked through financial and policy measures:

• Private sector expenditures assessed in high-emitting sectors using the UNDP Private Climate Expenditure and Institutional Review methodology to understand leveraging effects of public policies and climate finance, as well as climate investment trends;
• Private investments in renewable energy production are supported through the application of the UNDP De-risking Renewable Energy Investments (DREI) tool. The DREI tool combines both financial and regulatory de-risking measures to promote private investments;
• Feasibility studies and pilots for policy and financial instruments promoting private investments in mitigation actions (e.g., loan guarantees, political risk insurance, public equity co-investments);
• Small and medium enterprises supported to pilot improved business models for energy efficiency and energy conservation;
• Training of public and private financial institutions on the business cases for mitigation actions, investments and loan profiles, mitigation of financial risks associated with climate investments and promotion of green finance.

Tasks of the Assignment:

From a broad perspective, the context-assessment exercise (comprising the stocktaking and stakeholder consultations) will assist for the preparation of the project document to: (i) conduct a systematic analysis of LECB Phase 1 outputs and climate change-relevant work that has been undertaken at the national level, including assessments and research, and to identify information and data gaps; (ii) to identify key results and lessons learned from previous LECB 1 activities that can contribute to a more robust project document; and (iii) to analyze existing capacities, as well as capacity gaps and needs. The information gathered will contribute directly to the preparation of Phase 2. More specifically, it will build a consensus among stakeholders on the most appropriate components and modules (i.e., public sector and/or private sector) to be implemented in Phase 2, based upon the menu-approach from guided questions provided by Global LECB/UNDP team.

Reporting to UNDP and the Climate Change Department; Ministry of Water and Environment responsible for the oversight and implementation of the project preparation, the consultant will:

• Prepare inception report detailing the understanding/interpretation of the TORs; the methodology for carrying out the assignment; work plan and implementation schedule;
• Review of published and grey literature on previous relevant initiatives, with a view to identifying gaps and establishing baselines on current situation;
• Hold consultations with relevant stakeholders including government ministries and agencies, the domestic donor and development partners community, and civil society;
• Identify studies to be carried out to identify areas or sectors not addressed under previous work but which are critical for the articulation of the GHG inventory system and/or MRV system;
• Identify potential methodologies that will be adopted to carry out the different analytical exercises that must inform the development of a robust LEDS, NAMA and related work;
• Identify how the project activities will build on and establish linkages with relevant initiatives within the government such as national energy policies, transport strategies, sustainable land management and agricultural policies, existing climate change and environment vision statements and policies; climate change action plan development and implementation;
• Summarize and conduct an analysis of the opportunities and constraints towards implementation of the identified programme activities;
• Present to stakeholders during the stakeholders’ forum;
• Prepare project proposal incorporating views from the stakeholders.

Expected Outputs:

The assignment is expected to generate the following outputs:

• Systematic stocktaking and review: aimed at identifying previous and current strategy and policy documents, activities and project documents, as well as identifying and mapping stakeholders engaged in climate and climate change related activities relevant to the implementation of the LECB project phase 1. The stocktaking should encompass all relevant national activities.
• Stakeholder consultations to identify and validate priority areas, strategies and institutional arrangements for the Phase 2 of the project building on key achievements and failures. Consultations are planned with government ministries and agencies, key sectors of private industries, the domestic donor and development partner community, and civil society.
• Endorsement document that incorporates the inputs from the stocktaking and stakeholder consultations, as well as expert guidance from CCD and UNDP.

Deliverables:

The deliverables and duration shall be as per schedule proposed below:

• An acceptable Inception report should be submitted 5 days after signing of contract;
• Draft project proposal shared for discussion with stakeholders 25 days after inception;
• Revised project proposal shared for review by UNDP and CCD 10days after presentation to stakeholders;
• Final project document by 30th January 2017.

Competencies

• Ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Must be a results-oriented team player with excellent interpersonal skills, including enthusiasm, tact, diplomacy and high integrity; concise and analytical thinking;
• Professional in working with government counterparts; and
• Demonstrated analytical, communication and report writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• A Master’s degree in climate change and/or environment/natural resources management, or related areas;
• Minimum 5 years professional expertise in project design and formulation, climate change.

Experience:

• Strong understanding of climate change and extensive experience (at least 5 years) in policy development, strong working knowledge of UNDP, government institutions, the civil society sector and working with state public authorities on issues related to climate change;
• Knowledge of GHG emissions and mitigation is essential;
• Extensive knowledge and skills in development of LEDS is essential;
• Experience in applying climate change tools and constructing baseline scenarios;
• Good professional knowledge of the national socio-economic development context.

Language skills:

• Must be able to communicate effectively in English language (verbally and in writing) in a cross-cultural environment.

Deliverable/Outputs:

• An acceptable inception report- 5 days;
• A detailed draft project document and budgets presented to stakeholder validation workshop-25 days;
• Stakeholder validation of the draft and input- 1 day;
• Final Full Size Project document by the including the incorporating the comments which will be made by stakeholders and UNDP New York- 10 days.

Payment Schedule:

• 20% Upon presentation of an acceptable inception report;
• 50% Upon completion of deliverable 2 Draft project document;
• 30% Upon completion of deliverable 3 (final project document).

Evaluation of Applicants:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.
The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
• Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical (desk reviews based on CV) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

• Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation; Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation

Evaluation of Proposals (Method and Criteria):

Individual consultants will be evaluated based cumulative analysis methodology.

The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• responsive/compliant/acceptable, and;
• Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. 70%-30%;
• * Technical Criteria weight; [70%]; * Financial Criteria weight; [30%];
• Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation;
• Technical Criteria – Maximum 1000 points;
• Expertise of the Individual – 300 Points;
• Description of approach/methodology to assignment – 700 Points.

Application Procedure:

he candidate is required to submit an electronic application directly uploaded on the UNDP jobs website with all the requirements as listed here below. Annexes and further information may be downloaded on http://procurement-notices.undp.org/. (Reference #33950).

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document to this website - http://jobs.undp.org (Ref no.69310).

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

• Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II);
• Personal CV, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.

Technical proposal:

• Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment;
• A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment;
• Financial proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II);
• Annexes 1 and II - may be downloaded from the UNDP Procurement Notices Website -http://procurement-notices.undp.org/ - under reference #33950. For further clarifications, please contact; janet.anyango@undp.org; moses.lutwama@undp.org;

Interested applicants should submit applications through uploading of all their required documentation in one single pdf document on this website only.