UNDP Jobs - 83845- BBRSO62925: Facilitator for Climate Finance Worksh

BBRSO62925: Facilitator for Climate Finance Workshop

Location :

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, BARBADOS

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2019

Application Deadline :

18-Mar-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

2 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

30 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.

Background

ADMINISTRATION

To apply, interested persons should upload the combined* Technical Proposal/Methodology (if applicable), CV and Offeror’s Letter to “UNDP Jobs” by navigating to the link below and clicking “APPLY NOW”, no later than the date indicated on the “UNDP Jobs” website. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted**: -

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* PLEASE NOTE: The system allows the upload of one (1) document ONLY – if you are required to submit a Technical Proposal/Methodology, this document along with your CV/P11 and Offeror’s Letter, MUST be combined and uploaded as one.

NOTE: The Financial Proposal should not be uploaded to “UNDP Jobs”**.

**Please email the password-protected Financial Proposal to procurement.bb@undp.org. The subject line of your email must contain the following: “62925 Financial Proposal – Your Name”

If the password for your Financial Proposal is required, it will be requested by the Procurement Unit.

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing to procurement.bb@undp.org within three (3) days of the publication of this notice, ensuring that the reference number above is included in the subject line. The UNDP Barbados & the OECS Procurement Unit will post the responses*** two (2) days later, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to: -

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=53620

A detailed Procurement Notice, TOR, and all annexes can be found by clicking the above link.

*** UNDP shall endeavour to provide such responses to clarifications in an expeditious manner, but any delay in such response shall not cause an obligation on the part of UNDP to extend the submission date of the Proposals, unless UNDP deems that such an extension is justified and necessary

The Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP), a project being implemented by the UNDP, aims to support countries in advancing the process of low-emission risk-resilient development by improving energy security and integrating medium to long-term planning for adaptation to climate change. In the pursuit of this objective, the initiative supports policy innovation through the development of a number of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) that will help guide Caribbean countries towards a green, low-emission and climate-resilient development pathway.

BACKGROUND

The J-CCCP project aims to strengthen institutional and technical capacities in selected countries for iterative development of comprehensive NAMAs and NAPs that are country-driven, and based on existing national/sub-national development priorities, strategies and processes. Each country will be able to tailor the specific assistance it will receive as informed by its priorities and needs. It is envisioned that policy instruments, such as NAMAs, provide tailored frameworks to expand access to clean energy and can harness climate finance and help reduce the overall risk environment for potential investors, spurring actual investment in clean energy technologies. As the project is currently supporting the development of NAMAs in Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname (see Annex A below for full list of NAMAs with description and status), one specific aim of the project is to enhance capacity relating to the development of bankable NAMAs with outlined specific country actions.

Additionally, as part of the research and consultations supporting the situational analysis for the project, it was noted that “climate change is usually taken into account in a cursory manner during planning and budgeting process. The required medium to long-term and cross-sector planning that would enable a comprehensive assessment of the benefits and trade-offs of climate change adaptation (CCA) interventions for society is rarely undertaken.” During implementation of the project, specifically in the development of the NAPs this assessment of the climate change budgeting in the Caribbean has been underscored.

The workshop will focus on these two key areas – 1) developing bankable interventions based on the NAMAs completed under development and 2) exploration of budgeting process relating to climate change to support cross-sector national planning. These areas support the objective of enhancing capacity of countries in climate finance tools and as such, specific activities in the project will be centred on these areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

Development of a workplan for the organization and operation of the workshop
Provision of detailed agenda with workshop and session objectives (in collaboration with/integrating full feedback from the J-CCCP team and guided by the workshop concept note which will be provided)
Liaising with project staff and other stakeholders where necessary pre workshop regarding materials that may be needed as inputs in some of the sessions and supporting the finalisation of these materials for presentation purposes (this will be undertaken in collaboration with J-CCCP team)
Organizing all course materials in an electronic storage space that will be accessible to all participants and facilitators
Managing and moderating the workshop flow.More specifically, ensuring that sessions run according to set timelines, and according to intended objectives (unless otherwise informed pre session)
Providing a full workshop report inclusive of
analyzed feedback from evaluation of the workshop
compilation of finalized proposals
lessons learnt applicable to non-participants

Competencies

Fluency in English is required

Required Skills and Experience

Post-graduate degree in Pure and Applied or Natural Science.