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BBRSO116369:NDC Gender Expert | |
Location : | Grenada, BARBADOS |
Application Deadline : | 06-Nov-20 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 23-Nov-2020 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 26 days over 2 months |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 26 days over 2 months |
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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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**: - UNDP Job Site – https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=94850 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work) * 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” **. <IMPORTANT> **Please email the password-protected Financial Proposal to procurement.bb@undp.org. The subject line of your email must contain the following: “BBRSO##### 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 Eastern Caribbean 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=71795 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work) 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. Background Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries unanimously agreed to work toward global goals that would limit global average temperature rise. Specifically, the Agreement seeks to limit the rise in the world’s average surface temperatures to “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial times this century, while “pursuing efforts” for 1.5°C. It also sets a target of eliminating global GHG emissions by the second half of the century – or at least compensating any residual emissions through, for example, forest growth. A key principle in the Paris Agreement is that no country should backslide on its intentions, which were put forward in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which describe each country’s self-determined strategy for curbing GHG emissions, typically in five- or ten-year periods and can also include plans to increase resilience. Individually, NDCs represent each country’s climate priorities and vision for achieving sustainable development. Aggregated, they represent the world’s collective efforts to fight climate change. However current NDCs are estimated to collectively result in a temperature rise of 2.9 to 3.4 °C by 2100. All countries are expected to submit increasingly ambitious NDCs every five years; a first opportunity to do so is in 2020. Achieving the Paris Agreement’s goals will require an emissions peak as soon as possible, followed by sharp reductions in GHG emissions. Therefore, many see high ambition in 2020 as fundamental to get on track to 1.5°C and counter a worrying trend of rising emissions. The transformative climate action required needs a global commitment to raising ambition, articulated in the next generation of NDCs, to create economic drivers that shift investments away from fossil fuel use and carbon-intensive practices. In the lead-up to the UN Climate Summit, UNDP and UNFCCC released the most comprehensive review to date of global ambition. The joint report, The Heat is On, revealed:
In response, UNDP is leveraging its extensive climate portfolio and scale up urgently needed to provide support for NDC enhancement in 100 countries, working in close collaboration with UN system partners (e.g. UNEP, FAO, UNICEF), IRENA, the NDC Partnership, the Green Climate Fund, and other strategic partners. An integrated approach will be used that harnesses the wide-ranging expertise of UNDP’s Global Policy Network to strengthen climate solutions with perspectives from governance, health, water, gender equality, women’s and youth empowerment, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive growth, among others. The UNDP through its Climate Promise initiative is assisting Grenada in their efforts to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It is expected that the implementation of the NDCs will be closely linked to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender Equality the gender mandates included in the Paris Agreements, and the implementation of UNFCCC’s Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Gender Plan of Action with the integration of gender specific components in the planning and implementation process of the Climate Promise. This actions will also guarantee that Grenada’s NDC targets are fully risk-informed in support of gender responsive and inclusive resilient development pathways. The UNDP in collaboration with the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) for Grenada is seeking to recruit a consultant to conduct activities under the Climate Promise Initiative, which will support the integration of gender-responsive actions across Grenada’s NDC targets resulting in a more inclusive and ambitious climate action
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The scope of this consultancy, is to provide technical and capacity building support to the Government of Grenada in ensuring that their NDCs targets are fully risk informed and gender responsive. In this regard, the consultant will work with the Government of Grenada, UNDP and other key identified partners to support the following activities which will be executed in meeting the proposed project objectives. Activity 1: Conduct a Gender Analysis The first activity to be undertaken by the consultant, is a gender analysis to better understand where women and men are situated in climate change in the five priority sectors listed above, the barriers for women’s empowerment and participation in contributing to each sector, and the opportunities for policy articulation to strengthen the integration of gender equality into NDC planning and implementation processes. This includes a sectorial analysis, analysis of sex disaggregated data for evidence-based identification of gender differences in vulnerabilities, in resource allocation, decision making and opportunities for supporting and benefitting from climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. Consult will focus on the priorities sectors of, but limited to: electricity, transport, waste and forestry as outlined in the intended Nationally Determined Contributions of Grenada. The consultant in undertaking the following activities
Using the information and data gathered from the gender analysis the consultant will design, organize and conduct a gender-responsive climate change consultation. The design and conduct of the consultation will be done in close collaboration with the Government of Grenada and its NCCC, UNDP and other key partners identified. The aim of the consultation is identify key gender considerations, goals and priorities for Grenada’s NDC. The consultant working in close collaboration with the Government of Grenada and its NCCC, UNDP and other key partners must ensure that the consultation facilitates inclusive stakeholder participation which promotes gender equality. This involves ensuring that equal and fair access to both men and women as well as other vulnerable groups to effectively participate in the consultation process is facilitated. Gender-responsive facilitation should also ensure that diverse views are captured, and different groups have equitable influence in decisions particularly those that are among the most vulnerable and marginalized within society. In order to implement these consultations the consultant should, among other activities, conduct an:
Lastly, in the documentation of the discussions, recommendations and proposals coming out of the consultative process, it is critical that the consultant ensures that proposals brought forward are gender specific, that gender performance indicators are referenced and that sex-disaggregated data as well as other gender-responsive reporting techniques are incorporated at this phase to ensure the final report produced is comprehensive. Activity 3: Prepare & Submit a Final Report inclusive of Gender Recommendations from Grenada’s NDC review and implementation The final activity under this consultancy is the submission of a comprehensive final report by the Contractor. The final report will include a thorough analysis of the outcomes and inputs gathered under activities 1 and 2 of the assignment and propose recommendations and innovative ways that gender can be mainstreamed into the NDC. The report should include a summary of the Gaps, strengthens, challenges and opportunities to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the different sectors included in the NDC, the summary of the gender considerations for the NDC sectors, the potential gender targets and indicators that could be included in the different sectors included in the NDC, and the recommendations and propose strategies on how the Government of Grenada and its NCCC can ensure that its NDCs are fully risk-informed in support of gender responsive and inclusive resilient development pathways.
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