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International Consultant to provide guidance and to support development of climate change mainstreaming recommendations for energy sector’s policies, strategies and programmes. .

Vacancy Number: Pr20/02119

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	01 Dec 2020, 16:30 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	08 Dec 2020, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	08 Dec 2020, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Starting date:	07 Dec 2020
Reference to the project:	EU4Climate Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	7 months
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button, no later than 1 December 16:30 (Moldova local time). Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: ana-maria.manole@undp.org. UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.
Supporting Documents: Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Terms of reference OFFEROR’S LETTER TO UNDP CONFIRMING INTEREST AND AVAILABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR (IC) ASSIGNMENT UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The goal of EU4Climate Project is to contribute to climate change mitigation & adaptation and the development towards a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy in line with the Paris Agreement in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. 

To realize this project goal, the following results should be achieved:  

Result 1:  Finalized or up-dated nationally determined contributions communicated to the UNFCCC; 

Result 2:  Improved inter-institutional awareness and coordination at political and technical level of the Paris Agreement and the corresponding national commitments;    

Result 3:  Established or strengthened MRV systems, with countries getting on track with Paris Agreement transparency requirements; 

Result 4:  Advanced alignment with EU climate acquis as provided by bilateral agreements with EU and in the context of Energy Community Treaty on climate matters that are not covered by the EU4Energy programme;  

Result 5:  Establishment of concrete sectoral guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in each of the Eastern Partners; 

Result 6: Increased mobilization of climate finance;  

Result 7: Enhanced adaptation planning.   

The project implementation methodology will follow the logic of the Paris Agreement framework and relevant EU climate acquis, as well as their subsequent developments. The respective climate change EU acquis and climate provisions under the Energy Community treaty will be the integral part of the project logic and implementation methodology, the EU best practices will be shared. Relevant technical guidance on various elements of climate policy development will be used through the capacity building and training activities. 

Scope of work

The overall objective of the assignment is to design and conduct a review and analysis of the national policies, legal and regulatory framework in the energy sector in order to make recommendations for the incorporation of climate change considerations into the respective sector planning processes. 

Under the guidance of the EU4Climate National Coordinator and in close cooperation with the staff of the Air and Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment, the consultancy aims to design and conduct a review and analysis of the national policies, legal and regulatory framework in the energy sector in order to make recommendations for the incorporation of climate change considerations into the respective sector planning processes, specifically to:

• review established or on-going development policies, strategies, programs and plans in the energy sector from a climate change perspective and to ascertain their alignment with local, national and international priorities to facilitate the mainstreaming of climate change;
• identify and analyze opportunities and challenges as well as priority directions for mainstreaming climate change into the energy sector’s policies, strategies, programs and plans and provide recommendations towards strengthening them from a climate change perspective.

Requirements for experience

• At least 6 years of experience in climate change and energy policies formulation;
• At least 4 years of experience in reviewing of relevant national and international policies documents in climate and energy sectors and providing recommendation for mainstreaming climate change consideration into the respective planning documents.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal, explaining why she/he is most suitable for the work, including past experience in similar assignments, providing a brief information on above qualifications and methodology on how she/he will approach and conduct the work (if applicable). 
2. Financial proposal (in USD), specifying a fee per day and total requested amount including all related costs, e.g. fees, per diems, travel costs, etc.; 
3. CV with at least three names for a reference check;
4. Offeror’s letter to UNDP confirming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor assignment.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.  In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.