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National Regulatory Impact Assessment Consultant to support the establishment of the MRV and enforcement system reflecting the provisions of the Directive 2003/87/EC in the Republic of Moldova.

Vacancy Number: Pr21/02231

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	28 May 2021, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	04 Jun 2021, 16:30 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	14 Jun 2021
Reference to the project:	EU4Climate Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	June-November 2021
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button, no later than 28  May 16:30 (Moldova local time).
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 Republic of Moldova (RM) signed an Association Agreement (AA) with the European Union (EU) on 27 June 2014, which has entered into force in September 2014. The AA, has been ratified by the Parliament through the Law No. 112 as of 02.07.2014[1], see specifically Chapter 17 ‘Climate Policies’ and Annex XII of the AA RM-EU, as well as the Governmental Decision No. 1472 as of 30.12.2016 on approval of the National Action Plan on implementation of the AA RM-EU within the period 2017-2019.

Article 95 from the AA specifically refers to the cooperation between the two Parties in the area of climate change and ozone layer protection. At present, the Republic of Moldova is working to fulfill its obligations under the AA and to converge further its legislation towards the acquis communitarian in the field of environment protection and climate change.

According to the Annex XII of the AA RM-EU, the Government of the Republic of Moldova has undertaken to implement selected basic provisions of the Directive 2003/87/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC[1], namely:

• establishing a system for identifying relevant installations and for identifying greenhouse gases (Annexes I and II);
• setting up a monitoring, reporting, verification and enforcement system and a public consultations process (Articles 9, 14-17, 19 and 21).

These provisions of the Directive shall be implemented by September 2022.

Scope of work

The EU installation level MRV framework is implemented through the Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance.), further referred to as the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MMR).

The verification of emissions by independent third-party verifiers is regulated in the EU through the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, further referred to as the Accreditation and Verification Regulation (AVR). 

The implementation of the MRV and ensuring operators compliance with the installation level MRV requirements in line with the ETS Directive and its implementing MRR and AVR requires transposition of the relevant ETS provisions into the legal framework of the Republic of Moldova. The legal drafting of the relevant transposing amendments or stand-alone acts of law and/or regulatory orders has not started. Nevertheless, national legislation needs to cover, to the extent feasible, all ETS-related issues that are relevant for the proper and smooth functioning of the ETS- compatible MRV system in Moldova.

Requirements for experience

• At least 5 years of experience of proven professional experience in drafting impact assessment documents supporting legal acts and regulations, and/or normative acts analysis, and/or economic impacts assessments.
• At least 4 years of working experience in institutional consultancy, law-making and/or transposing into the national legislation the EU environmental and climate related acquis.
• Experience of work within UNDP, UNEP, WB and/or EU-funded project or other international organization would be an asset. 

Documents to be included

1. Proposal, explaining why he/she is most suitable for the work, including past experience in similar assignments, providing a brief information on above qualifications and methodology on how he/she will approach and conduct the work (if applicable). 
2. OFFEROR’S LETTER TO UNDP CONFIRMING INTEREST AND AVAILABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR (IC) ASSIGNMENT
3. CV with at least three names for a reference check.

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.