International Consultant for developing Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment guiding materials (NAP-2).Vacancy Number: Pr21/02308
Contacts: Mr. Pavel Gavrilita. pavel.gavrilita@undp.orgBackground
Climate change is already profoundly impacting the conditions for resource availability and agricultural activities. Over the last decade, the country has experienced a number of extreme events, such as droughts and major floods, along with the incremental effects caused by increased mean temperature, and the uneven distribution of precipitation through the year, which have had negative consequences on the country’s economy, and its population wellbeing and health. Severe droughts are recurring more frequently causing significant economic losses. The increasing scope and intensity of extreme events has also resulted in increased frequencies of high-risk situations. By 2050, an increase of 2–3ºC in the average temperature, an additional 32 days that exceed the current maximum temperature by 10%, and an additional 12 days with zero precipitation are projected. The Government sees the National Adaptation Planning (NAP) process as key to achieving the adaptation objectives outlined in its 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova, and its 2020 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), as well as the continued mainstreaming of climate change considerations into its policies and budgeting processes. The proposed project supports the Government of the Republic of Moldova in advancing the second cycle of its National Adaptation Planning process (known as NAP-2). The outcomes of the NAP-2 national adaptation planning processes, are:
Climate change impact and vulnerability (CCIV) assessments are a key element of the national adaptation policy cycle, as they provide crucial information for the development, implementation and revision of adaptation policies and measures, including national adaptation strategies (NASs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). In the Republic of Moldova, the CCIV assessments at sector, sub-sector and local levels were part of adaptation-related projects implemented by the development partners, including Moldova’s Third and Fourth National Communications to UNFCCC and conducted at the expert level. They varied depending on the objectives and scopes of the project, applied methodology and the use of the outputs of these assessments. The governmental agencies, particularly ministries, were involved in the consultation process of the outcomes of these assessments, expressing their opinions mostly based on their daily experience. However, ministerial staff, including that of key adaptation priority sectors (health, forestry, water, energy, transport) had little implication in the CCIV assessment itself and, therefore, rarely expressing their opinion regarding the appropriateness and usefulness of applied approaches and methodologies and their coherence with adaptation and development planning. This situation led to institutional capacity gaps regarding the understanding of various levels of vulnerabilities, particularly their in-depth complexity, and the use of this information for adaptation planning, including the development of responsive strategic documents and the identification of concrete adaptation measures responsive to these vulnerabilities. These gaps have been identified in several climate-related surveys of institutional capacity assessments of line ministries of Moldova, including those of NAP1 and NAP2. To overcome this institutional capacity issue, the NAP2 Project provides opportunities to technical staff of government (and non-government) agencies, decision makers to enhance the ability of understanding climate impact, risks and vulnerabilities from sectoral perspectives and identify adaptation response at sector level to increase climate resilience of sectoral development outcomes. The sectoral approach can significantly support a national level or cross-cutting sectoral CCIV assessments to identify overall/systemic climate-related vulnerabilities and risks with the perspective to reduce the vulnerability of people, places, and livelihoods to climate variability and change. At the same time, considering the urgency of strengthening climate action at the ground level, it is important that local level administration, NGOs, experts be able to apply methodological approaches relevant to this level and correctly identify climate risks and vulnerabilities (including their various underneath aspects) for local climate change adaptation planning and implementation. Therefore, within the proposed assignment, these needs will be addressed by developing a framework of CCIV assessment at the local level as part of the guidelines/manual. In this context, the Project will contract an International Consultant with experience in CCIV assessments to undertake the assignment with the below-described objectives, tasks and deliverables. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Scope of work
The consultant has the overall responsibility to identify the most suitable for the Republic of Moldova key sectors methodological approach/framework for CCIV assessment, develop guiding materials for sectoral planners of line ministries and provide comprehensive training to governmental staff to ensure that CCIV is appropriately supported on the technical and administrative sides, and also, for non-governmental agencies and practitioners with potential to be involved in CCIV assessments. The IC is responsible for exploring the readiness of organizations (companies, firms) and economy sectors to work under the ISOs framework on climate impact assessment and conclude on this status by providing relevant recommendations. With the national team's support, the IC shall engage with relevant stakeholders throughout the assignment, consult the versions of produced deliverables, address stakeholders’ concerns, and incorporate their recommendations. Specific tasks. The IC will have the responsibility to implement the following tasks:
The IC, supported by the NCs, shall produce
The guidelines shall also include a dedicated chapter on the framework for risk assessment and mapping at the local level (district or community), which will enable LPAs, local level NGOs, local experts with limited data sources to understand and assess localized climate risks and integrating effective, context-appropriate responses to improve resilience, including local-level adaptation measures. The emphasis of this chapter is to be on the participatory appraisal tools for empowering local people so that they can play an active role in analyzing their living conditions and problems related to climate change and come up with resilience and adaptation solutions using their local knowledge. The content of this chapter is to be consulted with relevant, local level stakeholders and seek their opinion and recommendations and incorporate them into the final version of the guidelines/manual. The major aspects of conducting a vulnerability assessment are to be structured into training modules providing step-by-step instructions. Based on them, develop the on-site training programme focused on climate impacts and vulnerability assessment methodologies and approaches and socio-economic assessment and valuation methodologies. The training programme will also include group exercises that the training participants will need to carry out with case specific CCIV assessment approaches to ensure adequate risk management measures. The training shall be provided to sectoral technical planners tasked with the overall environment and climate change coordination, researchers, local experts, and NGOs and other relevant stakeholders of 5 priority sectors who require a more profound understanding of the concepts behind vulnerability analyses. The guidelines should be the basis for establishing a standardized approach to CCIV assessment, addressing the needs of key sectors of Moldova; health, forestry, water, energy, transport. The guidelines need to be structured around existing policy areas and should engage various relevant stakeholders to have policy relevance. If this is the case, identify policy and regulatory gaps for establishing a unified standardized approach of CCIV assessment at the sector level. The IC shall consider and incorporate the results of the training programme from 5 key sectors. The IC shall support sectors in formulating the standards according to the most appropriate modality of approval (ministerial order, Government Decision, other). The IC shall explore the opportunity to apply CCIV assessment at the organizational level and the readiness of the sector’s companies/ organizations to adopt and work under the EU climate change ISOs framework, along with the possibility of approximation of national legislation for adoption of ISO 14090; 14091; 14092; 14097, other relevant standards to climate impact and vulnerability assessments. Conclude on the situation and provided appropriate recommendations. The IC shall consult and test the proposed technical /procedural standards in at least 5 training workshops (one per sector) for technical planners, researchers, and specialists in 5 priority sectors. The IC shall provide support to sectors in formulating the standards according to the most appropriate modality of approval (ministerial order, Government Decision, other). With the national team's support, the IC shall engage and participate in virtual (if required, physical) meetings to provide feedback and discuss produced versions of deliverables with relevant stakeholders. Address stakeholders concerns and incorporate recommendations. The International Consultant will also be responsible for providing the national team with the process-related and methodological guidance throughout the implemented activities.
For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
Academic Qualification:
Experience:
Competencies:
Language requirements:
Documents to be included
Applicants shall submit the following required documents:
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Financial proposal
Lump sum contracts The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fees, taxes, travel costs, accommodation costs, communication, and number of anticipated working days) (see Annex 2 of the Offeror’s Letter Confirming Interest and availability attached to this Procurement Notice). 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
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