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Agriculture/ National Expert for High-Level Event on Green Development.

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00442

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	31 Jan 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	01 Feb 2014
Reference to the project:	Strengthening capacities to undertake Environmental Fiscal Reform to meet national and global environmental priorities
Expected Duration of Assignment:	February –April 2014 (up to 20 work days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 31 January 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: valentin.turcan@undp.org and alexandru.oprunenco@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: Terms of Reference Procurement notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The desire to respond to economic, social and environmental development priorities is at the heart of post-2015 development agenda. Indeed, one of the key challenges facing current political and economic systems is to ensure continued economic growth, while reducing environment footprint and fighting inequality both within and amongst the countries.

With the initialing of the Association Agreement with the EU in Vilnius in November 2013, the country has also made statement on its development choice. The people of Moldova have opted to integrate into one of the biggest and most competitive markets. In doing so, they have opened themselves to learning and improving, to changing and aiming for future economic and environmental sustainability.

The initiative that will culminate with a high-level forum under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Moldova on “Green Offer for Moldova’s Today and Tomorrow” will seek to review past experiences, will also bring into attention working policy and business models, and to learn from achievements and failures in advancing green economic development in order to offer a set of comprehensive, evidence-based and business-proof policy and regulatory recommendations to help Moldova switch to a green development through increased competitiveness, investment attractiveness and sustainable business development.

Scope of work

Under the overall direction and guidance of UNDP Moldova and the Lead Consultant for High-Level Event on Green Development, the sector expert is expected to work closely with the Lead Consultant in fulfilling the following requirements:

I.          Producing the thematic paper (main deliverable)

II.         Support for co-chairing a thematic round table

III.        Contribute to the mapping of the existing efforts on all three dimensions: business, government/communities and external assistance.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• University degree in relevant field of expertise (agriculture)

Years of experience:

• The consultant should be nationally recognized with at least 2 years’ experience in the fields of agriculture and/or development. 
• The expert must have proven knowledge of relevant policies and laws. 
• He/she shall have proven communication and organizational skills
• Familiarity with the United Nations and its programmes in sustainable development is beneficial. 
• He/she must have proven strong written and communications skills, be fluent in Romanian, Russian and English.

Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensibility and adaptability;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Ability to work independently;
• Strong ability to demonstrate high quality final products under short deadlines.
• Ability to communicate issues and facilitate resolution in a timely manner.

Documents to be included

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

 1. Financial proposal;

2. Personal CV or P11 form and at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the all-inclusive daily fee, 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.