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Background

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 cumulative effects caused by increased mean temperature and the uneven distribution of precipitation throughout 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 have 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:

• Outcome 1: To strengthen and operationalize the national steering mechanism for climate change adaptation (CCA);
• Outcome 2: To improve the long-term capacity on planning and implementation of adaptation actions through CCA technologies;
• Outcome 3: To improve the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation through the increased alignment of national development priorities in the priority sectors (forestry, health, energy, and transport).

The third project outcome foresee the development of the systems and capacities to monitor the NAP implementation progress. Data availability on the climate change adaptation perspective and its quality significantly impacts the decision-making process. In the NAP-1 project, an initial set of indicators has been proposed to be monitored for the adaptation planning process. The NAP-2 project is committed to developing and implementing the gender-sensitive and transparent M&E Framework, the extension of its scope, and the inclusion of other economic sectors and sub-national levels. M&E systems should provide geo-referenced information, link the indicators to geographical climate risk factors. The baseline data for all identified indicators shall be established, and this historical baseline in the future will measure progress on adaptation. Guidelines will be developed, and training conducted for the relevant governmental agencies. 

Scope of work

The assignment's main objective is to provide a framework and a roadmap for the development of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for the climate change adaptation process in the Republic of Moldova. The M&E Framework should be designed for governmental stakeholders to monitor the NAP implementation progress and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic and sectoral outcomes.

Specific tasks:

Under supervision of the Project Manager, the Team leader for Outcome 3 and guidance of the International Consultant (IC) the National consultant (NC) will liaise with the national stakeholders, collect data, conduct interviews, develop a guideline for the national stakeholders containing the key indicators and perform training for relevant governmental stakeholders on applying the indicators and others. The M&E system should be based on the European countries' best practices and incorporate the existing monitoring mechanisms on the national level, the findings, and the lessons learned from the NAP-1 M&E process. The M&E framework should contain a clear set of indicators measuring impact, outcomes, and outputs that will allow governmental stakeholders to track the progress, including the sectoral targets, evaluate the effectiveness and plan further interventions in the NAP process. Specific tasks are listed below:

1. Support the IC in reviewing current and desired M&E needs on various administrative levels (national/sub-national), at national and sector levels, to include, but not limited to: the analysis of legal, policy and regulatory frameworks, existing data, possibility to generate additional data, and roles and responsibilities of involved organizations;
2. Support the IC with recommendation on integration the progress reported by the country towards SGDs, Sendai Framework for Action, and commitments on adaptation stipulated in the Nationally Determined Contribution into NAP M&E;
3. Support the IC to formulated CCA M&E Framework and develop the Roadmap for its implementation that should include but not be limited to:
   • Relevant indicators to measure impact, outcome, output/activity etc;
   • Relevant institutions/organizations that could provide relevant data;
   • Data management model, including quality control, division of roles and responsibilities for each phase (e.g., collection, analysis, dissemination, communication);
   • Set of relevant indicators and a detailed description for each of them;
   • Governance mechanism for the data management;
   • Roadmap implementation phases, including the division of responsibilities, timeline, and allocation of resource;
   • The hosting institution(s) and mechanism for cooperation for the M&E data management;
   • Capacity building measures for the key responsible institutions in M&E data management.
4. Organize the consultation process for presenting the draft M&E Framework and its implementation Roadmap for the relevant stakeholders (via online meetings), collect feedback from stakeholders, and summarize main findings for the IC;
5. Based on the M&E Framework and its implementation Roadmap developed by the IC, develop a concise guide for national stakeholders on applying M&E indicators;
6. Train the relevant stakeholders on the sector level on application of Guideline for M&E indicators;
7. Support the project team in communication and information sharing on the M&E framework.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualification:

• University degree in natural / engineering /technical sciences

Experience:

• At least 5 years of professional experience in environment and/or climate change;
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation and/or data management;
• Good knowledge and understating of reporting requirements towards UNFCCC and/or other conventions and agencies;
• Familiarity with national adaption planning processes.

Competences:

• Good coordination and facilitation skills;
• Strong research, analysis, and writing skills

Language requirements:

• Fluency in Romanian and English is required for this assignment; knowledge of Russian is an asset.

Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations, in particular, respecting differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or another status. Please mention in your CV if you belong to the group(s) under-represented in the UN Moldova and/or the area of assignment.

UNDP Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

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). 

Documents to be included

Applicants shall submit the following documents:

1. Offeror's Letter confirming Interest and Availability, including financial offer, according to Annex 2;
2. CV, including information about experience in similar assignments;
3. Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

For detailed information, please refer to Terms of Reference and Procurement Notice by following the link: https://sc.undp.md/jobdetails/2173/

Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button, no later than 18 March 2021.

Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: pavel.gavrilita@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.