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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 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:

• Outcome 1: To strengthen and operationalise the national steering mechanism for climate change adaptation (CCA);
• Outcome 2: To improve the long-term capacity for 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 TNAs are central to Parties' work with the UNFCC Convention and present an opportunity to track an evolving need for new equipment, techniques, practical knowledge, and skills necessary to reduce the vulnerability of sectors and livelihoods to the adverse impacts of climate change. In this context, UNDP Moldova is seeking to recruit national experts to support country- participatory TNA process for adaptation in water, health, transport, energy, and forestry sectors. The outcomes of the assignment will contribute to the achievement of adaptation goals of Moldova stated in its updated NDC (2020), while meeting the national targets for SDGs 13,7,9, 3,15,6.

Scope of work

The assignment's objective is to provide capacity building support to TNA team, particularly, to technical National Consultants of five sectors (energy, transport, water, health, forestry) throughout implemented activities under the TNA component of NAP2 Project, guiding the application of TNA tools and methodologies.

Summary of key functions:

The NC on TNA capacity building shall provide support to national TNA team through the trainings within organised TNA workshops, webinars, and meetings of the three main phases of the process, offer ongoing consultancy to technical NCs throughout the TNA, ensure and contribute to the quality of produced deliverables under the TNA component. Specific tasks are as follows:  

1. In collaboration with TNA component Team Leader (other participants), organise and provide capacity building trainings within organised workshops/webinars, meetings of the main phases of the TNA: 1) Technology prioritisation, 2) Barrier analysis and Enabling Framework, 3) Development of Technology Action Plan. This includes support with preparing workshop agendas, training materials and jointly with TL (other participants) to provide training for adaptation TNA team and stakeholders.
2. Undertake two reviews of each of the project deliverables (first draft and second draft) submitted by the sectoral consultants: Technology prioritisation reports for adaptation, Barrier analysis reports for adaptation, Technology action plan reports for adaptation, TNA Adaptation Country Report.
3. Provide support to TNA team in the stakeholder engagement process, particularly, during sectoral workshops on technology prioritisation, sectoral barrier analysis workshop, TAP sectoral workshop. Provide support for the TNA team during sectoral workgroup meetings and roundtables, as needed.
4. Support consultants in preparing working papers and other TNA-related documents as may be required to ease the consultative process and harness inputs from stakeholders during meetings, workshops, amongst others.
5. Provide support to TL during consultation meetings with the national TNA team.
6. Contribute to the quality improvement of final Reports on TNA, BAEF, and TAP and the final synthesis country report's compilation.
7. Provision of any other inputs, as may be required, relevant to the TNA process.
8. The consultant will be required to use the best practices, guidelines, methodologies, and technical guidance available through the UNFCC TT: Clear platform, DTU guides on TNA, and other UNFCCC approved sources.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualification:

• University degree in the assignment field: climate change, environment, energy, other related fields.

Experience:

• At least 10 years of work experience in environment or climate change mitigation and adaptation-related fields;
• Working experience in applying related to TNA methodologies at sector and country levels;
• Strong knowledge of - and experience with - climate change strategies, technologies and policies at the sector and national levels, along with being familiar with national development objectives and sector policies,
• Knowledge and applied experience in UNFCCC recognised methodologies and approaches climate change TNA assessment.

Competences:

• Excellent coordination and facilitation skills, proven analytical capabilities, and excellent writing skills.
• Advanced experience in using computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc).

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English and Romanian languages is required for this assignment.

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 other status. Please mention in 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

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

☒ Offeror's Letter confirming Interest and Availability, including financial offer, according to Annex 2;

☒ CV, including information about experience in similar assignments

☒ 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/2189/.

Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button, no later than 22^nd of March 2021, 23:59 (GMT+2:00). 

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.