NOTE: Signed Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability - http://www.ba.undp.org/content/dam/bosnia_and_herzegovina/docs/Operations/Jobs/Offerors%20Letter%20to%20UNDP%20Confirming%20Interest%20and%20Availability.docx Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability.docx - to be sent to e-mail ba.shared.hr@undp.org with Subject: Job ID 91171.
As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) has undertaken important steps towards understanding and addressing climate change issues. It is increasingly recognized not only by the Government and scientific community, but also by its citizens that climate change is an issue of key strategic importance. B&H has put great emphasis on climate change as one of the most significant development challenges facing the country. The importance of adaptation was clearly reflected in its Second National Communications and Climate Change Adaptation and Low Emission Development Strategy (CCA LEDs), adopted in 2013. In 2015, B&H submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), as part of the negotiations leading to the historic Paris Agreement, which it signed in April 2016.
Authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and key domestic stakeholders realize the increasing threat posed to them and the development of the country by climate change and the need of adapting to it in order to avoid or minimize negative consequences. The government is motivated to support and implement the national adaptation planning (NAP) process as adaptation issues are becoming very important for the country’s further development.
The overall project’s objective is to support the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to advance the national adaptation planning process. Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources will be used to enable the government to integrate climate change related risks, coping strategies and opportunities into ongoing development planning and budgeting processes. The project will advance adaptation planning in B&H with a focus on most vulnerable sectors such as water management, agriculture, forestry etc., upgrading the knowledge base for adaptation, prioritizing adaptation interventions for the medium term, building institutional capacities for integrating climate change adaptation and demonstrating innovative ways of financing adaptation at the sub-national/local government level.
Purpose of this assignment is to contribute to development of Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for climate change adaptation activities. A basis for the development of a M&E framework is development of Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) for data/information exchange between sectors relevant for climate change adaptation (water management, agriculture, forestry, environment, spatial planning and hydro-energy sectors). This SOP should identify which data/information should be exchanged, which sectors will be engaged in data/information exchange and timeframe of data/information exchange. Special attention is to be paid to data/information whose exchange will be automatized.
Development of this SOP will be done in constant cooperation with the appointed working group and requires a joint and coordinated approach with team leader and technical experts.
The consultant should work in close consultation with and under the guidance and supervision of the UNDP project manager. Specifically, his\her responsibilities are but not limited to the following:
1. Assess economic aspects of implemented CC adaptation initiatives within the CC vulnerable BiH sectors: water management, environment, hydro energy, spatial planning, agriculture, forestry in order to enable the following aspects of CC adaptation monitoring and evaluation framework:
i) progress made in implementing planned initiatives that directly or indirectly affect the level of climate resilience or the capacities to develop and implement adaptation policies, plans and strategies, known as adaptive capacity,
ii) tracking financial or non-financial resources spent on adaptation initiatives.
2. Provide economic inputs necessary for development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), that define:
i) Coordination of CC adaptation actions/activities between climate vulnerable sectors such as environmental sector, agricultural sector, water management, spatial planning, hydro energy, forestry…
ii) Horizontal and vertical inter-sectoral cooperation within climate vulnerable sectors and between environmental sectors of RS and FBiH and BD. This part of SOP will define necessary cooperation for information and data exchange.
Also, this part of SOP will define vertical cooperation/information exchange with BiH level aiming to ensure data flow related to fulfillment of BiH intergovernmental obligations.
Develop SOP on data/information exchange between climate vulnerable sectors and environmental funds of RS and FBiH in order to establish operating System for Monitoring and Evaluation of activities for climate change adaptation. The standard operational procedures will include data/information exchange and implementation of adaptation activities, as well as M&E framework.
3. Work closely with international M&E expert, and other sectorial experts in establishing Conceptual Framework for M&E of adaptation activities.
4. Organize and take part in implementation of introductory workshop, as well as 2 additional workshops to discuss with stakeholders’ draft of SOPs and final SOP developed.
Deliverables/outputs:
#
Deliverables / Outputs
# of Days per Task
Due Date
Percentage
1.
Detailed work-plan developed and agreed by the working group and UNDP
4
15 May 20
20
2.
Based on the inputs from WG and UNDP, draft SOP presented at the first workshop.
8
30 July 20
40
3.
Based on the input from the first workshop, second draft of the SOP presented at the second workshop to the stakeholders identified by WG and UNDP.
5
30 Sep 20
25
4.
Provide input into M&E framework and present it at the third workshop
3
30 Oct 20
15
Corporate competencies:
Functional competencies:
Academic Qualifications/Education:
Experience:
Languages Requirements:
Longlisting/Shortlisting Criteria:
Qualifications as stated in the ToR
Criteria:
Points
Relevant Education
max 30 points (25 points allocated for BSc + 2.5 points for MSc + 2.5 points for PhD)
Relevant professional experience
max 65 points
Knowledge of English
max 5 points, knowledge of English will be evaluated based on submitted methodology.
Technical Evaluation Criteria:
Criteria:
Points
Rating based on Qualifications
20%
Knowledge of the environmental economy and related obligations
30%
Methodology (document which contains brief explanation on approach to conduct the work
40%
Proven knowledge and understanding of development issues as well as BiH institutional set up
10%
Evaluation
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:
Cumulative analysis
When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
Please scan all above mentioned documents and upload as one attachment only online through this website.
Note:
This vacancy is archived.