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The tragedy associated with the drying up of the Aral Sea led to a sharp increase in the shortage of water resources for both irrigation and household needs, land degradation and desertification, reduced income opportunities, increased poverty, insufficient food supply for the population and decrease in health indicators of the population living in the zone of ecological disaster. The Aral Sea region remains the most vulnerable and less prosperous in Uzbekistan.
The project aims to apply a systematic approach to reduce and mitigate environmental and socio-economic problems of target districts of Karakalpakstan in order to increase the resilience of the local population and promote green, inclusive development of the most affected communities in the region, as well as scaling up green approaches and solutions.
The project proposes to solve the development problem through the implementation of the following components:
Component 1: Increasing the productive capacity of the agricultural sector and ensuring the resilience of local farmers and dekhkan farms against climate change Component 2: Building the capacity of local farmers and dekhkan farms to export local products Component 3: Improving social infrastructure and ensuring rural communities' access to basic social services Duties and Responsibilities Develop a project communications strategy/plan, incorporate it with the annual work plans and update it annually in consultation with project stakeholders and coordinate its implementation; Coordinate the implementation of knowledge management outputs of the project; Facilitate the design and maintenance of the project website/webpages and ensure it is up-to-date and dynamic; Be responsible for overall coordination of project’s background materials, information packages, press releases, press-kits, media advisories, newsletters, public information and bulletins; Support the project manager and task managers in incorporating all newly developed project materials for publication, coordinate the work of layout-designers, and maintain digest of news and events about the project; Ensure translation of press releases, news, bulletins, web-page follow-up stories in three languages (English, Russian, Uzbek) and provide interpretation services when required; Photograph and take a video of each project-related event for press releases and web-page follow-up stories; In cooperation with the Project Manager and relevant task managers develop articles for national and local media and success stories on the best practices and achievements of the project for UNDP/GCF-supported global web-portals and other international media; Be responsible for common style and coordination of design and usage of information and logo in all printing materials and publications; Be responsible for the preparation and distribution of promotional materials to ensure project visibility with the main government counterparts, civil society, donors and media; Facilitate organization and planning of media coverage, preparation of media kits for project-facilitated round tables, workshops, briefings or any other information events; Assist Project Manager in conducting conferences, meetings, presentations, workshops and other project activities related to raising awareness at the local, regional and national levels; Assist in identifying and establishing partnerships with potential stakeholders, donors, etc; Contribute to resource mobilization of project activities; Facilitate learning and sharing of knowledge and experiences relevant to the project; Maintain relations with the UNDP Communication and Learning Staff and other national and international organizations, including the national and local media; Submit both monthly and quarterly reports to Project Manager on PR and Outreach activities; Ensures that project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving and benefiting both women and men in its activities (gender mainstreaming); Conveying the monitoring and evaluation outputs; contribute to project monitoring and evaluation activities and reports; Presenting the learning outputs and best practices; Perform other duties related to the scope of work of the Public Relations and Outreach Associate as required. Competencies Core CompetenciesAchieve Results:
LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
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