International Consultant on Climate Finance

Background

Financed by Green Climate Fund (GCF) this project will support the Government of Azerbaijan to facilitate the development of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and improve climate change adaptation (CCA) actions in three priority sectors identified by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) of the Republic of Azerbaijan through stakeholder consultations: water, agriculture and coastal areas.

The NAP readiness support objective is to increase capacity on climate resilience and adaptation in those three sectors through the implementation of actions and activities that will reduce or eliminate barriers for an effective adaptation process at both the national and local levels.

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK

In the scope of the project, the UNDP Country Office in Azerbaijan will contract the services of the climate financeexpert to assist the Project to analyze and review review the existing guidelines, practices and processes in place to assess fiscal impacts of climate change as part of state and/or private investments in Azerbaijan (agriculture, water and coastal areas). The consultant will support project in cost-benefit analysis of state and/or private invesments into key priority areas (agriculture, water resources and coastal zones) from CCA perspective.

S/he will work closely with the project national consultants, under overall supervision of the National Project Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

Specifically his/her responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

· Review the existing guidelines, practices and processes in place to assess fiscal impacts of climate change as part of state and/or private investments in Azerbaijan;

· Prepare an implementation roadmap with Terms of Reference for key national climate experts to be recruited to support Activities 3.3.2 (climate change risk screening tools), 3.3.3 (guidelines to aid appraisal of adaptation options for invesments), 3.3.4 (Listing priority long-term, costed, adaptation options) and Activity 3.3.5 (Development of a financing strategy for CCA);

· Develop technical guidance for the government agencies to assess fiscal impacts of climate change on public investments on three priority areas (agriculture, water resources management and coastal zones);

· Prepare a manual to appraise adaptation options using economic and financial data to measure adaptation costs and benefists;

· Provide a cost-benefit analysis of state and/or private invesments into key priority areas (agriculture, water resources and coastal zones) from CCA perspective;

· Raise awareness among national stakeholders on climate sensitive management of public finances in Azerbaijan with a focus on priority sectors (agriculture, water resources management and coastal zones);

· Present and validate the manual to appraise adaptation options using economic and financial data through workshops and meetings;

· Integrate technical guidelines to assess fiscal impacts of climate change on public investments into capacity building and training materials designed by the Project;

· Participate in the capacity building events organized by the Project.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES AND TIMETABLE

Deliverable

Timetable

Roadmap for implementation 3.3.2 (climate change risk screening tools), 3.3.3 (guidelines to aid appraisal of adaptation options for invesments), 3.3.4 (Listing priority long-term, costed, adaptation options) and Activity 3.3.5 (Development of a financing strategy for CCA)

August 2022

Report with recommendations to improve existing guidelines to assess fiscal impacts of climate change as part of state and private investments

October 2022

Draft manual for appraising adaptation options using economic and financial data

December 2022

Final version of the Manual for appraising adaptation options using economic and financial data

February 2023

Seminar for environmental decision makers in Azerbaijan on climate sensitive management of public finances

May 2023

National workshop to validate the technical guidance to assess fiscal impacts of climate change on public investments and manual appraise adaptation options

July 2023

Location: The assignment will be through providing guidance and backtopping remotely through various electronic means (e.g. e-mail and skype). However, at least 1, maximum 2 country visits (each lasting 4 days max.) to Baku (Daily DSA rate for Baku is 157 USD according to the latest UN’s DSA circular report) are envisaged under this contract. Please see below the tentative dates of country visits:

Travel: Travel expenses will be covered separately.

Reporting:

S/he will be reporting to the National Project Manager. The consultant must ensure timely fulfillment of his/her assisting and support actions, including reporting, thus making timely and sufficient contribution to the timely preparation and submission of the project implementation and procurement plan as well. The consultant should closely collaborate with the National Project Manager in order to complete the above-mentioned deliverables with high quality. The language of the report should be discussed with the National Coordinator priorly after finalizing the contracting process and shall be submitted in English.

Competencies

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent; PhD an asset) in Economics, Public Financial Management, Environmental Science or other relevant fields;
A minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible relevant experience in Climate Finance, Climate Investment, Climate Change Adaptation measures, Sustainable development institutional issues
At least 2 years of experience working with government stakeholders in national and/or regional policy in related areas
Proven experience in development of documents on Climate Change impacts on economy/finance.
Experience with UNDP climate change related projects is an asset.
Fluency English is required
Working Experience in Azerbaijan would be considered as an asset.

Required Skills and Experience

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

Offeror’s letter to UNDP conforming interest and availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) Assignment
CV or duly filled out and signed P11 Form
Description of Approach to Work
Breakdown of Costs Supporting the Final All-Inclusive Price as per Template

If any of the above-mentioned documents is missing UNDP holds the right to reject the respective proposal altogether.

Offeror’s Letter to UNDP confirming Interest And Availability For The Individual Contractor (Ic) Assignment can be downloaded here (please follow link below, tap the HOW TO APPLY tab, scroll down to INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT APPLICATION FORMS section and press DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE): https://www.undp.org/azerbaijan/jobs

All required documents should be submitted in one combined attached.

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

Contract Payment:

Lump sum contracts

The payments will be made in accordance with the deliverables in the attached TOR. In the financial proposals, candidates should show the total amount expected for this work. The payment will be done due to the following schedule:

Advance Payment – 10% of the Total Contract Amount
1st installment - 15% of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #1;
2nd installment - 20 % of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #2;
3rd installment - 15 % of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #3;
4th installment - 20 % of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #4;
5th installment - 10 % of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #5;
6th installment - 10 % of the total amount upon completion of deliverable #6;

EVALUATION

Experts will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:

Cumulative evaluation that takes into account both financial offer and the technical expertise of the potential candidates being reviewed and compared. The Price Component will be reviewed only for those individuals whose Technical Component meets the requirements for the assignment. The total number of points which individual may obtain for both components is 100.

A two-stage procedure will be utilized in evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical component being completed prior to any price component

The technical component, which has a total possible value of 70 points, will be evaluated using the following criteria:

International will be hired if he or she meets the following requirements:DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent; PhD an asset) in Economics, Public Financial Management, Environmental Science or another relevant field- 15
A minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible relevant experience in Climate Finance, Climate Investment, Climate Change Adaptation measures - 20
At least 2 years of experience working with government stakeholders in national and/or regional policy in related areas - 15
Approach to work - 20

If the substantive presentation of a technical proposal achieves the minimum of 49 points, the competitiveness of the offered consultancy expenses will be taken into account in the following manner:

The total amount of points for the fees component is 30. The maximum number of points shall be allotted to the lowest fees proposed that is compared among those invited individuals which obtain the threshold points in the evaluation of the technical proposal. All other proposals shall receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest fees; e.g;

[30 Points] x [US$ lowest]/[US$ other] = points for other proposer’s fees

Note: Having reviewed applications received, UNDP will invite the top 3 shortlisted candidates for an interview.

MONITORING

The monitoring of fulfillment of the assignment by the consultant will be conducted by Project Manager.

ATTACHMENTS:

Project Document
UNDP General Conditions of Contracts for the services of individual contractors
Template for confirmation of interest