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The UNEP team will support the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in Fiji in the development of Fiji’s second Climate Finance Snapshot. The objective is to produce a climate finance snapshot that reflects the public and private climate investments and expenditures in the previous years. To this end, the support of a local consultant is required.
Under the direct supervision of the UNEP Project Manager, the Local Consultant will facilitate and coordinate the implementation of project activities in Fiji during the course of project implementation (9 months), such as coordination of project activities on the ground, stakeholder consultation data and information gathering and workshop planning and implementation. Under the direct supervision of the UNEP Project Manager, the Local consultant will facilitate and coordinate the implementation of project activities in Fiji during the course of project implementation (9 months), such as coordination of project activities on the ground, stakeholder consultations, data and information gathering and workshop planning and implementation.
The Local consultant will support the following work programme led by a UNEP team:
Output 1: Inception Report
1.1 Desktop analysis to understand the process, final result and usage of the Climate Finance Snapshot 2016-2019, including lessons learnt and process/template improvement.
Output 2: Stakeholder Engagement Plan Report
2.0 Stakeholder mapping exercise and stakeholder engagement plan produced.
2.1 Develop a workplan.
2.2 Finalise Snapshot Template.
2.3 Presentation to Climate Change Department (CCD) and Ministry Finance for validation of 1.1-2.2.
Output 3: Climate Finance Snapshot
3.1 Delivery of a multistakeholder kick off meeting to ensure responsibilities, input requirements and timelines are clear.
3.2. Gather multi-stakeholder data.
3.3. Draft Climate Finance Snapshot 2020-2024 (2020-2025, if data is available).
3.4 Conduct a validation workshop and refine the Climate Finance Snapshot accordingly.
3.5. Finalise the content of the Climate Finance Snapshot and present to CCD and Min Finance.
3.6. Produce a graphicly designed publishable version of the Climate Finance Snapshot.
3.7. Present the final product to stakeholders.
Output 4: Learnings and Recommendations Report
4.1. Hold a lessons learnt exercise with CCD and Min Finance.
4.2. Develop a lessons learnt report including recommendations (such as systems, tracking, records management, capacity and training needs of personal, process for the next snapshot etc).
Output 5: Capacity Building
5.1 Deliver a capacity building workshop for up to 20 people on a key topic identified as a capacity gap throughout this process/through the lessons learnt discussions – relating to climate finance tracking/reporting and data management.
The consultant is expected to conduct the aforementioned project activities and submit the three deliverables in a timely manner and at a level of quality satisfactory to the UNEP team. 1st deliverable – Review and technical inputs into Output 1 Inception; Production of Output 2 Stakeholder Engagement Plan Report. with relevant stakeholders (private sector, public sector, NGOs) with consideration of UNEP team’s feedback 2nd deliverable – Review and technical inputs into Output 3 Climate Finance Snapshot 3rd deliverable – Review and technical inputs into Outputs 4 and 5 including inputs into capacity building (invitee list, agenda, programme, and organisation of capacity building)