Application Deadline : 16-May-14
The
overall objective of the consultant is to prepare the full Project
Document and GEF CEO Endorsement Request Form for project "Developing
and Implementing the National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing of
Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge” in China for
approval by the Global Environment Facility.
The
Biodiversity Project Development Expert will serve as team leader in
collating inputs of different team specialists and take the lead in
collaboration with key stakeholders, implementing and executing agencies
in designing the project document.
The
Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Environmental
Protection has requested GEF assistance through UNDP for the preparation
a project proposal for a full sized project: “Developing and
Implementing the National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing of
Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge”. The project
aims to develop and implement China’s national framework on access to
and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources and associated
traditional knowledge in accordance with provisions of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol (NP). The project
will remove the aforementioned barriers and enable the country to ratify
and implement the NP by promoting the establishment of the National
Regulatory and Institutional Framework on ABS, Strengthening ABS
Capacity Building and Awareness Raising, and support up to 6 such pilots
focusing on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in
Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi Provinces and/or Inner Mongolia.
The
Project Preparation Grant (PPG) has been requested to formulate the
full-sized project through appropriate situation analysis and
stakeholder consultations. The preparatory phase will include the
collection of information and gathering of data for the project design
and improve baseline context for the project; identifying implementing
partners and implementation arrangements; develop results framework that
has optimal resource allocation from GEF and other stakeholders to meet
the project objective; identifying and selecting pilots from potential
pilots; developing more investigation on risks lists in PIF. The
activities of the PPG include: baseline and capacity needs assessment
of ABS for China; conduct logical framework analysis (LFA) and define
project goal, objectives, outcomes, outputs and key activities. The
outcome of the PPG will be Project Document and Request for CEO
Endorsement.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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The Key duties and responsibilities are:
- Define operational strategies and resource needs for effective project design;
- Provide an overall orientation to the PPG team in relation to GEF requirements for project planning and monitoring;
- Provide
methodological guidance for data collection related to project planning
and monitoring with particular attention given to the description and
quantification of the baseline information;
- Conduct feasibility analysis of different options for the implementation of project activities and project governance;
- Ensure
action points from the UNDP environmental and social screening process
(ESSP) for the PIF stage are fully implemented during the PPG;
- Conduct the full UNDP ESSP and compile a summary report indicating results of the PPG investigation and future actions;
- Define
and validate the project outcomes, outputs, and activities based on a
logical framework analysis and the results of the PPG studies undertaken
by the team of experts;
- Assess existing monitoring and
evaluation systems of the government institution for biodiversity and
provide guidance and orientation to define indicators and quantify
targets to track project progress and effectiveness;
- Develop the results framework of the project with SMART indicators, baseline and targets, including biodiversity indicators;
- Compile
the final baseline/situational analysis for the project based on the
inputs from local experts and in close cooperation with the key national
stakeholders. This will include a precise definition of baseline
projects, activities, budgets, goals, and co-financing links to GEF
outcomes; definition of GEF incremental value per outcome and output
including full description of pilots; and development of incremental
cost matrices, describing and evaluating (costing) any alternative means
of achieving the goals of the project;
- Define overall Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Project;
- Drafting ToRs for the key consultants/contracts to be employed by the project;
- Define recommended project monitoring and evaluation indicators;
- Perform final reviews of the required project documentation;
- Compile response to GEF Secretariat’s review comments and make necessary revisions to the documents.
The
key deliverable of the Biodiversity Project Development Expert will be a
final comprehensive project document in UNDP format and the GEF CEO
Approval Request Document, which need to be technically cleared by the
Government and UNDP Principal Technical Adviser for Biodiversity and
Ecosystem.
Preparation of this key deliverable
will include quality control and final formulation of the following
indicative sections of a UNDP/GEF compliant project document:
- Situation
Analysis (including proposal sections on context, threats/root
causes/barriers analysis, institutional/sectoral/policy context,
stakeholder analysis, business-as-usual-analysis, gender issue analysis,
indigenous groups, business-with-GEF-analysis);
- Project
Strategy (including proposal sections on project rationale and policy
conformity, project goal, objective, outcomes, outputs and activities
including full descriptions of pilots, project indicators, risks and
assumptions, country ownership, sustainability and replicability);
- Institutional and Management Arrangements;
- Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Budget;
- Incremental Cost Analysis (including systems boundary, Summary of costs, additional cost matrix);
- Strategic Results Framework (formerly Logical Framework Analysis);
- Total Budget and First Annual Work plan;
- Project Organogram;
- Project timetable;
- Terms of Reference for Project staff and main consultants and sub-contracts;
- Stakeholder involvement Plan with a focus on local community/indigenous groups within the pilot sites/protected areas;
- Letters of Endorsement and co-financing;
- Annexes and additional information annexes including UNDP Environmental and Social Screening.
These sections are indicative as templates may be subject to change. The Biodiversity Project Development Expert
will be required to obtain guidance from the UNDP/GEF Regional
Technical Advisor and UNDP CO on applicable formats and templates and
ensure that his/her work is compliant with UNDP/GEF and UNDP CO
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