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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Title of Task | Particular person Consultancy to assist the event and assessment of the Local weather Facility for Kids (CF4C) Idea Observe and to steer on Mission Preparation for the CF4C for the UNICEF Jap and Southern Africa Area (ESAR). | |
Part | ESARO WASH & Local weather Vitality and Surroundings | |
Location | Jap and Southern Africa area | |
Length | 80 days over 6 months | |
Begin/Finish date | From:8-Jan-24 | To: 30-Jun-24 |
Background and Justification
The East and Southern Africa Area (ESAR) is arguably one of the susceptible areas on the planet to the impacts of local weather change. The area has suffered a 7-fold improve in critical environmental issues exacerbated by local weather change since 1980. These are documented within the UNICEF (2021) report The Climate Crisis: Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Vulnerabilities of Children in Sub Saharan Africa. Difficult weather conditions within the East and Southern Africa Area have compounded environmental degradation and contributed to the elevated displacement and migration with 86 million inside local weather migrants recorded within the ESAR, additional decreasing entry to primary social companies, rising gender inequality, and deteriorating livelihoods and meals safety. Local weather developments point out sustained will increase in scale and frequency of utmost occasions, which make early warning troublesome and require enhanced adaptability. Local weather change instantly impacts water sources and water companies for all financial, social and environmental capabilities that water helps. The local weather change impacts subsequently attain into many sectors of pursuits comparable to well being, schooling, meals safety, safety amongst others.
Recognizing the financing requirement for local weather resilient social infrastructure and companies UNICEF ESARO and the Growth Financial institution of Southern Africa (DBSA) (N/B DBSA is a Regional Monetary Establishment, and an Accredited Entity of the Inexperienced Local weather Fund) are working collectively to ascertain a local weather resilient financing facility for social infrastructure and companies for which an idea notice has been submitted to the Inexperienced Local weather Fund for consideration. The power has termed, Local weather Facility For Kids (CF4C), and it seeks to addresses the local weather vulnerabilities and the financing want for local weather resilient (CR) social infrastructures in addition to sustainable and equitable, low emission (LE) provision of primary social companies, particularly in local weather info companies, droughts, schooling, vitality, floods, well being, diet, city and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to susceptible teams of the inhabitants, together with youngsters, women, youth, ladies, disabled individuals, and their related communities.
The CF4C will initially concentrate on ten nations: Angola; Comoros; Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe. The nations chosen are throughout the precedence areas of the Inexperienced Local weather Fund (GCF): (i) African States; (ii) All however one nation (Zimbabwe) are Least Developed International locations (LDCs), with Mozambique and Comoros categorized underneath Fragile and Battle-affected Conditions (FCS); and (iii) One nation, Comoros is a Small Island Creating State (SIDS). The CF4C idea notice has been submitted to the GCF for consideration and is now public listed on GCF’s web site, https://www.greenclimate.fund/document/climate-facility-children-cf4c, as a part of the assessment course of previous to consideration of approval.
Clarify why a consultancy is required and handle this query.
Technical Assist is required for timeous program assessment and inputs to GCF feedback, thus requirement for a candidate who’s conversant in, and has in depth expertise in GCF course of, and has prior expertise in growth GCF proposals.
Scope of Work
Objective and Goal: DBSA and UNICEF ESARO are intending to acquire the companies of a marketing consultant to assist the design and mission preparation for the Local weather Facility for Kids (hereafter known as the “CF4C) to handle local weather change challenges vis-à-vis sustainable provision and entry to social infrastructure and companies together with constructing of market case for private-sector funding in sustainable social companies.
The CF4C will use blended finance to unlock public and personal finance for sustainable and local weather resilient social infrastructure and companies in ESAR.
The aims of the project are to:
Present particulars/reference to AWP areas coated: Clarify briefly how this project hyperlinks to the AWP/IR quantity.
This proposal will assist all sides Objective Space ‘Secure and Clear Surroundings’ notably the outputs associated to water, local weather resilience and environmental sustainability ’UNICEF ESARO goals to strengthen the enabling setting for local weather resilient social infrastructure and companies, and to entry local weather funds by growth of a pipeline of initiatives for various nations within the area, and therefore scale back the transaction prices and allow engagement with the personal sector. This work subsequently falls underneath the area’s flagship space of local weather resilience and is carried out underneath the Local weather and Surroundings Pillar.
Actions and Duties:
Work relationships:
The Advisor can be supervised by the Regional Advisor (WASH & CEE) with the steering and oversight of the Deputy Regional Director – Applications.
Outputs/ Deliverables
Deliverables | Length (Estimated # of days or months) | Timeline/Deadline | Schedule of fee |
Inception Report (together with detailed time schedule, milestones, working methodology /strategy to realize the duties) | 5 days | 15th January, 2024 | 10% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 1 Growth of CN Suggestions Matrix: contemplating suggestions from GCF, inputs from UNICEF, & DBSA | 20 days | 9th February,2024 | 20% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 2: Validation Presentation of the revised CF4C Idea Observe to stakeholders which incorporates, DBSA, UNICEF (Regional Workplace, HQ, & COs) | 5 days | 28th February, 2024 | 10% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 3: Incorporate suggestions to the revised CF4C CN, and finalise, for submission to GCF by DBSA – deliverable accepted CN N/B this may even embrace incorporation of further suggestions/ feedback from GCF arising from the preliminary submission of response matrix /revised CN. | 10 days | 15th March,2024 | 10% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 4: Put together in GCF format submission for PPF funding, which is to be submitted to GCF by DBSA, and consists of preparation of an in depth CN for co-financing from donors (TBA) | 15 days | 31st March, 2024 | 20% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 5: Present a Detailed Response and revised submission to GCF Feedback, to PPF Software | 10 days | 30th April, 2024 | 15% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Job 6: Put together in alignment with GCF Necessities detailed ToRs for the next, (a) Prefeasibility CF4C Mission Pipeline, (b) CF4C Vulnerability Evaluation, (c) CF4C Funding Proposal Growth | 15 days | 20th Could, 2024 | 15% fee upon receipt of ultimate deliverable |
Cost Schedule
As per output and deliverable desk above.
All deliverables must meet anticipated high quality and requirements as assessed by the supervisor of the project. Ought to the marketing consultant fail to ship as per anticipated high quality and requirements, UNICEF reserves the correct to amend the payouts accordingly, or to delay them till passable submission has been acquired.
Desired Competencies, technical background and expertise
Administrative Points
The contract can be issued by UNICEF Jap and Southern Africa regional Workplace (ESARO). The Focal Particular person for all communications is the Regional Advisor (WASH & CEE). The person contractor will liaise with UNICEF for any issues concerning the contract administration.
The project can be distant primarily based, nonetheless availability throughout the working hours of UNICEF East and Southern African Regional Workplace in Nairobi (0800 – 1700 EAT) is required.
The person contractor will search inputs from Regional Advisor (WASH & CEE) and often liaises with the for all vital issues associated to the project all through the interval of its implementation, with the steering and oversight of the Regional Advisor – WASH & CEE.
Circumstances
Dangers
No dangers are foreseen for this project as will probably be largely desktop evaluation and distant working.
The right way to Apply
and certified candidates ought to apply on-line utilizing the button beneath. As a part of their utility, candidates ought to present:
1. A canopy letter that specifies the way you meet the specified competencies, technical background and expertise (not more than 2 pages)
2. A brief CV (not more than 4 pages)
3. A monetary proposal that ought to embrace the every day charge and whole charges in USD for the project. Functions with no monetary proposal won’t be thought-about.
4. 3 Referees.
Marketed: E. Africa Commonplace Time
Deadline: E. Africa Commonplace Time
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