Background

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The United Nations Growth Programme (UNDP) is presently implementing a challenge that requires the providers of a person to carry out the work described on this doc.

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Venture Description:

Background: The Venture Identification Kind (PIF) titled ‘Shifting to Zero Waste Towards Air pollution (SWAP) Initiative was accredited by the GEF Council throughout its assembly in June 2023. A Venture Preparation Grant (PPG) was accredited to develop the challenge doc and different necessities for GEF CEO endorsement.

The proposed Shifting to Zero Waste Towards Air pollution (SWAP) Initiative goals to advertise built-in chemical substances and waste administration by supporting pilot cities in rising financial system and Least Developed International locations in the direction of zero-waste imaginative and prescient in step with inexperienced and round financial system course and waste hierarchy rules for sustainable manufacturing and consumption towards air pollution and useful resource waste. The excellent method of the Initiative shall be applied within the following 5 chosen cities: Freetown (Sierra Leone), Tianjin (China), Kocaeli (Türkiye), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Tunis (Tunisia). The Initiative foresees interventions to:

• Allow circumstances and coherent insurance policies to advertise built-in planning and programming at metropolis stage in the direction of a long-term imaginative and prescient of zero waste and nil air pollution.
• Discover particular and numerous authorized, fiscal and monetary steering devices to advertise sustainable funding and price restoration to deal with the monetary challenges for the transition to a zero-waste metropolis.
• Improve sustainable manufacturing and consumption by encouraging the personal sectors adopting BAT/BEP to get rid of dangerous chemical substances in merchandise, selling eco-design, sustainable consumption and providers, constructing ecosystem from upstream to downstream for circularity of supplies.
• Make data and information accessible for elevating consciousness to each key stakeholder in the important thing worth chains together with producers, retailers, shoppers, residents, waste employees by a whole-of-society method.
• Construct world networks and partnerships on zero waste, present coverage and technical recommendation by its clearing home, facilitate information sharing, and lift consciousness throughout nations and areas.

The task is to supply technical experience for the event of a world GEF-funded challenge Shifting to Zero Waste Towards Air pollution (SWAP) Initiative and enter within the formulation of a top quality Venture Doc accordingly, using and adhering to the suitable UNDP GEF templates and steering for GEF-8 that shall be offered by UNDP.

The Nationwide lead marketing consultant, (S)he would oversee and coordinate the PPG course of on the nationwide stage all through its total length and be accountable for the general coordination of processes and consultations wanted for challenge improvement and the preparation of the UNDP-GEF Venture Doc and the GEF CEO Endorsement Kind, in direct collaboration with the worldwide coordinator and different consultants.

Scope of the task:

Position:

The position of the nationwide lead marketing consultant consists of making certain the supply of mandatory data for challenge preparation.  The position additionally consists of coordinating the session processes with nationwide and worldwide challenge companions and stakeholders on the completely different levels of the PPG section and facilitating the circulate of data and communication between the assorted consultants concerned within the challenge’s preparation, together with communication with the worldwide coordinator.

Duties and Obligations

Preparatory Technical Research and Opinions (Part A):

• Put together inputs and help the required analyses/research, as agreed with the GEF PPG Workforce Chief, together with:
• Compile baseline/situational evaluation for the full-size challenge (FSP). This can embrace a exact definition of baseline tasks, actions, budgets, objectives and co-financial hyperlinks to GEF outcomes; definition of GEF incremental worth per final result and output; and presentation of outcomes of the incremental cost-analysis in matrices as applicable;
• Assist the applying of the screening of SES dangers, identification, categorization and dedication of evaluation and administration plans and mitigation measures, and inform the Lead worldwide marketing consultant and SES skilled, to tell challenge design;
• Oversee the stakeholder evaluation and consultations and be certain that they’re full and complete;
• In coordination with the worldwide gender skilled, make sure the preparation of the gender evaluation for the nationwide challenge and guarantee its findings are meaningfully built-in into the challenge’s technique, principle of change and outcomes framework;
• Guarantee motion factors, together with threat assessments, from the UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Process (SESP) on the idea observe stage (“pre-screening”) are totally applied in the course of the PPG, and replace that screening in an iterative vogue all through the PPG, as applicable;
• Conduct/oversee the identification of the challenge websites, with documentation of choice standards;
• Oversee the consultations with companions relating to monetary planning; and
• Assist the completion of any extra research which might be decided to be wanted for the preparation of the ProDoc and all different last outputs as guided by the PPG Workforce Chief / Worldwide consultants.

Formulation of the country-level Venture Doc, Inputs to the worldwide CEO Endorsement Doc and Growth of Necessary and Venture Particular Annexes (Part B):

Primarily based on the worldwide inputs from the worldwide marketing consultant’s group:

• Develop, current and articulate the nationwide challenge’s principle of change;
• Develop the Venture Outcomes Framework in step with UNDP-GEF coverage;
• Develop an in depth Monitoring and Analysis Plan and Finances for the nationwide challenge;
• Oversee and make sure the preparation of a Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the nationwide challenge;
• Oversee and make sure the preparation of a Gender Motion Plan and Finances for the nationwide challenge;
• In coordination with the Safeguards Worldwide Advisor, replace the SESP’s nationwide element primarily based on assessments undertaken throughout Part A, and make sure the improvement of environmental and/or social administration plan(s) for all dangers recognized as Average or Excessive within the SESP;
• Put together the nationwide inputs to the Core Indicators targets for the GEF
• Safe agreements on challenge administration preparations;
• Make sure the completion of the required co-financing letters; and
• Contribute, primarily based on nationwide stage analyses, research, and so on. which might be ready in the course of the PPG, inputs to the draft nationwide UNDP-GEF ProDoc, GEF CEO Endorsement, and all necessary and challenge particular Annexes, utilizing the required templates.

Validation Workshop (Part C):

• Assist help the planning and preparation of the nationwide validation workshop;
• Contribute to the validation workshop; and
• Assist all mandatory revisions that come up from the workshop discussions, as applicable.

Competencies

Remaining Merchandise

Anticipated Deliverable

1. 1st draft challenge doc with inputs and help offered as required.

2. Consolidation of all technical and session inputs together with from nationwide stakeholders, UNDP, GEF Secretariat, STAP and GEF Council, right into a nicely written and concise nationwide ProDoc with all required sections and Annexes, in step with the usual UNDP-GEF ProDoc template and annotated steering;

3. Remaining UNDP/GEF challenge documentation.  The CEO Endorsement bundle will embrace the next paperwork: Finalized UNDP Venture Doc Finalized GEF Request for CEO Endorsement

Institutional Association:

The Advisor shall be given entry to related data mandatory for execution of the duties below this task. The Advisor shall be accountable for offering her/his personal working station (i.e. laptop computer, web, cellphone, scanner/printer, particular software program, and so on.) and will need to have entry to a dependable web connection

The recruited lead marketing consultant will report back to the programme managers at UNDP China Workplace, and can work carefully with the Worldwide Lead Advisor and and different consultants to be recruited below the preparation challenge. To ensure that the sleek implementation of the deliverables the marketing consultant should liaise with different consultants recruited for PPG. The frequency and medium of updates/suggestions between the PPG group shall be mutually agreed upon contract signature. He/she ought to perform his/her duties in accordance with the principles and procedures of UNDP. Another process that aren’t included above however in the course of the task interval later deemed essential to make sure the standard of the deliverables may very well be proposed by the incumbent and shall be agreed collectively.

Scope of Value Proposal and Schedule of Funds

Skilled should ship a monetary proposal primarily based on Lump Sum Quantity. The whole quantity quoted shall be all-inclusive and embrace all prices parts required to carry out the deliverables recognized within the TOR, together with skilled charge, residing allowance and every other relevant value to be incurred by the IC in finishing the task. The contract value shall be fastened output-based value no matter extension of the herein specified length. Funds shall be accomplished upon passable completion of the deliverables/outputs and as per under percentages:

Installment	Deliverable	Share	Anticipated due date
First installment: 1. 1st draft challenge doc with inputs and help offered as required. 2. Consolidation of all technical and session inputs together with from nationwide stakeholders, UNDP, GEF Secretariat, STAP and GEF Council, right into a nicely written and concise nationwide ProDoc with all required sections and Annexes, in step with the usual UNDP-GEF ProDoc template and annotated steering;	Deliverable 1,2	50%	15 Feb 2024
Second installment: 3. Remaining UNDP/GEF challenge documentation.  The CEO Endorsement bundle will embrace the next paperwork: Finalized UNDP Venture Doc Finalized GEF Request for CEO Endorsement	Deliverable 3	50%	15 June 2024

The whole quantity quoted shall be all-inclusive and embrace all value parts required to carry out the deliverables recognized within the TOR, together with skilled charge and every other relevant prices to be incurred by the IC in finishing the task. The contract value shall be a set output-based value no matter extension of the herein specified length.

Length of the Work:

The length of this task is from Nov 2023 to 30 June 2024.

The working days shall be in whole of fifty days.

Journey:

The task foresees one mission for discipline go to, the journey bills related to the sphere go to shall be borne by the challenge.

Required Expertise and Expertise

Training: Grasp diploma or greater in a related discipline, resembling Surroundings associated, pure sciences or related;

Language: Wonderful oral and written communication abilities in English and Mandarin;

Expertise and abilities:

• Minimal 5 years of demonstrable expertise within the technical space of Chemical substances and Waste;
• Working expertise with UNDP-GEF PPG is fascinating understanding GEF’s strategic plan and precedence areas in GEF VIII;
• Earlier expertise with donor-funded improvement tasks in China is extremely fascinating;

Standards for Number of the Finest Supply

Evaluating affords shall be primarily based on Mixed Scoring methodology – the place the {qualifications} and methodology shall be weighted at 70% and mixed with the worth provide which shall be weighted at 30%. The award of the contract shall be made to the person marketing consultant whose provide has been evaluated and decided as a) responsive/compliant/acceptable;  and b) having acquired the best rating out of set of weighted technical standards (70%), and monetary standards (30%). Monetary rating shall be computed as a ratio of the proposal being evaluated and the bottom priced proposal acquired by UNDP for the task. Solely candidates acquiring a minimal of 0.49 factors (70% of the overall technical factors) could be thought of for the Monetary Analysis. Incomplete proposals will not be thought of.

Please Submit your utility immediately on the UNDP on-line provider portal as decribed under:

Hyperlink: http://provider.quantum.partneragencies.org, Click on-View Lively Negotiations, Search with Negotiation Quantity: UNDP-CHN-00086, then Create response.

!!!!!!Please observe that solely the applying submitted in UNDP on-line provider portal is accepted!!!!!!

Incomplete purposes shall be excluded from additional consideration.

The United Nations Growth Programme (UNDP) is presently implementing a challenge that requires the providers of a person to carry out the work described on this doc.

In consideration of your {qualifications}, we’re hereby inviting you to submit a proposal for this specific task.  

Must you have an interest and determine to submit a proposal for this task, kindly submit immediately within the on-line provider portal no later than the deadline indicated within the system.

Affords should be submitted immediately within the system following this hyperlink: http://provider.quantum.partneragencies.org  utilizing the profile you’ll have within the portal. In case you may have by no means registered earlier than, you may register a profile utilizing the registration hyperlink https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000280598021  and following the directions in guides out there in UNDP web site: https://www.undp.org/procurement/enterprise/resources-for-bidders.  Don’t create a brand new profile if you have already got one. Use the forgotten password characteristic in case you don’t bear in mind the password or the username from earlier registration. If you’re new registered for IC, the corporate title must be the title of particular person.

If any discrepancy between deadline within the system and in deadline indicated elsewhere, deadline within the system prevails.

We stay up for your beneficial response and thanks prematurely in your curiosity in working with UNDP.