Result of Service
The final results of this service is to present technical help and tailor-made country-specific recommendation to Vanuatu on INFF implementation in assist of its nationwide sustainable growth priorities. The advisor will assist Vanuatu construct its capacities on INFFs by drawing on INFF steerage materials developed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (IATF), different related analytical work produced by growth companions on the realm of financing for growth, and present country-experiences. The advisor will obtain technical backstopping on INFF from UNDESA/FSDO, as a part of the mentorship element.
Work Location
Vanuatu, Port Vila
Expected period
12 months
Duties and Responsibilities
The Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) helps governments finance and implement sustainable growth, the 2030 Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), via: assist for intergovernmental negotiations and international norm-setting; analytical work; and capability growth. For extra info please go to: https://financing.desa.un.org/about/about-financing-sustainable-development-office. Background: In the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) nations determined that “integrated national financing frameworks (INFFs) that support nationally owned sustainable development strategies will be at the heart of our efforts” to implement the 2030 Agenda, supported by an enabling worldwide financial surroundings and worldwide cooperation. In the end result of the 2018 Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, Member States adopted up on the AAAA by committing to “operationalize national financial frameworks into investable projects and pipelines.” In 2019, 16 nations dedicated to pioneering the INFF method, and by 2022 governments over 80 nations have been taking steps to develop and operationalize INFFs. INFFs present a complete framework and roadmap for nations to implement the SDGs and operationalize the AAAA on the nation degree. INFFs map the panorama for financing sustainable growth (together with all monetary and non-financial technique of implementation of the AAAA) and lay out a rustic’s financing technique to implement focused insurance policies and reforms in order to attain the SDGs. INFFs might help nationwide authorities determine, mobilize, and align financing and different technique of implementation to meet nationwide sustainable growth priorities and the SDGs. As broadly recognised in worldwide agreements, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face explicit challenges for financing sustainable growth, which undermine their sustainable growth features and their progress in direction of the SDGs. The influence of the COVID-19 disaster affected SIDS disproportionately, together with: vital financial contractions, strained well being and social safety techniques, plummeting tourism revenues, declining remittances, heightened meals insecurity, and commodity commerce disruptions. The lower in tax revenues attributable to the financial contraction, coupled with the elevated spending wants for addressing the well being, provide and climate-adaptation disaster additionally exacerbated the chance of debt misery in many SIDS (particularly in these with already excessive debt service prices). In this context, it’s crucial that SIDS develop and implement financing methods that may assist their restoration and guarantee their resilience. As they search to get well from the a number of crises and construct again higher, INFFs might help assist financing methods for SIDS to obtain nationwide sustainable growth priorities and the SDGs. Objective: The Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) of UNDESA is at the moment looking for the companies of a advisor to assist the INFF capacity-building actions to be carried out below the challenge, as embedded skilled in Vanuatu. The advisor will work on the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of Vanuatu. The advisor shall be based mostly in Vanuatu and can report to UNDESA/FSDO via the Policy Analysis and Development Branch (PADB) workers designated as his/her Supervisor. The goal of this task is to present technical help and tailor-made country-specific recommendation to Vanuatu on INFF implementation in assist of its nationwide sustainable growth priorities. The advisor will assist Vanuatu construct its capacities on INFFs by drawing on the INFF steerage materials developed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (IATF), different related analytical work produced by growth companions on the realm of financing for growth, and present country-experiences. In performing the work assignments below the challenge, the advisor will obtain technical backstopping on INFF from UNDESA/FSDO, as a part of the mentorship element. The advisor will work in coordination with the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) of Vanuatu and in shut collaboration with different UNDESA divisions (particularly with the SIDS Unit on the Division for Sustainable Development Goals – DSDG -), different related components of the UN system, together with UN Country Team, the UN Regional Commission, UNDP, in addition to worldwide monetary establishments, together with the World Bank Group, IMF, regional growth banks and different worldwide growth businesses. Work Assignments: Under the supervision of Policy Analysis and Development Branch (PADB) workers at FSDO and with the technical backstopping of FSDO, the advisor shall be chargeable for the next work assignments: 1. Provide technical recommendation to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of Vanuatu for the design, implementation, monitoring and analysis of an INFF that assist to mobilize extra sources to finance and is aligned with the nationwide growth priorities and the SDGs. In explicit, the advisor will: a. Provide technical recommendation in reference to the institutional preparations and governance mechanisms required to advance the INFF course of in Vanuatu and help with the engagement of related nationwide stakeholders. b. Provide technical recommendation and help authorities officers in an applicable INFF technique or focus space, as decided by Vanuatu. c. Engage with different related components of the UN system, together with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, the UN Country Team, the UN Regional Commission, and UNDP, in addition to with worldwide monetary establishments engaged on financing for development-related points in Vanuatu (together with the World Bank Group, IMF, regional growth banks and different worldwide growth businesses), in order to present the assist on INFF in Vanuatu in collaboration and coordination with them. d. Make substantive contributions to and lead the preparation and supply of workshops, seminars, trainings, and different capability growth occasions on INFFs and different financing for development-related subjects, geared toward growing the capability on INFFs of pertinent nationwide authorities and different nationwide stakeholders. 2. Actively contribute to the peer change actions undertaken as a part of the challenge by: a. Advising and aiding the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of Vanuatu with the preparations for collaborating in the sub-regional, regional and worldwide peer information change occasions. b. Participating and making substantive contributions to the sub-regional, regional and worldwide peer information change occasions. c. Participating in the common discussions among the many embedded specialists deployed in the goal nations below the challenge. 3. Contribute to the compendium of experiences of focused SIDS on INFF design and implementation that shall be produced as a part of the challenge, by offering inputs and detailed info on the expertise of Vanuatu advancing INFF. 4. Participate in common technical backstopping periods to be supplied by FSDO specialists as a part of the mentorship program below the challenge to talk about and probe progress made, challenges, classes, and subsequent steps concerning the INFF actions undertaken in the nation. 5. Support the required reporting, monitoring and analysis of the challenge, together with the preparation of the mid-term and closing progress reviews on the implementation of the challenge, by offering inputs on the actions carried out in Vanuatu. 6. Perform different related duties, as required. Outputs: 1. Workplan of actions to be carried out below the challenge with measurable indicators together with on capability growth targets. 2. Mid-term progress report towards workplan efficiency indicators. 3. Preliminary draft of the nation report on the implementation of INFFs in Vanuatu, which is able to function enter for the compendium of nation experiences to be developed below the challenge. 4. Final draft of the nation report on the implementation of INFFs in Vanuatu.
Qualifications/particular expertise
- Advanced college diploma in economics, growth research or different related tutorial self-discipline is desired; first college diploma in the related tutorial self-discipline plus 2 extra years of expertise possibly certified in lieu of a sophisticated diploma.
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A minimal of seven years of expertise working in financing for growth points or associated, significantly in a SIDS context (regional and/or nationwide) is required.
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- Experience in public monetary administration, strengthening nationwide planning, budgeting and monitoring and analysis processes is desired.
- Experience in participating high-level officers and facilitating dialogues with diverse stakeholders, together with vital expertise on constructing partnerships and coordination is desired.
- Demonstrated means to independently plan, arrange, prioritize and management sources, procedures, and protocols to obtain particular targets is desired.
- This is an area consultancy. The candidate ought to ideally be a nationwide of Vanuatu. International candidates might apply in the event that they maintain or can safe a legitimate work allow/visa by the point of engagement.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this put up, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other UN official language is fascinating.
Additional Information
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No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.
