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I. Output 1. NDC implementation plan for the power, forests,  water, and agriculture sectors:  Bolivia, by the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth (APMT by its initials in Spanish), is prioritizing efforts to attain the 32 NDC targets in 4 sectors: power, water, forests, and agriculture. This NDC implementation plan is the strategic and operational instrument permitting authorities establishments to combine local weather commitments and targets with prioritized actions in every sector and facilitate their success. Additionally, the Plan will permit the identification and evaluation of economic, technical, and regulatory gaps in actions established in the NDC, and will consider any related updates all through the NDC 3.0 course of. It will set up an in depth vital path for implementing local weather actions and measure and monitor progress in attaining the NDC goal. Product No.1

• One technical evaluation of the present laws, governance buildings (incl. stakeholder mapping), associated plans and applications, out there monetary devices, in addition to the progress in the implementation of the NDC targets, particularly for the agricultural sector in Bolivia and the roadmap associated to attaining Bolivia’s agricultural sector NDC targets, whereas making certain alignment with the NDC 3.0 replace course of. (Activity 1.1 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). The evaluation ought to embrace:
• Review of Existing Regulations: Identify and consider the insurance policies, legal guidelines, and laws impacting the agricultural sector, and analyze their alignment with the NDC targets. Integrate up to date knowledge and methodologies from the NDC 3.0 course of the place out there
• Assessment of Governance Structures: Conduct an in depth mapping of stakeholders, together with authorities establishments which are part of the Inter-Institutional Working Group for the Agricultural Sector (MDRYT, MMAYA, MPD, APMT, MRE), to know their position in the implementation of the NDC and their alignment with new roles or priorities recognized beneath NDC 3.0.
• Analysis of Plans and Programs: Review nationwide (PDES) and sectoral (PSDEI) plans, together with present monetary devices, to evaluate their present and potential contribution to attaining the NDC targets in the agricultural sector. Incorporate findings from the NDC 3.0 replace course of concerning gaps, alternatives, and subnational disaggregation of indicators.
• Progress in Implementing the Targets: Complement the evaluation of the standing of the agricultural targets (from 2020 till 2023) by figuring out people who haven’t been decided (Targets 28 to 32) and suggest options for extra knowledge assortment and crucial methodological changes. Including any up to date baseline knowledge or indicators proposed in the NDC 3.0. Propose options for extra knowledge assortment and crucial methodological changes to make sure alignment with the NDC 3.0 targets.
• Stakeholder Consultation and Document Review: Carry out consultations with key stakeholders and conduct an intensive doc overview, together with authorities paperwork and gray literature, to help the evaluation, making certain consistency with inputs and findings from the NDC 3.0 course of. Product No.2
• One evaluation of the most important institutional, technical, technological, and financing gaps, boundaries, wants, and priorities that will restrain the achievement of the agricultural sector NDC targets or hinder their efficient implementation, together with limitations in present roles, features, and infrastructure, amongst others. This evaluation shall be based mostly on stakeholder consultations with each non-public and public actors and a desktop overview of both authorities paperwork or peer-reviewed literature from academia or the improvement cooperation sector. Additionally, the evaluation ought to determine alternatives to collaborate with girls, youth, and indigenous peoples, and analyze how these teams can contribute to attaining the NDC agricultural targets. The evaluation shall be told by the agricultural roadmap elaborated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusamme- narbeit (GIZ). (exercise 1.4 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Product No.3
• A workshop report of a stakeholder validation course of for 100 individuals from the agricultural sector, following the participatory methodology developed by the Senior Project Manager to overview and validate the boundaries, gaps, and wishes evaluation carried out in the framework of product 2. The technical report shall compile the suggestions and feedback obtained throughout the workshop to make use of as enter for elaborating the agricultural sector NDC implementation plan. (Activity 1.6 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Product No. 4
• One remaining model of the gaps, boundaries, wants, and priorities evaluation that integrates the suggestions and knowledge collected throughout the validation workshop equivalent to Product 3. The remaining model of the evaluation have to be accepted by the APMT. (Activity 1.6 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Product No.5
• One technical doc that features a description of the strains of motion required for implementing the present agricultural sector NDC targets. The strains of motion must be framed in particular and measurable long-term targets in line with up to date NDC 3.0 commitments and brief and medium-term goals which are achievable and that function milestones towards long-term targets. Additionally, every line of motion shall embrace an outline of the enabling situations essential to implement them, equivalent to concrete motion plans, together with particular actions, schedules, implementing companions, together with main authorities establishments and different related stakeholders, and crucial assets (institutional, monetary, technological, technical and operational). The identification and outline of the strains of motion shall be based mostly on the GIZ agricultural sector roadmap anticipated to be delivered to the APMT in Q3-2024 and the remaining model of the boundaries, gaps, and wishes evaluation. (Activity 1.7 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Ensure the technical doc displays any up to date indicators, baseline knowledge, and priorities recognized by the NDC 3.0 course of. This consists of disaggregated knowledge at the subnational degree the place relevant. Product No.6
• One financing technique for implementing the agricultural sector NDC targets. The financing technique ought to embrace a number of key parts to make sure complete planning, efficient useful resource mobilization, and profitable implementation, together with; i) an evaluation of financing wants (value and hole evaluation), ii) an identification of potential sources of financing from the public, non-public, worldwide sector, and potential modern monetary devices (inexperienced bonds, local weather bonds, blended finance amongst others), iii) a definition of the coverage and institutional preparations wanted, iv) identification of methods for useful resource mobilization (home income era, leveraging non-public sector funding, accessing worldwide funding), v) a complete implementation plan vi) develop a proposal for aligning the financing of the targets with the Plurinational Mother Earth Fund (FPMT) and vii) a Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) mechanism. Other that is likely to be thought-about embrace a capacity-building technique to boost the capability of stakeholders in managing and implementing local weather finance and technical help for challenge preparation, monetary administration, and reporting, a  risk management technique to determine and analyze monetary, technical, and operational dangers and develop methods to mitigate recognized dangers, together with insurance coverage mechanisms and contingency planning and a  communication and outreach technique to lift consciousness about the financing technique and its significance for NDC implementation and create platforms for steady dialogue and suggestions amongst stakeholders. The financing technique shall be based mostly on the agricultural sector roadmap beneath preparation by GIZ. (Activity 1.8 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Product No.7
• One agricultural sector NDC implementation plan that features the actions and sub-activities wanted, the establishments accountable, the degree of precedence, the listing of stakeholders that must be concerned, the envisioned implementation plan for all actions, and the assets required to attain them (institutional, technical, technological, and monetary). The NDC implementation plan shall be based mostly on the findings from merchandise 1 to six and shall be elaborated by a gender-based method. (Activity 1.9 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). Specific duties and duties: 1. At the begin of the contract, elaborate a piece plan that particulars the anticipated chronogram to ship all merchandise. 2. Elaborate a database of all paperwork reviewed and a report of all conferences and interviews carried out. 3. Comply with all merchandise in a well timed and coordinated method. 4. Ensure that every one challenge deliverables think about the progress of the NDC Update (NDC 3.0) together with the integration of up to date baseline knowledge, indicators, and methodologies as they develop into out there. 5. Ensure that by the supply of the merchandise, the challenge meets its goals and achieves its anticipated outcomes. 6. Provide technical inputs to the AMPT throughout the elaboration of the merchandise and combine all suggestions obtained earlier than submitting a remaining model. 7. Support the Senior Project Manager in growing a strategy to elaborate and validate the NDC implementation plan from the agricultural sector perspective. The methodology shall be based mostly on the understanding of present nationwide and sectorial local weather change targets, the nationwide local weather change insurance policies, and governance buildings and shall embrace the improvement of workshops and occasions to facilitate the participation of various stakeholders concerned in implementing the NDC (Activity 1.2 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). 8. Support the Senior Project Manager in organizing and facilitating one preliminary technical validation workshop for the methodology developed in Activity 1.2 with the related institutional and sectoral stakeholders, as wanted (Activity 1.3 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). 9. Support the integration of findings and methodologies from the NDC 3.0 replace course of into the agricultural sector NDC implementation plan, making certain consistency between up to date targets, baseline knowledge, and implementation actions. 10. Collaborate with the NDC 3.0 replace crew to determine alternatives for disaggregating agricultural sector indicators at the subnational degree and guarantee their alignment with nationwide priorities and the monitoring framework. 11. Support to the Direction of the adaptation mechanism of the APMT in the reactivation of the Agricultural Sector Working Group by coordinating and facilitating conferences with related establishments and stakeholders. 12. Support the Senior Project Manager in conducting one workshop to coach key stakeholders on present laws for the APMT and the operationalization of Article 57 of Law 300 concerning the Plurinational Mother Earth Fund (FPMT by its initials in Spanish) to create enabling situations for territorial funding and useful resource mobilization (Activity 1.5 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). 13. Support the Senior Project Manager in conducting and facilitating one validation workshop for 100 individuals on the NDC implementation plan elaborated (Activity 1.10 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). 14. Contribute to figuring out synergies between the  water sector NDC implementation plan and new NDC 3.0 targets, significantly in figuring out financing pathways and technical options. 15. Support the Senior Project Manager in integrating the remaining model of the NDC implementation plan in the Partnership’s Online Plan software to watch and observe NDC progress and the Partnership Plan Narrative (Activity 1.11 of the PAF challenge scope of labor). 16. Attend the inception workshop and all different digital and in-person conferences associated to challenge execution. 17. Attend coordination conferences with the APTM and UNEP to offer insights associated to the execution of the challenge from the agricultural sector perspective. This consists of supporting the Senior Project Manager in making ready briefs and summarizing boundaries recognized, classes realized, and finest practices related to challenge execution. 18. Support the Senior Manager in elaborating narrative progress experiences to function inputs for elaborating progress experiences required by the NDC Partnership and UNEP. 19. Ensure coordination with the completely different stakeholders related to the challenge to make sure high-level coordination in making ready all merchandise. 20. Attend conferences at the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth of  Bolivia with sectoral entities or different stakeholders recognized, as required by the Work Plan. 21. Support another exercise required by the APTM and UNEP associated to the goal and scope of the PAF challenge.

Work Location

Home Based

Expected length

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Throughout UNEP’s work, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change marks a turning level to an rising local weather regime that brings all the states and actors collectively to a brand new world platform to handle the rising dangers to our planet. According to IPCC experiences, warming in the local weather system is unequivocal, as is human affect. At a world degree, Bolivia is amongst the international locations most affected by the impacts of local weather change all through its territory and in its cultural, social, productive, power, and industrial construction. The local weather disaster poses excessive dangers for human, financial, social, productive, and pure programs, and the unfavorable ecological, financial, and social impacts are anticipated to be exacerbated. According to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index (CRI), Bolivia is the tenth most susceptible nation globally, contemplating the impacts of maximum local weather occasions and related socioeconomic knowledge. Historically, Bolivia has been uncovered to floods and droughts. Approximately 4 out of 10 folks reside in flood-prone plots, and greater than 16% of the inhabitants reside in areas liable to drought. During the final decade, Bolivia’s climate patterns have undergone important adjustments: excessive rainfall, floods, landslides, and droughts have pushed the poorest and most marginalized communities past their potential to reply and have considerably affected the state of watersheds and different climate-sensitive landscapes. Poverty persists at 55% and is way greater in rural areas than in city areas at 31%, concentrated in the Altiplano and Valles. Poverty will be attributed to poor entry to land and providers, each social and productive, and the marginalization of ladies in organizations and restrictions on girls’s actions outdoors the home. Women proceed to have much less entry to decision-making, coaching, and different providers regardless of their rising position in manufacturing. Despite the confluence of the local weather disaster and the socioeconomic situations of the nation, Bolivia has made efforts to advance in the direction of a extra complete improvement with a development in annual public funding in the final 14 years from 629 (2005) to three,769 million US {dollars} yearly (2019), highlighting that there’s a extra important worldwide dedication to confront the local weather disaster, together with managing losses and damages. Additionally, Bolivia has dedicated to decreasing its carbon emissions and growing its local weather resilience by updating its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which maintains the attribute ambition of the first doc and commits Bolivia to take actions aligned with a trajectory in line with the world aim of limiting the enhance in world common temperature to 1.5 °C, with local weather justice in the framework of the ideas of fairness and customary however differentiated duties and respective capacities, in mild of nationwide circumstances. At the similar time, the actions ensuing from the contributions raised in the replace of the NDCs will enhance the nation’s adaptive capability, strengthen its resilience, and cut back its vulnerability to the local weather disaster. The NDC replace additionally features a dedication to higher transparency in monitoring the proposed adaptation, mitigation, and implementation targets. Through the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth (APMT, given its acronym in Spanish),  Bolivia is prioritizing efforts to attain the 32 NDC targets in 4 sectors: power,  water, forests, and agriculture. Therefore, the nation seeks help to elaborate a complete NDC implementation plan as the strategic and operational instrument that can permit authorities establishments to combine local weather commitments and targets with prioritized actions in every sector and facilitate their success. Additionally, the Plan will permit the identification and evaluation of economic, technical, and regulatory gaps in actions established in the NDC. It will set up an in depth vital path for implementing local weather actions and measure and monitor progress in attaining the NDC goal. Considering the above, UNEP and the authorities of Bolivia, by the APMT, designed the challenge “Develop the NDC implementation plan, including the integration of roadmaps, gap analysis, and financial strategy for prioritized sectors” for the Partnership Action Fund (PAF), funded by the NDC Partnership (Nationally Determined Contributions Partnership). The fund helps NDC enhancement and implementation by reinforcing technical experience and capacities to handle gaps in growing nation members. The PAF will complement the NDC Partnership’s implementing and improvement companions’ present help choices to catalyze additional local weather motion. Therefore, this challenge will help the implementation of the nation’s NDCs for their transparency and legitimacy by elaborating a complete NDC implementation plan centered on 4 prioritized sectors: power, water, forests, and agriculture. In this sense, UNEP is recruiting a Technical Specialist in the agriculture sector in Bolivia to help the supply of all challenge actions and deliverables from the water sector perspective. The guide will probably be supervised by UNEP’s NDC Action Global Coordinator and can work at the APMT positioned in La Paz, Bolivia. The consultancy permits for a hybrid work mannequin, enabling the specialist to work remotely for as much as 50% of their time whereas collaborating in in-person actions equivalent to conferences and stakeholder engagements as required. This association will probably be coordinated and accepted by the Directors of the APMT Mitigation and Adaptation Mechanisms.

Qualifications/particular expertise

ACADEMIC

• Bachelor’s diploma in Agronomy, Environmental Management, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Economics, Political Science, or a carefully associated subject (Required).
• Postgrad programs in Agronomy, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change, Economics, Political Science, or a carefully associated subject (Desirable). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Minimum three years (3) of related work expertise in local weather change mitigation and/or adaptation in the agricultural sector (Required).
• Proven data of local weather coverage, local weather funds, institutional preparations, and/or authorized and public coverage associated to the agricultural sector and its relevance to Bolivia’s local weather framework. (Desirable).
• Demonstrated expertise in facilitating session processes with stakeholders together with public establishments and making ready technical experiences (Desirable).
• Experience integrating gender issues into formulating, planning, and implementing tasks or public insurance policies will probably be thought-about a bonus. This consists of designing gender-sensitive methodologies to gather and consider baseline knowledge, consider merchandise, and monitor challenge outcomes the place acceptable (Desirable).
• Experience making ready coverage and technique experiences for nationwide governments and in the technical overview of nationwide experiences and related worldwide paperwork (Desirable). LANGUAGE
• Fluency in Spanish (Required). eiRaYse BbUdRC
• Confident in English (Desirable). SPECIAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONALISM
• Management of the gender, intercultural and human rights method of indigenous peoples.
• Management of Office instruments and digital platforms.
• Excellent writing and teamwork expertise.
• Proactive capability, duty and dedication.
• Excellent understanding of nationwide local weather change commitments.
• Knowledge and understanding of theories, ideas and approaches related to local weather change, indigenous peoples and adaptation planning.
• Ability to determine, analyze and take part in resolving points/issues. Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan personal work, and handle conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrates skilled competence and mastery of material.
• Is conscientious and environment friendly in assembly commitments, observing deadlines, and attaining outcomes.
• Is motivated by skilled reasonably than private considerations.
• Shows persistence when confronted with advanced issues or challenges.
• Remains calm in traumatic conditions. TEAMWORK
• Works collaboratively with colleagues to attain organizational targets.
• Solicits enter by genuinely valuing others’ concepts and experience.
• Willing to study from others and helps remaining group  decisions, even when they could not solely replicate personal place.
• Shares credit score for crew accomplishments and accepts joint duty for crew shortcomings. PLANNING AND ORGANIZING
• Develops clear targets in line with agreed methods.
• Identifies precedence actions and assignments, adjusting priorities as required.
• Allocates acceptable time and assets for finishing work.
• Foresees dangers and permits for contingencies when planning.
• Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as crucial.
• Uses time effectively.

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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.