| Overview : The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), acting as an implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is providing assistance to the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, in preparation of the GEF Medium Sized Project (MSP), “Capacity Development for Improved Management of Multilateral Environmental Agreements for Global Benefits”.
In accordance with UNDP/GEF procedures, UNDP is hiring a team of consultants to develop the MSP proposal for “Capacity Development for Improved Management of Multilateral Environmental Agreements for Global Benefits” for submission to the GEF Secretariat fully compliant with the enforced GEF rules and standards as part of the GEF Project Preparation Grant (PPG). The consultants will report to the Head of the Environment Unit at UNDP Trinidad and Tobago and work closely with the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
The purpose of the PPG is to fully design the activities, outputs, and outcomes of the “Capacity Development for Improved Management of Multilateral Environmental Agreements for Global Benefits” medium size project and to fully develop a full set of project documentation for submission to the GEF Secretariat and approval. Normal rules for development of medium-sized GEF projects apply. Copies of the GEF templates and guidelines can be found at: http://www.thegef.org/gef/guidelines_templates
Project Description
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago recently received Cabinet approval for nominations of individuals from all Ministries, Government Agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Academic Institutions and Industry Organisations to act as Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) Focal points. This will seek to build a registry of persons who will act as contact persons in the relevant agencies and further strengthen the on-going work in MEAs, particularly climate change, including reporting and the development of national policies and legislation to ensure the full, sustained and effective implementation of MEAs.
The duties and responsibilities of the MEA/Climate Change Focal Points include, but are not limited to:
• liaising with the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources as the National Focal Point in respect of the role and functions of their respective institutions in the context of the national obligations under the various MEAs;
• providing advice and inputs into strategies and actions to be taken at the national level in the implementation of obligations under the MEAs and climate change;
• providing inputs, data and information to facilitate reporting requirements of Trinidad and Tobago under the MEAs;
• providing advice and inputs into work programmes of their respective Ministries/agencies in the context of national obligations under the MEAs and climate change; and
• interfacing with other relevant stakeholders through relevant networking media to enhance co-operation at various levels.
This project will seek to augment the work that has already been started by the MEWR while simultaneously keeping with the objectives of the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) which include awareness, capacity building and information sharing.
The objective is to develop a medium-sized project that aims at strengthening national capacities for implementation of the Rio conventions and other MEAs in Trinidad and Tobago. The project’s strategy is to achieve this through 1) training on environmental obligations, rules and regulations, M&E, and national reporting guidelines and requirements to the Conventions for key actors including civil society and key members of national institutions as well as coordinating bodies with responsibilities for environmental matters 2) create, leverage and maintain coordination and alignment among relevant bodies by creating cross institutional alliances, strengthening management capacities for implementing Convention requirements and developing coordination mechanisms to replicate and disseminate necessary information and approaches 3) develop an awareness and communications strategy to raise awareness of MEA obligations and requirements and disseminate project results awareness to effectively coordinate the achievement of global obligations |
