| Overview : To apply, kindly read the procurement notice, and send the following documents to email: ic.jo@undp.org CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references. Technical proposal (proposed methodology describing the actions to be taken for successfully completing the assignment) Financial proposal
No later than 1 August 206 The mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Tourism Sector Project is a GEF/UNDP project commenced in January 2014. The four years project aim is to make the consideration of biodiversity a fundamental part of everyday planning and development for tourism in Jordan. More specifically, the Project Objective is: Biodiversity conservation objectives are effectively mainstreamed and advanced into and through tourism sector development in Jordan. The project scope includes three components, each reflected in one strategic outcome as follows: Outcome 1: Regulatory and enforcement framework in place to avoid, reduce, mitigate and offset adverse impacts of tourism on biodiversity. This Outcome is the institutional regulatory framework, and it addresses each of the identified threats. It contributes directly to the Objective since it provides key instruments for mainstreaming biodiversity. It will be applied at the upstream national level. Outcome 2: Institutional capacities for planning, monitoring and enforcement strengthened in Jerash, Petra and Wadi Rum landscapes so as to manage the impacts of tourism development on biodiversity within ecologically valuable and sensitive areas. This Outcome targets the capacity required for effective management of PAs as well as valuable ecological areas outside the formal PA system. It addresses the identified threats and contributes to the Objective by ensuring that mainstreaming is effective in providing protection for biodiversity. It will be applied at the landscape level with the aim of changing the trajectory of tourism development, thus addressing direct and indirect threats to biodiversity. Outcome 3: Improved management effectiveness particularly in revenue generation, tourism planning and management, and community relations in Dibbin, Petra proposed Protected area and Wadi Rum Protected Area. This Outcome targets PA management effectiveness overall as well as the ecological integrity of ecological corridors. It contributes to the Objective indirectly through more robust management regimes for PAs which allows them to overcome the impacts of tourism and recreation. It is applied at the site level, particularly in protected areas. |
This assignment supports the implementation of the first project outcome targeting the development of the legal and institutional frameworks. The outcome is a biodiversity-friendly tourism charter including a set of biodiversity standards developed, tested and adopted for the MoTA certification schemes for hotels, eco-tour operators, eco-lodges and environmental camp sites. The charter will be developed centrally upstream by a Working Group coordinated by MoTA and led by an Expert Consultant recruited by the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) in consultation with MoTA and the project implementing partners. The Working Group will also comprise appropriate industry representatives. The charter will include a set of standards developed tested and adopted for the MoTA certification schemes for hotels, eco-tour operators, eco-lodges and camp sites, reflecting biodiversity. The draft charter will be tested with a number of willing private sector exponents, evaluated and refined before being finalized by the Working Group and adopted and applied by MoTA. Activities will include a number of workshop meetings as well as consultations with the wider tourism sector and biodiversity expertise. The draft report will be printed and distributed for comments and the final report will also require printing. Distribution will be through hard copy and DVD. It will be launched by MoTA through a public information campaign designed to raise awareness of biodiversity values among the tourism industry. These terms of reference are designed to recruit a national expert on Biodiversity in Tourism Sector Certification and Standards Development for the tourism sectors in Jordan. The expert shall work closely with the international certification Consultant and with the MoTA team from the department of tourism enterprises and quality assurance and the established Tourism Green Unit (TGU) by UNDP BITS Project with the aim to develop certification and standards scheme to be adopted by MoTA and the Tourism Sector in Jordan. To achieve the assignment, the UNDP Jordan through BITS project seeks to employ a national expert as the Biodiversity in Tourism Sector Certification and Standards Development Consultant. The national Consultant will report to the National Project Coordinator and will coordinate closely with international Consultant, the MoTA Focal Point for the BITS Project. ( Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted, and without such will not be considered). (Only Short Listed Candidates will be contacted) UNDP is an employer committed to gender equity and to providing equal opportunities to both males and females |
