| Overview : The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are both implementing agencies of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF provides funding to developing countries to address environment and climate change issues. Countries that are eligible for funding from the GEF can access such financial resources through implementing agencies of the GEF, a role played by DBSA and UNDP in this project. Funding is available to projects that meet the following criteria: - Alignment with the country’s development priorities and programmes, and endorsement by the country’s GEF Operational Focal Point (OPF);
- Consistency with the GEF strategy;
- Address one or more of the GEF Focal Areas (and cross-cutting issues and programmes), advancing the prospect of reducing risk to, or improving, the global environment;
- Seek GEF financing only for the incremental costs of measures to achieve global environmental benefits; and
- Co-finance: i.e. projects that are able to attract financing and leveraging of funds from other source. DBSA and UNDP, with support from the South African Department of Energy, seek to appoint a National Consultant on Transformers and Electricity Transmission/Distribution (i.e. a South African consultant) who will work under the leadership of an International Consultant to execute this assignment. The Consultant on Transformers and Electricity Transmission/Distribution will work as part of a national team with two other National Consultants (a Specialist in Energy Efficiency Lighting; and a Gender Specialist).
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