| Overview : Country: Nepal Description of the assignment: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is collaborating with Ministry of Finance – National Designated Authority (NDA) for Green Climate Fund (GCF), Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) / Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE) to formulate a five-year project proposal on “Safeguarding lives and livelihoods against flood and GLOF risks in Nepal”. The Government of Nepal has officially requested UNDP as an Accredited Entity (AE) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to assist in the development of a project proposal. The main objective of the consultancy assignment is to develop and prepare a full-size proposal (FSP) for the GCF funding for Nepal. To achieve this objective, an international consultant is required to provide his/her technical expertise for the team of national and international experts to formulate a funding proposal that fully meets GCF investment criteria. The consultant will be provided with a template (annex) of the technical the feasibility study and this ensures that the work complements with the outputs produced by the other experts in the development of the proposal. In addition, the consultant will carry out technical review of the reports and outputs of NCCSP and carry out necessary consultation to scope out potential way forward for the upscaling of NCCSP interventions through another GCF project. The consultant will be responsible for providing necessary inputs for finalisation of the proposal by Project Formulation Specialist and appraisal by GCF for submission by March, 2017. S/he will work with NDA/ MoF, MoPE, DHM, MoFSC/DSCWM, DWIDM and UNDP Country Office, under an overall technical guidance of the UNDP’s Assistant Country Director and Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) for climate change adaptation at the UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub in close coordination with Climate Change Programme Analyst of UNDP CO, Nepal. S/he is also expected to work closely with other colleagues working on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management portfolio with EECDRM unit at CO. Number of consultant required: 1 Project name: EECCDRM Unit - Safeguarding lives and livelihoods against flood and GLOF risks in Nepal Period of assignment/services (if applicable): 07th June 2017 to 30th March 2018 (Intermittent for 110 Days in total) Duty Station: Homebased – 90 days, 3 Missions (20 days in total) to Nepal (Kathmandu and other districts) | 
