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RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR (IC) Gender Consultant to conduct In-depth Gender Analyses for the Nationally Determined Contributions Process
Procurement Process :RFP - Request for proposal
Office :UNDP COUNTRY OFFICE - GHANA
Deadline :20-Mar-18
Posted on :07-Mar-18
Development Area :CONSULTANTS  CONSULTANTS
Reference Number :44646
Link to Atlas Project :
00095428 - Nationally Determinded Contributions Support Programme
Documents :
RFP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM
Technical Proposal Submission Form
Financial Proposal Submission Form
P11-Personal History Form
Annex I- Terms of Reference (ToR)
Overview :

BACKGROUND

At the UN climate change conference in Paris in December 2015, 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement – the first ever, legally binding universal pact that sets out a global action plan for limiting global warming to “well below 2°C” starting from 2020. Ghana committed to a set of 31 adaptation and mitigation actions in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

The NDC Support Programme will build on the foundation and extensive results achieved under the Low Emissions Capacity Building Programme (2011-2017) and work to enhance technical and institutional capacities of public, private sector and social actors to scale up mitigation actions that support NDC implementation in more than 18 countries including Ghana.

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SCOPE OF WORK

The analysis proposed will include the following components alongside any other relevant analysis as deemed necessary by the national gender consultant:

  • The analysis proposed will include the following components alongside any other relevant analysis as deemed necessary by the national gender consultant.
  • Relevant sector policies or strategies
  • Analysis of the integration of gender into national climate policy and planning instruments, such as LEDS, NAPs, NAMAs, REDD+, DRR planning, National Communications/ BURs.
  • Capacity needs assessment to mainstream gender as well as monitoring and reporting.
  • . . .

EDUCATION

  • Master’s degree in any of the related areas: gender, climate change, environment, sustainable development.

EXPERIENCE

  • Work experience in relevant technical areas for at least 7 years in climate change/environment and gender;
  • Proven ability to undertake gender analysis, design relevant criteria and gender strategy;
  • Demonstrated understanding of issues related to climate change/environment, NDCs, Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS), Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs);
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HOW TO APPLY

  • See the Documents section above for the detailed Annex I-Terms of Reference and Submission Documents.

BID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION:

  • Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto

For detailed information, please refer to Annex I- Terms of Reference (ToR)

Important Note:

The Consultant is required to have the above mentioned professional and technical qualifications. Only the applicants who hold these qualifications are advised to submit their respective bid proposals

BID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION:

  • Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:

The following proposals must be prepared as per the prescribed standard format indicated in the respective IC Bid Document. The Proposals shall be submitted before its deadline on March 20, 2018 via UNDP Ghana Secured mail address: bids.gh@undp.org

  • Technical Proposal in pdf under file name: UNDP-GHA-2018-IC-035 – TP - [insert  Name]
  • Financial Proposal in pdf under file name: UNDP-GHA-2018-IC-035 – FP - [insert  Name]

Please note that these proposals shall be submitted to the designated secured email into two files but in one email unless both Files are Greater than 9MB file size

EMAIL SUBJECT LINE WHILE SUBMITTING PROPOSAL:

  • While submitting your proposals to bids.gh@undp.org be sure your email subject line is UNDP-GHA-2018-IC-035