| Overview : The National Adaptation Plans (NAP) is a Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded project "To advance the National Adaptation Plans (NAP) process for medium-term investment planning in climate-sensitive sectors (i.e. agriculture, energy, waste management, forestry and health) and coastal areas in Liberia". The project has duration of two years. The activities in this project focus on four components: Strengthening institutional frameworks and coordination for implementation of the NAPs process
Expansion of the knowledge base for scaling up adaptation
Building capacity for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into planning, and budgeting processes and systems
Formulation of financing mechanisms for scaling up adaptation. A SWOT analysis conducted during the stocktaking exercises for the NAPs identified weak institutional capacity and the lack of expert technicians as key barriers to adaptation planning. Given the multi-faceted and complex nature of climate change, it is required to be integrated into medium- to long-term planning across sectors and levels of government in a coordinated manner. However, where the necessary institutional and/or technical capacity to effectively integrate climate change risks into planning is lacking, it impedes or undermines adaptation efforts. UNDP Liberia is seeking for a competent local individual consultant (qualify female candidates are encouraged to apply) to undertake a capacity assessment of the above units of the Environmental Protection Agency and to develop a capacity building strategy. The Service Provider must describe how it will address/deliver the demands of the RFP; providing a detailed description of the essential performance characteristics, reporting conditions and quality assurance mechanisms that will be put in place, while demonstrating that the proposed methodology will be appropriate to the local conditions and context of the work”.
Facilitate the active engagement of all the referenced units of the EPA in the capacity assessment and development process;
Include review of secondary information available;
Adopt a combination of participatory tools and methodologies (e.g. desk research, self-assessment, SWOT, stakeholder analysis, interview with key stakeholders) and group facilitation techniques to promote participation and buy-in; Coordinate and work closely with the NAP Project Management Unit throughout the entire capacity assessment process. Duty Station: Monrovia, Liberia Description of the assignment: National Consultant Capacity Assessment of Expertise for Environment & Climate Change-National Climate Change Secretariat, Climate Change Enabling Department, and Planning & Policy Department of the EPA PROCUREMENT NOTICE No. UNDP/LBR/ IC/ NAP/043/2018(RE-ADVERTISED Project Name: E&E/ NAP Project Duration: 30 working days Starting date: December 1st 2018 Contract type: Individual Contractor (National) Languages: English Proposals should be submitted at the following address: by email to bids.lr@undp.org (Please include procurement notice number in the subject area) no later than Thursday 29 th November 2018 at 12:00 PM (GMT). Any request for clarification must be sent by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated below: info.lr.procurement@undp.org UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. | 
