| Overview : UNDP Vietnam is seeking for A National Consultant for supporting to the Inception and detail implementation workplan of the Project Accerlerate Private sector engagement in Agriculture’s NDC in Viet Nam. To meet its national and Paris Agreement commitments, private sector action is critical in Viet Nam. MPI estimates that 70% of Viet Nam’s $21 billion total climate change investment needs is expected to come from the private sector. However, this target is not currently on track to be met. The Nationally Determined Conditions (NDC) strategy highlights the key role that private sector finance will need to play beyond more traditional investment but green and innovative investments, such as renewable energy and climate smart business. In addition to supporting the achievement of the country’s mitigation and adaptation goals, the participation of the private sector will help advance the country’s sustainable development objectives, including promoting the more efficient use of natural resources, cutting costs for households and firms, and improving the competitiveness of the economy. UNDP Viet Nam envisions its action contributing primarily to global NDC programme and its global NDC Support Programme with financial support from BMU and the EU. In Viet Nam, UNDP aims to advance the private sector engagement in Agricutulre and Energy sectors, as the most prioritized areas to implement Viet Nam climate commitments. The overall objective of the project is to advance the private sector engagement to finance, support and implement technically sound and financially viable risk-informed mitigation and adaptation actions in Viet Nam NDC. Specifically, the change are made through delivering of the four expected outcomes - Productivity and Competitiveness of Agriculture Sectors and its supply chains are advanced with sustainable, resilient and low emission innovations;
- Strengthening Platform for Private Sector Innovation and Investments to support technology transfer to track contributions of NDC targets;
- Sustainable finance mechanisms established to scale up NDC mitigation and adaptation actions;
- Policies and Incentives created to advance private sector engagement in investment opportunities in national plans.
The overall objective of the assignment is to support UNDP and MARD to establish a full inception plan for the Project Accerlerate Private sector engagement in Agriculture’s NDC in Viet Nam. Specifically, the consultant is expected to - Support MARD’s ICD to prepare for the project investment proposal for the Government approval following the latest ODA’s requirements (20 days)
- Develop a full inception report and implementation workplan, including highlighting the areas of activities/output and outcomes that are not clearly conceptualized at the designing phase of the project (25 days)
Provide advisory service to UNDP and MARD to initiate the formulaton of the Agri-Business Data Hub and establishment of the Agriculture Advisory Network for Private Sector Enagement in NDC (15 days) Procurement Notice with enclosed TOR and evaluation criteria are in the attached files.Interested offerors are invited to submit CVs, financial proposals and other information following guidance in the Procurement Notice to: Procurement Unit UNDP Viet Nam 304 Kim Ma, Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tel: (+84 24) 38500100 Direct: (+84 24) 38500195 Email: luu.thi.trang@undp.org with notification by email (without attachment) to: procurement.vn@undp.org that the bidder has submitted proposal. UNDP will not be responsible for the missing of proposal if the bidder does not send notification email to above address. Deadline for submission: 23.59, 03 October 2019 (Hanoi time) | 
