| Overview : Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is considered a small island developing state (SIDS). Population below the poverty line was estimated at 66% in 2009 (WFS) and the country ranks 142nd of 188 countries on the human development index as of 2016. STP has been involved in the NDC process since 2017 and many areas for climate mitigation have been identified, such as agriculture, energy sector, tourism and traffic.
Of these, agriculture and energy sector have been identified as the most effective sectors for intervention to reduce CO2 emissions in the previous NDC. Regardless of the promising early steps of the NDC process, issues and gaps in implementation and design have been identified, which the project aims to address.
In April 2018, the Government of Sao Tome and Principe (STP), with the support of the NDC Partnership, hosted a Partnership Plan (PP) workshop. The focus of the workshop was on translating the NDCs and previous national efforts into a 3-year NDC Implementation Plan (Partnership Plan). In the workshop participants outlined cross-cutting outputs to reinforce coordination mechanisms within the government and with development partners and requested support in following areas: strengthen the institutional capacity of the Climate Change National Committee and NDC partnership focal points, increase national capacities for accessing and managing international finance, and measurement,
reporting, and verification mechanisms. Supporting these outputs form the core of the project and is expected to lead to accelerated implementation of the NDCs.
The project supports the government in updating the NDC targets for 2020 and in accelerating their implementation as well as support enhanced data collection and reporting. The primary objective of the project is to support the government in updating the NDC goals for 2020, to align them with the SDGs, to include a gender dimension and to introduce a whole-of-society approach to accelerate the implementation of the NDC’s. SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK The project is hiring a technical advisor to work remotely and to fulfill the following tasks:
1. Draft very technical ToRs that need specific expertise in Climate Change issues, MRV and NDC update process (15 to 20 ToRs)
2. Provide remote quality control on project related studies and reports, providing feedback from local and international consultants involved and guidance when necessary
3. Design and support the operationalization of the National MRV system and draft related documents (MoUs and ToRs)
4. Dissemination of knowledge to support the post-COVID update of the National Development Plan |
