National Project coordinator consultants for Accelerating NDC through Circular Economy in Cities Project
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
Manila - PHILIPPINES
Deadline
05-Jul-22
Published on
15-Jun-22
Reference Number
92421
Overview
National Project coordinator consultants for Accelerating NDC through Circular Economy in Cities Project | |
Location : | Manila, PHILIPPINES |
Application Deadline : | 05-Jul-22 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | National Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 15-Aug-2022 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 108 Days spread over 9 Months |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 108 Days spread over 9 Months |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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A. Project Title: Accelerating NDC through Circular Economy in Cities
Accelerating NDC through Circular Economy in Cities, Japan Supplementary Budget (JSB) – Circular Economy Fund
B. Background and Description
Waste, including marine litter, is one of the most pressing issues in the Philippines and a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions There is recognition that this complex challenge requires a systemic approach and a shift to a circular economic model.
The project aims to support the Nationally Determined Contribution through enabling and accelerating the country’s transition to circular economy (CE), with demonstrations in key cities. By doing so, it will help the country achieve economic, social, and environmental goals, while also grasping the potential for substantial and accelerated reductions in GHG emissions across all sectors, while also supporting recovery from the pandemic.
The project is expected to benefit national government agencies, local governments in the target cities, participating private sector companies (including micro and small enterprises), academic and science organizations, NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), informal waste sector and communities/households through access to data and utilization of data platform, policy support at national and subnational level, CE solutions/business models, partnerships, and knowledge exchange, capacity building, and jobs created.
This will be delivered through three main outputs, in alignment with UNDP’s Circular Economy offer:
The project will be piloted in 4-6 key cities in Metro Manila and potentially outside the region, leveraging on the work being done in Pasig City, which aims to contribute to addressing the waste challenge, while unlocking the potential to transition towards a circular economy at the city level. Through innovative approaches, Circular economy solutions will be implemented in the pilot cities, thereby demonstrating results and benefits of these models to achieve the NDC, with co-benefits to the economy, job creation, and environment.
This takes into consideration that cities are grappling with the effects of the current wasteful linear economic system. While pursuing a circular economy model in the city will allow for policymakers to rethink how we build sustainably, how we move people efficiently, and how we produce and consume products sustainably – while taking advantage of the socioeconomic benefits and support to a greener and more resilient recovery from the pandemic.
The project will employ a systemic design approach, which has been piloted in Pasig City, seeking to create the conditions to enable participants to zoom-out to understand systemically the drivers of current dynamics, zoom in to understand specific nuances within this broader context, to embrace the lived experience of people to empathetically understand their lived realities, and the design of experiments and scale interventions to begin to discover how desired change may happen over time given this systemic understanding. The approach follows a four-step process that includes: 1) Rapid Ethnographic Research; 2) Systemic Design Workshops; 3) Portfolio Ideation; 4) Portfolio Experimentation/Implementation.
The approach provides a new framing and a strategic narrative that looks into long-term impact; identifying levers of change that would help enhance the coherence of actions; provides guiding logic for resource allocation; and meaningful engagement with multiple stakeholders/actors and build a movement and coalition to effect the needed change.
To support the scaling up and scaling out of the Systemic Design for Circular Economy in 4-6 cities, UNDP requires the services of three (3) individual consultants, who shall be assigned to two (2) cities, to provide support in implementing and coordinating the city-level activities, including conduct of the rapid ethnographic research, solutions mapping, systemic design workshops, and portfolio ideation leading to the portfolio experimentation and implementation of circular economy interventions. Consultants on Circular Economy, Systemic Design and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion will provide technical support for the project implementation.
------ IMPORTANT! Offerors must upload in one (1) file the documents mentioned above. Templates for a) P11 Personal History Form and b) Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability and Financial Proposal (Annex 2) are available through the link below. UNDP General Terms and Conditions for Individual Contractors are also available: http://gofile.me/292aN/FJEcICt8l Incomplete submission of required documents may result in disqualification. Please see the deadline for submissions above. Because of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.
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Duties and Responsibilities | |||||||||||||||||||||
C. Scope of Work and Deliverables
The Consultant shall support UNDP with the performance of the following tasks:
D. Duration of the Work, Schedule of Deliverables, and Payments
Period covered: 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023 Total estimated level of effort in person-days: 108 (12 in person days per month) for each consultant.
E. Governance and Accountability
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Competencies | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Required Skills and Experience | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Consultant shall demonstrate the following competencies at the required minimum level:
Applications from qualified candidates will be desk reviewed by the UNDP Philippines’ section panel. Assessment of best offer will be via Combined Scoring method, where the qualifications will be weighted 70%, and the financial proposal (price offer) will be weighted 30%.
G. Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
G. Recommended Presentation of Offer
IMPORTANT! Offerors must upload in one (1) file the documents mentioned above. Templates for a) P11 Personal History Form and b) Offeror's Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability and Financial Proposal (Annex 2) are available through the link below. UNDP General Terms and Conditions for Individual Contractors are also available: http://gofile.me/292aN/FJEcICt8l Incomplete submission of required documents may result in disqualification. Please see the deadline of submissions above. Because of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified. |