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International Consultant on Energy Efficiency for Mid Term Review of UNDP-GEF projectVacancy Number: Pr16/01404
Contacts: Ms. Iuliana Bostan. iuliana.bostan@undp.orgBackground
The UNDP GEF “ESCO Moldova project - Transforming the market for Urban Energy Efficiency in Moldova by introducing Energy Service Companies”, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and co-financed and implemented by the United Nations Development Program has an implementation timeframe of 4 years with a total budget of 1.45 million USD of which $1.3 million USD comes from the GEF and $150,000 USD from UNDP. The project objective is to create a functioning, sustainable and effective ESCO market in Moldova by converting existing energy service provider companies into ESCO companies, as the basis for scaling up mitigation efforts in the whole municipal building sector in Moldova, leading to CO2 emission reductions by implementing energy performance contracts. The project will work on the largely untapped energy efficiency market in the municipal sector, especially in facilities owned and operated by municipalities, in the Chisinau area for the first stage and then to other parts of Moldova. The main barriers that the project is trying to address are related to:
The ESCO Moldova Project intends to eliminate/address these impediments through the following project outputs:
The main targets to be achieved by the end of the project are:
Project activities were designed to respond all the outlined challenges and consequently offer feasible solutions to the requirements of the energy efficiency financing market needs. Also they envisaged the opportunity of creating synergies with local stakeholders as well as offer incentives for the ESCO market to start developing. A specific attention will be offered to development of capacities of local energy service providers (potential ESCOs), local authority as well as the banking sector. The overall project activities will also develop amendments to the legal framework for energy services and green procurement, will facilitate the improvement of the Urban Development Plan by adding energy efficiency elements, and ultimately will incentivise the implementation of the first 20 projects using the guaranties of a fund established to secure the participation of all stakeholders in the financing scheme. The inception phase of this project began in January 2015 and the project is due to finish at the end of 2018 after a duration of 4 years. The project is implemented by UNDP Moldova. It is being implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Energy Efficiency Agency, Energy Efficiency Fund and the Municipality of Chisinau. Specific emphasis will be placed on capacity building of all involved stakeholders to adopt the new financing modality and understand their roles and responsibilities, improvement of urban planning and energy efficiency measures to be implemented in Chisinau as well as financial incentives required to give a push to energy services market development. The best practices and lessons learned of the pilot projects implemented in Chisinau will offer an additional argument for replicating them all over the country. Scope of work
The MTR must provide evidence based information that is credible, reliable and useful. The MTR international consultant will review all relevant sources of information including documents prepared during the preparation phase (i.e. PIF, UNDP Initiation Plan, UNDP Environmental & Social Safeguard Policy, the Project Document, project reports including Annual Project Review/PIRs, project budget revisions, lesson learned reports, national strategic and legal documents, and any other materials that the team considers useful for this evidence-based review). The MTR international consultant will review the baseline GEF focal area Tracking Tool submitted to the GEF at CEO endorsement, and the midterm GEF focal area Tracking Tool that must be completed before the MTR field mission begins. The international energy efficiency MTR consultant is expected to follow a collaborative and participatory approach ensuring close engagement with the Project Team, government counterparts (the GEF Operational Focal Point), the UNDP Country Office(s), UNDP-GEF Regional Technical Advisers, and other key stakeholders. Engagement of stakeholders is vital to a successful MTR. Stakeholder involvement should include interviews with stakeholders who have project responsibilities, including but not limited to Ministry of Environment, Energy Efficiency Agency, Energy Efficiency Fund and Municipality of Chisinau, UNDP Moldova staff, UNDP Istanbul Regional Technical Advisor on Climate Change Mitigation, executing agencies, senior officials and task team/ component leaders, key experts and consultants in the subject area, Project Board, project stakeholders, academia, local government and CSOs, etc. Additionally, the MTR consultant is expected to conduct a field mission to Chisinau which will consist of a minimum of 5 working days (not including weekend or travel days). While in Moldova, the international consultant will meet with all key stakeholders and assess the results of the project and the extent that it is on track to meet its overall objective and outcomes. Skype interviews will also be carried out with all other key stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of the project. The final MTR report should describe the full MTR approach taken and the rationale for the approach making explicit the underlying assumptions, challenges, strengths and weaknesses about the methods and approach of the review. The International consultant will assess the following four categories of project progress. See the Guidance For Conducting Midterm Reviews of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects for extended descriptions. Project design:
Results Framework/Logframe:
For detailed information regarding the responsibilities and deliverables please refer to the Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
Academic qualifications:
Experience:
Language requirements:
Documents to be included
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications (Incomplete applications will not be considered):
Financial proposal
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. Payments will be performed in 2-3 installments upon the delivery of the outputs specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fees and taxes, fee per day, travel expenses). Travel All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources. In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.
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