The Project
Development Advisor will be the GEF PPG Team Leader and will be resp...
The Project
Development Advisor will be the GEF PPG Team Leader and will be responsible for
quality assurance and timely preparation of all reports and documentation,
including the finalized UNDP Project Document (ProDoc) and CEO Endorsement
Request, with all mandatory and project specific Annexes and supporting
documentation. S/he will be responsible for managing all consultants on the GEF
PPG Team and coordinating the Team’s work.
The National
Project Development Specialist will be the GEF PPG Team Leader and will be
responsible for quality assurance and timely preparation of all reports and
documentation, including the finalized UNDP Project Document (ProDoc) and CEO
Endorsement Request, with all mandatory and project specific Annexes and
supporting documentation. S/he will be responsible for managing all consultants
on the GEF PPG Team and coordinating the Team’s work.
Responsibilities
and Deliverables of the assignment include:
- Management of the GEF PPG Team
- Define and submit a detailed methodology and
work plan in consultation with the SGP National Coordinators and other
consultants with clear delegation of responsibilities for the PPG Team Leader
and other National Consultants (NCs);
- Ensure that project development is
participatory, gender-responsive and based on extensive stakeholder
engagements; and
- Verify and ensure that all project components
are technically sound and cost effective.
Component A: Preparatory Technical Studies and
Reviews
With inputs from
the national consultants, as detailed in their respective TORs:
- Compile baseline/situational analysis for the medium-size
project (MSP). This will include a precise definition of baseline projects,
activities, budgets, goals and co-financial links to GEF outcomes; definition
of GEF incremental value per outcome and output; and presentation of results of
the incremental cost-analysis in matrices as appropriate;
- Lead and oversee the stakeholder analysis and
consultations, with support from national consultants, and ensure that they are
complete and comprehensive including consultations with the private sectors
such as social enterprise, tourism associations and government agencies;
- Ensure the preparation of the gender analysis
and ensure its findings are meaningfully integrated into the project’s
strategy, theory of change and results framework;
- Ensure action points, including risk
assessments, from the UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP)
at the PIF stage (“pre-screening”) are fully implemented during the PPG, and
update that screening in an iterative process throughout the PPG, and as
appropriate;
- Oversee the identification of the project sites,
with documentation of selection criteria and making sure that geo-referenced
data and maps are clearly presented both for targeted protected areas and
broader landscapes, as applicable;
- Ensure the design of appropriate project
knowledge management processes and platforms, ensuring appropriate linkages to
existing mechanisms and knowledge sharing in project landscapes;
- Lead and oversee the identification of
opportunities for private sector engagement and co-financing;
- Ensure the preparation of partner capacity
assessments and discussions on management arrangements early in the PPG
process;
- Oversee the consultations with partners
regarding financial planning; and
- Ensure completion of any additional studies that
are determined to be needed for the preparation of the ProDoc and all other
final outputs.
Component B: Formulation of the ProDoc, CEO
Endorsement Request and Mandatory and Project Specific Annexes
With inputs from
the national consultants, as detailed in their respective TORs, and based on
international best practice:
- Develop, present and articulate the project’s theory
of change;
- Develop the Results Framework in line with
UNDP-GEF policy;
- Develop a detailed Monitoring and Evaluation
Plan and Budget;
- Oversee and ensure the preparation of a
comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Plan;
- Oversee and ensure the preparation of a Gender
Action Plan and Budget;
- Oversee and ensure the updating of the SESP
based on assessments undertaken during Component A, and ensure the development
of required environmental and/or social management plan(s) as required;
- Oversee the preparation of the required GEF
tracking tools (METT) and GEF Core Indicators and ensure these are supported by
robust and validated data;
- Secure all co-financing letters;
- Prepare the indicative procurement plan (with
UNDP CO support);
- Secure and present agreements on project
execution and management arrangements and ensure that the project aligns to
UNDP-GEF guidance on UNDP execution support;
- Ensure the completion of the required official
endorsement letters; and
- Synthesize all analyses, studies, etc. that are
prepared under Components A and B to produce the draft UNDP-GEF ProDoc, GEF CEO
Endorsement, and all mandatory and project specific Annexes, using the
templates.
Component C: Validation Workshop
- Lead the validation workshop to present, discuss
and validate the final draft ProDoc and mandatory and project specific annexes,
with a special focus on the SESP and any management plans;
- Oversee all necessary revisions that arise
during the workshop; and
- Ensure completion of Validation Workshop Report.
Final Deliverables:
- Consolidation of all technical and consultation
inputs and comments including from national stakeholders, UNDP, GEF
Secretariat, STAP and GEF Council, into a well written and concise UNDP ProDoc
with all required sections and Annexes, in line with the standard UNDP-GEF
ProDoc template and annotated guidance;
- Completion of the GEF CEO Endorsement Request;
- Finalized SESP (and stand-alone management plans
as required);
- All documentation from GEF PPG (including
technical reports, meeting minutes, etc.); and
- Validation Workshop Report
Deliverable Timeline:
- Component
A: Preparatory Technical Studies and Reviews: Intermediate report
(due by 30 August 2020; 33% payment);
- Component
B: Formulation of the ProDoc, CEO Endorsement Request and Mandatory and Project
Specific Annexes (due by 30 September 2020; 33% payment):
- Component
C and Final Deliverables (due by 30 October 2020; 34% payment):