Consultant to Develop a Methodology for Identifying, Assessing and Prioritising Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Options and to Prepare an Overview

The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has set a vision of becoming a middle income country by year 2025 while pursuing a climate neutral growth strategy. To realize this vision, the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO), the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), have embarked on a process of defining a Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy that is anchored in the country’s Growth and Transformation Plan (2011-2015). To communicate this strategy, the GoE has developed the CRGE Vision document. This document identifies the following necessary components for achieving a climate resilient green economy: the development of CRGE Strategy and CRGE Investment Plan and the establishment of a CRGE Facility to support the implementation of the CRGE Strategy and Investment Plan. Under the political guidance of the Prime Minister’s Office and the technical supervision of EPA, the Green Economy component of the CRGE Strategy has been prepared in seven sectors/sub-sectors that have high carbon abatement potential – Power Supply, Buildings and Green Cities, REDD+, Agricultural/Soil-based Emissions, Livestock, Transport, and Industry. The Climate Resilient component of the CRGE Strategy will be developed in three phases. Phase 1: Support the translation and consolidation of the sectoral and sub-national adaptation action plans into a single document (2 weeks) Phase 2: Establish national team (4 weeks); Develop a methodology for identifying, prioritizing and assessing risk and adaptation options; and prepare an Overview Note on the Status of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience Strategy, plans for its completion, in the context of the Climate Resilient Green Economy Initiative (4 weeks in parallel with establishing a national team). Phase 3: Develop the climate resilient elements of the Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy including a cost benefit analysis of each prioritized measure (3 months); Work under phase 3 will also involve combining both the Climate Resilient and Green Economy parts of the Strategy into a single coherent document. (3 months); The outputs under the second phase will need to build on the outputs from the first phase, which is consolidation of the draft sectors and regional states climate change action plans, and in turn, phase 2 will be a basis for phase 3.

Duties and Responsibilities

Purpose and Objective A consultant is sought to (i) develop a methodology for identifying, assessing and prioritizing climate change risk and adaptation options; and (ii) prepare an Overview Note on the status of preparation of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience Strategy. In developing the methodology, the Consultant will need to demonstrate that the proposed methodology is technically and procedurally sound for the Ethiopian case. Given, the scientific uncertainty on the climate change scenario, the bio-physical and climatological complexity of Ethiopia as well as extreme variation expected in spatial and temporal distribution of vulnerability, the consultant is expected to develop a methodology that can fit to do such analysis. The methodology developed should allow for doing robust risk assessment but also enable prioritization of risk and adaption measures and quantification of cost and cost-benefit analysis of response measures. Scope of Work Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of EPA and the climate change, environment and DRM team of the UNDP Ethiopia, the Consultant will perform the following tasks: Based on the consolidated draft sector and regional state climate change adaptation action plans undertaken in Phase 1, develop a methodology to identify, assess and prioritize: (i) climate change the risks faced by Ethiopia (current and future); (ii) magnitude of impact (negative and positive); (iii) immediate, medium and long-term adaptation options to develop climate resilience strategy; The methodology should also enable doing an economic cost and benefit analysis of response measures; It should further enable the integration of measures identified by the Government of Ethiopia in its Disaster Risk Management Strategic Programme and Investment Framework (DRM SPIF); Prepare an Overview Note on the status of preparation of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience Strategy, plans for its completion, in the context of the Climate Resilient Green Economy Initiative. Deliverables Document detailing methodology for comprehensive identification, assessment and prioritization of climate change risk and adaptation options for Ethiopia; An Overview Note on the status of preparation of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience Strategy, plans for its completion, in the context of the Climate Resilient Green Economy Initiative; All deliverables shall be submitted to the EPA and UNDP in both soft copies and hard copies. Timeframe 31 October 2011 is the expected delivery date for methodology; 18 November is the expected delivery date for an overview note on the climate resilient strategy development process. Administrative and Logistic Support The consultant will be recruited under the UNDP terms and conditions, applicable to the short-term SSA contract holders, and undertake their assigned tasks and responsibilities under the direct supervision of EPA and UNDP Ethiopia. To ensure sufficient oversight of this strategic piece of work, EPA will chair a steering group. The steering group will include representation from the UNDP, ACPC and DFID and other partners will be invited in as deemed necessary (e.g. from other government ministries, academia, civil society and the private sector). Given the strategic importance of this work, two key development partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) have offered to provide in-kind (e.g. technical assistance) to help deliver this work, linked to specific areas of technical competency relating to climate strategic thinking. The consultant should co-ordinate and draw on the support of UNDP and ACPC as and when necessary. While UNDP and ACPC will not be contractually linked to the consultant, the primary responsibility for identifying and delegating activities will sit with the consultant. All the payments of the Consultant will be borne by UNDP. For the field trips and meetings, UNDP will provide logistic and administration support to the Consultant. In this regard, the Consultant is required to plan their trips in advance. Payments to Consultant: The national consultant shall receive their respective consultancy fees upon certification of the completed tasks satisfactorily, as per the following schedule: Installment of Payment/ Period Tasks to be completed by Consultant Payment to be made by UNDP 1st Installment: Upon submission of first draft of the methodology 20 % of the total consultancy fees 2rd Installment: Upon submission of the acceptable up on successful completion of the assignment after the final approval of all deliverables. 80% of the total consultancy fees

Competencies

Corporate Competencies: Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; Treats all people fairly without favoritism. Functional Competencies: Demonstrated ability to do high quality methodology development and analytical work, quickly and efficiently; Proven process management skills under pressure; Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills; Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude; Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities; Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills; Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications Postgraduate degrees in Environmental Management, Environmental Economics, Planning or related fields and/or equivalent; Work Experience in environmental management and climate change adaptation planning; Proven experience, in developing climate change risk and vulnerability assessment methodologies; Proven experience in similar activities working for similar national strategies in other developing countries, preferably in Africa; Experience in strategy development; Policy and institutional knowledge in the climate change sector and in adaptation response measures prioritization and costing; Good knowledge of the national planning context (culture, politics, line ministries) is essential; Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Amharic is an asset; Thorough knowledge of the issues under the UNFCCC negotiations, especially as related to the Adaptation Framework, Financing and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions; Experience in international best practices in Climate Change; Solid analytical and conceptual skills, ability to do quick but robust vulnerability mapping and scenarios and cost benefit analysis; Willing to do field visits to source data as necessary. Documents to be included when submitting the proposal Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications: Proposal: (not more than 450 words) (i) explaining why they are the most suitable for the work and (ii) providing a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable); Financial proposal. Proposed payment for the consultancy work on lump sum rate in a separate sheet. Evaluation Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies: Cumulative analysis: The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: a) Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. * Technical Criteria weight; 70% * Financial Criteria weight; 30% Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 point and above would be considered for the Financial Evaluation

Consultant to Develop a Methodology for Identifying, Assessing and Prioritising Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Options and to Prepare an Overview Note on the Status of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilience Strategy