CAPACITY BUILDING OF SMES IN CLIMATE ACTION AND MOBILIZATION OF CLIMATE FINANCE
JOB DETAIL
CAPACITY BUILDING OF SMES IN CLIMATE ACTION AND MOBILIZATION OF CLIMATE FINANCE
INTRODUCTION TO GGGI
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page.
GGGI supports its member and partner countries to achieve the SDGs and their climate change commitments. In Mongolia, GGGI seeks to build technical and institutional capacity for climate action across multiple sectors. Together with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Climate Change Research and Cooperation Center (CCRCC), GGGI is implementing a three-year Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness project, Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity to Support Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Implementation and Mainstreaming Climate Change into Subnational Development Planning in Mongolia. One of the focus areas of this project is the capacity building of local businesses to develop business models tailored to local climate change needs.
Involvement of private sector, including Small and Medium-sized Enteprise (SME)s, to address climate change is essential for multiple reasons. First, given scale and urgency in responding to climate change, it is critical that private sector actively involved in climate mitigation and adaptation actions. Second, climate action presents opportunities for SMEs to integrate resilience into businesses along their path in coping with new challenges. However, due to limitations in size, SMEs face larger challenges when it comes to capacity to green their operations, including knowledge about green(er) technologies, implementation capacity, and accessing finance to adapt to their businesses. Hence, capacity building of SMEs to advance their understanding of climate actions, initiatives and the opportunities that exists is an important enabling factor for achieving climate targets.
Trade and Development Bank is an accredited entity of GCF and one of the largest corporate banks in Mongolia. It is dedicated to become leading green bank in Mongolia, while it plans expanding to SME sector.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
This assignment aims at: (i) identifying needs of SMEs in developing new business models; (ii) developing training programs for green finance advisors and training module on climate action for SME capacity building program to advance their understanding of climate actions, initiatives and the opportunities; and (iii) delivering the training programs and provide recommendations for continuous improvement and effective delivery mechanism.
DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE
This assignment aims to develop and deliver training program for advancing climate financing for SMEs and modules for improving SMEs’ understanding of climate actions, initiatives and the opportunities. The proposed activities include:
- Identify capacity-building gaps and needs in relation to climate action of and financing for SMEs:
- Review relevant surveys on SME climate change awareness, capacity needs assessment(s) and identify/analyze gaps and needs in relation to climate action of SMEs.
- Investigate and identify existing SME training programs, climate/green financing opportunities and scope in collaboration with the partner bank.
- Consult with the partner bank(s) and investigate interests and approach in embedding climate action and finance content/modules into their training program(s).
- Consult with SMEs and SME support institutions and assess the capacity-building gaps and needs.
- Develop dedicated training program for green finance advisors of the partner bank:
- Building on the assessment and findings from consultations, propose training approach and content of the training for green finance advisors.
- Develop training program for green finance advisors.
- Develop climate action and finance training modules that can be integrated to other training program(s) for SME capacity building.
- Deliver trainings program(s):
- In consultation with the partner bank, organize and deliver trainings of at least 400 person*days for green finance advisors.
- Organize and deliver climate finance modules of at least 300 person*days for SMEs. The training schedule and approach to be agreed with the partner bank and its SME training program.
- Review training program and effectiveness of the trainings and make recommendations for improvement and scalability.
- Review and analyze effectiveness of the training approaches.
- Make recommendations for: (i) potential scale up and/or sustainable delivery mechanism; (ii) arrangements with hosting institutions/training programs.
The expected outputs of the Consultant are as follows:
| No. | Deliverable | Timeline (from the date of signing the contract) | Payment |
| 1 | Inception Report: including methodology and detailed workplan and capacity building gaps and needs assessment findings. | Within 4 weeks | 20% |
| 2 | Interim Report: including (i) a training program (curriculum) for climate finance advisors; (ii) SME training modules for climate action; (iii) training reports with training materials, participants list (gender disaggregated), quality photos and evaluation results of the two approaches. | Within 12 weeks | 60% |
| 3 | Final Report with analysis of the training approaches, recommendations for scaling up. | Within 14 weeks | 20% |
- Maximum amount of the contract is US $20,000
- The Consultant shall submit the Final Report which should reflect the outcome of all activities prepared by the consultant. The report should also give recommendations for further activities to be carried out in order to secure a long term sustainable development of the measure.
- All relevant technical papers, reports, and other documents prepared from the start to the end of the assignment shall be attached to the Final Report.
- All reports must be in English and Mongolian. In addition, the Consultant will be required to submit the key outputs, including training program in Mongolian.
- Final report must be approved by the GGGI. The Consultant shall consider the comments and necessary revisions proposed. Within 14 days from the receipt of the comments or modification proposal from the GGGI, the Consultant shall prepare and submit the final versions of the report.
EXPERTISE REQUIRED
The description of required expert may be split into following parts:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in SME capacity building, financing and/or climate action and finance;
- Master’s degree, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience;
- Proven experience in training program development for SMEs and capacity building;
- In-depth understanding about Mongolian SMEs and financial sector, and SME financing environment and programs;
- Strong organization skills;
- Experience working for/with international institutions and familiarity with their policies and procedures;
- Fluency in Mongolian and high level of proficiency in English.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Date to close is 23:59 p.m Korean Standard Time (KST) June 8, 2024. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Cover Letter, and CV must be sent in English. A consortium, or a firm may not be engaged for the individual consultant assignment
Child protection – GGGI is committed to child protection, irrespective of whether any specific area of work involves direct contact with children. GGGI’s Child Protection Policy is written in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
