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.

Ecuador is developing the National Climate Change Mitigation Plan (PLANMICC), which responds to the international commitments acquired by Ecuador as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the ratification of the Paris Agreement. At the national level, the country has a regulatory framework that promotes the implementation of climate change mitigation actions and the creation of policy instruments to facilitate their management.

In this context, the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition (MAATE), with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund (FIAS), is developing this Plan. The plan’s objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve and increase carbon sinks, in line with national capacities and circumstances, without harming the competitiveness and development of the prioritized sectors of climate change mitigation.

Likewise, the Plan constitutes one of the mechanisms for implementing the National Climate Change Strategy (ENCC for its acronym in Spanish). This Plan serves as the national reference framework for implementing measures aimed at reducing GHG emissions and increasing carbon sinks in the five strategic sectors for mitigating GHG emissions established in the country’s ENCC.

In that sense, the transport sector in Ecuador is the largest energy consumer (around 52%) and requires tailored initiatives to impact greenhouse gas reduction significantly. The PLANMICC project will have a long-term vision, enabling the achievement of transformative change towards sustainable development, building upon the commitments made as a signatory country to the Paris Agreement. For this reason, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is providing technical assistance to identify the enabling conditions to include low-emission transportation initiatives established in the action lines of the PLANMICC.

The consultant will be required to support the identification of enabling conditions to implement the National Climate Change Mitigation Plan (PLANMICC) in the transportation subsector of the prioritized municipalities. This will involve raising awareness about the impacts of sustainable transportation and identifying gaps and opportunities for plan implementation within municipalities.

Specific Objectives

• Classify the study areas for the introduction of low-carbon mobility initiatives.
• Analyze the necessary actions within municipalities to implement the sustainable mobility action lines of the PLANMICC.
• Provide recommendations regarding the actions that must be undertaken in the selected municipalities to achieve the goals set forth in the PLANMICC.

The activities that the consultant must carry out are detailed below:

• Prepare a Work Plan of the activities to undertake under the assignment.

– The Work Plan should include the scheduling of meetings with the counterpart MAATE and PLANMICC.

• Classify the study areas for the introduction of low-carbon mobility initiatives.
• Review national studies and regulations for the implementation of low-carbon mobility actions.
• Examine the plausible scenario of PLANMICC.
• Determine the classification parameters for the study areas.
• Characterize the study areas (municipalities).
• Define the study cities, at least 6 cities in total (including medium and small ones).
• Prepare a report on Zoning Classification for Low-Carbon Mobility Initiative Implementation

-Include annexes containing reviewed information.

• Analyze the actions required in municipalities to implement the sustainable mobility action lines of PLANMICC.
• The analysis should cover cities where mobility topics have not been previously studied.
• Analyze the mobility goals of PLANMICC.
• Technical visits to the selected cities for information gathering.
• Identification of enabling conditions for low-carbon mobility according to the selected cities.
• Final report on actions required in municipalities to implement the sustainable mobility action lines of PLANMICC.

– Final report describing short, medium, and long-term actions in accordance with PLANMICC.

– Consider technical, economic, regulatory, and administrative aspects.

• Recommend the actions that should be carried out in the selected municipalities to achieve the goals established in PLANMICC.
• Analyze the obtained results to understand which actions are prioritized for implementing sustainable mobility within the time horizons (short, medium, and long term) according to PLANMICC’s transportation goals.
• Include an analysis of the technical, economic, regulatory, and administrative conditions to implement low-carbon mobility initiatives in municipalities.
• Recommendations report to achieve the sustainable mobility goals of PLANMICC.

– Identification of technical, economic, regulatory, and administrative aspects for implementing low carbon mobility.

– Findings on enabling conditions for low carbon mobility.

• Systematize all collected information, annexes, meeting minutes, etc.

All relevant technical papers, reports, and other documents prepared from the start to the end of the assignment shall be attached to the last Report.

EDUCATION

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Sustainable Mobility, Management, Economics, Engineering, or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• General professional experience of a minimum of 7 years since obtaining a bachelor’s degree.
• At least 4 years of specific experience in some of the following areas:
  • Cost-benefit analysis, sustainable mobility, financial flow estimation, sustainable development, public policy formulation, climate change, and environmental project evaluation.
  • Verifiable experience in handling information processing tools in the transportation sector.
  • Knowledge of the transportation sector in the Ecuadorian context.
  • Verifiable experience in sustainable mobility projects.
  • Verifiable experience in generating public policy and economic-environmental evaluation.
  • Experience in managing multidisciplinary groups.
  • Will be highly valued for having one of the following knowledge/experiences:
    • International context and/or negotiations among parties regarding the fight against climate change.
    • Knowledge of decarbonization strategies from other countries.
    • Electric mobility knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Knowledge in strategic planning from an economic perspective.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis tools.
• Skills in working with multidisciplinary groups.
• Negotiation, promotion, and conflict resolution skills.

• The consultancy budget covers the costs of transportation and accommodation, and necessary resources for field studies in the selected cities.
• The selection of study cities must be coordinated with the Ministry of Environment and the PLANMICC Project team.
• Please note date to close is Korean Standard Time (KST). Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered Application. Please attach cover Letter, CV (resume), and writing sample in English. A consortium, or a firm may not be engaged for the individual consultant assignment.