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.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Government of Ethiopia has embarked on a long-term development trajectory, which could enable the country to maintain sustainable growth, achieve structural transformation and attain equitable distribution of wealth and shared prosperity over the long-term. The Ten Years Development Plan (2021-2030) of Ethiopia serves as an umbrella for sectoral and institutional strategic and mid-term plans and a key tool for cooperation fostering inclusive development. The ultimate goal of this plan is to bring the nation towards prosperity, security, and sustainability. Building a climate resilient green economy is one of the strategic pillars of the plan.

Since the launching of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy in 2011, the Government of Ethiopia has been striving to direct its development in a green growth and climate compatible direction. Ethiopia has extensively invested in climate change mitigation and adaption actions and adopted polices and plans that ensure economy-wide integration of climate change agenda.

Ethiopia is one of the few countries that submitted a “2°C compatible” Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Additionally, Ethiopia has prepared a Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS), crafting how new domestic institutional and policy reform and path on climate change adaptation and mitigation interact with the country’s development endeavor and contribute to achieving national development objectives. The LT-LEDS is firmly aligned with the national long-term development objectives and goals of Ethiopia and shall play an important role in driving the alignment of the NDCs and near-term actions with longer-term Paris Agreement goals.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a treaty based international intergovernmental organization, and Government of Ethiopia have developed a strong partnership, built on joint commitment to achieving the green growth and sustainable development objectives. The GGGI is among the key development partner institutions supporting the government of Ethiopia towards achieving the vision of building a climate resilient and carbon neutral economy. GGGI has provided policy advise, resource mobilization and capacity building support to pertinent Government sector ministries including the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Ministry of Planning and Development (MoPD).

The Government of Ethiopia has taken action to advance on climate change adaptation by developing its National Adaptation Plan (NAP-ETH) in 2017 and remains committed to pursue its implementation in an effort to bring about transformational change in the country’s capacity to address the impacts of climate change. Currently, the GGGI as a delivery partner together Ministry of Planning and Development (MoPD) – the National Designated Authority (NDA) to the Green Climate Fund(GCF) is implementing the National Adaptation Planning (NAP) project soliciting funding from the GCF Readiness window entitled “building Capacity to Facilitate the Integration of the National Adaptation Planning Process in Ethiopia.” This project aims among other things to strengthen climate governance and coordination mechanism for enhanced climate action.

The Federal Government of Ethiopia has recently restructured the national climate governance and coordination institutions. Accordingly, the Ministry of Planning and Development is conferred with the responsibility of the overall national coordination and leadership of climate actions in Ethiopia. The above reform has bestowed the Ministry of Planning and Development to be a national designated authority (NDA) or focal point (FP) to function as the focal ministry and main interface between Ethiopia and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF).

MoPD has established Climate Change and Population sector overseed by the State Minster level and developed a revised national guideline on new institutional governance and Coordination systems. The new climate and population arm of MoPD is responsible for delivering on the Ministry’s new mandate to lead climate planning and implementation for the Government and also coordination of climate change international negotiation and communication, planning and implementation of climate policy and strategy initiatives such as LT-LED Strategy and ensuring national compliance to the UNFCCC’s requirements. Therefore, to leverage opportunities to advance climate action and also strengthen the NDA coordination unit, the MoPD seeks capacity support through embedded Private Sector Consultant.

GGGI has a long history of experience in Ethiopia building the capacity of the government towards achieving the CRGE vision by providing technical assistance through seconding or embedding technical expertise in government pertinent sector ministries and institutions to promote the development of capacity, knowledge sharing, and systems building. Therefore, this terms of reference is to hire The CRGE Facility has developed a draft private sector strategy in an effort to increase private sector participation in the implementation of the CRGE strategy. This strategy needs to be improved and further strengthened to ensure that it is consistent with promoting private sector investment in resilience building in Ethiopia. Therefore, the purpose of this post is to hire private sector consultant to the NDA coordination unit in MoPD who will provide technical support to strengthen NDA’s engagement with private sector in resilience building efforts in Ethiopia.

OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The general objective of the assignment is to hire Private Sector Consultant who will be embedded in MoPD to build the institutional capacity of the NDA coordination unit in enhancing private sector engagement and explore the opportunities for a greater private sector involvement in the mobilization of climate finance opportunities.

Under the guidance of the NDA focal person and supervision of the project lead, the Consultant shall perform the following specific responsibilities but not limited to:

• Assess current private sector investment opportunities and gaps in Ethiopia and provide options for scaling-up private sector investment to enhance their engagement in adaptation initiatives,
• Design and conduct three (3) awareness raising campaigns for the private sector on the national strategic priorities, climate scenarios and adaptation-centered investment opportunities,
• Develop a guideline for private sector engagement to the Private Sector window of the GCF,
• Facilitate updating the current financial disbursement mechanism at national and regional level, including the existing manuals and guidelines (based on identified gaps) of relevant NAP-ETH executing entities and additional relevant stakeholders directly involved in supporting accessing climate finance,
• Support the potential private sector direct access accreditation application process to the GCF,
• Provide technical support in the review of the no objection process to the private sector applicants,
• Support the preparation of one private sector proposal to be submitted to the GCF,
• Provide technical support to the implementation of NAP GCF Readiness project,
• Integrate gender and social inclusion in the operation of NDA,
• Perform any other tasks as deemed necessary by the State Minster and NDA focal point.

DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Under the supervision of the NAP GCF Readiness Project Lead, the Consultant will be responsible for the following delivery:

GGGI shall pay the Individual Consultant on daily rate of Level 3 consultancy service on a monthly basis for the actual number of days worked in a calendar month according to the terms and conditions of an individual Consultancy Contract.

EXPERTISE REQUIRED

• Master’s Degree in Environment and Natural Resource, Economics, Environment and Development Studies, Environmental law, Marketing, Business development, policy and international relations or another related field,
• Senior professional with at least eight years of experience in in macro-economic policy formulation and analysis, experience in areas of corporate governance or related fields, public policy analysis and working at the technical and managerial level with private financial sector for advancing climate action,
• Familiarity with the UNFCCC protocols and climate change negotiation process,
• Experience in advising governments, regulators, or private sector entities on issues of privatizations in the area of resilience building,
• Experience in the development of private sector strategies in resilience building and low carbon development,
• Excellent knowledge of Ethiopian Macro Economy and development cooperation context,
• Demonstrated ability and experience in resource mobilization and bankable proposal development,
• Familiarity with the international climate finance source including GCF, the role of NDA to GCF and no objection process is an added advantage,
• Good knowledge of Ethiopia’s climate policy landscape and response on climate change,
• Knowledge of grant management, result based monitoring and evaluation practices,
• Knowledge of the operations of the Ministry of Planning and Development and Ministry of Finance is an added advantage,
• Good knowledge of the government operations at the national, regional and woreda levels,
• Having experience on Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – P4G will be an added advantage,
• Ability to integrate gender equality and social inclusion,
• Exceptionally good communication, networking, and interpersonal skills,
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, and Outlook),
• Strong self-motivation and innovative skills, with the capacity to work independently and meet deadlines.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

• Selection Method/Process: is based on relevant Education, Experience, and Interview Results
• Timeline of selection: 2nd week of July 2023

Date to close is Korean Standard Time (KST). Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Application, Cover Letter, and CV must be sent in English. A consortium, or a firm may not be engaged for the individual consultant assignment.