NICARAGUA : CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION NICARAGUA GOV
JOB DETAIL
NICARAGUA : CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION NICARAGUA GOV
INTRODUCTION TO GGGI
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Project: Mobilizing Climate Finance and Private Investments for Low-Carbon Development in Nicaragua
- Duty Station: On-site work
- Contract Duration: 15 May 2024 – 31 July 2024
- Number of Workdays Estimated (internal purpose only): 55
- Consultant Level: Level 4
- Total Fees: USD 13,200
PROJECT BACKROUND
Nicaragua relies on concessional international climate finance from development partners to finance its development and climate change objectives. However, the achievement of Nicaragua’s NDC targets requires a substantial increase in the volume of public and private, national and international climate finance invested in the country. The significant investment and efforts required for Nicaragua to implement its development and climate change plans risks being hampered by the 2018 attempted coup, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Eta y Iota, which hit the country, almost simultaneously, after a prolonged period of high debt-financed public infrastructure investments, deteriorating the country’s economic outlook, shifting priorities towards economic recovery, and reducing fiscal and policy space to pursue priority climate change initiatives. Although international climate finance offers some relief to the country´s growing debt to GDP ratio, the decreasing level of international aid and limited private sector participation in the country’s development agenda undermines the long- term sustainability of this fiscal approach.
As a result of the limited fiscal space and decreasing ODA resources, the Government of Nicaragua is facing the necessity and challenge of increasing access to international climate finance and private sector contribution to the country’s NDC targets, with two main barriers limiting progress:
- Barrier 1: Limited institutional, governance and planning capacity of the SCCP, MHCP, BCN and SIBOIF to integrate environmental, social and climate change considerations into financial planning and debt instruments.
- Barrier 2: Local financial institutions’ limited capacity to integrate environmental, social and governance standards into their systems, processes and instruments hindering access to finance for low-carbon projects and enterprises.
The proposed Readiness grant tackles identified climate finance barriers supporting the Government of Nicaragua develop strategic frameworks to enhance access to international climate finance, and promote private sector investments in mitigation and adaptation plans by:
- Developing Nicaragua´s National Climate Finance Roadmap to plan, enable and guide the access and use of domestic and international climate finance.
- Supporting Nicaragua’s capital market´s readiness assessment and advancing go-to-market activities for a sovereign green bond issuance and debt for climate swap transactions to raise affordable long-term finance earmarked to climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and programs.
- Greening Nicaragua’s banking sector by providing technical assistance to regulators and local financial institutions to integrate environmental.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGMENT
Hire a consultant to Strengthen the technical capacities of Nicaraguan government officials on the issue of climate change with a focus on sustainable finance.
The consultant must develop a training plan that involves conceptual and practical aspects of climate change, framed in the Nicaraguan context and the priorities defined in the country’s policies, strategies and commitments, including climate financing mechanisms.
The training plan will be implemented through seven training workshops.
Specific objectives:
- Evaluation of training requirements addressed to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) and the Secretariat of Climate Change of the Presidency of the Republic (SCCP). Design a short questionnaire to identify the training requirements in the topics related to the objective of the consultancy.
- Design and implementation of a pre- and post-training survey to evaluate the development of new capacities.
- Revision of the teaching material on climate change, provided by the GGGI technical team.
- Elaboration of examples on adaptation, to illustrate the link between the conceptual aspects and the guidelines of the National Climate Change Policy.
- Design of a training program, structured in seven modules, each lasting no more than 4 hours. The program should be designed taking into consideration the results of the survey applied.
- Preparation of a training curriculum and methodology for carrying out the workshops, including a didactic guide, training materials and a proposed schedule.
- Seven face-to-face workshops aimed at 30 participants.
- Application of the pre- and post-training survey.
- Preparation of a report summarizing the main results of capacity building.
- Other activities that contribute to capacity building.
DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE
- Consultancy work plan including timeline.
- Training needs assessment report.
- Methodological training plan for the workshops, including the teaching techniques and dynamics, the selected materials and a proposed schedule. Also, the questionnaire for the pre- and post-training survey.
- Interim training report, starting from the third training event.
- Report summarizing the main results of capacity building including pre and post training survey.
PAYMENT AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE
| Payment | Deliverables | Target Completion | Amount (% over total fee) |
| 1 | Consultancy work plan including timeline. | May 22 | 10% |
| 2 | Training needs assessment report. | May 29 | 10% |
| 3 | Methodological training plan for the workshops, including the teaching techniques and dynamics, the selected materials, and a proposed schedule. Also, the questionnaire for the pre- and post-training survey. | June 10 | 25% |
| 4 | Interim training report, starting from the third training event. | July 05 | 25% |
| 5 | Report summarizing the main results of capacity building including pre and post training survey. | July 31 | 30% |
EXPERTISE REQUIRED
Required:
- Must be a Nicaraguan citizen or foreigner who can reside and work in Nicaragua with a valid work permit.
- Bachelor´s degree in fields relevant to the described position (such as environmental policy, engineering, environmental science and management, economics, statistics, climate change or any related fields)
- Master’s degree in economics, environmental management, climate change, agriculture and forestry, public policy, or another relevant field is advantaged.
- At least five (5) years of experience in climate change with at least three (3) years in EWS development, risk and vulnerability assessment, identification of most vulnerable or riskier region, areas, economic sectors, and communities.
- Experience in international organizations working with developing countries is a plus.
- Experience with designing and implementing capacity building activities aimed at enhancing country capacity to identify disaster and climate risk to alert population in a timely manner.
- Experience in quantitative data analysis, and the ability to produce compelling insights from the analysis of issues related to adaptation.
- Proven experience leading or supporting project delivery, i.e., managing/supporting the delivery of results on time and on budget.
- Language required, Spanish and English, excellent writing skills and clear transmission of ideas.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The Consultant will be supervised by the Nicaragua GGGI Project Manager. The consultant’s work progress will be monitored primarily through periodic review meetings.
Deliverable 1 – 5 must be written in English and Spanish, in accordance with GGGI’s formatting requirements, and submitted with proof of editable file back-up (e.g., .docx, .pptx) in the GGGI SharePoint system. Where relevant, the Consultant shall also provide sets of raw data, research materials, and meeting notes related to the contractual objective.
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