The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) is a set of country-driven activities leading to the identification, prioritization and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The TNA project is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme and the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, supported by UNOPS, on behalf of the Global Environment Facility.
The current Global TNA project, deriving from window (i) of the Strategic Program on Technology Transfer, is designed to support countries to carry out improved Technology Needs Assessments within the framework of the UNFCCC. The project supports countries that wish to update an earlier TNA as well as those embarking on a TNA for the first time. The purpose of the TNA project is to assist participant developing country Parties identify and analyse priority technology needs, which can form the basis for a portfolio of environmentally sound technology (EST) projects and programmes to facilitate the transfer of, and access to, the ESTs and know-how in the implementation of Article 4.5 of the UNFCCC Convention.
The main objectives of the project are:
• To identify and prioritise through country-driven participatory processes, technologies that can contribute to mitigation and adaptation goals of the participant countries, while meeting their national sustainable development goals and priorities;
• To identify barriers hindering the acquisition, deployment, and diffusion of the prioritised technologies; • To develop Technology Action Plans specifying activities and enabling frameworks to overcome the barriers and facilitate the transfer, adoption and diffusion of selected technologies in the participant countries and policy briefs summarizing the policy relevant actions within the Technology Action Plans in a short and user-friendly way;
• To develop concept notes for attracting funding to implement selected technologies in priority areas of national relevance.
Monitoring and Progress Controls
In close collaboration with the rest of the national TNA team and the TNA Coordinator and Regional Centre, the contractor will be responsible for, inter-alia:
a. Organising consultative stakeholder meetings and workshops (TNA validation, BAEF validate and TAP validation).
b. Identification and prioritization of technologies for the Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services sector through a participatory process with a broad involvement of relevant stakeholders, including; i. identification and link-up with relevant stakeholders and facilitation of the sectorial working groups to be set-up, ii. identification of institutions for data and other support, and iii. collecting, analysing and synthesizing information and data to prepare technology fact sheets for the sector.
c. Leading the process of analysing with the stakeholder groups how the prioritised technologies can be implemented in the country and how implementation circumstances could be improved by addressing the barriers and developing an enabling framework based, inter-alia, on undertaking of local market and other assessments, as may be required;
d. Prepare and finalize the TNA, BA&EF and TAP reports, with project ideas and policy briefs, and with inputs of stakeholders included. i. Prepare working papers and other TNA-related documents as may be required to ease the consultative process and harnessing inputs from stakeholders during meetings and workshops, amongst others.
e. Provision of any other inputs, as may be required, relevant to related part of the TNA process and output targeted as may be requested by the TNA Coordinator, the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, Regional Centres and the National TNA Committee.
The contractor will be required to use best practices, guidelines, methodologies and technical guidance available through the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and other approved sources.
1st deliverable – Submission of Portfolio of 8-12 technologies for adaptation in the Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services sector
2nd deliverable – Submission of TNA report
3rd deliverable – Submission of BA&EF report
4th deliverable – Submission of TAP report
5th deliverable – Policy brief per technology taken to the TAP Work plan
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Application deadline: 22/04/2025
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