To support and facilitate the TNA process, a national contractor is being recruited for the execution of activities in relation to climate change adaptation in the Water and AFOLU sectors under the direct supervision of the TNA Coordinator. The contractor shall provide technical services, on a part time basis, for the assessment of technology needs for climate change adaptation activities in Azerbaijan and shall provide the following outputs:
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- A portfolio of technologies for the two sectors
- A Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) report describing the prioritised technologies for adaptation in the Water and AFOLU sectors including the process followed and the rationale for the latter. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre will provide a template for the TNA report.
- A Barrier Analysis and Enabling Framework (BA&EF) report on existing barriers for the prioritised adaptation technologies and enabling framework to facilitate the deployment and diffusion of technology priorities. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre will provide a template for the BA&EF report.
- A Technology Action Plan (TAP) report for adaptation, including 2-4 project ideas for the implementation of the TAP, and one policy brief per technology taken to the TAP in the format agreed for the project with UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre will provide a template for the TAP report and policy briefs. Field trips and trips to attend training and capacity-building workshops will occur. 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 Water and AFOLU sectors 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 two sectors. 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.
Application deadline: 03/07/2025
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