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Government of Saint Lucia
National Capacity Self-Assessment for the Global Environment Management (NCSA)
Capacity Constraints and Development Assessment
National Consultant - Terms of Reference
The Government of Saint Lucia, through the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Economic Planning, National Development and the Public Service is undertaking an assessment of the country’s capacity to implement the three Rio Conventions (the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification). The primary objective of the NCSA is to identify country level priorities and needs for capacity building to address global environmental issues, in particular under climate change, biological diversity, and land degradation, and enhance the capacity of Saint Lucia to meet its obligations under the three relevant conventions. It is hoped that the process will lead to a catalysing of domestic and externally supported actions to meet those needs in a coordinated and planned fashion. The process will also explore linkages among GEF focal areas, and with the wider concerns for environmental management and sustainable development at national level, as identified by the relevant authorities.
The study will focus on:
· Identification of appropriate institutional structures for the co-ordination and implementation of the capacity building activities;
· Identification and development of a mechanism for the meaningful involvement of NGOs, CBOs and other stakeholders;
· Identification of synergies across the thematic areas;
· Reviewing current capacities and identifying new areas for capacity enhancement to address issues of sustainable development;
· Prioritization of the capacity development needs identified; and
· Development of a national implementation action plan to address priorities as identified in the capacity assessment
Further details on the tasks to be performed to and possible approaches to achieve the above can be found on the following websites under the heading: NCSA Capacity Development
www.climatechange.gov.lc; or www.slubiodiv.org.
Applications are invited from suitable persons and agencies to undertake the Thematic Assessment for one or more of the conventions listed above. Each application, should be accompanied by the applicant’s CV along with the fees expected and should be submitted in sealed envelopes with the following text written on its top, left hand side: “NCSA Consultancy”, and should reach the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Economic Planning, National Development and the Public Service by 13th April 2007
Ideally, applicants should have a good knowledge of Multilateral Environmental Agreements generally and the Conventions on Climate Change, Biological Diversity and Land Degradation in particular. Experience in capacity development, change management, institutional development, public or private sector administration and working with international development agencies would be advantageous.
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