Consulting company in charge of developing a climate finance monitoring tool for the GCF project in the Central African Republic

The consulting company will work closely with the national project coordinator, CAR’s NDA, and GWP team at national, regional, and global levels to design, develop and implement a suitable climate finance monitoring and tracking system that is responsive to the needs of the country's users. The current capacity of the NDA for monitoring and evaluation has been identified as low, and the selected firm will thus have an opportunity to significantly influence the future operation of CAR’s monitoring, reporting, and verification of climate finance. Consequently, the selected consulting company is expected to bring significant expertise and experience in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems in a developing country context.

Duration

The consultation work will take place over the period from 27th March to 30th September.

Available budget

The available budget for this call is 96,000 US $ all taxes included. This budget covers experts’ fees, workshops, international trips needed (in addition to the 2 trips that will be covered by GWP – see below), translation costs, local travel, as well as any other cost. GWP will cover the expenses of two international trips; each trip includes an economy flight ticket to Bangui, hotel and perdiems for 5 days.

The consulting company should indicate in its proposal when these trips are planned to be used. It should indicate also any additional trips deemed necessary for the good implementation of the tasks. Additional trips will be covered by the consulting company. The consulting company shall coordinate closely with GWP the organisation of the workshops, both technically and logistically, including the choice of hotel and costs related to the participation of the stakeholders.

 Qualifications and professional experience

This activity will require the selected consulting company to make at least two staff available to undertake the abovementioned tasks.

Firstly, the Team Leader is expected to be an expert in monitoring and evaluation, with experience in designing monitoring and evaluation systems and finance tracking tools for developing countries. Secondly, an expert with experience in the design and development of offline-capable tracking tools. The expected expertise may be provided by multiple staff or associates within the proposed team. The team is expected to demonstrate experience in in West and the Central Africa Region.

Team Leader: 

− Master's degree or equivalent in economics, environment, climate change, development studies, or related field;

− At least 10 years of experience in the design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development or climate change projects;

− Demonstrated experience of climate finance analysis;

− Experience with the development of finance tracking tools is recommended, with preference to climate finance,

− Excellent communication skills both written and oral in French and English.

• Computer Science expert

− Advanced degree in computer science, software development, data analysis or similar;

− At least 5 years of experience in the design and development of monitoring tools on several platforms;

− Proven experience in conducting trainings and workshops;

− Excellent communication skills both written and oral in French and English.

The consulting company can provide additional expertise, including local expertise, as deemed appropriate. Additional expertise will be assessed under the category backstopping support during the selection process

Type of contract : International consulting company

Location: Remote services to be provided for the Central African Republic

Deadline for submission of applications: 20th March  2023

How to Apply

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Once your acceptance is confirmed, you will have access to the relevant documentation. You will then be able to answer the questions and submit the documents required in the offer.

Please note that your response to participate must be received by the deadline. Otherwise, the organization will not accept your response to the offer.

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