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Climate change-related sea level rise (SLR), increase in mean sea temperature, increasing intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones and storm surges are likely to continue to have major adverse impacts on the Mozambique coastline. Whilst the entire length of the coastline is at risk, much of the south and central parts of the Mozambique coastline are particularly vulnerable. This is in part due to the many sections of low-lying flat coastal zones and river basins. The north is slightly less vulnerable due to the protection offered to the coastline by numerous coral reef systems as well as the lower frequency of cyclones relative to the south. However, the north will still be impacted by climate related SLR and coral reef systems may provide reduced protection in the future as they are likely to be degraded via: i) destructive maritime hazards; ii) increases in mean sea temperature; and iii) coral bleaching as a result of climate change impacts by as early as 2050. Furthermore changes in mean sea temperature may contribute to a shift in geographical location of cyclones on the Mozambique coastline.
Many anthropogenic activities in both urban and rural settings are impacting on coastal zones e.g. urban expansion, tourism, and in some point localities, industrial activity (e.g. industry in Maputo and oil exploration activities on the coast of Cabo Delgado). In addition, subsistence activities (including fishing, farming and wood collection) are impacting on critical ecosystem services provided by mangrove swamps, dune systems and coral reefs. These ecosystem services, however, are critical in providing resilience against SLR and destructive maritime hazards (such as storm surges, tsunamis and tropical cyclones). Predicted climate change impacts threaten the livelihoods of rural populations, food security, economic development and infrastructure in Mozambique.
The majority of coastal communities in Mozambique lack: i) the technical capacity; and ii) the physical and financial resources, to adapt to and overcome climate change and climate variability, particularly problems associated with climate change-induced coastal erosion.
Mozambique has the third longest maritime coastline in Africa (2700km) and the majority of the population (60%) live in coastal zones. Most of the poor and rural population situated in coastal zones depend on coastal resources for subsistence and livelihoods. For this reason, these populations are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.
The objective of the project is to develop the capacity of communities living in the coastal zones of Mozambique to manage climate change by: i) generating climate change risk and adaptation options analysis and mainstreaming it into policies, investment plans and sector budgets at the national and sub-national level ii) piloting demonstration projects to increase capacity of communities living in the coastal zone to cope with climate change impacts such as coastal erosion and to improve coastal ecosystem resilience to climate change; and iii) knowledge management to enable replication of climate change adaptation measures in coastal zones.
A Project Identification Form (PIF) was approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) July 14 2010. A comprehensive project proposal must be prepared by 31 July 2011. Technical assistance is required to provide expert advice in the area of climate change adaptation during the project preparation phase, and to lead in the drafting of the full scale project document for submission to GEF for consideration.
Funding for the project will come from the Least Developed Countries Adaptation Fund.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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The international consultant (IC) will lead the drafting process for the development of the Mozambique full size project document and CEO endorsement request, for endorsement by the GEF. The IC will work closely with a national consultant (NC), who will lead the in-country work of developing national ownership of the project and gathering information and developing technical inputs into the full size project document.
Tasks that the IC will be responsible for include:
- Completion of an inception report and an implementation plan for the project development phase. The IC expected to contribute to the preparation of the national inception workshop and other consultation exercises during the course of the project preparatory phase, in line with the project document requirements of the GEF.
- Provision of advice and technical inputs to the project team on the outputs that should be delivered during the project preparatory phase, which would feed into the preparation of the comprehensive project proposal. The IC should follow the proposed workplan set out in the PPG request form (to be supplied by UNDP).
- Provision of quality control of the outputs of the project preparatory phase to the standard required by UNDP.
- Lead on drafting of the UNDP- compliant, full-sized Project Document for submission to the LDCF. The document will cover the following in detail:
Project definition:
- A baseline study that includes a review of: i) the scientific literature on climate change impacts and potential costs, risks and vulnerability to climate change of coastal systems in Mozambique ii) on-going and planned investments in coastal areas; and ii) policies, laws, executive regulations and decrees relevant to adaptation c) the extent of adaptation planning at regional and local levels.
- Description of additionality which clearly justifies the project rationale and provides a strong case for mobilizing co-financing for the project.
- A set of recommended demonstration sites and interventions, which will be accompanied by clear supporting reports justifying their selection, and a clear definition of the target population.
- An articulation of the project’s objective and objective target, outcomes and outcome targets, outputs and resource requirements;
- A Results-based logframe, including SMART, results-based indicators, aligned to the GEF Results Based Management Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change. The project should be designed and implemented in a gender-equitable way, and project indicators should measure progress on gender equity. Baseline values for the indicators will be gathered and included in the prodoc.
- A stakeholder involvement plan for the project andan institutional delivery plan that describes the project management structure and implementation arrangements, including the roles and responsibilities of the main stakeholders, including UNDP; Development of protocols for cross-sectoral engagement.
- A detailed analysis of the risks that could affect project success and a mitigation plan for managing these risks.
- A description of the adaptation learning points that the project will generate, eg how will the pilot interventions that are being tested help Government and other stakeholders build their knowledge on how to adapt to climate change.
- A communication strategy to facilitate stakeholder involvement and information sharing.
Financing plan:
- Preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed interventions (which will be validated during project implementation). This should include cost estimates for the proposed intervention to ensure affordability, as well as estimates of potential benefits, where possible. The cost analysis should take into account lessons learned from past programming experiences in order to ensure that the LDCF interventions are designed in a least cost way. The cost analysis should set out the cost-effectiveness argument in the context of alternative ways of reaching the intended outcomes.
- Develop financing plan: this will comprise of two parts: a) developing the co-financing strategy with public and, where relevant/ appropriate, private sources of funding, and help the CO to secure the requisite co-financing letters
- A detailed sustainability strategy to provide for continuation and replication of the project interventions beyond the period of LDCF support.
- A project scale-up plan that outlines the actions and milestones for using this proposed LDCF project for catalyzing national-level action.
- Definition of a detailed sustainability strategy in order to ensure the continuation of the project after the four years of project grant. Stakeholders should be fully involved in the design of the adaptation interventions, to ensure that they are designed in a financially sustainable way.
- A Total Budget and its distribution in a multiyear Work Plan.
- Completion of a lessons learned template following completion of the preparatory phase.
- Further details are provided in the PPG request form.
Conduct of work:
- The IC will report to the UNDP CO and the Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) for Adaptation. The national project manager will report to the IC and the UNDP CO.
- The IC will work closely with the NC and any other consultants recruited to help formulate the project, to prepare technical inputs for the project document, and in conducting stakeholder consultations;
- Frequent communication is expected from the IC.
- The IC will attend (attend and participate in at least two national stakeholder consultations, which will include:
a) an inception meeting/consultation in the week beginning 3 October and
b) final project validation meeting/consultation in April/May 2011.
- The IC will undertake project site visits (subject to clearance by the RTA). The purpose the site visits should include (a) identification, verification and finalization of project activities; (b) clarifying monitoring and evaluation framework, including measurable impact indicators.
- The IC will draw from existing reports, overviews and information sources and not conduct primary data collection or analysis. To the extent possible, information that already exists such as from the NAPA and other international documentation. Where necessary and feasible within the project formulation timeframe, and in discussion with the RTA, additional technical assessments may be undertaken.
- The IC is encouraged to maintain a dialogue with the national counterpart, UNDP-CO and RTA as and when problems emerge during the preparation of the work if they affect the scope or perceived importance of the issues.
- The IC will perform his duties from the home office through e-mail, telephone and fax correspondence combined with two country missions of around 2 weeks each.
Timing:
- The IC will produce the inception report within 1 week from the completion of the inception workshop.
- The outputs set out in Section 5 will be produced between October 2010 and June 2011. The timing for the production of the project document is as follows:
a) The IC will produce a first draft of the full-size project document including logical framework and financing plan by 16 May 2011. A second draft will be produced by 6 June 2011 and the third and final draft by 27 June 2011 . Final submission of the document to the Global Environment Facility will be by 31 July 2011.
- The IC will provide additional information as required by the GEF up until 14 October 2011.
Outputs:
- An inception report which sets out the workplan for the project design phase, consultants needed, and budget lines. It should not exceed 5 pages
- A UNDP- compliant, full-sized Project Document for submission to the GEF.
- Preparation of a GEF CEO endorsement request. UNDP will provide the template.
- The report of the project preparatory phase, which will set out the achievements of the project design phase, stakeholders consultations and budget spent. UNDP will provide the template.
- Completion of a lessons learned template following completion of the preparatory phase.
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Competencies
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- Ability to speak, read and write technical and conversational Portuguese.
- Ability to pick up new terminology and concepts easily and to turn information from various sources into a coherent project document.
- Skill in negotiating effectively in sensitive situations
- Skill in achieving results through persuading, influencing and working with others
- Skill in facilitating meetings effectively and efficiently and to resolve conflicts as they arise
- Maturity and confidence in dealing with senior and high-ranking members of international, regional and national institutions.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Good oral communication skills and conflict resolution competency to manage inter-group dynamics and mediate conflicting interests of varied actors.
- Good team player, self starter, has ability to work under minimum supervision and maintain good relationships.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
Experience:
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10 years relevant work experience in climate change adaptation and natural resource management, including implementation at country level;
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Project development and design experience;
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
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Developing logframes and SMART-based indicators;
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Developing climate change adaptation analysis;
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Understanding of the socio-economic impacts of climate change to ecosystems;
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Developing climate change adaptation problem analysis and critically examining potential solutions, and ways to measure progress on those solutions;
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Understanding of how to go about conducting a cost effectiveness analysis of alternative adaptation actions;
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Institutional assessment and development;
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Environmental and natural resource problem analysis, particularly in the area of coastal zones.
Language Requirements:
- Excellent English written communication skills, with analytic capacity and ability to synthesise project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of quality project reports.
- Competency in Portuguese spoken, written and reading.
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