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Consultant: To prepare a Briefing Paper on the analysis of experience of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (Home Based)
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Sectors Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Location Belarus - Europe
Town/City Home-based anywhere
Salary Range Dependent on Experience
Type Temporary / Contract / Seasonal
Status Full Time
Level Mid Level
Deadline 11/03/2009
Company Name United Nations Development Program
Contact Name Human Resources
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UNDP plays an important role as a partner to the Government of Belarus in climate change policy and programs. Through its role as an implementing agency of the Global Environmental Facility, UNDP is supporting the development and implementation of several projects on climate change mitigation, including those in biomass energy, energy efficiency in the state sector, and land use. UNDP has also supported the development of the capacity of the Government of Belarus to address global environmental issues (through its NCSA program) and climate change in particular through a targeted project to develop capacity to implement mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol. Finally, UNDP is working at the global level on project-based emissions trading under its MDG Carbon Facility.
In the international carbon market, the Republic of Belarus is still facing the issue significantly limiting its carbon financing opportunities. The evident failure of the process of ratification of the Belarusian amendment to the Kyoto Protocol as per decision 10/???.2 resulted in non issuance of the country’s quantified emission reduction target yet. In these conditions, there are not many options to attract additional financing for GHG emission abatement projects, which are not in general profitable without such specific assets as carbon credits. The UNDP Kyoto Capacity Building Project has already contributed to the Belarusian Government’s decision concerning building up legal and institutional frameworks for Belarusian project owners’ access to the voluntary emission reduction market. This option however is also somewhat limited, since most of the standards existing in this market require retirement of AAUs, which Belarus may not possess until the beginning of 2010. There is one more opportunity to make GHG emission reduction activities in Belarus cost effective. The national emission trading would be a rational way to accumulate and reallocate accessible investment resources within the country likewise it is being done in the European Union where more than 60% of the aggregated Kyoto target has been met owing to so called the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
Until today, no study has been undertaken concerning the opportunity of introduction of emission trading in Belarus. It is clear that the study should involve the analysis of previous experience and existing practice in implementation of emissions trading. The EU ETS is mature enough to be considered as an example for this analysis. The knowledge of all factors influencing the effectiveness of EU ETS, risks, advantages and disadvantages of this market and recommendations derived from such analysis will be very useful for the elaboration of national emission trading scheme in Belarus.
Objective
The objective of the assignment will be to prepare a Briefing Paper on the analysis of experience of the EU Emission Trading Scheme operation with specific recommendations on the development of infrastructure for national emission trading in the Republic of Belarus.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collect information
  • Conduct research and consult with governments, companies, and international institutions, as necessary, for information on how the allocation plans for GHG emission allowances have been elaborated and implemented in the EU;
  • Prepare a draft briefing paper (15-20 pages) based on the proposed outline (Annex I) and submit the draft for review to UNDP Bratislava Regional Center and UNDP Belarus Kyoto Capacity Building Project Manager;
  • Present the findings and recommendations to government stakeholders at a workshop in Minsk, Belarus;
  • Revise the paper as necessary based on feedback.
Timeline and implementation arrangements:
The total duration of assignment is 20 working days during the period March 15 – April 23, 2009. The deadline for the briefing paper submission is April 15, 2009. The consultant will be paid a lump-sum fee upon delivery of the final Briefing Paper and acceptance of the Briefing Paper by UNDP Belarus and UNDP Bratislava Regional Center.  Lump-sum will be calculated based on UNDP’s salary scale.  UNDP reserves its right to negotiate the final amount of consultant’s remuneration, based on the consultant’s performance.
The assignment will be home-based and will involve Internet research and telephone and e-mail communications with governments, companies, and international institutions as necessary. Throughout the assignment the consultant will work in close collaboration with the UNDP project office in Minsk as well as UNDP Regional Center for Europe and CIS.
S/he will report on his work to Mr. Alexandre J. Grebenkov (sasha_grebenkov@mail.ru), UNDP Project Manager and Mr. Dmitry Goloubovsky (dzmitry.halubouski@undp.org), UNDP Regional Kyoto Protocol Project Manager.

Competencies

  • Knowledge of Kyoto mechanisms;
  • Experience with the climate policy issues in the CIS countries will be an asset;
  • Solid knowledge of carbon markets, in particular the EU ETS.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Advanced degree in economics or environmental policy;
  • Good writing and communication skills;
  • Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English, knowledge of Russian would be an asset.
Applications procedures:

Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and CV on-line.
Deadline for submission of applications:              11 March 2009
Responsible applicants will be shortlisted, and at least three applicants will gain a personal, or telephone hearing.
Women are encouraged to apply. UNDP is non-smoking work environment.
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