The Global Programme, which is funded by the European Commission and the governments of Germany and Australia, is under implementation in 25 countries around the world, inclusive in the Republic of Moldova.
UNDP Moldova together with the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of Environment (MoEN) is implementing the LECB Project – Republic of Moldova.
In the Republic of Moldova the scope of the LECB project is to increase institutional capacities to provide appropriate mechanisms of support and coordination when addressing climate risks, to strengthen the technical knowledge in order to better understand and make use of climate information, and increasing relevant data and access to data for planning and decision-making.
The main project objectives are:
- To strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of the Republic of Moldova to develop a National Inventory System to support the development of national GHG inventory on a regular basis;
- To identify and formulate Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the context of the national Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS); and
- To measure/monitor, verify and report (MRV) progress on NAMAs and LEDS implementation.
Under the first project objective the following four main outputs have been set:
- The National Inventory System institutionalized through a legislative/normative act;
- A ‘National Inventory System Report’ developed following the U.S. EPA’s Template Workbook ‘Developing a National GHG Inventory System’ (available on the U.S. EPA’s website: www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghginventorycapacitybuilding);
- Level of knowledge of the national experts and partner institutions involved in the development of GHG Inventory for Energy and LULUCF Sectors enhanced;
- A data management system for tracking and archiving the inventory information used in each inventory cycle in place.
The implementation of project objectives will support the Republic of Moldova to prepare high quality National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) to be submitted to the UNFCCC timely (i.e. once in four years in case of NCs and once in two years in case of BURs).
As GHG inventories are a key component of both the NCs and BURs, there are opportunities under the LECB Project, on the one hand - for peer reviewing the most relevant chapters of the last available draft National Inventory Report (NIR) before its submission to the UNFCCC as an Annex of the Initial Biennial Update Report (BUR1) and its review by the ICA; and on the other hand – for enhancing the level of knowledge of the national experts and partner institutions involved in the development of national GHG Inventory, specifically in the light of the findings of the peer review exercise to be undertaken and of the recommendations for inventory improvements to be further considered in the process of developing the Fourth NC of the Republic of Moldova under the UNFCCC.
In this regard, UNDP is seeking the expertise of a Technical Reviewer to:
- Perform the peer review of national GHG inventory – Energy Sector and of Chapter 3 ‘Energy Sector’ of the draft ‘National Inventory Report: 1990-2013, Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in the Republic of Moldova’ before submission to the UNFCCC; and
- Enhance the professional knowledge and skills of the national experts and institutions involved in the development of GHG Inventory for Energy Sector through a 3-day training, following the peer review findings and recommendations;
- The consultant will submit the final report to UNDP Moldova and work under direct supervision of the LECB Project Managers and the leader of the GHG Inventory Working Group, in cooperation with the energy sector national consultants.
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