International Expert on Final Evaluation

The Government of Republic of Kazakhstan and UNDP/GEF implement a project titled “Kazakhstan- Wind Power Market evelopment initiative”.

The objective of the UNDP/GEF Project  “ Kazakhstan- Wind Power Market Development Initiative”   is to promote the development of the wind energy market in Kazakhstan by: (a) assisting the Government to formulate a National Program on Wind Energy Development; (b) providing information for and building the local capacity to develop wind energy projects in Kazakhstan and to organize financing for them (including site “mapping” and expansion of the wind speed measurement program); (c) facilitating the construction of the first 5MW wind farm to prepare ground for and reduce the risks of further investments; and (d) monitoring, analyzing and disseminating the experiences and lessons learned during the implementation of the project.

• The project started in 2007. The executing agency for the project is the Ministry of Industry and New Technology. The mid-term evaluation for the project was conducted in September 2007. According to the Recommendations, the Project Management Responses and decisions of the PSC the Project Logframe was revised with the followings outcomes:
• An enabling legal and regulatory framework for wind energy development and adequate institutional capacity to effectively implement that in place,
• Improved access to   information on the specific framework conditions in
  Kazakhstan to develop commercially feasible investment projects and to structure financing for them.
• Financial closure and start-up of the construction of the first, larger scale wind energy plants in Kazakhstan.
• The results and services provided by the project sustained to foster further development of the wind energy market in Kazakhstan.

The revised Project Logframe and Annual Works Plans for 2009-2010 were prepared and adopted by the SC in 2009. This UNDP/GEF wind project is scheduled to close in June 2011. Thus the final evaluation’s focus should be a lessons-learned section for wide distribution to other countries planning similar activities in  area of renewable energy and climate change mitigations. To the moment most of the project outcomes are achievement and the project is a subject of the final evaluation.

The Final Evaluation of the UNDP/GEF Project “Kazakhstan- Wind Power Market Development Initiative” is initiated by UNDP as the GEF Implementing Agency.  It aims to provide stakeholders (Ministry of Industry and Innovative Technology PK, PIU, UNDP-Kazakhstan Project Office and UNDP-GEF levels) with strategy and policy options for more effective and efficiently manner to support the wind energy development in Kazakhstan and for replicating the results.  It also provides the basis for learning and accountability for managers and stakeholders.

The overall purpose of the evaluation is to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of project activities in
relation to the stated objective so far, and to produce possible recommendations on:

• The key elements of success of the project and further steps to be taken to secure successful
  development of the wind power market initiative in Kazakhstan ;
• Any gaps remaining after the project implementation to be addressed in further initiatives by
  the Government;
• dentifying risks to the sustainability of the project initiatives to be considering by the Government in future
  development of the wind power in Kazakhstan.

The Final Evaluation is to consider the currently evolving policy and economic climate in
consideration of the risks and the further development of the initiatives as the external pressures
on results and executing agency have changed during the last year of the project.    
Project performance will be measured based on the indicators of the project’s logical framework. 

The key product expected from the final evaluation is a comprehensive analytical report in English and Russian that should, at least, include the following contents:

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• The Project and its development context
• Findings and Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Lessons learnt
• Evaluation report Annexes

The Final Evaluation will be carried out by team of two external consultants:
International consultant - expert on areas of international projects’ monitoring and evaluation with the focus on climate change, sustainable development,  energy sector, particularly on wind energy, and
National consultant – expert on areas of environmental management, climate change, energy and renewable energy.

The international expert (team leader) will perform the following tasks:

• Lead and manage the evaluation mission;
• Design the detailed evaluation scope and methodology (including the methods for data collection and analysis);
• Decide the division of labor within the evaluation team;
• Conduct an analysis of the outcome, outputs and partnership strategy (as per the scope of the evaluation described above);
• Draft of the evaluation report; and
• Finalize the whole evaluation report according to received comments.  

The international expert has overall responsibility for delivery and quality of the evaluation products and arrangement of implementation of the evaluation by the evaluation team. 

Technical competencies:

• Strong proven analytical skills;
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English.

Personal Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
• Positive, constructive attitude to work;
• Demonstrated skills and experience in working with designing and implementing policies and capacity building activities.

•  Recent experience with result-based management evaluation methodologies;
•  Experience applying participatory monitoring approaches;
•  Experience applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating baseline scenarios;
•  Recent knowledge of the GEF Monitoring and Evaluation Policy;
•  Recent knowledge of UNDP’s results-based evaluation policies and procedures
•  Competence in Adaptive Management, as applied to climate change and energy resource management projects;
•  Recognized expertise in the management of energy for sustainable use; 
•  Familiarity with energy sector  and renewable energy policies and regulation in Kazakhstan;
•  Demonstrable analytical skills;
•  Work experience in relevant areas for at least 10 years; 
•  Project evaluation experiences within United Nations system will be considered an asset  Excellent English communication and writing skills.

Important Note

For more details, please refer to the ToR and Procurement Notice at undp.kz/ vacancies or contact mugilshin.tutkushova@undp.org.

CVs and other documents certifying work experience ans skills should be uploaded to  www.jobs.undp.org;

Financial proposals should be sent to mailbox climate.kz@undp.org indicating the subject ``International Consultant for wind project.