GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF) READINESS & PREPARATORY SUPPORT IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Preparation of Guinea- Bissau to the

climate finance through GCF country

programming and establishment of

GCF national designated authority

Terms of Reference

For the recruitment of a national

consultant for elaboration of a

communication strategy and action

plan for the project

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

August 2019

[AC/OSS/READINESS-GB_COM-STRG/120819-15]

Deadline Extended : September 15, 2019

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A. INTRODUCTION

This is the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the recruitment of a communication national consultant for the Sahara

and Sahel Observatory (OSS)- Green Climate Fund (GCF) project entitled « Readiness & preparatory support

project to Guinea- Bissau : preparation of Guinea- Bissau to the climate finance through GCF country programming

and establishment of GCF national designated authority ».

The project is implemented by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) as a delivery partner in close collaboration

with the Secretariat of State of Enviornment in Guinea-Bissau representing the GCF focal point. The

project is expected to start within one month (by October 2019) with a duration of 12 months.

B. BASIC CONTRACT INFORMATION

C. CONTEXT

Guinea-Bissau consistently ranks among the most vulnerable countries in West Africa to climate change. In fact, its

degree of vulnerability to the risks of climate variability (World Risk Index, WRI) is very high (13.75%) and ranks

15th in the world.

According to the Second National Communication on Climate Changes, Guinea-Bissau is exposed to risks of floods,

coastal erosion, rainfall shortfall and salt invasion area causing mainly soils aridity, a significant reduction in major

humid zones and the disappearance of some rivers and lakes. Torrential rains and extreme temperatures are also

climate phenomena that prove and demonstrate the country’s vulnerability.

The NAPA concluded that the negative effects of climate changes in almost all productive sectors of national life,

particularly as regards its population and natural ecosystems. Among the foreseen consequences, we single out a

fall in agricultural, forest and grazing production, loss of human lives arising from gender inequality, malnutrition

and food insecurity, etc. The NAPA also highlighted that climate variability will be significantly exacerbated by

climate change in the coming decades. Response to date in preparing for the anticipated climate changes have

been mostly ad-hoc, reactive and poorly coordinated. Consequently, Guinea-Bissau is currently poorly equipped to

address the adverse impacts of climate change.

To allow Guinea-Bissau to better manage climate related challenges undermining economic growth and

development, it is essential to help it mobilize the climate financial resources from the Green Climate Fund (GCF)

to address a number of challenges. To do so, Guinea-Bissau, through its focal point, requests initial readiness

support from the GCF to build country capacity, develop multi-stakeholder consultative processes and to pave the

way for the accreditation of national entities for project funding.

The engagement with the GCF is seen as an opportunity to access significant resources to finance the

implementation of its National Adaptation (NAP), Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II) and

it’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

In the context of country capacity building, Guinea-Bissau requests assistance to create a Nationally Designated

Authority (NDA), who will be responsible for evaluating proposed projects and developing a well-balanced pipeline

of adaptation and mitigation projects. Within its strategic development framework, Terra Ranka, Guinea Bissau

Location: Guinea- Bissau

Application Deadline Extended: September 15, 2019 at 23 :59

Tunis time Field : Communication, media sciences, journalism

Type of Contract: Individual Contract

Assignment Type: National Consultant

Languages Required: Portuguese/English and French is an asset

Expected Starting Date: Within one month (by October 2019)

Expected Duration of Assignment: 20 person/days

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requests assistance building up its private sector which is almost entirely dependent on natural resources and

agriculture and therefore very sensitive to fluctuations in climate. Developing a successful multi-stakeholder

consultative process that meaningfully incorporates the private sector and encourages public/private partnerships

will be a key ambition in Guinea Bissau’s readiness support with the GCF.

These aspects will be prospected in this readiness project in order to identify the private sector needs in terms of

preparation to climate finance access.

Guinea Bissau's commitment to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will enable it to access to the financial resources

needed to build its political, strategic and institutional framework for adaptation to climate change. It will also be

an opportunity to upgrade, in terms of climate finance, both the public institutions that are involved in the climate

change issue and the financial institutions that are likely to be involved.

Account taken to these aspects, Guinea Bissau requested the GCF support to conduct a project for preparation to

climate finance “Climate Readiness”. The request was accepted and will contribute to bridging gaps in terms of

capacities and to strengthening the effective commitment of the concerned stakeholders.

The mobilization of the various stakeholders concerned (DNA members, officials of the General Environment

Authority, finance ministries and key sectors concerned) in the project process requires the elaboration of a

communication strategy adapted to the country’s national context in order to achieve the objectives set in terms

of mobilization. It is for that reason that a national call for application will be launched for the implementation of

this particular activity in order to facilitate interactions among stakeholders and take into account the needs of

national actors.

D. OBJECTIVE

This consultancy aims to develop a communication strategy and action plan to ensure the dissemination of the

project activities and GCF procedures in Guinea- Bissau. This will allow to sensitize the different categories of

actors for the mobilization of available climate finance resources.

E. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In the framework of the climate finance preparatory project, the consultant is required to:

- Meet with national stakeholders (Ministries and technical services, media, private sectors, delivery

partner, GCF Africa Regional Advisor, accredited entities) involved in climate change-related programs and

projects to identify their communication needs

- Participate in the organization of GCF workshops and events as part of the project in coordination with

other consultants involved in the project activities to facilitate meetings with stakeholders and better

target their needs

- Analyse the specific needs in terms of knowledge sharing on "climate finance" issues based on collected

information to propose a coherent and accepted communication strategy by all stakeholders

- Identify the target audience and propose appropriate communication tools to achieve the project

objectives

- Define relevant messages in relation with climate finance issues, to engage a wide range of stakeholders

including the private sector

- Develop the communication strategy and translate it into an operational action plan, focusing on priority

actions at national and local levels and the deadlines for their implementation, budget, etc

- Identify the human and material resources needed to deploy the actions planned by the communication

strategy and the action plan

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- Facilitate working sessions with stakeholders as well as the validation workshop of the communication

strategy and action plan

- Propose measurable indicators for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the communication

strategy

- Comply with the administrative hours of her/his duty station

F. EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES

During the mission implementation, the consultant will have to provide the following products:

- Proposal of the outline of the communication strategy

- Complete document of the communication strategy and the action plan

- Plan for the implementation of the communication strategy, including an estimated budget

- Report of the strategy and plan validation workshop

- PPT presentations

NB : All the deliverables should be validated by the focal point and the OSS and established in english and

portuguese.

G. APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Qualifications, skills and abilities

The consultant responsible, mainly, for developing the communication strategy and action plan of the project and

the GCF activities must have a solid experience in the field of communication on Multilateral Environmental

Agreements (MEA) and multimedia and in the dissemination of information on latest progress in terms of climate

finance. In addition s/he (she) must have the following qualifications:

Academic Qualifications

- University degree (Licence, Master, PhD) in communication, media sciences, journalism and / or any otherrelated area

Experience

- At least five (5) years of professional experience in the field of communication in the environmental area

- Wide knowledge about climate finance and climate change issues in Africa/ Guinea- Bissau as well as the

GCF procedures would be a major asset.

Competencies

- Proven experience in the innovation and promotion of new communication approaches and techniques

(social media, online communication, etc.)

- Have competence in the development of communication strategies related to Multilateral Environmental

Agreements MEAs or climate finance

- Have a good knowledge of the media environment of Guinea- Bissau

- Excellent communication skills

- Be able to fulfil responsibilities within the prescribed deadlines

- Good command of data processing and information production methods and tools

Languages

- Excellent command of the Portuguese language (written and verbal)

- Fluency in spoken and written English and French languages are an asset

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2. Duration, payment modalities and specifications

The total duration of the consultancy is fixed at 45 days starting upon signature of the contract. The overall effort

is estimated at 20 man/days, distributed over 45 days with a daily rate fixed at USD 400.

Expected outputs/deliverables Estimated sheduled

man days Timing

Facilitation of working sessions on the

communication strategy and development of related

minutes

3

15 days after

signature of the

contract

Elaboration of a national communication strategy

and its implementation plan 15

35 days after

signature of the

contract

Elaboration of presentations (PPTs) on the

communication strategy 1

5 days after reception

of the communication

strategy document

Facilitation of a validation workshop and

development of the workshop report 1

5 days after the

validation of the

communication

strategy document

Total 20

The payment of remuneration will be made by OSS to the consultant account upon the validation by OSS of the

due tasks and missions.

The consultant payment will be conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions applied by OSS for

consultants.

3. Proposals Presentation

The application package must include the following:

- Copy of personal identification

- Detailed curriculum vitae: please use the OSS CV model downloadable on the following link [OSS CV Model] (English/French only)

- Description note (one page maximum) of why the consultant considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment specifying the consultant’s field of expertise, written in Portuguese (optional), and in English or French (mandatory)

- Methodological note (3 pages maximum) describing the approach to be used by the consultant for the mission execution, written in Portuguese (optional), and in English or French (mandatory)

- Terms of reference, dull signed

- Copy of academic credential, such as university degrees- Other useful documents/references

The consultant selection method will be based on the (SQC) qualification.

4. Application modalities and deadline

Applications must be submitted electronically no late r than September 15, 2019 at 23 :59 Tunis time at

the following address: procurement@oss.org.tn indicating the reference «Call for applications for

the recruitment of a communication national consultant [AC/OSS/READINESS-GB_COM-STRG/120819-15]

» in the subject line.

Incomplete applications will be excluded from further consideration.