Individual Consultant: Provision of Individual Consultancy Services for the Institutional Mapping of National Climate Change Related Activities - Beirut

The tasks mentioned below shall be performed in close cooperation with the UNDP/Climate Change team, and the Ministry of Environment. It is understood that the Consultant shall perform all the services/work as necessary to fulfill the objectives of the Consultancy Contract.

The institutional mapping of national climate change activities, more than simply identifying or describing key institutional structures involved in climate change, should provide a critical assessment of how climate change issues are coordinated between government bodies and with other stakeholders. The mapping exercise should discuss all relevant actors in the country, such as government, research institutes, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, and the private sector. An illustration or a “map” demonstrating the linkages and relationships between the institutions is extremely useful. The final output should include a brief overview of the relevant regulatory and institutional frameworks for climate change, as well as present the coverage,

scale, and coordination of climate change interventions.

As such, the selected individual will be responsible for providing the services outlined below.

TaskK 1. Map National Climate Change Activities

Review national information and initiatives directly or indirectly related to climate change available from ministries, national institutions, development actors, and academic institutions and NGOs. Sectors to be covered include energy, transport, industry, forestry, agriculture, waste, water, tourism, coastal zones and public health;Validate and complement the findings from above with interviews with relevant stakeholders including decision-makers;Provide a list and description of existing and planned climate change projects and programmes, including the executing institutions;Identify Mitigation or Adaptation areas which are not enough tackled at a national level.

Task 2. Map Institutional and Regulatory Framework:

2.1. Review institutional and regulatory framework budget, source of fund, timeframe and achievements/expected results, and identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities, the role and influence of each institution, the respective institutional capacity, any coordination and collaboration mechanisms that exist;2.2. Provide concrete and pragmatic recommendation on how to improve collaboration.

Task 3. Map Academic Climate Change Activities:

3.1. Provide a list and description of climate change courses and research applications for the academic sector with identification of the strengths (research and expertise) of each academic sector in various climate change themes (e.g., mitigation: renewable energy, energy efficiency, etc.; adaptation: climate modeling, risk assessment; policy; etc.);3.2. Provide recommendations on ways to link research and expertise in the academic sector to national policy needs.

Task 4: Recommendations on best-practices track climate change activities:

4.1. Develop a list of criteria checklist to be used by as a reference project proponents in categorizing future activities under climate change. Experiences from other countries can be used as examples;4.2. Identify entry points in the national legislation to capture and track these projects on a regular basis;4.3. Formulate recommendations on how to ensure that future projects from all categories related to climate change are captured and tracked on the national level.

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