BBRSO79376: National Project Assistant - Dominica Tender, Dominica - 35604371

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Country : Dominica

Summary : BBRSO79376: National Project Assistant - Dominica

Deadline : 22 Aug 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 35604371

Document Ref. No. : 58380

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Casa de las Naciones Unidas Avenida Anacaona #9, Mirador Sur. Apartado 1424 Santo Domingo - República Dominicana Teléfono: 809-537-0909 Fax: 809-537-3507
Dominica

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BBRSO79376: National Project Assistant - Dominica

Caribbean countries share similar economic and sustainable development challenges, including a small population, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, and most importantly, vulnerability to climate change. Given the current condition of the marine environment, most coastal areas have few defenses against the raging surfs of hurricanes and tropical storms, and the likely consequences would be significant coastal damage including beach erosion and infrastructure damage. Negative impacts associated to climate change on land, water resources and biodiversity have also been predicted, and ultimately, tourism and agriculture will be negatively impacted by these changes. Meanwhile, Caribbean countries emit such relatively small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, which mean that they will suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change.The Government of Japan has been one of leading donors in the target of climate change. Japan has delivered development assistance total of $17.6 billion to vulnerable countries from October 2009 to December 2012 for mitigation and adaptation.The Government of Japan intends to continue its assistance in this area to create enabling environment with a view to formulate a new framework applicable to all Parties by COP 21 in 2015. Especially, the Government of Japan sees it important to assist Small Islands Developing States (SIDS), and in this context, is interested in establishing a new regional assistanceprogramme for Caribbean and/or CARICOM in the area of climate change under the framework of the Partnership for Peace, Development and Prosperity between Japan and the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)1.The Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership aims to support the implementation of actual technology that is both low-emission and advances climaterisk management, including demonstration in the target countries. To this end, five demonstration projects are planned for Dominica which are tailored to...

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