Procurement Summary
Country : Costa Rica
Summary : Public/Private Finance Advisor and Management Officer, BIOFIN
Deadline : 08 Aug 2018
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 25299355
Document Ref. No. : 48392
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Address: San José Province, San José, Costa Rica
Phone: +506 2296 1544
Costa Rica
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PARA OBTENER MAS DETALLES SOBRE ESTE PROCESO DE CONTRATACION, LOS REQUISITOS Y FORMA DE APLICAR, FAVOR DESCARGAR LOS TDRs ADJUNTOS. BIODIVERSITY AND FINANCE INITIATIVE (BIOFIN, Phase II)Terms of ReferencePublic/Private Finance Advisor and Management Officer Location: Costa Rica, Offices of the Ministry of Finance or Home Based (To be confirmed)Starting Date: August, 2018Supervisor: Project Lead and Senior Public Finance Expert, UNDP Country Office Environmental Officer and the BIOFIN Central Technical Unit.Duration of contract: 1 year (renewable during the duration of the project) Context and Objectives of BIOFIN National governments have demonstrated clear commitment to fulfilling their mandates for biodiversity conservation andsustainable use in ways that are compatible with national development goals, and to finding a diverse range of funding sources for biodiversity management. UNDP believes that a transformation is needed in the way that biodiversity finance is planned and managed, in order to unlock resources to meet the Aichi Targets defined in the CBD s Strategic Plan 2011-2020 in amanner that promotes sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. The global Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) is managed by UNDP, in partnership with the European Commission and the Governments of Germany and Switzerland. The $8.5 million initiative was launched in October 2012 and will run for three years, with further support being sought to extendit. An additional $3.1 million in finance is provided through several GEF-financed UNDP-managed projects working in pilot countries to support governments to revise National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, to ensure sustainable financing of Protected Areas, and to establish Payments for Ecosystem Services mechanisms. BIOFIN has gone into a Phase II. CostaRica was chosen to deliver its local Phase II, particularly oriented to implement the financial project solutions identified during phase I that were pri...
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