Consultant / Green Economy

Terms of reference

TOR-PTC-070-2017
National Consultant: Conducting an awareness workshops on “Switching to Green”
Project: Creating a business enabling environment for a green economy in Palestine
NEAR/TS -2016/381-805

Overview

PalTrade was established in 1998 as a non-profit, membership based organization to “lead the development of Palestinian export as a driving force for sustainable national economic growth”. Over the last 18 years PalTrade, as the mandated National Export Development and Promotion Organization has worked with Palestinian exporters, the wider export support and national partner network, international donor agencies and the international export support network, to deliver a positive impact on Palestinian export performance. In addition, Pal Trade’s role as the Secretariat of the Palestinian Export Council (PEC) which aims to facilitate public / private partnership in the elaboration, coordination and monitoring of the Palestinian National Export Strategy ( NES ) in a manner that best enhances exports and international competitiveness have provided a unique opportunity for moving the export development agenda significantly to the forefront.

PalTrade has received a grant from the EU to implement a project titled “Creating a Business Enabling Environment for a Green Economy in Palestine” as part of European Union (EU), represented by the European Commission (EC), Support to Civil Society Organizations in Palestine – Economic Development and Local Authorities.

Within this project, PalTrade is seeking a consultant with immediate availability to conduct an awareness workshops in the field of green economy “switching to green” for the project stakeholders.

Consultant’s Scope of work and Tasks

The consultant’s main responsibility will be conducting nine awareness workshops for targeted stakeholders from all sectors: the government, the private sector, academia, and civil society. This will help later after a national policy for green economy has been drafted and needs to be adopted by the relevant state institutions. The workshops will be conducted in the various parts of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. Each will be attended by 60-80
participants. The assignment will include developing an awareness materials, and submitting a short technical report for each workshop.

Responsibility

-Develop the needed awareness materials for the workshops.
-Assign performance indicators for monitoring and evaluation;
-Conduct, manage and facilitate the awareness workshops according to the plan.
-Prepare the awareness report.
-Prepare methodology and suggested action plan for the implementation period.
-Update the materials according to the feedback if needed.

Requirements and Qualifications

The Consultant must possess the following:

- At least four years of proven experience in green economy.
- Substantial experience working on national policies related to green enabling environment.
- Wide knowledge in export and market penetration programs for green products.
- Demonstrated experience in capacity building and training in the field of green economy
- Familiarity with Palestinian economy.
- Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent English writing skills;
- Excellent report writing skills.

Reporting

The selected consultant will report directly to the project manager.

Location and Duration of Assignment

The assignment will be implemented in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem from the period of December 2017 till August 2018 with total of up to 20 working days.

Application:

Candidates who possess all the above requirements are encouraged to submit the following:

- Cover Letter ;
- Updated CV;
- Brief about previous projects implemented, or any relevant previous publications;
- Brief methodology and awareness guidelines.
- Financial offer include (level of effort / Daily rate in Euro & no. of days needed for this assignment, to the following email:

 [email protected]

Applications will not be received any later than 20.12.2017 by COB 5::00 PM.
For any questions please don’t hesitate to visit www.paltrade.org

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For any questions or clarifications please email us no later than17/12/2017. Please note that replies to your questions are going to be within 1 days from receiving any question.

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