Terms of Reference Technology Needs Assessment Expert Consultants for: Water, Transportation and Building Sectors

Closing Date: November 29, 2018

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1. Context

The Global Technology Needs Assessment project is a Strategic Program on technology transfer,

designed to support countries to carry out Technology Needs Assessments within the framework of the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and under the Paris Agreement

– to avert the risks and impacts of climate change and to reduce national GHG emissions. The

project is being funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed

by UN Environment, in collaboration with the UN Environment DTU (Technical University of

Denmark) Partnership Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development1 (UDP).

The purpose of the TNA project is to assist participant developing country Parties identify and

analyse priority technology needs, which can form the basis for a portfolio of environmentally

sound technology (EST) projects and programmes to facilitate the transfer of, and access to, the

ESTs and know-how in the implementation of Article 4.5 of the UNFCCC Convention. Hence TNAs are

central to the work of Parties to the Convention on technology transfer and present

an opportunity to track an evolving need for new equipment, techniques, practical knowledge and

skills, which are necessary to mitigate GHG emissions and/or reduce the vulnerability of sectors

and livelihoods to the adverse impacts of climate change. The main objectives of the project are:

1. To identify and prioritize through country-driven participatory processes, technologies

that can contribute to adaptation and adaptation goals of the participant countries, while meeting

their national sustainable development goals and priorities (TNA).

2. To identify barriers hindering the acquisition, deployment, and diffusion of

prioritized technologies.

3. To develop Technology Action Plans (TAP) specifying activities and enabling frameworks to

overcome the barriers and facilitate the transfer, adoption, and diffusion of selected technologies

in the participant countries.

1 UNEP DTU Partnership, hereinafter referred to as UDP is the former UNEP Risø Centre

Further, the TNA process will develop Concept Notes for attracting funding to implement

selected technologies in priority areas of national relevance.

In Antigua and Barbuda, the TNA project is expected to provide inputs for the development of

current and future initiatives which aid in the achievement of its Nationally

Determined Contributions (NDC) targets. Antigua and Barbuda has committed to adapting to climate

change by increasing desalination capacity, improving resiliency of infrastructure and ensuring

that 100% of electricity demand in essential sectors including water and health are met through

renewable resources. In addition, the country will mitigate climate change by

establishing efficiency standards for imported vehicles and appliances and protecting

wetlands and watersheds as carbon sinks. The achievement dates for these targets range from

2020, 2025 to 2030.

A work plan detailing the components and timeline for the TNA project is found at Annex 1.

To support and facilitate the TNA process, national experts are being recruited for the execution

of activities in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the water, transportation

and buildings sectors under the direct supervision of the TNA Coordinator.

The general and key tasks of the Expert Consultants for water, transportation and

buildings sectors are described below.

2. Overall tasks

The expert consultant(s) in each sector will work in close collaboration with the TNA Coordinator,

and the national TNA team, including other expert consultants for the TNA project. In relation to

the project work plan detailed at Annex 1, it is expected that the project work will be completed

by 2020. His/her overall task is to support the TNA process for adaptation in the

water and buildings sectors and mitigation in the transportation sector, ranging from

engaging with stakeholders, attending and contributing to technical meetings and developing the

national TNA project reports for selected technologies in the water, transportation and buildings

sectors.

Consistent with domestic and global objectives, the Expert Consultant in the

water, transportation and buildings sectors will be responsible for providing the national TNA

teams with the process-related and methodological/technical advisory services needed for developing

Technology Action Plans (TAPs) at the country level. The role of the Expert Consultant will thus be

to lead and undertake activities outlined below for the water, transportation and buildings sectors

in support of the TNA exercise and in close collaboration with the TNA teams. The Expert

Consultants will apply a participatory approach to the TNA process, involving a range

of stakeholders while ensuring a multi-sector and multi-disciplinary scope that promotes the best

in class solutions. Moreover, the Expert Consultants will facilitate the tasks of communication

with the national TNA team members, outreach to stakeholders, formation of networks,

information acquisition, and coordination and communication of work products.

In close collaboration with the rest of the national TNA team and the TNA Coordinator

and Regional Centre, the Expert Consultants will be responsible for, inter-alia:

a) Facilitating consultative stakeholder meetings and workshops (inception, TNA Validation,

and Technology Action Plan (TAP) finalisation/validation).

b) identification and prioritization of technologies for the water,

transportation and buildings sectors through a participatory process with relevant stakeholders,

including;

(i) Research, analysis and synthesis

(ii) Identifying appropriate sectoral technologies that avert climate risk and/por reduce

GHG emissions

(iii) Evaluating technologies based on multi-criteria analyses

(iv) collecting, analysing and synthesising information and data to prepare concept

notes (technology fact sheets) for the sector.

c) leading the process of analysing with the stakeholder groups how the

prioritized technologies can be implemented in the country and how implementation circumstances

could be improved by addressing the barriers and developing an enabling framework based,

inter-alia, on undertaking of local market and other assessments, as may be required;

d) Prepare and finalize the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), Barrier Analysis and

Enabling Framework (BAEF) and Technology Action Plan (TAP) reports, with project ideas, and

advocacy and policy briefs, and with inputs of stakeholders included.

(i) Prepare working papers and other TNA-related documents as may be required to ease the

consultative process and harnessing inputs from stakeholders during meetings, workshops, amongst

others.

e) Provision of other inputs, as may be required, relevant to related part of the TNA process

and output targeted as may be requested by the TNA Coordinator, the UNEP DTU

Partnership (UDP), Regional Centres and the national TNA Committee.

The Expert Consultants will be required to use best practices, guidelines, methodologies

and technical guidance available through the UDP and other approved sources.

The following table provides an overview of key tasks to be conducted by sectoral

Expert Consultant(s).

c tasks

Deliverables Timeframe Additional remarks

tify priority technologies for adaptation

ew of existing documents at the national level (NDC, oral policies, National

Communications, first TNA, etc.)

ose collaboration with the TNA Co-ordinator, and the r TNA consultants, the Expert

Consultant will support facilitate:

• working groups consisting of technical experts and practitioners within each of these

sectors.

• through a participatory process, the identification of relevant technologies.

• based on a multi-criteria analysis, the prioritization of the selected technologies

(between 8 and 12 technologies).

1.Portfolio of technologies for the sector

As per work plan

Detailed methodological gui prioritizing technologies will provided at a regional capac building

workshop.

are report on priority technologies (TNA report)

• Prepare TNA report, which will be validated by TNA coordinator and TNA team through

workshops, and the TNA Steering Committee.

2.TNA report, containing prioritized list of technologies and describing the process followed,

water and agriculture sectors respectively.

duct barrier analysis and prepare Enabling mework for the deployment and diffusion of ritized

technologies.

duct:

1. Analysis of market and barriers for development, deployment and diffusion of priority

technologies for the 8-12 technologies chosen for adaptation.

2. identify measures to overcome barriers

3. Propose Enabling Framework to overcome barriers identified for the 8-12 chosen technologies.

3. Report on Barrier Analysis and Enabling Frameworks for development for the deployment and

diffusion of priority technologies in the sector

TNA Expert Consultants participate in a regional T capacity building worksh barrier analysis and

Enabl framework development.

are a Technology Action Plan (TAP)

llaboration with TNA Coordinator, TNA team and eholders the Adaptation Expert (water and

agriculture or) will:

• Develop technology action plan for deployment and diffusion of prioritised technologies in

the country.

• Propose project/programme concepts based on priority technologies selected for future

funding.

4.Technology Action Plan based on format agreed for the project, water and agriculture sectors

respectively.

Template for the TAP will shared by UDP at the regi capacity building worksh

ort development of sector advocacy and policy s (one per sector) and organise dissemination

d on the work previously delivered in the TNA ct,

he Expert Consultant will prepare a targeted

ctor brief, support its dissemination and present in a national TNA dissemination and donor

ngagement event organised by the National TNA oordinator.

4. Support documents Process related:

• Organising the National Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Process

• Multi-criteria analysis guide notes, mitigation and adaptation

• Overcoming Barriers to Transfer and Diffusion of Climate Technologies

• Guidance for preparing a Technology Action Plan

• Presentations provided at capacity building workshops

Technology related

• Six Technology guidebooks from UDP

• Climatetechwiki (Online Technology database)

• TNA Technology factsheet database

• CTCN website

Terms of Reference Technology Needs Assessment Expert Consultants for: Water, Transportation and Building Sectors

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