Agro-Tech Consultant

Contract

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Result of Service

A fully-fledged financial and technical gap analysis for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in 2 countries – Armenia and Azerbaijan. i. Overview of sustainable energy markets (state of investments, policy, regulatory incentives, and non-financial barriers, including policy and regulatory environment) in the context of national agriculture value chains. This should describe the countries’ context for sustainable energy investments in the agriculture sector as well as the general issues they face in that regard. ii. Assessment of the financing gaps for sustainable energy that deter additional private investments from being made in the agriculture sector. This includes quantifiable evidence including country-specific baselines as well as the identification of affected technologies, stakeholders, and population with a focus on SMEs, adopting a gender sensitive approach. iii. Rationale for the intervention of public private support mechanisms for the agriculture sector for renewable energy and/or energy efficiency investments. This includes the relationships between causes, problems and effects relevant to the financial gaps previously identified, a mapping the problem analysis and the causal relationships through a visual support, as well as potential benefits of an intervention on identified stakeholders. iv. Mapping and gap assessment of sustainable energy markets and technologies in the agriculture sector in the 2 countries.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

10 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare an inception report, including a work plan, data collection plan, literature review of relevant sources, detailed methodology/approach, planned stakeholders to be consulted and expected outcomes. - Conduct additional desk research and literature review as needed to inform the preparation of stakeholders engagement and of the draft report. - Collect data from identified stakeholders in the 2 countries through stakeholders engagement, identify expected outcomes and report on outcomes and initial findings to UNEP. - Draft and submit the full draft report to UNEP and revise it based on UNEP’s feedback, with a maximum of 3 rounds of edits. - Draft and submit the final report to UNEP and revise it based on UNEP’s feedback, with a maximum of 3 rounds of edits. - Remain available for queries or questions from UNEP throughout the course of the work.

Qualifications/special skills

• University degree (A minimum of Master’s degree or equivalent is preferred) in finance, economics, agronomy, international development or a closely related field Experience in financial market analysis and technology assessments, preferably in the energy or agriculture sector, experience with sustainable energy related activities in the target regions.

Languages

Not available.

Additional Information

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No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.