BBRSO119178:Risk Insurance Consultant

Consultant

Overview

Assess willingness of farmers and fishers to pay for agricultural insurance

You have:

• Master’s degree in Agriculture Economics, Insurance, Business Administration (MBA) or related fields
• Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of sustainable development
• Ability to conduct high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating evolving client needs
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
• Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences

Contract

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Background

To apply, interested persons should upload the combined* Technical Proposal/Methodology (if applicable), CV and Offeror’s Letter to “UNDP Jobs” by navigating to the link below and clicking “APPLY NOW”, no later than the date indicated on the “UNDP Jobs” website. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted**: -

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Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries unanimously agreed to work toward global goals that would limit global average temperature rise. Specifically, the Agreement seeks to limit the rise in the world’s average surface temperatures to “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial times this century, while “pursuing efforts” for 1.5°C. It also sets a target of eliminating global GHG emissions by the second half of the century – or at least compensating any residual emissions through, for example, forest growth.

A key principle in the Paris Agreement is that no country should backslide on its intentions, which were put forward in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which describe each country’s self-determined strategy for curbing GHG emissions, typically in five- or ten-year periods and can also include plans to increase resilience. Individually, NDCs represent each country’s climate priorities and vision for achieving sustainable development. Aggregated, they represent the world’s collective efforts to fight climate change. However current NDCs are estimated to collectively result in a temperature rise of 2.9 to 3.4 °C by 2100.

All countries are expected to submit increasingly ambitious NDCs every five years; a first opportunity to do so is in 2020. Achieving the Paris Agreement’s goals will require an emissions peak as soon as possible, followed by sharp reductions in GHG emissions. Therefore, many see high ambition in 2020 as fundamental to get on track to 1.5°C and counter a worrying trend of rising emissions. The transformative climate action required needs a global commitment to raising ambition, articulated in the next generation of NDCs, to create economic drivers that shift investments away from fossil fuel use and carbon-intensive practices.

In response, UNDP is leveraging its extensive climate portfolio and scale up urgently needed support for NDC enhancement in 100 countries, working in close collaboration with UN system partners (e.g. UNEP, FAO, UNICEF), IRENA, the NDC Partnership, the Green Climate Fund, and other strategic partners. An integrated approach will be used that harnesses the wide-ranging expertise of UNDP’s Global Policy Network to strengthen climate solutions with perspectives from governance, health, water, gender equality, women’s and youth empowerment, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive growth, among others.

The UNDP through its Climate Promise initiative is assisting Antigua & Barbuda in its efforts to update its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). UNDP will support activities that will contribute to raised mitigation and adaptation ambition in the revised NDC. It is expected that the implementation of the NDCs will be closely linked to global and local goals and agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other national sectoral policies. Members of the agriculture sector are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change as the impacts of severe weather events such as extreme rainfall, hurricanes, flooding, and drought can create significant losses within this sector. Adaptation measures are therefore necessary to improve the resilience of farmers and fishers in the face of climate change. As such the UNDP is seeking to hire a consultant to undertake an assessment of the existing insurance products and the willingness by farmers and fishers, especially women, to pay into an insurance scheme that may guarantee coverage for some losses suffered to do natural disasters.

Duties and Responsibilities

The main objective of this assignment is to assess the willingness of farmers and fishers to pay for agricultural insurance and to assess the insurance opportunities for women in the agriculture sector.

As such, the engaged expert(s) will be expected to conduct/provide the following:

1. A review of current insurance products in Antigua & Barbuda that are designed for the agriculture sector.

   1. The consultant should draw on the work of the NDC Partnership's CAEP initiative which will, along with other data, indicate the companies in Antigua & Barbuda that offer insurance coverage to the agriculture sector.
   2. Review and assess issuance options to determine what products exist, why the available products are not being utilised, and what interventions could help close the insurance coverage gap.

2. Conduct study on willingness to pay.

   1. Should include consultations with members of the agriculture and fisheries sectors to assess of the affordability of insurance products as well as the willingness to pay the premiums.
   2. Consultations can be conducted in the form of individual or group interviews.

3. An assessment of existing agricultural and fisheries risks and suitability of insurance products for small farmers and fishers.

   1. Assessment should address existing inequalities that may prevent women from obtaining insurance and also outline approaches to engage the insurance industry to improve the gender sensitivity of their activities and products.

4. Identify feasible solutions to address supply side challenges and demand side challenges

   1. Tangible incentives for farmers and fishers to build trust and encourage increased insurance coverage should be proposed.
   2. This approach should ultimately include (a) a capacity building element to build farmers and fishers trust in insurance as a concept, and demonstrate the worth of paying a premium and (b) a financial structure that can de-risk the costs of the premiums for farmers in the near term; acting as an on-boarding incentive.

Competencies

Functional

• Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical advisory reports and knowledge products;
• Professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the areas of sustainable development
• Ability to produce high quality outputs in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs;
• Strong organisational skills;

• Ability to work independently, produce high quality outputs.

  Communication

• Strong ability to write clearly and convincingly, adapting style and content to different audiences and speak clearly and convincingly;
• Strong analytical, research and writing skills with demonstrated ability to think strategically;
• Strong inter-personal, negotiation and liaison skills.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in Agriculture Economics, Insurance, Business Administration (MBA) or related fields

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