Water Sector Investment Specialist

International Consultant under the Project Preparation Grant for the UNDP GEF project 4091 Cape Verde NAPA Follow up: With finance provided through the Climate Change Adaptation Least Developed Countries’ Fund window (LDCF), the GEF has approved a project for Cape Verde titled “Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in the water sector in Cape Verde”. The project seeks to increase resilience and enhance adaptive capacity to address the additional risks posed by climate change to the water sector in Cape Verde, which will be achieved through three components, within which the following respective outcomes are expected: Component 1) Stakeholder capacity, policies, planning and mainstreaming for climate change proofing the water sector  Climate change risks will be integrated into key national policies, plans and programmes, and notably into those that govern integrated water resources management (IWRM) Component 2) Pilot and demonstration investments  The demonstration of small and medium scale measures and practices to improve resilience to climate change will be successfully carried out  Cape Verde will count on an improved knowledge base on measures and practices to adapting IWRM to the climate change threat Component 3) Knowledge management, dissemination of lessons learned and best practices  Lessons learned and best practices from pilot activities, capacity development initiatives and policy changes will be duly incorporated in IWRM planning and implementation The project has been budgeted for $3.0 million in LDCF funding and $13.6 million in co-financing to be mobilized. It is a key vehicle for implementing adaptation priorities identified during the recently concluded process that produced the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). A Project Preparation Grant (PPG) for the project was equally approved by the GEF and foresees the engagement of a team of consultants for producing between February and April 2009 a technically sound and eligible UNDP Project Document (PRODOC) accompanied by a CEO Endorsement document (which makes reference to the PRODOC), both slated for submission to the GEF. More specifically, the PRODOC will cover the following in detail:  Clear description of baseline activities and related sources of financing;  Explicit specification of all adaptation activities to be financed under the LDCF and their adaptation rationale (why and how are they supposed to reduce vulnerability and/or increase adaptive capacity beyond what is already being done including justification in terms of economic benefits, cost effectiveness);  Clear description of the geographic breakdown of the project across the islands and selected municipalities of Cape Verde;  Definition of goal, objective, outcomes, outputs and related indicators;  Logframe and description of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system including impact indicators. These indicators, which will tend to focus on capacity, institutional strengthening and policy formulation and specifically address adaptation relevant impacts, will be based on the guidance of UNDP’s M&E framework for adaptation projects;  Public Involvement plan during the design, preparation, implementation, and M&E Components.