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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), acting as an implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is providing assistance to the Romanian Ministry of Environment in the preparation of the GEF Medium Size Project (MSP) “Improving the financial sustainability of the Carpathian System of Protected Areas”.
It is within this framework that UNDP Romania invites experts with relevant experience to apply for the position:
1. Protected Area National Finance Specialist
Applications should be sent:
- by e-mail to procurement.ro@undp.org
- or by fax to 0212017828
Please see attached the Terms of Reference for this assignment or visit UNDP Romania web site www.undp.ro.
Applications should indicate: “National protected area finance expert/ Carpathian”.
The deadline for submitting applications is 5 June 2009.
The principal responsibility of the national consultant is to make substantive contributions to the development and structuring of the CEO Endorsement request document and Project Document for the Medium-Sized Project proposal (MSP). The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the UNDP Romania Country Office and international protected area finance consultant, as informed by guidance from the UNDP/GEF Regional Technical Advisor.
Within the framework of this ToR, the consultant is expected to perform the duties mentioned in the Terms of Reference, to be found under http://www.undp.ro, Openings and Announcements section.
The United Nations Development Programme in Romania
The activity of UNDP Romania is coordinated by the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC) at the UNDP Headquarters in New York. Currently, RBEC is led by Ms. Kori Udovicki, who also is UN Assistant Secretary-General. The area of operations of RBEC covers 31 countries. Simultaneously, all these countries are provided support by experts from the UNDP Regional Centre based in Bratislava.
Established in 1971, the UNDP Country Office in Bucharest was the first UNDP field office to function in a former Warsaw Pact member state. It wasn\\\\\\\'t until two decades later that other offices opened in the neighboring countries of the former Socialist bloc.
Based on more than three decades of experience in Romania, UNDP is currently implementing the 2005-2009 Country Programme. Anchored around Romania’s MDGs, it responds to the key challenges of reform and EU accession.
UNDP draws on its reputation for neutrality and integrity to help Romania grasp new opportunities, while alleviating some of the disruptions caused by the transition to the free market and the accession to the European Union in 2007. We are helping the country build a functional and participatory democratic government by developing a more accountable public administration. Since 2005, UNSP\\\\\\\'s activity has been based on theCountry Programme Document 2005-2009.
Sustainable development comes from helping people find strategies that work best within their societies. UNDP Romania’s focus has been to help the country build and share solutions to the following three challenges:
Democratic governance, by strengthening the public sector capacity and management, and promoting political participation and accountability.
Sustainable and balanced economic growth, by decreasing poverty, creating jobs and reducing the disparities between the various regions of Romania, in conjunction with an overall increase in the standard of living.
Responsible management of environmental resources, by taking into account the impact of economic development on the ecosystem.
To address these challenges, UNDP’s work focuses on three areas of action: advocacy and policy dialogue; piloting new solutions; and partnership and alliance-building. Gender balance, as a crosscutting issue, is mainstreamed in all areas.
As a general practice, UNDP identifies disparities and areas of vulnerability in human development, demonstrates local-level solutions to these challenges, and follows-up by expanding the scale of these solutions and mainstreaming them into national government programmes.