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RETA 6289 – Core Environment Program
and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative
in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Job Opportunity – One (1) International Climate Change Adaptation Expert, 44 person-days, intermittent, April 2010 – July 2011, field-based
Urgent requirement!
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Environment Operations Center
(EOC) is requiring one (1) INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION EXPERT / Consultant for the project on "Assessment of
Climate Change Impacts on the Agriculture Sector" in the Greater
Mekong Subregion. The ideal candidate should have a background in
agriculture, environment, climate change planning; have at least 12 years
of experience in project management, agriculture planning and rural
development, environment and climate change. Related experience in the
GMS countries is preferable. The consultant should hold a Masters level
degree and is expected to be proficient in written and spoken English.
A detailed Terms of Reference is attached.
The EOC was established in 2006 to serve as Secretariat to the GMS
Working Group on Environment (WGE) and to facilitate the
implementation of the regional technical assistance (RETA) Core
Environment Program. The Program was designed to enhance the
environmental sustainability and social equity of the GMS Economic
Cooperation Program, thereby increasing its development potential,
performance, and impact. The outcome of the RETA will be sound
environmental management systems and institutions that mainstream
environmental and biodiversity protection in the GMS.
The RETA, now on its supplemental period from 2009 – 2011, focuses on
program development and implementation, encompassing (i) assessment
of the environmental sustainability of priority development strategies and
investment plans for the GMS economic sectors and corridors, (ii)
implementation of BCI activities in selected pilot sites, and (iii)
institutionalization of environmental performance assessment (EPA)
procedures and systems in the GMS countries. The key components of the
TA are:
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Strategic Environmental Assessments – To ensure that critical
ecosystem services and environmental quality are maintained
throughout the GMS economic corridors and that sector develop
proceeds in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner
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Biodiversity Conservation Corridors – To restore and protect ecological integrity and reduce poverty within priority conservation landscapes
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Environmental Performance Assessments – Apply national
environmental performance indicators, develop regional indicators, and
integrate environment objectives into national and subregional development planning
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Regional Institutional Development – Build effective institutional
arrangements and policy frameworks for transboundary environmental
management and sustainable natural resource use
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Sustainable Financing Mechanism – Define and implement sustainable
financing strategies and market mechanisms to conserve natural resources
Application letter and CV must be received by email or post on or before 15th March 2010. Send to:
The Environment Operations Center
Thailand Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank
23/F, The Offices at Central World
999/9 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan Bangkok, 10330
Email: info@gms-eoc.org; lilita@gms-eoc.org
Kindly indicate: Climate Change Adaptation Expert in the subject header
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