Individual Contract – Terms of References

I. Identification of the Position

Reference: 00000

Job Title: National Expert in PA Management Effectiveness Assessment

Project: 00117751

Supervisor Raduska Cupac

Location: Home Based - BiH

Travel is required: No - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Practice Area: Climate and Disaster Resilience

Type of Contract: Standard

Duration: October 2020 - June 2021 (up to 15 working days)

Presence in the
Not required
UNDP premises

II. Background and Purpose of the Consultancy:

The PPG Initiation Plan describes the project preparation grant from the GEF programmed to develop a full
project document for the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – Project „Improved Financial Sustainability and
Strengthened Resilience of Protected Areas (PAs) Through Development of Sustainable Recreation and
Partnership with Private Sector“, with supporting documentation for submission to the GEF for CEO
endorsement.

The proposed full sized project is called to reduce the gap between the current capacities od protected areas
(PAs) with their increasing vulnerability to emerging threats, on the one hand, and the growing needs to
preserve and sustainability maintain the biological and ecosystem diversity that is among the top five in
Europe, on the other. The project will aim to reduce newly emerging threats to the key biodiversity values and
provide for sustainable management options and increased funding for PAs.

The proposed project will make an incremental effort in assisting the protected area management with tools
and instruments aimed at diversifying and improving the sustainable tourism offering and targeted PAs, thus
providing for sustainable incremental income and a development option that will valorize the unique nature
values without further threatening them. The project will also link the PAs to the funding opportunities
provided by the governmental grant programmes for tourism development.

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The Consultant will provide his/her technical input into the detailed project strategy formulation specifically
for the project Outcome 1 “Managerial and technical capacities of targeted PAs in place helping ensure
resilience of key biodiversity values to climate change impacts”.

The Consultant will closely work with Lead International and National Expert for PPG and UNDP Team.

III. Duties and Responsibilities:

Scope of work
The list of below outlines key responsibilities and deliverables of this contract. The PPG Initiation Plan for
this project provides further and more detailed guidance regarding the responsibilities of the prospective PPG
team and must be consulted accordingly:

The Expert is expected to perform the following technical assessment required as a key contribution to the
project strategy formulation:

- In close consultation with PA managers/management authorities, fill in the Management

Effectiveness Tracking Tool, or the METT assessment
(https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/documents/GEF7-BD-TrackingTool-Protected%20Area
%20Projects.xlsx) for the targeted PAs where the UNDP-GEF project will account for direct input
into the improved management capacities (tentative list provided below);
- Identify PA management/planning/finance gaps that will be directly addressed by the UNDP-GEF
project, as well as those that are outside the project scope, and fill in the “notes and comments”
section of the METT scoring table respectively;
- Provide a comprehensive account of threats to the PA values that the project will be directly
addressing, and, together with the PPG Biodiversity and CC Specialist, suggest a threat reduction
indicator to measure progress in reducing each threat, in the respective section of the METT;
- In consultation with the PA management/research/monitoring department and the PPG Biodiversity
and CC Specialist, identify/confirm key biodiversity indicators that are monitored on a regular basis
in the protected areas and can be used as the project direct impact indicator; for each identified
indicator, provide a brief rationale behind each indicator, the current (project start-up) status of that
indicator , and suggest the target indicator value/statement.

A tentative list of Protected Areas (PAs) for the METT assessment:

- Sutjeska National Park
- Kozara National Park
- Drina National Park
- Una National Park
- Skakavac Waterfall Nature Monument
- Prokoško Lake Nature Monument
- Bijambare Protected Landscape
- Vjetrenica Cave Nature Monument
- Ljubačevo cave Nature Monument
- Orlovača cave Nature Monument
- Rastuša cave Nature Monument
- Ledenjača cave Nature Monument
- Velika pećina (cave) Nature Monument
- Pod Lipom cave Nature Monument
- Girska cave Nature Monument
- Jama Ledana Nature Monument
- Vaganska pećina (cave) Nature Monument
- Djatlo cave Nature Monument
- Pavlova cave Nature Monument
- Orjen Nature Park

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Deliverables/outputs
# Deliverables / Outputs # of Days per Task Due Date Percentage

February
1. METT assessment for the pilot PAs 15 100
10, 2021

IV. Competencies
Core values
Corporate competencies:

- Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;

- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favouritism;
- Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment

Functional competencies:

- Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in a team
- Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
- Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations
- Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities
- Excellent public speaking and presentation skills

V. Required Qualifications
.

Academic Qualifications/Education
Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field, such as environmental science, conservation management,
sustainable development

Experience
Minimum 3 years of demonstrable experience in biodiversity conservation, PA management

Languages Requirements
Fluency in written and spoken Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian languages. proficiency in English would be a strong
asset.

Other Requirements
Direct contacts with the PAs/PA management authorities as a strong advantage.

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VI. Signatures
Incumbent

Incumbent Name Date

Name Signature Date

Supervisor

Raduska Cupac Date

Name and Title Signature Date

Approved by

Raduska Cupac, EE Sector Leader Date

Name and Title Signature Date

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