Introduction

Project Title: Umbrella Programme to Support NBSAP Update and the 7th National Report

Scope of Work

The Technical Lead will serve as the Specialist in facilitating the finalization and cascading of the Philippines Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. S/he will ensure a transparent and participatory stakeholder engagement for the PBSAP updating process. Working together with the Biodiversity Management Bureau, the Technical Lead will ensure that the PBSAP is technically sound, captures the country’s commitments to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) targets, coordination and agency mechanisms to deliver the PBSAP targets and completeness of the PBSAP given the strategic guidance and directions provided by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat. S/he will also oversee the drafting of the 7th National Report and the Protected Area Master Plan as part of the key deliverables under the GEF-8 Enabling Activity. Additionally, the Technical Lead will support BMB on the stakeholder consultations related with the review and enhancement of the enhanced National Integrated Protected Area System (eNIPAS) law.

Specific Functions:

 With guidance from BMB and the UNDP Climate Action Programme Team, and support of the Project Associate, specifically, the Technical Lead will:

• Review and finalize the Multi-Year Work Plan for this Project, identifying the specific activities to be undertaken and outputs to be generated
• Lead the over-all implementation of this Enabling Activity Programme, i.e., the committed outputs agreed with the government and submitted to GEF are completed on time and according to highest standards;
• Develop and execute the Implementation Strategy for the finalization and regional cascading of the PBSAP;
• Lead the technical discussions and workshops towards the finalization and regional cascading of the PBSAP;
• Provide guidance to the PBSAP technical writer, i.e., ensuring that agreements reached during the PBSAP-related technical discussions and workshops are captured in the final PBSAP;
• Draft the Capacity-Building and Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) Plans of the updated PBSAP
• Lead the stakeholder engagement processes for the PA master planning process, including the review of eNIPAS law
•  Provide guidance and inputs to the Biodiversity Planning Specialist on the drafting for the 7th National Report and Protected Area Master Plan

 

Period of assignment/services: The Technical Lead shall be engaged for a total of one hundred twenty (120) person days between 1 May 2025 – 31 December 2026, unless revised in a mutually agreed upon timetable between the Consultant and UNDP. The duty station is in Manila.