TERMS OF REFERENCE
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT ON
ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEGISLATION FOR INTRODUCING PAYMENTS FOR
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Title of the project:
Building Transformative Policy and Financing Frameworks to
Increase Investment in Biodiversity Management (BIOFIN)
Improvement of the decision-making process in Kazakhstan
through introduction of mechanisms of economic assessment of
fulfilling national obligations under global environmental
agreements
Type of the contract:
IC
Duration:
March 2015 – October 2015
Duty station
Home-based, 2 business trips to Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty)
Introduction
Ecosystems are the sources of many services, which are important for economic and social
development.
The importance of the ecosystem services is underlined in the International Conventions,
Agreements and Programs. These international documents require parties to introduce the most
innovative approaches to PA management and biodiversity conservation, as from year to year the
problem of ecosystem services’ sustainable use and degradation is getting worse.
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are well-known and effective mechanism for biodiversity
and ecosystem financing through involvement of various actors of economy and improvement of
environmental responsibility of key ES customers and suppliers.
The international responsibilities of Kazakhstan for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
and ecosystems are to be implemented by improving legislation, mainstreaming good practices and
approaches such as national and local PES supported by the legal frameworks into national policy.
Currently there are few PES practices in Kazakhstan in the context of water resources management.
To improve the effectiveness of biodiversity and ecosystem management and increase investments,
PES schemes are to be integrated in forestry, fisheries, hunting, tourism and PAs.
Brief description of the project
The international regional project “Building Transformative Policy and Financing Frameworks to
Increase Investment in Biodiversity Management (BIOFIN)” (further –project « Biofin ») is aimed
to address biodiversity financing challenges through the establishment of new model for increasing
investment in conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity.
BIOFIN aims to develop biodiversity finance methodologies and tools, which will be approved in
these countries, and then disseminated for wider application. These tools will ensure governments
and other stakeholders to achieve following targets: 1) Mainstreaming biodiversity into national
development and sectoral planning, to reduce the pressures exerted by the drivers of biodiversity
loss and thereby reduce the investment needed to safeguard biodiversity, including through a
significant strengthening of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs); 2)
Determining the national-level biodiversity finance gap, by defining the current investment baseline
across those sectors relevant for the achievement of the Aichi Targets, and by defining the true
investment needed to address biodiversity loss, taking into account cost-effectiveness and the
effects of an improved enabling environment; 3) Rolling out appropriate national-level biodiversity
financing strategies and mechanisms through which countries can identify, access, combine and
sequence multiple sources of environmental and development finance, both national and
international, for meeting their biodiversity management needs and achieving the CBD’s Aichi
Targets
BIOFIN project is financed by the Government of Switzerland, Government of Germany, European
Union and included into the UNDP Biodiversity Projects Portfolio.
The project “Improvement of the decision-making process in Kazakhstan through introduction
of mechanisms of economic assessment of fulfilling national obligations under global
environmental agreements” (further-project “CB2”) is aimed to implement new approaches, which
will enable to make more efficient decisions in developing for global environment.
СВ2 consists of two components:
1. Development and application of natural resource valuation and training of technical
capacities in order to improve planning and decision-making process to achieve global
environmental objectives.
2. Institutionalizing natural resource valuation for ensuring long-term use of the resources.
Activities of the component include the piloting of the resource valuation tools and
facilitating legislative and institutional reforms.
CB2 is funded by the Global Environmental Facility and include into the UNDP Biodiversity Projects
Portfolio and the Forestry and Wildlife Committee, MoA, RK.
Assignment
International consultant during his/her work will closely cooperate with the expert on financial tools
for conservation biodiversity, expert on economic mechanisms for biodiversity management,
Capacity building expert and Team leader (BIOFIN project).
It is expected that the practical, legislative and methodological framework will be created by the
completion of the project for further replication of the practice in economic valuation of ecosystem
services and payments for ecosystem services (PES) at the national level for increasing investments
in biodiversity conservation.
During his/her, work the international consultant will report to National UNDP biodiversity projects
manager (NM) and expert on financial tools for conservation biodiversity.
Objectives:
1. Getting acquainted with the pilot areas. Meeting with the resource users of two pilot areas
and assessment of their capacity.
2. Development of the terms of reference on economic valuation of ecosystem services and
introduction of PES schemes in the area of forestry, fisheries, hunting, PA. Preparation of
the list and summary of the potential suppliers among international companies and experts.
3. Preparation of the review of the best practices and schemes on PES from other countries.
Selection of practices applicable for implementation in Kazakhstan.
4. Review of the capacity of the legislation in Kazakhstan for PES schemes integration:
identification of the opportunities and barriers for implementation. Preparation of the
analytical report.
5. Development of the recommendations for improvement of the legislation to integrate PES
schemes in Kazakhstan.
6. Development of the scenario of at least 3 PES schemes and plan for their implementation in
two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and Aral-Syrdarya) under current legislation.
7. Development of the scenario of at least 3 PES schemes and plan for their implementation in
two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and Aral-Syrdarya) under recommended improved legislation.
8. Coordination of the works and provision of the methodological assistance to the local
company implementing identification of the ecosystem services in two pilot areas (IleBalkhash and Aral-Syrdarya).
9. Conduction of the training for the wide audience of the nature resource users with the visits
to two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and Aral-Syrdarya). The goal of the training is to raise
awareness of the wide audience of the stakeholders in order to improve public
understanding of the ecosystem services and application of the PES and award schemes to
develop these services in long-term prospects.
10. Conduction of awareness-raising workshop for the stakeholders on the outcomes of the
work under the ToR, PES methodology, negotiation skills, analysis of threats and
challenges.
Payment
Outcome
Timing
Advance payment for the mission to Kazakhstan to get
acquainted with the two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and AralSyrdarya), meet nature resource users and other stakeholders.
Coordination of the detailed work plan and schedule. Preparation
and submission of the technical report.
1st day: arrival to Almaty, meetings, consultations with
stakeholders
2nd day: itinerary Almaty-Bakanas,
representatives of hunting concession
meeting
with
the
3rd day: Bakanas-Basshy, meeting with the representatives of
SNNP “Altyn-Yemel” and resource users. Return to Almaty.
4-5 th day: Almaty-Kyzylorda-Aralsk-Amanotkel rural districtAralsk: meeting with the representatives of Barsakelmes
SNR,Aralsk forestry enterprise (leskhoz) . Fish farming and other
resource users
6th day:Aralsk-Kyzylorda
1
Dates to be specified upon the contract signature
By 15 March 20 %
2015
working 7 days
in Kazakhstan
and 3 days
from home
1st visit to Kazakhstan:1
Payment
7th day: Kyzylorda-Almaty , departure from Almaty
Development of the terms of reference on economic valuation of By 5 April 2015 20 %
ecosystem services and introduction of PES schemes in the area of
working 7 days
forestry, fishery, hunting, PA. Preparation of the list and summary
from home
of the potential suppliers among international companies and
experts.
Preparation of the review of the best practices and schemes on By 25 April
PES from other countries. Selection of practices applicable for 2015
implementation in Kazakhstan. Analytical report.
Working
10
days
from
home
Review of the capacity of the legislation in Kazakhstan for PES By 25 July 30%
schemes integration: identification of the opportunities and 2015
barriers for implementation. Preparation of the analytical report.
Working
30
days
from
Development of the recommendations for improvement of the
home
legislation to integrate PES schemes in Kazakhstan.
Development of the scenario of at least 3 PES schemes and plan
for their implementation in two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and AralSyrdarya) under current legislation.
Development of the scenario of at least 3 PES schemes and plan
for their implementation in two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and AralSyrdarya) under recommended improved legislation.
Implementing work in Kazakhstan:
By
20 20 %
September
Provision of the consultation and methodological assistance to the
2015
local experts and company implementing identification of the
ecosystem services in two pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and Aral- 2nd
visit:
working
10
Syrdarya).
days
in
Development of the module and conduction of the training for the
Kazakhstan
wide audience of the nature resource users with the visits of two
pilot areas (Ile-Balkhash and Aral-Syrdarya). The goal of the and 5 days
training is to raise awareness of the wide audience of the from home
stakeholders in order to improve public understanding of the
ecosystem services and application of the PES and award schemes
to develop these services in long-term prospects.
Conduction of awareness-raising workshop for the stakeholders
on the outcomes of the work under the ToR, PES methodology,
negotiation skills, analysis of threats and challenges.
2nd visit to Kazakhstan:2
2
Dates to be specified upon the contract signature
1st day: Arrival to Almaty
2nd day: Almaty-Bakanas: meeting with the stakeholders.
3rd day: conduction of the workshop for the stakeholders
4th day: Bakanas-Almaty
5th day: Almaty-Kyzylorda- Aralsk
6th day: meeting with the suppliers and users of the ecosystem
services
7th day: conduction of the workshop for the stakeholders
8th day: Aralsk-Kyzylorda. Meeting with the local authorities 9th
day: Kyzylorda-Almaty, working meeting and debriefing with
project team
10th day: departure from Almaty .
Preparation of the recommendations and final analytical lessons- By 15 October 10%
learned report
2015
Working
3
days
from
home
Total:
100%
Note: The amount of this contract is fixed and it includes expenses for consultation services and
travel costs, which are necessary for preparation of the documents mentioned above.
Qualification requirements
1. University degree in economics, finance and related areas
2.
At least 5 years of working experience in environmental economics or related areas.
3.
Experience in economic valuation of ecosystem services.
4.
Working experience in CA countries.
5.
Knowledge of biodiversity management specificity.
6.
Skills in developing analytical reports. Strong skills in writing reports for submission.
Technical requirements to reports
1.
Style is Times New Roman,
2.
Font style is normal,
3.
Size is 11,
4.
Line space is single
5.
Page parameters 2х2х3х1
6.
Spreadsheets are to be attached in Excel format
7.
Reports are to be submitted in Russian and English languages
COA(TO BE SPECIFIED IN NUMBERS)
Account
Amount
Fund
Impl.
Project ID
Activity
Dep ID
00085253
Activity_Kaz10
71200
62040
55205
001101
Switzerland
00090945
Activity 2
71200
62000
55205
001101
10003
Agency
Total:
Talgat Kerteshev
UNDP biodiversity projects
manager
____________________________________
signature
date
Rassul Rakhimov
Programme Analyst,
OIC Head of Environment and
Energy Unit
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signature
date
Donor