Capacity Development for Biodiversity Consultant

This consultancy will result in enhanced capacity of key officials from Parties to the CBD and its Protocol (including national focal points, policy makers and practitioners), personnel of the Sub-regional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centres (TSCCs), indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and other relevant stakeholders. This will include enhancing their understanding and application of key capacity development concepts, principles, approaches, and methods, and their ability to conduct capacity needs self-assessments and elaborate capacity development action plans; and to effectively design, implement, monitor, and evaluate national biodiversity capacity development projects and programmes as part of the NBSAPs and other biodiversity-related capacity development interventions in general.

Work Location : Remote - Home-based

Expected duration : 12 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Capacity-Building and Knowledge Management (CBKM) Unit, the consultant will be required to develop and deliver a practical guide and a course on capacity building and development for biodiversity based on the concepts and guidance presented in the LTSF.

• Develop a practical guide on capacity building and development for biodiversity for use by officials from Parties and relevant stakeholders, including how to :

apply key capacity development concepts, principles, approaches, and methods in the biodiversity context;

defining the goals, learning objectives, and expected outcomes of the course based on the content of the practical guide;

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