Social Safeguards Specialist for Development of a Roadmap for Environmental and Social Safeguards for Vietnam’s National REDD+ Action Programme - SNV - Vietnam

Exploring mechanisms to promote ‘High-Biodiversity Conservation through REDD+’: Piloting in Vietnam (HB-REDD+ project) is recruiting a Social Safeguards Specialist for Development of a roadmap for the development of environmental and social safeguards for Vietnam’s National REDD+ Programme. Vietnam’s National REDD+ Action Programme is produced against: 1) the Cancun safeguards; 2) emerging near-future funding options (notably the FCPF Carbon Fund and proposed UN-REDD Vietnam interim national REDD+ fund), and 3) other major multilateral safeguard frameworks, (such as the REDD+ SES).


The Project:

• Country: Vietnam
• Programme: REDD+
• Project: Exploring mechanisms to promote ‘High-Biodiversity Conservation through REDD+’: Piloting in Vietnam (HB-REDD+ project)
• Implementers: SNV – The Netherlands Development Organisation and Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST)
• Investor: German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), International Climate Initiative (ICI)
• Abtract: Recruitment of a Social Safeguards Specialist for Development of a roadmap for the development of environmental and social safeguards for Vietnam’s National REDD+ Programme
• Duration: Indicative 25 person-days over the period January 2012 to March, 2013

The specialist will have to work in team with three other specialists to ensure the required deliverables (below section). He/she will specifically be in charge of the following phased tasks:
Phase I (January, 2013)

• Reviewing existing international literature on REDD+ social safeguards, particularly HB-REDD+ outputs, and relevant aspects of the major multilateral safeguard frameworks (SEPC, SES, SESA)
• Exploring other national social safeguard policy response processes from other countries
• Developing an understanding of the existing national social safeguards laws, policies, regulations and social elements of relevant programmes and processes

Phase II (March, 2013)

• Conducting analysis of potential environmental and social benefits and risks posed by the NRAP and proposed REDD+ activity implementation
• Prioritizing environmental and social benefits and risks through consultative processes
• Collating evidence of existing relevant 5Ps in the forestry sector, and in those sectors implicated in driving deforestation and degradation
• Conducting a gap/weakness analysis to identify and map the extent to which existing 5Ps in Vietnam currently demonstrate safeguard compliance

Phase III (April, 2013)

• Contributing social perspectives to a concise draft roadmap of recommended policy-to-practice actions that would guide Vietnam in a phased in-country safeguards response

Deliverables:

• To be developed in close collaboration with the SNV Advisors working on the HB-REDD+ project
• Contributions to draft iterations for Roadmap for Environmental and Social Safeguards for Vietnam’s National REDD+ Programme
• Contributions to an annotated bibliography and soft/hard copies of all documentation consulted during gap/weakness analysis and resultant safeguard roadmap
• Contributions to presentations, as necessary on assignment progress, key findings and recommendations to STWG-SG and other appropriate national fora

Interested consultant should send most updated CV and Letter of Interest indicating how he/she is qualified to perform the service, to Mr Nguyen Vinh Quang (qnguyenvinh@snvworld.org). Deadline of submission is 17:00 January 11, 2013.

Closing date: 

Friday, January 11, 2013