Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Adaptation for Resilience (SECCAR) in Libya

Background and Rationale:

Preparation of the National Adaptation Plan and its 3 Sectoral Adaptation Plans (Water – Agriculture – Energy) for the Libyan Government

Objectives

• The conditions for promoting sustainable energy and adapting to climate change are improved at the national and local levels.
• The national capacity for the implementation of the international climate change agenda and environmental obligations is strengthened, and environment and climate governance are improved.
• The national energy regulation framework is improved, inclusive of renewable energy, and access of Libyan population to electricity is improved.

Tasks of the expert

• Overall responsibility and control for the workpackages of the contractor
• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other services delivered by the project at national level, sectoral and local level
• Design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners in climate change adaptation and the respective international and national policies and processes, as well as coordination mechanisms, resulting in a National Adaptation Plan.
• Responsibility for taking cross-cutting themes into consideration (for example, gender equality and also the water-energy-food-climate change-nexus)
• Staff management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, planning and managing the assignments and supporting local and international experts
• Ensuring that monitoring procedures are carried out
• Regular reporting in accordance with deadlines
• Responsibility for checking the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ
• Supporting the officer responsible for the commission in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase