The Global Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) is managed by UNDP, in partnership with the European Commission and the Governments of Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Flanders. The BIOFIN project is envisioned to transform the way in which biodiversity finance is mobilized allowing for greater resources to be enacted as required within the Aichi Targets defined in the CBD’s Strategic Plan (2011 – 2020).

Over the past two years, the UNDP Global BIOFIN team together with 30 countries have been involved in developing and piloting the new BIOFIN methodology which will be refined through regional and global learning. South Africa initiated its BIOFIN project in 2015 and has met several envisioned goals including the undertaking of a: Policy and Institutional Review (PIR), Financial Needs Assessment, Biodiversity Expenditure Review and a Biodiversity Financial Plan.

South Africa has been selected to participate in Phase II which runs from 2019-2022 and has been requested to complete a Country Implementation Strategy and the Multi-year work plan to implement prioritized finance solutions, based on South Africa’s BIOFIN Biodiversity Finance Plan approved in Phase I. The documents have been drafted and require further refinement and enhancement based on comments received to date from the BIOFIN Technical Adviser, UNDP Country Office, UNDP BIOFIN Global, Department of Environmental Affairs and National Treasury in order to meet UNDP approval requirements.

In this regard, a programme development support consultant is required to support the initiation of Phase II which include completing the following documents with full approval from UNDP Country Office and UNDP BIOFIN Global respectively: 

1. The Country Implementation Strategy which has the following as Annexes

• Annexure 1: Finance Solutions Implementation Templates
• Annexure 2: Multi-year work plan
• Annexure 3: Job descriptions of team members
• Annexure 5 Gender Action Plan
• Annexure 6 Results Framework