COMPETITION TYPE
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Call for Proposals
DETAIL DESCRIPTION
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The objective of this assignment is to conceptualize the feasible pilots on marketable and replicable approaches/ products for more efficient use or substitution of firewood or dung as a source of heating energy that addresses the specific benefits of women. A plan of promotion should be developed for marketable approaches/ products (towards energy-efficient communities).
The assignment implies the following tasks:
- Targeted review and analysis of available data and information on EE approaches/ products in rural communities of Armenia;
- Joint assessment of possible pilot interventions;
- Development of full concepts of feasible pilot interventions;
- Development of a plan of promotion for marketable approaches/ products.
The detailed ToR can be downloaded under the link below.
REQUIREMENTS
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- University degree in Energy, Economics, Natural Resources or Environment;
- At least 5 years of professional working experience in sustainable energy or natural resources or rural development in Armenia;
- Successful track record and demonstrated professional experience with energy in rural areas of Armenia and sustainable management of natural resources;
- Excellent analytical, advisory, design and planning skills;
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills;
- Excellent Armenian and English language skills (i.e. full proficiency in understanding, speaking and writing).
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
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Your bid, comprising of CV, motivation letter (technical part) and the price offer, must be clearly marked as such and submitted as a package containing two envelopes. The price offer must always be separate from the technical offer and placed in a separate envelope. A detailed procedure is described in the document "Call for Proposals" which can be downloaded from the link below.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am, Thanks.
OPEN TO/ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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Local individual experts
ABOUT
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The programme "Management of Natural Resources and Safeguarding of Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Rural Development in the South Caucasus" (ECOserve) is part of the wider German support in the priority area "Environmental policy, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in the South Caucasus". The objective of ECOserve is to improve the conditions for the sustainable and biodiversity-friendly use of natural resources in the prevailing land-use systems in the South Caucasus, with a special focus on energy security for the rural population. The main target groups of ECOserve are state and private groups of resource users in rural areas of the South Caucasus, especially farmers, shepherds, state forestry enterprises and rural households that use fuelwood or manure as a source of heating energy. In Armenia, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures (MoTAI) is the lead executing agency, with the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) and the Ministry of Economy (MoEc) as implementing partners. In Armenia, ECOserve focuses on the dominant land use forms such as sustainable pasture management as well as sustainable energy in rural areas.
ATTACHMENTS:
ToR_Feasibility.docx - Terms of Reference
Call for proposals.docx - Bidding procedure (Call for Proposals)