Risk Financing and Risk Transfer Mechanisms Expert

22 April 2019

UNDP Macedonia is looking for an international consultant who will outline a national level roadmap for risk financing and risk transfer component of the programme that will help position it optimally to utilize the momentum and fit to other ongoing and planned changes in the risk finance/transfer area.

Consultant’s duties:

• Study current national and local level flood risk financing strategies, policies and instruments;
• Identify relevant case studies and good practices (e.g., from Switzerland, EU, and neighboring countries) to support be used as models for the overall concept;
• Develop a roadmap of risk financing and risk transfer mechanisms component of the programme which will position the programme in the national landscape concerning risk finance and risk transfer and enable it to support national processes in identifying an optimal risk financing scenario at local (Polog region) and national level and strengthen the existing institutions in this regard.
• Visit the country/Polog region during two missions to the country over the period of 6 months (anticipated 5 days each including the days of the travel) for meetings and interviews to support the preparation of the deliverables.

Deadline for application is April 25, 2019.

A detailed description of the scope of work can be found at https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=84345