Vacancy Announcement Details

Consultant (Evaluation of the demonstration projects for the low global warming-potential (GWP) alternatives to HCFCs)

18 Jan 2022

UNEP

Background
UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The MLF is dedicated to reversing the deterioration of the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer. It was established in 1991 as the financial mechanism of the Montreal Protocol to assist developing countries (Article 5 countries in the language of the Protocol) in complying with their obligations under the Montreal Protocol. The MLF is managed by the Executive Committee which is assisted by the Fund Secretariat, located in Montreal, Canada and administered by UNEP (www.multilateralfund.org). 

Mandate 
The Monitoring and Evaluation work programme for 2022 adopted at the 88th meeting of the Executive Committee (document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/88/11/Rev.1) includes the preparation of a desk study for the evaluation of the demonstration projects for low-global-warming-potential (GWP) alternatives to HCFCs. 

A consultant is required to prepare the above-mentioned project. The scope of the study and the evaluation questions cover 5 manufacturing sectors and the refrigeration servicing sector (see TORs in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/12/Rev.1 available at www.multilateralfund.org). The consultant will work under the direct supervision and guidance of the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (SMEO) of the Independent Evaluation Office of the MLF Secretariat. 

Thirty-six demonstration projects for low-GWP alternatives have been approved in the following manufacturing sectors: polyurethane foam (baseline technology: HCFC 141b); extruded polystyrene foam (baseline technology: HCFC 22/HCFC 142b); air conditioning (baseline technology: HCFC-22); industrial and commercial refrigeration (baseline technology: HCFC-22); solvent (baseline technology: HCFC 141b); and in the refrigeration servicing sector. 

The desk study will focus on issues related to the design, implementation, results, and the impact of the demonstrated technologies in the relevant sectors, and their sustainability and replicability of the above-mentioned projects. It will inquire whether the project design and the technologies adopted in the demonstration projects could be applied to other projects with similar applications, whether it requires a specific regulatory framework and what were the main challenges encountered in both implementation and replicability of such projects. The desk study will also highlight the main lessons learned that could be applied to future technology demonstration activities associated to HFC phase-down.

Full details available on the UNEP website. Deadline for applications 31st January.