UNCDF Roster of Consultants with skills in the focus sectors of Food Security & Nutrition / SME Finance / Blue Economy Finance / Green Economy, Climate Finance & Renewable Energy/ Financial Inclusion

LDCIP is looking to build a cohesive and well-knit team of TA Consultants, with prior substantive work-experience and strong technical expertise in providing TA to business entities involved in the following target sectors: 

• Food Security & Nutrition (SDG 1 and SDG 2): this area focuses on investments into the agricultural sector. It targets small and medium scale agricultural farms as well as agricultural businesses along entire agricultural value chains that will be financed directly or indirectly. Prospective investees include eco-friendly cooperatives, commercial farms, aggregators, agribusiness software providers, processing companies or other eco-friendly focused businesses which on-lend to the agricultural sector, to fund for instance smallholders.

• Green Economy, climate finance & Renewable Energy (SDG 1 and SDG 7): this area focuses on investments to mitigate the effects of climate change and to drive clean energy access to “last-mile” communities. Prospective investees include solar and hydro off-grid or mini-grid renewable energy investments, as well as industrial scale renewable energy and selected on-grid installations.

• Blue Economy (SDG 14): this area focuses on investments in sustainable solutions within fisheries, tourism/eco-tourism, agriculture, aquaculture and coral farming, infrastructure, waste and pollution management, ocean and coastal ecosystem restoration and protection, etc. 

• Financial Inclusion and Innovation (SDG 1 and SDG 9): this area focuses on investments that ensure that a range of financial products are available to all segments of society, at a reasonable cost, and on a sustainable basis. Prospective investees include financial services providers and fintechs, such as payment aggregators, money transfer companies offering a variety financial products and services through digital delivery channels (such as mobile phone networks)

• Local Infrastructure (SDG 1 and SDG 11): Focuses on investments for the financing of catalytic infrastructure (including, but not limited to, transport, communications, marketplaces) with high local economic development impact.

For more information on the consultancy and application process please visit link here: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=102948