Organization: International Potato Center
Country: Peru
Closing date: 15 Nov 2018
The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a highly motivated and visionary senior scientist to develop and lead the development of an Andean Agri-Food Systems Init…
Organization: International Commission of Jurists
Country: Guatemala
Closing date: 31 Oct 2018
Project Officer,
Latin America Programme
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a global network of advocates promoting justice and human rights….
Organization: Acción contra el Hambre España
Country: Spain
Closing date: 31 Oct 2018
Action Against Hunger upgraded its intranet based on the SharePoint solution migrating from the 2013 to the cloud version.
The new version of the site must meet esse…
Organization: Acción contra el Hambre España
Country: Spain
Closing date: 31 Oct 2018
Acción contra el Hambre es una organización internacional no gubernamental, privada, apolítica, aconfesional y no lucrativa, creada en 1979 para intervenir en todo el…
Organization: Acción contra el Hambre España
Country: Spain
Closing date: 31 Oct 2018
Acción contra el Hambre es una organización internacional no gubernamental, privada, apolítica, aconfesional y no lucrativa, creada en 1979 para intervenir en todo el…
Organization: ICCO COOPERATION
Country: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Closing date: 19 Oct 2018
We are looking for a Program Coordinator for the Economic Empowerment program of ICCO in Bolivia.
Job Summary
The main purpose of this position is to provide leadership on the Economic Empowerment program of ICCO in Bolivia and mobilize funds for this program. Includes but doesn’t limit to ensure all proposed output, outcomes and results are achieved in line with the agreed targets and under time and budget.
Responsibilities
Program management.
Lead the economic empowerment program, including the regional plans under ICCO strategic plan, as well as design, improve or adaptation of the current programs.
Provide guidance, quarterly monitor & evaluate performance, so that the outcomes are met.
Guide knowledge development and management of the program in close collaboration with the Deputy Regional Manager.
Coordinates the budget distribution and needs with the financial team and other program coordinators to ensure achieving the annual plan of the country office under the financial goals and regulations of ICCO.
Relationships management and funding.
Establishes, strengthens and maintains strategic partnerships and effective working relationships with national governments, key partners, institutions, stakeholders, donors and other funding organizations.
Interact with business stakeholders and experts in the field in order to understand their problems and needs. Evaluate the business needs and identify and design the appropriate solution.
Identifies private/public, national or international specific fundraising opportunities. Develops a strategy for fundraising for the program. Provides input for specific funding possibilities or requests/calls.
Coordinates and advises the drafting and submitting of funding proposals in accordance with donors’ requirements.
Supports the improvement of programs and corporate image visibility.
New products.
Developing business models, in close coordination and cooperation with the other program coordinators at the regional office.
Analyze and advice the design and implementation of information systems (ICT, Satellite and other geo DATA technologies) in the program and partners.
If you are interested in more details, go to the next link or send me an email to (s.criales@icco.nl):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bKZPYQNE7jCGldZcvJrrR8WYzNuhZiKA/view?usp=sharing
How to apply:
For information about the vacancy you can contact Sergio Criales, Deputy Regional Manager ICCO-ROLA +(591)70617286 / +(591)22773877.
Please send your motivation letter and CV (up to 4 pages maximum and in English) by e-mail before October 19 to i.rodriguez@icco.nl. When shortlisted, you will receive an invitation. A reference check will be part of the procedure. We plan to contract the program coordinator as per November 2018. The duration of assignment is 12 months, with possibility for extension, after an evaluation.
ICCO gives an equal-opportunity employment regardless of race, gender, religion, or political affiliations.
Hay motivos para construir una narrativa nueva sobre el desarrollo en la región basada en los esfuerzos para proteger logros sociales y construir economías ecológicamente sostenibles.
La respuesta al huracán exigió el establecimiento de una presencia permanente del PNUD en Antigua y Barbuda, con el apoyo continuo de la oficina subregional en Barbados y la Organización de Estados del Caribe Oriental.
La prioridad en el período inicial fue la distribución de artículos de agua y artículos no alimentarios, estableciendo una mejor comprensión de las necesidades de las comunidades que quedaron aisladas y apoyando el restablecimiento de los sistemas gube…
Nuestro próximo Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano El Salvador (IDHES) 2018, que será lanzado el próximo 20 de Septiembre en San Salvador, promoverá el protagonismo de la juventud como sujeto activo en la sociedad salvadoreña.
Challenge Deforestation levels in Paraguay were very high, and the country faced some of the most significant forest losses compared to global averages. The Atlantic Forest, considered Latin America’s most important biome for biodiversity after the Amazon Forest, is almost gone, even though it was flourishing in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina as recently as the 1970s. Today, only about 7 percent of the original forest remains in Paraguay. Paraguayans have witnessed this change with despair, but the nation has had limited opportunities to arrest or alter this trend. Approach The Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management in the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Paraguay project, commonly referred to as the Paraguay Biodiversity Project, was designed to serve as Paraguay’s first conservation model to use a landscape management approach based on a biodiversity corridor to support the restoration of the Atlantic Forest. ITAIPU Binational, considered the largest energy generator in the world, worked with the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Indigenous Peoples Institute (INDI), farmers, and NGOs to develop this large-scale restoration program aimed at providing the last refuge for many threatened species displaced by conversion of forest into agricultural land. A major challenge was the large size of the proposed corridor, covering one million hectares, and the distance between forest remnants. The implementation model developed in response had two key elements: (i) it included the participation of regional implementing agencies (among them NGOs, women’s groups, indigenous peoples’ associations and farmers’ cooperatives) to increase local ownership, and (ii) it instituted interventions designed by the same constituents. The emphasis was placed on engaging people to work together on restoration actions, rather than on cash transfers or results payments. The Bank-financed project helped build capacities at all levels, including government agencies, grassroots groups and farmers. Goals included improving reforestation with fast growing species for income and wood, restoring stream banks, reducing use of toxic agrochemicals, supporting new regulations and policies for watershed conservation, and constructing infrastructure for protected areas lacking basic services for park rangers and visitors. The participation of indigenous communities and INDI in the range of project activities was critical to reaching the desired project outcomes. Indigenous peoples, though often excluded and lacking basic services, hold some of the largest forest areas in the Atlantic Region, and their interest and engagement in the project was essential to its success. The project planners were committed to overcoming these challenges and to including INDI in the project structure, adjusting project methods to their languages, culture, vision and interests. Results Many outcomes were achieved throughout project implementation. Particularly fruitful developments included the declaration by the Ministry of Environment that the corridor was a national public priority and the formation of a trusted civil society–government network encompassing 55 municipalities, 30 regional implementing groups, and more than 20,000 people working toward restoration of the Atlantic Forest. Other results included the following: · Protected areas, private reserves, and ITAIPU reserves (80,000 hectares owned by the governments of Paraguay and Brazil) implemented sustainable conservation practices. In total, 233,353 hectares in the Mbaracayú–San Rafael Conservation Corridor were converted for this purpose. · Biodiversity conservation efforts under the project supported the protection of the habitat of 296 bird species, including endangered and endemic species such as the Gray-bellied Hawk, Saffron Toucanet, Bare-throated Bellbird, Helmeted Woodpecker, Vinaceous Parrot and Rusty-barred Owl, all of which use the corridor’s habitats. · New infrastructure for parks and the Ministry of Environment of Paraguay was constructed. · Income and food security for small farmers and indigenous communities was supported through implementation of tailored subprojects, such as planting yerba mate, the traditional staple energy drink of Paraguayans, and installing bee hives to produce honey for family consumption and sale. · A total of 130 staff from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture benefited from specialized training on best international practices for managing protected areas, certifying forest production, and monitoring biodiversity, as well as focused studies in environmental economics, agroforestry, apiculture, integrated pest management, watershed conservation, and application of the environmental safeguards policies. · A total of 5,445 teachers from180 schools in the corridor area benefited from an environmental education program that provided them with materials outlining the threats to the Atlantic Forest. These materials inspired these teachers and their students to participate in planting trees and promoting environmental awareness campaigns. Bank Group Contribution The World Bank, through the Global Environment Facility, provided a grant in the amount of US$4.5 million to finance the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management in the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Paraguay project. Additional funds were provided by ITAIPU Binational in the amount of US$9.74 million, by the Paraguayan government in the amount of US$3.5 million, and by local beneficiaries in the amount of US$830,000. Partners This project set up a unique and unprecedented partnership to foster ecological restoration in Eastern Paraguay’s biodiversity corridor in the Atlantic Forest. With the agreement of the Paraguayan Ministry of the Environment, the Bank and GEF selected ITAIPU, a hydropower plant, as the executing agency for this grant. ITAIPU is a Guarani word meaning “the sounding stone,” and it suggests the sound of the Parana River in the project site. ITAIPU’s previous experience working on the reforestation of the reservoir shore informed its work on the much larger corridor territory. Deforestation intersects with complex sectoral agendas, so ITAIPU was supported in strategic implementation decisions by a multisectoral team, comprised by representatives from the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and INDI. The project also established innovative partnerships for technical assistance and support for restoration initiatives with medium and larger producers in Eastern Paraguay. These producers included, for example, the cooperatives Yguazu, Agro-silo Ybyporá, and Chololo SRL in an innovative partnership to support sustainable heart of palm production within forestlands. Altogether, the local network extended to more than 50 organizations, including local NGOs, farmers’ associations, indigenous groups, cooperatives, and others. The network became the critical link for implementing more than 1,100 subprojects to enhance ecological restoration of the Atlantic Forest, increase food security and conserve water. ITAIPU contributions, combined with financing from the government of Paraguay and in kind contributions from beneficiaries increased local ownership. The collaboration of many different sectors working together to protect their gran casa, or great house, inspired many government agencies, communities, and stakeholders across the country with the possibility of rebuilding the connectivity of the forest and the home habitat of many threatened species and of increasing the area’s resiliency to climate change. Beneficiaries The increased connectivity of remnants of the Atlantic Forest had four primary types of beneficiaries: (i) farmers (large- and medium-sized as well as 2,500 small campesinos), (ii) 2,283 indigenous families, representing approximately 10,636 indigenous people; (iii) government agencies; and (iv) local and international NGOs. Indigenous peoples were the project’s largest beneficiary group, with about 40 percent of the funds allocated to implement subprojects in these communities. The indigenous communities as well as organizations working with indigenous peoples (IP) in the region partnered with the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in implementing the project. The local IP implementing groups included Asociación Cultural Popular Canindeu, Asociación Yvy Marane’y, Asociación Madre Tierra, Comunidad Ache Puerto Barra, and Asociación Nande Ru Simeon Delgado, among others. The beneficiaries in the government include staff at central ministries and local governments, including the Secretariat of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Indigenous People Institute, National Forestry Agency, Public Ministry, Ministry of Education, and 55 municipalities. Twenty NGOs, including long-standing organizations dedicated to conservation and sustainable production at local and national levels, were also beneficiaries. The project enabled them to advance their sustainability and conservation objectives and to function as service providers. Moving Forward Itaipu Binational has incorporated a landscape and conservation corridor approach to its reforestation program and expanded its watershed protection programs. ITAIPU continues to support the Paraguay Biodiversity Project and the indigenous communities and producers that participated in the project through the provision of additional technical assistance to ensure the sustainability of investments. To this end, a Reimbursable Advisory Services agreement was signed with the World Bank, valued at US$850,000, to continue ITAIPU’s work in consolidating and restoring the Atlantic Forest Corridor. Additional funds from the Program on Forests and other trust funds have also been leveraged to further the sustainability efforts initiated with this GEF grant. Furthermore, the results achieved under this project played a role in UNESCO’s decision to include this corridor as part of a ITAIPU Biosphere Reserve, as it recently declared in Paris.
Las economías de Centroamérica son intensivas en el uso de energía, es decir que su consumo energético por unidad es costoso, * se espera que la demanda eléctrica de este tipo de energías siga creciendo rápidamente en el mediano plazo, con un crecimiento anual del 5% en los próximos 10 años. El principal reto del sector eléctrico en este contexto es cómo y a partir de que fuentes suministrar suficiente energía para poder cubrir esta demanda creciente, la cual es principalmente generada en la actualidad por tecnologías térmicas contaminantes -diésel y fueloil pesado- e hidroelectricidad. Esta situación ha provocado una fuerte exposición a la volatilidad de los precios del petróleo, las sequias y, en última instancia, ha incrementado el coste de energía en la región. Además, América Central es la segunda región más vulnerable a los efectos del Cambio Climático después del Sudeste Asiático**. En este contexto, diversificar las fuentes de suministro de energía, incrementando el uso de energías renovables como la energía solar o eólica es clave para lograr un desarrollo sostenible. Sin embargo, los sistemas eléctricos aún no están preparados para este reto, que requiere de metodologías y tecnologías avanzadas para gestionar la variabilidad que introducen algunas fuentes renovables y asegurar suministro eléctrico confiable, incluso en condiciones adversas de falta de viento o sol. El Banco Mundial, en colaboración con ESMAP, KGGTF y SFLAC***, está apoyando a los países Centroamérica para incrementar de manera progresiva la proporción de energía suministrada a partir de fuentes renovables variables como la energía eólica o solar, facilitando la integración de estas tecnologías dentro del sector eléctrico y fomentando por ejemplo el uso de tecnologías de última generación de predicción meteorológica que permita anticiparse a la variabilidad del sol y del viento. Una mayor contribución de energías renovables a la matriz de generación energética permitirá mejorar la seguridad de suministro eléctrico en la región (reduciendo la exposición a la volatilidad de los precios del petróleo y las sequias), así como limitar la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) lo que va en línea con los compromisos reflejados en la Conferencia de Paris sobre cambio climático (COP21) y contribuyendo a la reducción del coste de energía en la región. * Medida como consumo de energía por unidad de Producto Nacional Bruto. ** De acuerdo a Estrategia Internacional para la reducción de desastres de las Naciones Unidas (UNISDR) ***ESMAP: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program o Programa de Asistencia para el Sector Energético KGGTF: Korea Green Growth Trust Fund o Fondo Coreano para el Crecimiento Verde) SFLAC (Spanish Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean o Fondo Español para América Latina y el Caribe)
