Communication and Gender Assistant - Brasilia - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Brasilia

há 2 semanas

Postado por:

Ana Silva

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Descrição

Job Identification

16543

Locations

Brasilia, Brazil
Posting Date
02/21/2024, 05:54 AM
03/02/2024, 10:59 PM

Job Schedule

Full time

Agency

UNEP

Grade

Vacancy Type

Service Contract Holders

Practice Area

Management

Bureau

Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

Contract Duration

1 Year

Education & Work Experience

Bachelor's Degree

Required Languages

Portuguese and English

Vacancy Timeline

1 Week

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at

UNDP:
we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions.
Taking a 'leave no one behind' approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.**The United Nations Environment Programme (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.

UNEP Latin America and the Caribbean Office (LACO Office), located in Panama City, works closely with the 33 countries of the region and its activities are integrated into the Medium-Term Strategy and the Programme of Work approved by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).

UNEP Brazil Country Office works in an integrated manner with UNEP LACO and its Regional Sub-Coordinators in anchoring the national programme portfolio in the design of new projects and partnerships, and as well in identifying funding opportunities that can address national priorities.

The GEF-7 CITinova II Project - "Promoting Integrated Metropolitan Planning and Innovative Investments in Urban Technologies in Brazil" is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

It was signed by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

UNEP HQ, through the Economy Division and the Ecosystem Division, is the implementing agency for the project "Promoting integrated metropolitan planning and innovative urban technology investments in Brazil" (CITinova II).

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides funding to a total of more than US$ 12.5 million.

The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) is the national executing partner, and as such, the institution responsible for overseeing the project activities as foreseen in the Project Document.

MCTI nominates a National Director and a National Coordinator, who are responsible for the general supervision of the project activities, which will be carried out, in a decentralized manner, by the co-executing partners - The United Nations Environmental Program Brazil (UNEP-BR) and the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) in three pilot metropolitan regions in Brazil

These are:
(1) Belém Metropolitan Region, (2) Florianópolis Metropolitan Region, and (3) Integrated Development Region of Teresina.

The CITinova II Metropolitan Regions integrate the UrbanShift program. UrbanShift is the brand name of the Global Environment Facility's Sustainable Cities Impact Program.

It is led by the UN Environment Programme and implemented in partnership with the World Resources Institute, C40 Cities, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, the UN Development Programme, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

The program is supporting more than 23 cities in 9 countries and focuses on integrated urban planning, low carbon infrastructure, sustainable waste management and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability.

UrbanShift brings together global, national, and local stakeholders, and engages with city-based organizations and the private sector to work towards common sustainability visions.

Project Description

The GEF-7 CITinova II Project - aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen biodiversity conservation, and achieve economic, social, and environmental co-benefits through integrated urban planning.

The implementation of period is four years from the second quarter of 2023.

The project activities are planned at national and sub-national levels. The latter occurs at the Belem Metropolitan Region, the Florianopolis Metropolitan Region and the Greater Teresina Integrated Development Region.

The proposed activities are organized into four Components:
Component 0- Governance and integrated urban planning: Proposal of metropolitan governance arrangements, development of integrated metropolitan pl