The UN-REDD Vietnam Programme started in 2009 with the aim to assist Vietnam becoming REDD ready and able to contribute to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation nationally and in the Mekong region. Efforts under the Programme are widely influenced by outcomes under the international climate change negotiations led by UNFCCC. The Cancun Agreement from COP 16 in 2010 presented a list of safeguards that any country involved in REDD action should comply with. Furthermore, the text clarifies that countries should start the development of “national systems providing relevant information on how safeguards are promoted, addressed and respected.”
Building on the safeguards included in the Cancun Agreement, the UN-REDD Global Programme is currently developing a set of Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) to ensure that the Programme’s activities promote social and environmental benefits and reduce any potential risk from REDD+ implementation. The UN-REDD Vietnam Programme is currently in the start-up phase of a Participatory Governance Assessment (PGA) on REDD+, which is an operational tool to facilitate the application of the SEPC in national REDD+ strategies.
A PGA is a participatory approach to collect governance data that is measurable over a period of time, and aims to ensure that the information and analysis generated from the data is used both by civil society and government, for decision-making, and provide increased accountability. The process will include a diverse range of key stakeholders as owners of the process. The difference between a PGA and other more externally driven assessments is that it is fully initiated, implemented, and sustained by national and sub-national actors.
The UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme is seeking for the following positions:
01 National Coordination Specialist for Participatory Governance Assessment for REDD+ (full time, with possibilities to extend)
For further information please visit and download the Term of Reference for the above positions at: http://vietnam-redd.org/Web/Default.aspx?tab=vacancy&zoneid=153&lang=en-US [1]
All interested candidates are invited to submit an application letter, an updated CV and copies of relevant degrees and references (in Vietnamese and English) indicating clearly the Position Title, to the address below:
UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme
Suite 805, Artex Building,
172 Ngoc Khanh St., Ha Noi
Email: [email protected]; [email protected] [2].
Deadline: 5:00 PM, 21st March 2012
(Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted)