Ref.
2026/REMG/16488
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Deadline date
2026/10/28 18:30
Duration of the assignment
Beaded expertise
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
24 mois
Lead Technical Expert - Energy, Climate and Macroeconomic Modelling (M/W)
Département Gouvernance - GOUV > Pôle Transparence, Gestion et Redevabilité
Published on : 2026/10/21
ASIE
INDIA
NEW DELHI
Mission description
The GEMMES India project, funded by Agence française de Développement and implemented by Expertise France aims to strengthen NITI Aayog's capacity to assess the macroeconomic and financial implications of India's long-term development and energy-transition pathways. GEMMES-India is intended to complement NITI Aayog's existing suite of energy and climate modelling tools by enabling analysis of the interactions between economic growth, investment, employment, public and private finance, external balances, energy transition and other macroeconomic variables.
NITI Aayog already has detailed energy-system modelling capabilities, including the India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) and TIMES models. These models have been used to develop long-term scenarios covering energy demand, technology deployment, emissions, investment requirements and sectoral transition pathways. Relevant scenario outputs will therefore be available as inputs to GEMMES-India and need not be redeveloped under this assignment.
The expert will work closely with NITI Aayog, the AFD GEMMES team, and the Expertise France team over a period of 24 months to support development, calibration, operationalisation and institutionalisation of GEMMES-India.
Project or context description
The overall objective of the assignment is to support NITI Aayog and AFD in developing an operational India-specific GEMMES model capable of assessing the macroeconomic and financial implications of India's development and energy-transition pathways. The NITI Aayog-AFD framework envisages GEMMES-India as an open-economy macroeconomic model capable of examining interactions between capital accumulation, public and private debt, under-employment, financial conditions, natural-resource constraints and distributional considerations. It also envisages linkages with detailed energy-system models such as TIMES.
The specific tasks related to the assignment include:
- Build a strong understanding within NITI Aayog of the GEMMES framework, model architecture and data requirements.
- Support development of a coherent and reproducible India-specific macroeconomic, financial and sectoral database for GEMMES-India.
- Support adaptation of the GEMMES model architecture and behavioural relationships to Indian economic conditions.
- Support calibration, validation and testing of GEMMES-India using historical Indian data.
- Facilitate integration of existing TIMES/IESS scenario outputs into GEMMES-India.
- Draw upon relevant climate adaptation analysis being undertaken separately within NITI Aayog, where useful for GEMMES-India.
- Support analysis of alternative development, energy-transition and financing scenarios.
- Strengthen NITI Aayog's institutional capacity to independently operate, update and further develop GEMMES-India.
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of activities, and monitoring of results in close collaboration with the Expertise France project team.
- Ensure the technical supervision of the project: prepare semi-annual work programs, pilot their implementation and oversee their timely execution.
- Prepare monitoring reports for Expertise France internal reviews (in January, April and September), covering activity plan implementation and achieved results.
- Contribute to technical reports to Agence française de Développement (one interim report and one final report), in coordination with the Expertise France project team.
- Facilitate the capitalization of project results and their dissemination to all stakeholders.
⚠️ Candidates shall submit ⚠️
· a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience and availability;
· a concise technical proposal, of no more than two pages, presenting their understanding of the assignment and proposed methodology;
· references for comparable assignments; and
· a financial proposal indicating the proposed daily fee inclusive of all applicable taxes.
⚠️ Please find attached the complete ToR with more details ⚠️
Required profile
Minimum Educational Qualification
At least a Master's degree in Public Policy, Economics, Development Economics, Public Administration, Energy Policy or a related discipline from a reputed national or international institution.
Professional Experience
- at least 12 years of relevant professional experience in public policy, energy, climate change, economic analysis or development planning;
- demonstrated experience in energy and climate modelling, including development, application or coordination of models such as IESS, TIMES/TIMES-VEDA or comparable long-term modelling frameworks;
- strong understanding of India's energy transition and the Government of India policy and institutional ecosystem;
- experience in multidisciplinary analytical work involving government, modelling institutions, development partners and other stakeholders; and
- trong analytical, strategic thinking, quantitative, stakeholder-management and communication skills.
- experience with macroeconomic modelling, climate finance or linking energy-system models with macroeconomic frameworks would be an advantage
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s training/skills/experience
Deadline for application : 2026/10/28 18:30
File(s) attached : ToR_Energy_Climate_Macroeconomic_Modelling_GEMMES_India.pdf
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- democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
- peace, stability, and security ;
- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
- health and human development ;
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.