The draft global biodiversity framework provides a targets subsection on tools and solutions for implementation and mainstreaming including target 14 addressing biodiversity integration at all levels of government and across all sectors of the economy, and target 21 on equitable and effective participation in decision-making related to biodiversity. Its enabling conditions also calls for an integrative governance and whole-of-government approaches (14) and a participatory and inclusive whole-of-society approach (15).

Nature considerations should be integrated into national and sectoral policy and planning.  Implementing these strategies on the ground leads to effective conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Investment, funding, monitoring and adaptive governance must be further leveraged to reach these ambitions. Based on the final decisions on the Long Term Approach to Mainstreaming and the Global Biodiversity Framework, the project will develop capacity-building and cooperation with existing initiatives (e.g. BIOFIN, UNEP-WCMC) to inform its publications and knowledge products,  pilot planning workshops at the national and sub-national levels. Results and best practices will be exported to other countries or regions.

Expertise France is building a pool of experts with competences on all aspects of biodiversity mainstreaming that could be mobilized on this and other potential projects.

Post 2020 Biodiversity framework – EU support tasks

Within the context of the Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework-EU support project, experts could be solicited to deliver the following tasks (indicative list):

• Monitor and synthesize policy, legal and technical developments of other international fora/instruments on the mainstreaming of biodiversity into sectoral policies and planning;
• Assist in the strategic thinking process on biodiversity mainstreaming;
• Prepare and organize multi-stakeholder dialogues, online training courses (MOOC) and other technical and policy meetings and webinars on biodiversity mainstreaming;
• Develop and prepare technical and policy documents, and facilitates coordination among multiple projects and organizations on biodiversity mainstreaming;
• Design and conduct research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting activities to support outputs’ development (toolboxes, studies, 4 pager publications, videos, infographics, etc.);
• Contribute to the technical assistance and capacity building activities organized with partner countries requests related to this theme with technical advices and solutions;
• Ensure the quality/effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities within partner countries and other stakeholders, such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials, and on-line tools;
• Promote international cooperation, advocate best practices, promote increased policy dialogue and provide technical expertise at international/intergovernmental meetings;
• Gain exposure and access to relevant policy sectors stakeholders and business sectors networks to be leveraged by the project.

Other types of expert’s missions

More broadly within the context of other projects, the experts could be invited to participate in various missions all across the project’s development and implementation cycle as follow.

Mission type 1: support project development

In the phase of developing Expertise France’s service offer, the experts could be invited to (indicative list):

• analyze the project’s context and identify beneficiaries’ needs: participate in exploratory missions, collect information, review documentation, produce analytical reports and concept notes, propose partnerships;
• support the drafting of EF’s technical offers for tenders submissions (description of action narratives, etc.) taking into account the proposals and expectations of stakeholders:
  • identify objectives of the project, as well as relevant components and activities to address them;
  • develop tools to monitor and evaluate the project: theory of change, logical framework, including the identification of relevant indicators to measure the project’s impacts;
  • contribute to developing the project’s budget while ensuring coherence with the narrative offer and activities;
  • support in the identification of relevant experts for the implementation of activities.
• coordinate working sessions between EF and stakeholders;
• consolidate project documents involving all stakeholders.

Mission type 2: policy analysis and recommendations

During the implementation of a project by EF, the experts could be asked to (indicative list):

• conduct a diagnosis of national and regional policy frameworks: interviews with stakeholders, documentary review, field visits, production of analytical reports.
• frame recommendations and design activities to answer identified needs and assess the means for their implementation (assessment of needs in equipment, man-days, expert profiles, etc.).

Mission type 3: project activity implementation

During the implementation of a project by EF, the experts could be asked to (indicative list):

• implement activities (for example: design trainings, train trainers, facilitate working groups, conduct an assessment of the framework, etc.);
• prepare study visits: identify persons to meet, prepare an agenda, coordinate the study visit, collect on-site data and documentation;
• conduct or participate in project evaluations in order to: identify the project’s strengths and weaknesses, assess the relevance, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the project under EF’s evaluation standards, appreciate the quality of the activities and the partnerships, formulate strategic recommendations;
• as team leader:
  • manage and monitor the implementation of the global strategy and the project’s coherence;
  • coordinate dialogues with stakeholders (beneficiaries, partners, funders, etc.);
  • conduct the project’s monitoring and reporting, develop and update management tools (dashboards, indicator monitoring, etc.), identify risks and suggest corrective measures, produce monitoring reports, capitalize on project’s activities, coordinate and produce the project’s narrative reports;
  • Coordinate the project’s human resources (project team, coordination of expertise missions, etc.);
  • Coordinate the implementation of activities and ensure their conformity with the project’s objectives and timeline.

Expected results

Deliverables will be detailed in the terms of reference to be developed for each specific mission and project.