The purpose of the Green Economy Programme is to support the Philippines’ transition towards a green economy, including circular economy, reducing waste and plastic, as well as to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment to support climate change mitigation. The transition to circular economy will have other added benefits such as the reduction of use of energy and greenhouse gas emissions, improvement of biodiversity and natural capital, a decrease in pollution levels, as well as climate change adaptation among others. The action tackles three main levels:

• establishing a Policy Dialogue Platform at central government level to mobilise EU expertise to facilitate policy formulation, improve city to city collaboration through supporting the development of a National Circular Economy Strategy and Roadmap, extend dialogue to promote renewable energy/energy efficiency and to apply the dialogue’s outcomes (linked to Specific Objective 1 of the action);
• (ii) working with Local government units (LGUs) where the EU expertise will support to define and implement circular economy, climate change and energy policies with a human rights and gender - responsive perspective, outreach and support of local business and civil society, and support less advanced LGUs (linked to Specific Objective 2 of the action);
• (iii) enhancing engagement of the private and financial sectors into the circular waste economy creating better conditions for private sector investment by supporting business driven waste reduction strategies and circular solutions in the production process (linked to Specific Objective 3 of the action).

Expertise France, as the agency responsible for co-implementing Specific Objective 3 of the action, seeks a local expert to assist with the planning and development phase of the Philippines Green Economy Programme, which will require “in situ” coordination with a variety of project stakeholders:

• The EU Delegation of Manila
• The local implantations of the agencies co-implementing the project (the GIZ, the IFC, and the UNDP)
• The project beneficiaries, including but not limited to: Philippines government agencies (national and municipal levels); private sector actors such as start-ups and small businesses, investors and other financing institutions, business associations, and entrepreneurial support organisations

The present Terms of Reference have been drafted to allow for the recruitment of a local expert to represent Expertise France in coordination meetings and to assist with the elaboration of the Description of Action, technical offer, and other key project documents.