National Climate Stakeholder Engagement and Validation Consultant

Yemen’s development challenges are deeply shaped by the intersection of climate impacts, fragility, and constrained service delivery, making climate-resilient and low-emission investments both urgent and complex. The Yemen Country Climate and Development Report highlights the development–conflict–climate nexus and underscores  the  need  for  coordinated  approaches  that  integrate  development  needs  with  climate  action, particularly given  climate-induced disasters such  as droughts,  floods, and extreme heat  that amplify existing vulnerabilities. 

In parallel, Yemen has demonstrated  commitment  to  strengthening  its national  climate planning  landscape, including  the NDC 3.0 vision and framework,  the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), and  the  Long-Term  / Low Emission Development  Strategy  (LT-LEDS).  The  development  of  a  Climate  Finance  Strategy  and  Investment Plan  is intended to help Yemen better understand climate  finance needs, map current climate  finance flows, strengthen institutional coordination, and identify feasible financing pathways aligned with national priorities and implementation realities. 

Our client has engaged an International Climate Finance Consultant to provide overall technical leadership, quality assurance,  and  drafting  across  the  assignment.  To  support  the  in-country  workstream,  our client  intends  to engage two complementary  field-based national consultants:  (i)  a National  Climate  Finance and  Institutional Mapping Consultant; and  (ii) a National Climate Stakeholder Engagement and Validation Consultant. The two national  consultants  will  work  in  close  coordination  under  the  technical  supervision  of  the  international consultant,  but  with  clearly  differentiated  roles  to  avoid  duplication  and  to  ensure  efficient  delivery  of  the analytical and consultative workstreams.

 Through  this  ToR,  our client  seeks  a  field-based  National  Climate  Stakeholder  Engagement  and  Validation Consultant to  lead the in-country consultative and process support stream required for this assignment. The consultant will  lead stakeholder mapping, outreach, scheduling and coordination of consultations, facilitation support for validation and capacity-building processes, workshop organization, and structured documentation of  feedback.  To  avoid  duplication,  technical  evidence  compilation,  climate  finance  datasets,  institutional stocktaking analysis,  finance-flow mapping, and  technical  strategy  inputs will be  led by the National  Climate Finance  and  Institutional  Mapping  Consultant,  while  this  consultant  will  focus  primarily  on  stakeholder engagement, validation processes, and feedback management. 

In coordination with the National Climate Finance and Institutional Mapping Consultant, the National Climate Stakeholder  Engagement  and  Validation  Consultant  will  provide  in-country  consultative,  coordination,  and process support for the development of the Climate Finance Strategy and Investment Plan for Yemen. Under the  technical supervision of  the  International Climate  Finance Consultant and  the overall guidance of UNDP Yemen,  the  consultant  will  serve  as  the  lead  national  focal  point  for  stakeholder  mapping,  outreach, consultation  planning,  meeting  and  workshop  coordination,  validation  facilitation  support,  and  feedback documentation.  The  consultant  will  support—but  not  lead—the  technical  workstream  by  channeling stakeholder inputs, organizing records of consultations, and ensuring that comments and validation outcomes are  communicated  in  an  orderly manner  for  integration  by  the  technical  consultant  and  the  international consultant. 

Project Objectives:

•  Activity  1a. Assess  climate  finance  needs  from  existing  plans,  policies,  institutional  frameworks,  and related costing for draft NDC 3.0. 

•  Activity 1b. Develop basic operational definitions for climate and green finance relevant to public and private expenditures on ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate actions (mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage), aligned with UNFCCC reporting and informed by OECD DAC Rio Marker guidance. 

•  Activity  2.  Map  and  analyze  current  climate  finance  flows  (public/private,  domestic/international, grants/non-grants) and identify financing gaps against the needs from Activity 1.  

•  Activity 3. Formulate a Climate Finance Strategy, including the aspects relevant to medium-term fiscal policy  and  planning,  and  recommendations  for  public  expenditure  alignment,  as  well  as  private domestic and international financial mechanisms, and innovative blended finance approaches if/where feasible. 

•  Activity  4.  Conduct  a  capacity-building  and  validation  workshop  to  strengthen  coordination  and management of climate finance. 

 Inception and methodological design 

•  Review relevant project documents, stakeholder lists, and consultation requirements shared by our client and the international consultant. 

•  Prepare and update the stakeholder engagement plan, consultation schedule, contact and coordination tracker, and outreach approach for the assignment. 

•  Contribute to the development of templates/tools for data collection,  institutional mapping, evidence registration, source logs, and dataset structuring. 

•  Provide  practical  advice  on  stakeholder  access,  in-country  feasibility,  sequencing  of  consultations, communication sensitivities, and process feasibility. 

 Activity  1a.  Comprehensive  assessment  of  climate  finance  needs  and  institutional  stocktake  based  on existing climate action plans and other relevant development plans and policies 

•  1a.1  Prepare  and maintain  the  stakeholder map  and  consultation  tracker,  including  focal  points  in ministries, agencies, development partners, financial institutions, civil society, private sector actors, and other relevant stakeholders. 

•  1a.2  Coordinate  consultation  requests, meeting  scheduling,  participant  confirmations,  and  follow-up communication  for  interviews  and  technical  discussions  needed  for  the institutional  stocktake  and needs assessment. 

•  1a.3  Support  interviews,  consultations,  and  technical meetings  by  preparing  agendas,  guiding  notes, attendance records, and consultation summaries. 

•  1a.4 Organize  and  document  stakeholder  views,  institutional  perspectives,  practical  constraints,  and feedback relevant to climate finance needs, institutional roles, and implementation barriers. 

•  1a.5 Share structured consultation outputs, meeting records, and validated stakeholder inputs with the National  Climate  Finance  and  Institutional Mapping  Consultant  and  the international  consultant  for analytical use. 

Activity  1b.  Support  consultation  and  validation  of  the  climate  and  green  finance  flow  measurement methodology 

•  1b.1 Organize stakeholder consultations and review sessions required to test the proposed climate and green finance tracking methodology in the Yemeni context. 

•  1b.2  Ensure  appropriate  participation  of  relevant ministries,  institutions,  development  partners,  and other actors whose feedback is needed on usability, reporting channels, governance arrangements, and feasibility. 

•  1b.3 Capture stakeholder comments, questions, and validation points  in a structured feedback matrix and communicate them to the technical consultant and the international consultant. 

•  1b.4 Support  follow-up  communication,  clarification  requests, and  circulation of  revised materials  as required by our client and the international consultant. 

Activity 2. Support validation of climate  finance  flow mapping and  institutional  roles through stakeholder coordination 

•  2.1  Facilitate  introductions,  appointments,  and  communication  with  institutions  and  stakeholders relevant to the collection and verification of climate finance information. 

•  2.2  Coordinate  requests  for  clarifications, missing  information,  and  follow-up  documentation  arising from the climate finance flow mapping process. 

•  2.3  Organize  validation  discussions  on  preliminary  findings  related  to  financing  flows,  instruments, channels, and institutional roles. 

•  2.4 Maintain  organized  consultation  records,  attendance  sheets,  contact  logs,  and  validation  notes linked to the mapping exercise. 

•  2.5 Escalate process bottlenecks, scheduling issues, or stakeholder access constraints to our client and the international consultant in a timely manner. 

Activity  3.  Support  formulation  of  the  Climate  Finance  Strategy  through  consultation  and  validation processes 

•  3.1 Organize  stakeholder engagement around emerging  strategic options,  institutional  arrangements, implementation pathways, and coordination mechanisms proposed in the draft strategy. 

•  3.2  Prepare  consultation  packs, meeting  agendas,  summary materials,  and  communication  notes  to support review of draft strategy content by stakeholders. 

•  3.3  Document  stakeholder  comments,  concerns,  areas  of  agreement,  and  outstanding  issues  in  a structured feedback matrix for analytical integration. 

•  3.4 Support inclusive engagement and balanced participation, with attention to gender responsiveness and representation of relevant stakeholder groups. 

Activity 4. Lead consultation, validation, and capacity-building processes 

•  4.1 Lead logistical and coordination arrangements for consultations, validation meetings, and workshop events,  including  participant  coordination,  venue/interface  arrangements,  invitations,  attendance tracking, and communication with participants. 

•  4.2  Prepare  and  organize  workshop  packages,  agendas,  facilitation  notes,  participant  lists,  feedback forms, and validation templates in coordination with UNDP and the international consultant. 

•  4.3  Support  facilitation  of  validation  and  capacity-building  sessions  and  ensure  that  comments, decisions, and recommendations are documented accurately and comprehensively. 

•  4.4  Produce  consultation  summaries,  workshop  proceedings,  outcome  records,  and  final  feedback matrices for integration into the final Climate Finance Strategy and Investment Plan package. 

The National Climate stakeholder Engagement Consultant will report to the Project Manager. 

The  consultant  will  work  under  the  technical  supervision  of  the  International  Climate  Finance Consultant  and  in  close  coordination  with  the  National  Climate  Finance  and  Institutional Mapping Consultant and relevant our client Yemen and regional team members, as applicable. 

Bachelor’s degree in climate change, environment, and natural resources is required. 

•  Advanced university degree (Master’s level or higher) in a relevant field is highly desirable. 

•  Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in climate stakeholder engagement, consultation facilitation,  coordination  of  multi-stakeholder  processes,  workshop  organization,  policy  dialogue support, or climate-related programme support work. 

•  Experience working with government institutions, development partners, UN agencies, or international programmes in Yemen on climate related areas. 

•  Experience supporting climate policy consultations, validation workshops, public dialogue processes, ordonor/government coordination processes. 

•  Demonstrated  experience  in  consultation  planning,  meeting  coordination,  documentation  of stakeholder  inputs,  feedback  matrix  preparation,  and  preparation  of  process oriented  reports  or summaries. 

•  Knowledge of Yemen’s climate, environmental, development, and institutional context is required. 

•  Strong communication, coordination, documentation, and organizational skills,  including the ability to maintain clear records of contacts, consultations, and feedback. 

•  Experience in fragile and conflict-affected settings is highly desirable. 

•  Fluency in written and spoken Arabic is required. 

•  Good working knowledge of written and spoken English is required. 

This role does not have team management responsibility.

Interested qualified and experienced consultants must apply through the CTG website and should submit detailed CVs, including past experience in similar assignments.