Colombia, Legal - Economic Consultant

Colombia

Organization: GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute
Location: Colombia
Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Economics
Closing Date: Closed

Colombia, Legal - Economic Consultant

The consultant will focus on a revision of green fiscal instruments proposals, support all related discussions with the dedicated team from MHCP and provide the legal drafts needed to their implementation. Likewise, it will generate new employment options through the promotion of clean technologies, expecting a positive impact on the economy in general. The above, through the review of studies and proposals from the public and private sector, in addition to the evaluation of the best way to articulate the existing mechanisms.

Purpose

The major objective of this assignment is to support the Ministry of Finance in the implementation of the Green Growth Policy in Colombia and facilitate the Paris Agreement. It is expected to generate value added actions that could provide a new development pathway for the country in the short and long term. This support covers the evaluation and adjustment of existing fiscal instruments and legal proposals and current efforts and mechanisms to promote green growth. Furthermore, this work will facilitate the alignment of current policies and strategies with green development and Paris Agreement goals.

The fiscal and legal regulation will be carried out by developing three components:

Component 1. Green growth fiscal and legal opportunities diagnosis

The main output in this component is the identification of a set of priority green fiscal and legal measures that have been identified by various stakeholders to have the highest potentials to promote Green Growth and NDC achievement and define the regulatory approach to implement them.

Component 2. Validation, consultation and prioritization

The main output in this phase to validate the prioritized green fiscal proposals in which the MHCP and key stakeholders must focus legislative action in the coming 6 months, based on the conclusions drawn from Component 1.

Component 3. Drafting of the legal regulatory documents

The main output in this component is the submission of regulatory draft texts to be revised by the MHCP that would support the implementation of the prioritized measures. In addition, a technical report with the detailed explanation of the implementation roadmap and further regulations must be provided.

Upon completion of the assessment, the final deliverable should be able to tackle the following key questions:

1) What is the saving that the fiscal and legal regulation will generate?

2) Which is the additional income that the fiscal and legal regulation will generate?

3) What goals of the National Development Plan will the fiscal and legal regulation contribute to meet?

4) What goals of the Green Growth Policy will the fiscal and legal regulation contribute to meet?

5) Which externalities will be solved with the fiscal and legal regulation?

6) What international commitments will the fiscal and legal regulation contribute to meet?

Supervision

For this assignment, the selected consultant will work with a team that will be coordinated by a Project Leader and the MHCP Advisor (both designated by the General Deputy Minister, Mr. Juan Alberto Londoño). The consultant will deliver the products indicated in these terms of reference and will work according to the Project Leader directions, and in coordination with the with the MHCP project team. The work will be undertaken for cooperation with Ministry of the Finance then flexibility and a shared vision for the project outcome are essential.

The consultant will also be supervised by GGGI in specific issues regarding the contract between he/she and this institution, but this supervision will not involve decisions related to government discussions or decisions.

Delivery

The expected outputs are the following:

(1) Workplan

A complete workplan based and a detailed methodological approach must be prepared by the consultant and submitted to the Project Leader and Ministry of Finance.

(2) Fiscal and legal regulation measures database to implement the Green Growth Policy and the Paris Agreement.

2.1. Review and support the completion/validation of a set of green fiscal measures to support the Green Growth Policy and Colombian NDC implementation, based on the GGGI inputs and pre-existent databases and information.

2.2. Perform an evaluation and diagnosis of the operational and legal viability of the proposed prioritized fiscal instruments that are being considered by MHCP to achieve the goals of this consultancy.

2.3. Consult, validate and prioritize with relevant stakeholders the final proposals of new or adjusted fiscal instruments, considering the legal adjustment requirements.

The Consultant is responsible for the consolidation of the fiscal and legal regulation measures database with technical guidance from the Project Leader and the project team. The Project Leader and the MHCP advisor (as designated by General Deputy Minister) will guide the final corrections and adjustments to the database and will propose the alternative measures and methods to analyze and prioritize the actions to be included in the fiscal and legal regulatory proposals to implement the Green Growth Policy and the Paris Agreement in Colombia.

(3) Fiscal and Legal Regulation Implementation Roadmap

The consultant shall deliver the regulatory roadmap to implement all prioritized proposals, based on the relevant stakeholders’ inputs. The specific short- and long-term activities of the road map must be included.

(4) Fiscal and Legal Regulatory Drafting

The consultant shall deliver the fiscal and legal regulatory draft documents including the inputs from relevant stakeholders, to be reviewed and approved by the internal teams within MHCP. Consultant must prepare all material for discussion meetings and high-level presentations to prepare the final regulatory documents.

Payment	Outputs	Deliverables	Deliverables description	Target Completion	Amount (% over total fee)
Payment No. 1	(1) Workplan	Detailed workplan	Detailed workplan with activities, dates and methodology.	Within 2 weeks after the contract signed	15%
Payment No. 2	(2) Database prioritization	Complete database	Consolidate a fiscal and legal regulation measures database built in Excel format, including legal analysis and regulation adjustment proposals.	Within 10 weeks after the contract signed	25%
Payment No. 3	(3) Regulation Roadmap	Draft roadmap to implement the fiscal and legal regulation	Draft roadmap with detailed procedure and activities to implement the fiscal and legal regulation in the short- and long-term.	Within 15 weeks after the contract signed	20%
Payment No. 4	(4) Regulation Draft	Fiscal and legal regulation Draft	Complete redaction of the fiscal and legal regulation proposals.	Within 20 weeks after the contract signed	40%

Reporting Arrangements

The consultant work progress will be monitored primarily through periodic review meetings, the precise schedule of which is to be determined based on a planning with the Project Leader. In these review meetings will be tackle subjects such as: the overview of the project, the development of project activities, detailed information on project objectives and milestones, actual achievements made against the timeline initially set, and any other relevant progress details.

All reports or outputs must be written in Spanish, in accordance with GGGI’s formatting requirements, and submitted in soft copy along with complete sets of raw data, research materials, and meeting notes. The legal drafts must be written in legal framework according to Colombian regulations.

Suggested methodology and competence requirements

The consultant will make best use of both primary and secondary sources of information to prepare the database and the fiscal and legal regulatory draft. Face-to-face consultation through interviews, workshops, group discussions with relevant stakeholders and authorities is necessary to validate and prioritize the actions to be included. The consultant will report directly to Project Leader and the MHCP counterpart and coordinate closely with the project team.

Teamwork, integrated technical work, and collective responsibility for the consultant’s output are crucial. The consultant will be responsible to attend all the events and technical meetings required.

The Consultant should demonstrate the credentials described below.

Requirement and Qualification

• A BSc Degree holder in Law. A Degree in Law and Economy will be highly evaluated.

• An advanced degree related to holder in Economics/Statistics/Environment/Public Policy/ or other related degree from a local or overseas universities/institutes is desirable.

• At least five years of professional experience preferably on finance policies.

• At least two years of professional experience on environmental analysis.

• Previous working experiences working with the GoC, international organizations, development partners, and high-level authorities are essential

• Good knowledge and/or experience in undertaking primary research especially in legal and economic instruments modeling or assessment.

• Advanced Excel skills are crucial.

• Excellent writing and report preparation skills.

• Excellent analytical skills, critical thinking ability, and quantitative skills.

• Strong communication and diplomatic skills.

• Excellent Spanish knowledge and good English writing and speaking skills are required.