Legal consultant to support the implementation of Basel Convention compliance action plans

Result of Service

The consultant is required to:

A.1. Provide substantive inputs to the various iterations of the assessment of Chad’s legal and institutional frameworks, including possible gaps to fully implement the Basel Convention in order to enable compliance with the reporting obligations, using such tools as the Checklist for the Legislator adopted by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (document UNEP/CHW.12/9/Add.4, annex I) and the guide on the development of legal frameworks adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting (UNEP/CHW.14/13/Add.2/Rev.1, annex) (activity A.2 of the agreements). The assessment report (Word format) should be maximum 10 (ten) pages, excluding annexes. (Activity already implemented in Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea);
B.1-3: Provide substantive inputs to the first draft legal and institutional mechanisms/ measures to ensure the sustainability of the country’s compliance with its national reporting obligation for submission to relevant ministries for their consideration (activity B of the agreements);
C.1-3: Provide substantive inputs to the second draft legal and institutional mechanisms/ measures for submission to the stakeholders for consideration at the awareness-raising and training workshop (activity B of the agreements);
D.1-3: Provide methodological, strategic and technical inputs to the programme, presentations and other supporting materials of the two-day awareness-raising and training workshop to undertake consultations on the draft legal and institutional mechanisms/measures developed and participate in the workshop (activity D.1 of the agreements);
E.1-3: Participate in the two-day awareness-raising and training workshop referred to in paragraph D.1-3 above (activity D.1 of the agreements);
F.1-3: Provide substantive inputs to the third draft legal and institutional mechanisms/ measures developed and submitted to stakeholders for endorsement at the evaluation meeting (activity B of the agreements);
G.1-3: Provide substantive inputs to the development of the final draft legal and institutional mechanisms/measures to ensure the sustainability of the country’s compliance, incorporating the feedback received from the stakeholders during the national evaluation meeting, for transmission to relevant entities responsible for consideration/adoption (activity F of the agreements).

The consultant shall undertake these activities in accordance with the timeframes indicated in the agreement and as may be further indicated by the Secretariat.

Work Location

Home working

Expected duration

12/06/23 to 31/12/23

Duties and Responsibilities

The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Secretariat) brings together the three leading multilateral environmental agreements that share the common objective of protecting human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes.

A consultant shall be retained to provide assistance to Burkina Faso’s Ministère de l'Environnement, de l’Économie Verte et du Changement Climatique (MEEVCC), Equatorial Guinea’s Ministerio Pesca y Medio Ambiente and Chad’s Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development in undertaking the activities listed in the small-scale funding agreements (“agreement”) signed respectively by Burkina Faso (SSFA-SBC-2137), Equatorial Guinea (SSFA-SBC-2136) and Chad (BRS-SSFA-2219) with UNEP/Secretariat of the Basel Convention.

The agreements aim at assisting Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Chad in the implementation of their compliance action plan, as approved by the Implementation and Compliance Committee in decisions CC-14/5, CC-14/6 and CC-14/11/Add.1, to resolve their implementation and compliance difficulties with their national reporting obligation under paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Basel Convention.

The consultant’s responsibilities will be to provide guidance and substantive support to Burkina Faso’s MEEVCC, Equatorial Guinea’s Ministerio Pesca y Medio Ambiente and Chad’s Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development to undertake activities of its compliance action plan of a legal and institutional nature.

Under the supervision of the Programme Officer, the consultant will support Burkina Faso’s MEEVCC, Equatorial Guinea’s Ministerio Pesca y Medio Ambiente and Chad’s Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, in:

1. Developing an assessment of legal and institutional framework, including possible gaps to fully implement the Basel Convention in order to enable compliance with the reporting obligations (activity A.2 of the agreements) (only for Chad, since this activity is already implemented in Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea);
2. Developing draft legal and institutional mechanisms/measures to ensure the sustainability of the country’s compliance with its national reporting obligation (activity B of the agreements);
3. Organizing an awareness-raising and training workshop to undertake consultations on the draft legal and institutional mechanisms/measures developed (activity D.1 of the agreements);
4. Developing final draft legal and institutional mechanisms/measures to ensure the sustainability of the country’s compliance and ensuring these are transmitted to relevant entities responsible for consideration/adoption (activity F of the agreements).

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in international law and/or environmental affairs. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least seven years of work experience in the field of implementation and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements, including the Basel Convention is required;
• At least five years of experience in the field of hazardous wastes management, development of legal mechanisms and measures, or national reporting is required, as they relate to multilateral environmental agreements, in particular the Basel Convention.

Languages

• Fluency in English is required (oral and written) and fluency in Spanish and French is desirable.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.