February 28, 2023

Trainer in Climate Change Media Coverage

The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) announces a tender for the Trainer in Climate Change Media Coverage within the GEF-funded project “Georgia’s Integrated Transparency Framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement”
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TERMS OF REFERENCE

For Preparing and Introducing a Presentation on Climate Change Coverage, Hosting the Post-Presentation Discussion, and Facilitating a Talk Show Simulation

REC Caucasus is executing the project “Georgia’s integrated transparency framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement”, which aims to meet the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements under the Paris Agreement

Project Title: Georgia’s Integrated Transparency Framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement
REC Caucasus Project ID: 024RECC/G/UNEP
Contract type: Consultancy Service Contract
Contract No: 024RECC/G/UNEP-2023-SRV-44-BL110405
Position: Trainer in Climate Change Media Coverage
Starting Date: 23 March, 2023
Duration: 1 month and 5 days (23 March, 2023 – 28 April, 2023)
Duty Station: Tbilisi, Georgia

 

1. PROJECT BACKGROUND

The ToR is concluded for the implementation of the GEF-financed Project (2019-2023) “Georgia’s Integrated Transparency Framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement”.

The Paris Agreement, adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP) in December 2015, sets out a global action plan that puts the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The Agreement refers to ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’ (NDCs) that each individual country should make to achieve the worldwide goal set of reducing anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. As part of this Agreement, all countries agreed to an enhanced transparency framework (ETF) for action and support (Article 13), with built-in flexibility which considers the Parties’ different capacities and builds upon collective experience. For Georgia, there is a need to set up new transparency governance structures, develop and implement MRV procedures, and update, implement, and integrate new data and information flows with pre-defined periodicity. Two parallel ongoing climate activities at the central and local levels in the country need to be aligned under the Domestic Enhanced Transparency Framework. The clear, comparable, accountable, and flexible MRV system should integrate mitigation strategies, measures, and their effect at the national level. A key condition for the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement’s transparency requirements is the provision requiring adequate and sustainable financial support and capacity building to enable developing countries to significantly strengthen their efforts to build robust domestic and regulatory processes. For the above purposes, the GEF Funded Project “Georgia’s Integrated Transparency Framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement” is planned to be implemented in Georgia.

The overall objective of the project is to meet the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) requirements under the Paris Agreement.

Project Components:

1. Strengthening vertical integration in Georgia for transparency-related activities;
2. Georgia’s National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventory system and HFC data management system are aligned to the enhanced transparency framework (ETF);
3. Climate Change Mitigation in Georgia’s transparency system

Outset situation

The frequency and methods of media coverage of climate change have a significant influence on the process of forming public opinion about climate change. The lack of articles/stories on the mentioned topic indicates that climate change coverage is less popular in Georgia due to social and political issues or problems being prioritized over climate change.

The training, within the project Georgia’s Integrated Transparency Framework for Implementation of the Paris Agreement, aims to popularize climate change issues among journalists, encourage the creation of stories, videos, articles, and blogs focused on climate matters, raise awareness of the unity of nature and the human race, promote activities supporting climate change policy, and interest media representatives in climate change policy issues and encourage their participation.

2. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

REC Caucasus engages Trainer in Climate Change Media Coverage for preparing presentation and introducing it to media representatives on climate change coverage, speaker’s experience, coverage techniques (video, article, etc.), ethics, reporting challenges and motivations, and conducting a talk show simulation.

Specific Objective of the Assignment
The trainer will be responsible for preparing a presentation and introducing it to media representatives on climate change coverage, speaker’s experience, coverage techniques (video, article, etc.), ethics, reporting challenges and motivations for training, ensuring the knowledge and experience are shared with the training participants accurately, clearly, and supportively. The expert will also be responsible for preparing the report on the content of the presentation and post-presentation discussion.
The trainer will be responsible for conducting a talk show simulation and post-training report on the process, and discussion of the talk show.
The above-mentioned will facilitate achieving the following specific project objectives:

• SO1 Conduct at least two “media” 3-day training events for 25 media representatives (each) on global and national climate change actions (under activity 1.3.3);

Planned activities are as follows:

The following work steps are needed within the assignment:

Step 1. Prepare a presentation on climate change coverage, the speaker’s experience, coverage techniques (video, article, etc.), ethics, reporting challenges and motivations, and a report on the detailed description and topics of the talk show simulation. [Project activity 1.3.3];

The above-mentioned steps include the following activities:

• Report on the content of the presentation and post-presentation discussion;
• Post-training report on the process, and discussion of the talk show.

3. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

– Master’s degree in media, communications, and/or social sciences;
– Two years of working experience in media/communications;
– Working experience in conducting meetings and trainings;
– Working experience in climate change themes (will be an asset);
– Good analytical skills, ability to express ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing;
– Ability to plan and manage tasks independently;
– Good interpersonal and communication skills;
– Fully experienced with digital presentation tools/programmes;
– Fluency in the English language.

4. WORKING AND REPORTING LANGUAGES

The working and reporting language shall be English and/or Georgian.

5. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING REPORTING FORMAT

All reports shall be produced in the following format:
Alignment: Justified
Font: Arial for English / Sylfaen for Georgian
Font Size: 11
Lane Spacing: single
Spacing before: 0’
Spacing after: 0’
At: 0

6. OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:

Interested applicants should submit a current CV meeting the required qualification and a filled-in technical offer form (see annex) to the following e-mail address: vacancy@rec-caucasus.org with a copy to Project Administrative Assistant: sopo.gelashvili@rec-caucasus.org

Annex: 2023.02.28_Annex_TECHNICAL OFFER _Media Coverage

Email subject line: Climate Change Media Coverage

The deadline for application is March 14, 2023, (GMT+4).
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.