IC - Sustainable Finance Consultant

IC - Sustainable Finance Consultant Please see attached the Terms of Reference for full details **General Information** - Project: CO036 Gender-Responsive Ecosystem-Based Adaptation - Output: CO036-E1-12 - Duty Station: Bogotá - Valledupar (Colombia) - Contract Duration: (19) October 2026 - (16) April 2027 - Consultant: Level 3 - Total Fees: Up to USD 19,000 **Project background** AdaptaCesar project CO036 aims to strengthen the enabling conditions for the implementation and financing of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) solutions in the Department of Cesar. This includes fostering a more robust territorial financial ecosystem and catalyzing the mobilization of both public and private capital to support climate adaptation investments. Within the project's financial market development component, the focus is evolving from the identification of financing needs toward the structuring, prioritization, and articulation of bankable investment opportunities that can be effectively matched with appropriate financing sources and instruments. In this context, the component seeks to bridge the gap between territorial adaptation priorities, productive sectors, investment opportunities, financial actors, and available capital. Achieving this objective requires an evidence-based assessment of the territory, including: 1. key value chains and economic actors; 1. existing and emerging investment opportunities; 1. anchor companies and potential sponsors or off-takers; 1. public and private investment capacity; 1. financial and non-financial constraints to investment; and 1. the financial instruments, intermediaries, and market mechanisms capable of facilitating investment at scale. The consultant will  provide specialized technical support to the Project’s investment-readiness and capital-mobilization agenda by compiling and analyzing territorial information, applying Project-approved assessment criteria, and preparing preliminary information on potential investment opportunities, financing instruments, market mechanisms, and financial partners for GGGI review and validation. The analysis will identify pathways to deploy and leverage a range of financing solutions, including guarantees, blended finance structures, credit enhancement mechanisms, investment funds, commercial and development finance, public resources, impact investment vehicles, and market-based transaction mechanisms, as appropriate to the characteristics of each opportunity. Furthermore, the consultant will  compile and analyze information on the potential role of strategic market actors, financial intermediaries, and transactional platforms, using criteria provided or approved by the Project, to inform GGGI’s assessment to the project's evolving financing architecture. The analysis will be based on their ability to perform specific functions related to financing, aggregation, risk mitigation, transaction facilitation, and market access, with their potential contribution assessed based on demonstrated value and functional relevance rather than predefined assumptions regarding their role within the ecosystem. Please note that the deadline is based on Korean Standard Time Zone (KST, UTC+9) INTRODUCTION TO GGGI The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visitabout GGGIweb page. **Objectives of the assignment** The consultant will support the implementation of the Project's financial market development component, which aims to strengthen the territorial financial ecosystem and facilitate the mobilization of capital for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) investments in the Department of Cesar. The consultant will support the analytical work required to inform this agenda, including stakeholder mapping of the financial ecosystem and the preparation of market assessments covering both the supply of and demand for financial products, services, and mechanisms that can support the financing of gender-responsive EbA solutions. The consultant will contribute analytical inputs, knowledge-sharing, and capacity-building support for participating financial institutions, helping identify institutional gaps, strengthen market understanding, and inform financing approaches for adaptation-related investments. The assignment does not include independent design or implementation of financial products or mechanisms. **Specific Objectives:** 1. Review and compile a stakeholder mapping of the financial ecosystem in Cesar, covering governance arrangements, institutional relationships and synergies for the mobilization of sustainable finance. 2. Support the monitor of the baseline instruments (designed by the Project) to assess stakeholders' knowledge of sustainable finance and ecosystem-based adaptation, with a gender lens. 3. Support with technical inputs in the preparation of a market assessment for financing EbA solutions, integrating supply- and demand-side analysis, and applying a gender-responsive approach. This will include: - Review and compile existing financial instruments, products, and financing mechanisms potentially applicable to EbA solutions and the Project’s priority value chains. - Review and compile  the target population’s demand for, access to, and use of available financial products, including socioeconomic characteristics, financing needs, repayment capacity, and key financial barriers. - Preparing evidence-based technical inputs to inform the Project’s subsequent assessment and development of risk-sharing and credit guarantee mechanisms. Prepare technical documents, analytical reports, and presentations derived from the above studies. Provide technical inputs to assessment of investment opportunities and the definition of a portfolio of investment initiatives, including the identification and characterization of anchor companies and other strategic actors. Compile and analyze information on shared-risk opportunities within trade associations of the Project's priority value chains. Support the preparation, facilitation and documentation of workshops, events and other project activities. **Deliverables and Payment schedule** Over 24 weeks, the consultant will support the evidence base required under Component 3 to mobilize finance toward Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Department of Cesar. The assignment is organized into five sequenced deliverables, with the activities under each deliverable contributing to the subsequent analytical stage: - Deliverable 1 – Work planning and application of Project methodology: applies the conceptual framework, instruments, and sampling parameters provided or approved by the Project. (weeks 1–2) # | Activity | Description | Weeks 0.1 | Detailed work plan | Prepare the work plan, the milestone-based schedule, assignment risk matrix and  operationalize the methodological approach provided or approved by the Project for each analytical block  , | 1 0.2 | Application of conceptual framework and operational definitions | Compile the operational definitions, provided or approved by the Project, to be applied consistently throughout: what qualifies as an EbA solution, what constitutes an eligible financial product for EbA, and what is meant by anchor company, investment opportunity and target population. | 1 0.3 | Information source matrix | Inventory and assess the available secondary sources, departmental and municipal development plans, territorial climate planning instruments, chamber of commerce registries, public financial sector information and Project databases, indicating availability, coverage and limitations. | 1–2 0.4 | Adaptation and application of Project-approved instruments | Adapt the baseline instruments designed by the Project and prepare for review and approval, draft interview guides for development banks, LFI