Provision of technical assistance to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in quality assurance of Rio markers and input the annual reporting on climate, biodiversity, desertification and environment finance

Description The overall purpose of the assignment is to provide external quality assurance of the tracking and reporting of Danish climate and environment support and finance provided and mobilized to developing countries in the financial years 2025-2026, and to assist the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in strengthening its tracking and reporting systems and provide input to the annual reporting on climate, biodiversity, desertification and environment finance. More specifically the objectives of the assignment are: • To provide external quality assurance of the Rio-markers and the environment marker assigned to the 2025 and 2026 commitments to be reported to OECD DAC CRS and make recommendations for possible corrections before final submission to DAC. • To assist MFA in implementing the system for more granular tracking and reporting of support to climate and environment action in developing countries provided through framework agreements with civils society organizations or other multi-project facilities such as CISU and FFU. • To assist MFA in refining and implementing the system for tracking and reporting of mobilized private finance through bilateral sources based on the methodology established in the OECD climate finance reports. • To assist MFA in establishing and implementing a system for estimating and reporting the climate finance provided and mobilized by the MDBs that can be attributed to Denmark for period 2025 to 2026. • To assist MFA in drafting the Danish input to annual national GR report to EU in 2026 (with 2025 data) and 2027 (with 2026 data) on climate relevant financing in accordance with relevant reporting guidelines and formats. • To assist MFA in drafting the Danish input to the Second Biannual Enhanced Transparency Report by 31 December 2026 at the latest. • To compile the results of all the above tasks in an annual overview report of Danish “green” development finance, including support targeting the three Rio conventions and in support of environment. The assignment will start 15. April 2026 and will end by 31. March 2028. Outputs will be delivered annually as follows: • QA Report of “green” markers by 15. May Input to EU GR report by 1. September • Input to Reports to UNFCCC, UNCBD and UNCCD by 1. November • Annual report by 1. December • Final report and package of files and tools by 21. December. Deadline for application 04-03-2026 at 14:00 Danish time Interested Consultants can request to get the instructions prepared for applicants by e-mail to the Contact person stated below Contact point KLIMA Contact person Jens Fugl Contact e-mail [email protected] Criteria for selection A minimum of three and a maximum of five applicants with references best suited for the assignment will be invited to submit a tender.