Expert on Energy Efficiency_Value chain promotion in Livestock and Tourism in Kyrgyz Republic

The objective of the programme “Green Economy and Sustainable Private Sector Development in Kyrgyzstan” is to increase long-term employment and better income opportunities in the context of sustainable economic development for men and women and for all population groups, especially young people, and including people with disabilities and members of ethnic minorities.

The objective of this module is to improve the employment situation in the tourism, livestock farming and fruit and vegetable sectors through the use of green economic approaches.

The target group consists of the owners, managers and employees of MSMEs, including agricultural enterprises, operating in the tourism, livestock and fruit and vegetable sectors. The project focuses on the regions of Issyk-Kul in the east the country and Osh in the south. The three sectors combined with the two priority regions comprise the area of intervention. The project will pay particular attention to women, young people (aged from 14 to 34) and people with disabilities.

The expert is expected to systematically integrate services on Energy Efficiency (EE) for HoReCa and CBT associations

• Responsibility for overall integration of EE practices along the Tourism VCs and the achievement of results in the topic of EE implementation (monitoring, inputs to reporting) which are part of the tender;
• Responsibility for the review of existing training modules/materials which relates to EE and development of comprehensive training modules and methodology as a basis for training of different VC’s actors;
• Responsibility for interactions with the National Research Institute, local consultants on the issues of green practices and “greening of value chains”;
• Consultancy and advise to the GIZ programme experts and programme partners on the issues of EE practices implementation in Tourism VCs; close work on promotion and raising awareness of benefits of implemented EE along the Tourism VCs;
• Building cooperation with experts & service providers;
• Establishing pool of experts: finding relevant experts; building cooperation structure between experts and the VC’s actors;
• Support in obtaining best available technologies/practices for better prices;
• To organize a fee-based approach on adoption of EE practices.