Jul 12, 2021
Background
Since it was established in 2008, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has succeeded in accelerating progress towards a climate-smart future that leaves no one behind, promoting climate resilience, seeding investments in clean technology, and supporting sustainable forests.
A bold new commitment in June 2021 of up to $2 billion by four G7 nations to support CIF in accelerating the transition away from coal and enabling the integration of renewables into existing energy infrastructure has the potential to jumpstart the transformation of the energy grid, and to unlock a greener, more sustainable global economy.
CIF is now launching the selection process for identifying countries that will receive funding under its new Renewable Energy Integration (REI) program.
About the REI Program
Accelerating the energy transition calls for enhancing flexibility in energy systems and pushing boundaries to increase the penetration of renewables. Under the REI, CIF will support this process in developing and emerging countries. Flexible solutions help accelerate uptake of the best combinations of technologies to help manage grids, balance different infrastructure requirements, and improve overall market design systems operation.
About the role
An independent expert group is to be established to review and rank Expressions of Interest (EoI) submitted by countries eligible and interested in participating in the new CIF program, and present recommendations to the relevant governing body on the countries to be invited to participate in the new CIF program.
When formed, the group will select two co-chairs: one a national from a CIF eligible recipient country and the other a national from a CIF contributing country. The group will include a balance of experts from both contributing countries and eligible recipient countries and will consider geographic and gender balance as well.
Selection criteria
Candidates must have:
- Master’s degree or PHD in a relevant field to CIF REI, including renewable energy, electrical engineering, power systems and markets, distributed generation, transmission, energy storage, grid integration and interconnection, climate change, development economics, finance, climate policy, and gender and social development.
- At least 12 years of experience in his/her/their area of expertise.
- Experience working with or for multilateral, regional, or international organizations is preferred.
To apply:
- Applications for the expert group should only be submitted through the CIF Administrative Unit service account - cifadminunit@worldbank.org. Applications received through any other means will not be accepted.
- Applications and nominations for independent expert group members should include the expert’s name, contact information, area of expertise, and a resume demonstrating professional experience and expertise in the target areas.
- Applicants must also disclose if they have potential conflicts of interest (e.g., they work on behalf of a government that is submitting an EoI or are currently employed by a CIF partner MDB).
- Please submit your application no later than July 22nd, 2021.
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