Overview
This home-based retainer position contributes to integrated territorial development and capacity building within the Western Balkans, working with regional and local stakeholders to implement EU Cohesion Policy principles.
Tasks Summary
- Contributing to the introduction of place based approach and integrated sustainable territorial development
- Development of training materials and conducting training on SWOT, identification of needs and priorities, definition of objectives and measures and priority areas of intervention
- Contribution to design of the questionnaire to be used for preparation of the contextual analysis urban/territorial development topics for respective territories and conducting development of contextual analysis
- Performing review of existing relevant documentation and statistical data relevant for analysis of territorial context for assigned territories
- Conduct development of contextual analysis on urban/territorial development topics for assigned territories
- Preparation the proposal of preliminary contextual analysis, SWOT and identified needs based on collected data for assigned territories
- Conducting five thematic round tables per assigned territory related to presentation of preliminary contextual analysis, SWOT and needs and consolidate material upon received feedback
- Guidance of the strategic planning processes and facilitation of the work of working groups for development of territorial strategies
- Review and revision of material and parts of the territorial strategies prepared by the working group, and finalise draft territorial strategies
- Leading and facilitating the identification of integrated strategic projects derived from priority areas of intervention within territorial strategies
- Conducting presentations of draft territorial strategies within public insight procedures in assigned territories
- Finalisation of territorial strategies for adoption upon received remarks under public insight procedure
- Timely production of monthly progress reports, training evaluation reports and additional reports on the progress of activities on as needed basis and positively assessed by the Senior Officer for Capacity Building
- Performing other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum two years of experience in strategic planning and/or urban/spatial planning conducted in participatory manner is required
- Experience in use of graphic tools for preparation and design of thematics maps is an asset
- Experience in working under the framework of EU Cohesion Policy, EU negotiation process and relevant national documents and Laws is an asset
Qualification Requirements
Master Degree in Urban/Municipal/Spatial Planning, Urban Development, Architecture or related field is required. A Bachelor's degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the master’s degree.
