Background:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
To support the production and use of gender statistics across Asia and the Pacific, UN Women is implementing its flagship programme Making Every Woman and Girl Count (Women Count) across the region. Women Count aims to create a radical shift in how gender statistics are used, produced and promoted to inform policy and advocacy on gender equality. In Asia and the Pacific, the programme prioritizes three key areas of work, including the creation and use of environment statistics, womenโs economic empowerment statistics, and statistics calculated from big data and non-conventional data sources. The consultant will support the implementation of Women Count activities pertaining to environmental and economic statistics.ย
In particular, the consultant is expected to support the development of a conceptual framework, a set of guidelines, and a working group to advance measurements of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) from an individual perspective. The SEEA integrates economic and environmental data to quantify the interrelationships between the economy and the environment, including the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets and how they benefit humans. The SEEA relies in internationally agreed definitions and classifications, following an accounting structure similar to the System of National Accounts (SNA), to produce internationally comparable statistics and accounts. As such, it is a flexible system that can be adapted to countries' needs, but it relies mostly in macro-level measures at the household level. Because different population groups interact with the environment differently, exploring the specific contributions of individuals to the environment, and vice-versa, can shed light on some inequalities in access to and use of resources, and on the contributions of individuals towards environmental conservation and degradation.ย
The availability of a framework that builds on individual-level statistics, to aggregate the contributions of women and men, people with different ethnic backgrounds, or people of different ages to the environment, can help establish policies that address the connections between the economy and the environment, while implementing the principle of leaving no one behind (LNOB). Notably, it can help improve access to environmental services and resources for different population groups, contribute to better managing supply and demand of environmental resources and reduce negative impacts on the environment, including improving the state of ecosystems. Finally, this LNOB approach can contribute to enhancing how different population groups mitigate and adapt to environmental hazards and extreme events.ย
To propose options that may enable countries to apply the SEEA from an LNOB perspective, UN Women plans to convey a brainstorming group, bringing together experts from international organizations, think tanks, and national statistics offices in different countries with experience in implementing SEEA and where the achievement of equality, including gender equality in the context of environmental management, remains a policy priority. Through a series of consultations, the experts are expected to agree on a series of suggestions for improving the SEEA application and reflect inequalities across population groups.ย
In connection to the above, the consultant (who will report to the Regional Gender Statistics Specialist) is expected to deliver the following outputs:
Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
Ultimate result of service
To facilitate Member Stateโs work to implement the SEEA at the individual level, the consultant is expected to design a conceptual framework for implementing the SEEA with individual level measurements, to draft a set of methodological guidelines informed by national good practices, and to contribute technical inputs to the meetings of the Working Group.ย
Activity 1: Conceptualize and prepare technical materials for the Working Group on Implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective
Provide technical inputs to the establishment of the Working Group on Implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective.ย Present technical materials and provide technical leadership to the meetings of the Working Group to identify good practices across countries, and gather feedback in the development of technical guidelines. Prepare presentations and materials and co-facilitate the working group meetings. Draft short (1 page) summaries of key decisions made during meetings of the Working Group.ย Work with relevant national stakeholders to identify relevant national data practices on implementing the SEEA at an individual level.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ยActivity 2: Design a conceptual framework for implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective
Making use of national best practices and other technical considerations, design a conceptual framework for implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective.ย Reflect the feedback from Member States on the conceptual framework as needed. Support the socialization of the framework with key stakeholders.Activity 3: Draft a set of methodological guidelines for implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective
Building on activities 1 and 2, draft methodological guidelines to support Member States in operationalizing the conceptual framework for the SEEA implementation at the individual level.ย In collaboration with a few NSOs, prepare examples (utilizing national data) of how the guidelines can be operationalized. No. Key tasks Deliverablesย Expected completion time (due day)ย 1Provide technical inputs to the establishment of the Working Group on Implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective.ย
Finalized concept note for the work of the Working Group Suggestions regarding proposed list of invitees Agenda for first meeting of the Working Group 1 May 2025 2Present technical materials and provide technical leadership to the meetings of the Working Group to identify good practices across countries, and gather feedback in the development of technical guidelines.
Participation in meetings of the Working Groupย Provision of technical leadership for the work of the working group Consider the feedback provided by group members, as needed. 15 May 2025 3Prepare presentations and materials and co-facilitate the working group meetings.
Presentations and other supporting materials for the meetings of the Working Group (Frequency of meetings to be decided by the group, but max. one per month, for the duration of the consultancy) Co-facilitation of meetings of the working group, with focus on technical inputs.One per month until end of contractย
4 Draft short (1 page) summaries of key decisions made during meetings of the Working Group.ย Finalized one page summaries of key decisions from Working Group meetings. One per month until end of contractย 5 Work with relevant national stakeholders to identify relevant national data practices on implementing the SEEA at an individual level. Collation of feedback from members of the Group regarding national practices for the implementation of the SEEA at the individual level.31 May 2025
6Making use of national best practices and other technical considerations, design a conceptual framework for implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective.
Draft conceptual framework for implementing the SEEA from a LNOB perspective. 30 June 2025 7 Reflect the feedback from Member States on the conceptual framework as needed. Relevant feedback received from Member States incorporated into the Conceptual Framework31 July 2025
15 August 2025
9 Building on activities 1 and 2, draft methodological guidelines to support Member States in operationalizing the conceptual framework for the SEEA implementation at the individual level.ย Draft methodological guidelines on how to implement the conceptual framework Comments from UN Women and members of the Group incorporated into Technical Guidelines 26 September 2025 10 In collaboration with a few NSOs, prepare examples (utilizing national data) of how the guidelines can be operationalized. Boxes included in the technical guidelines that depict examples of calculations utilizing national official statistics, for the operationalization of the guidelines ยConsultantโs Workplace and Official Travel
This is a Bangkok-based consultancy, with the consultant working off-site but may be required to come to UN Womenโs offices for meetings and discussion. ย In the event of necessary travel on mission, travel costs and Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be provided. Travel Authorization will be granted to the consultant prior to the travel date.ย
Competencies :
Core Values:
Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity.Core Competencies:
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; Accountability; Creative Problem Solving; Effective Communication; Inclusive Collaboration; Stakeholder Engagement; Leading by Example.Please visitย this linkย for more information on UN Womenโs Values and Competencies Framework:ย
Required Qualifications
Education and Certification:
Masterโs Degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, environmental sciences, social sciences, demography, development studies or related fields A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.Experience:
A minimum 7 years of work experience on calculating environmental and economic statistics, with at least 5 years of experience working with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts. Experience analyzing, producing, or reprocessing micro data in coordination with national government institutions, is required. Experience in guiding and contributing to expert groups and working groups with government representatives is required. Familiarity with inequity and gender frameworks is desirable. Experience in economic or environment statistics in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as at the global level, is desirable.Languages:
Fluency in English is required. Exceptional communication, diplomacy and writing skills in English are required.How to Applyย
A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) 1 or 2 samples of materials (e.g. reports, presentations, papers) led by the applicant, showcasing data on environment-economic statistics, preferably on SEEA related topics, will be requested from shortlisted candidates.Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
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