PROJECT NAME (ref No): Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC III) - EuropeAid/139295/DH/SER/RS, Republic of Serbia

Published: 06.03.2020.

Deadline for Submission: 10.04.2020.

Project description:

The scope of PLAC III project is to provide support to relevant national institutions in charge of alignment of national legal acts with the Union acquis and to contribute to further building of capacities of relevant national structures for successful carrying out of accession negotiations.

The PLAC III project should achieve two results:
RESULT 1 – Enhanced compatibility of national legislation with EU legislation and its effective implementation
RESULT 2 – Enhanced capacities of the relevant national structures for successful carrying out of accession negotiations

Positions: One (1) Senior Non-Key Expert in the area of Negotiating Ch. 27 Environment and Climate Change; Transposition of the Union Climate Acquis – drafting legislation according to MRVA of EU ETS and Effort Sharing

 

Requested services

The Senior NKE for transposition of the EU Climate Acquis is expected to provide the following services:

  • Prepare a legal gap analysis of Serbian legislation of that of EU acquis, namely Directive (EU) 2018,410, Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 and Regulation (EU) 2018/842 in the context of the draft Law and its accompanying draft by-laws due for adoption by December 2020 and a year after that respectively.
  • Prepare amendments to the Draft Law based on the results of the legal gap analysis
  • Draft new or re-draft already drafted by-laws accompanying the draft Law on Climate Change that transpose Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 and Regulation (EU) 2018/2066
  • Prepare Tables of Concordance for the Directive (EU) 2018/410, Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 and Regulation (EU) 2018/842.

Outputs

The Senior NKE for transposition of the EU Climate Acquis is expexted to deliver the following outputs :

  • Legal Gap Analysis drafted
  • Proposal for amendments to the draft Law on Climate Change drafted
  • By-laws and/or amendments to bylaws drafted
  • Tables of Concordance for the Directive (EU) 2018/410, Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, Regulation (EU) 2018/20167 and Regulation (EU) 2018/842 drafted

Expert’s Profile:

Senior NKE (30 working days)

 Qualifications and skills (25 points)

  • A level of education, which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 years attested by a diploma such as Law, Environmental Science, Natural and Climate Science, or similar relevant to the assignment
  • Computer literacy
  • Be proficient in report drafting
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
  • Proficiency in English language
  • Be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on

 General professional experience (25 points)

  • At least 8 (eight) years of general postgraduate professional experience related to Ch. 27 of the Union environmental and climate acquis, gained in an EU member state, candidate or potential candidate country

 Specific professional experience (50 points)

  • At least 3 years of postgraduate professional experience in harmonisation of legislation with the EU Climate acquis
  • Postgraduate professional experience in an environmental regulatory authority of an EU Member State, candidate or potential candidate country will be an advantage
  • Knowledge of the Serbian legal system will be an advantage

 

It is expected that the work will be performed during several missions in the period from May 2020 until end of December 2020.

 

References must be available on request. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The Project is an equal opportunity employer. All applications will be considered strictly confidential.
Advertised posts are not available to civil servants or other officials of the public administration in the beneficiary country, Serbia.

The SNKE has to deliver 100% of the input in Belgrade, Serbia.