Sustainable mobility and digitalisation specialist

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In consultation with UNEP and ACCESS consortium partners, the consultant will deliver the following activities: Activity 1 - Translate pilot results into actionable policy and planning recommendations at local, national, and regional levels. i) Synthesis of Pilot Learnings: Collect, document, and synthesise lessons learned, successes, and challenges from the six ACCESS pilot projects. ii) Policy Mapping: Identify and review relevant local, sub-national, and national transport, mobility, digitalisation, and gender policies in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. iii) Gap and Opportunity Analysis: Compare pilot learnings against existing policy frameworks to highlight gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for mainstreaming innovative approaches. iv) Draft Country-Specific Recommendations: Develop tailored recommendations for each of the six countries, showing how pilot findings can be embedded into ongoing or upcoming policies, strategies, or plans. v) Regional Knowledge Product: Produce a consolidated regional brief that identifies cross-cutting themes and opportunities for regional alignment and peer learning. vi) Consultation and Validation: Organise consultative discussions with national counterparts, consortium partners, and regional actors to validate recommendations. vii) Policy Influence Pathways: Develop practical guidance on entry points and strategies for engaging decision-makers, including timing, framing, and stakeholder mapping, to facilitate uptake of recommendations. Activity 2 - Identify project synergies and strengthen outreach to enhance visibility and collaboration. i) Mapping of Synergies: Review ACCESS activities and outputs to identify potential complementarities with other international, regional, and national initiatives in sustainable mobility, digitalisation, and gender. ii) Stakeholder Scanning: Identify priority organisations, networks, and platforms (e.g., UN agencies, development banks, regional bodies, research centres, NGOs) with which ACCESS can establish or strengthen collaboration. iii) Proactive Engagement: Support UNEP and consortium partners in initiating and following up with selected organisations to lock in synergies and define concrete areas of cooperation. iv) Visibility and Communication: Draft short briefs, talking points, and presentations to showcase ACCESS results and opportunities for collaboration in external events and bilateral meetings. v) Knowledge Exchange Facilitation: Help organise and contribute to cross-project exchanges (webinars, workshops, peer-to-peer dialogues) that highlight ACCESS learnings and foster joint initiatives. vi) Tracking and Reporting: Document engagement outcomes and synergies achieved, including opportunities leveraged, joint activities initiated, and contributions to ACCESS visibility. Activity 3. Facilitate public–private data sharing and establish long-term collaboration frameworks. i) Landscape Analysis: Map key public and private sector stakeholders relevant to mobility and digitalisation data in the six pilot countries. ii) Barriers and Incentives Review: Identify barriers to data sharing (legal, institutional, technical, trust-related) and document good practices or incentives that can encourage collaboration. iii) Dialogue Facilitation: Convene structured dialogues and trust-building sessions between public and private actors to address concerns, align interests, and promote win–win solutions. iv) Data Sharing Frameworks: Develop draft frameworks, agreements, or guidelines that outline roles, responsibilities, governance, and safeguards for long-term collaboration. v) Capacity Support: Provide technical advice on standards, interoperability, and safeguards (e.g., privacy, security, responsible use) to enable sustainable data collaboration. vi) Sustainability Planning: Propose mechanisms to sustain public–private data partnerships beyond the project lifecycle, including incentives, institutional anchoring, and monitoring arrangements. Activity 4. Provide on-demand technical support to UNEP and consortium partners. i) Knowledge Product Development: Develop dedicated knowledge products on transport digitalisation relevant to ACCESS project such as featuring ACCESS case studies and technical insights; translate and adapt into both Spanish and English. ii) Capacity Building: Design and deliver capacity-building sessions (virtual or in-person) based on the knowledge product, tailored for policymakers, practitioners, and consortium members. iii) M&E Tracking Support: Provide technical assistance to UNEP in monitoring and evaluation processes, including gender-responsive data tracking, indicator refinement, and progress reporting. iv) Peer Review of Technical Outputs: Review and provide expert feedback on draft reports, toolkits, guidelines, and pilot documentation produced by consortium partners, ensuring integration of digitalisation, gender, and sustainable mobility considerations. v) Responsive Advisory Support: Provide on-demand technical inputs to UNEP and ACCESS partners as needed across project activities, ensuring timely and high-quality contributions.

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