Project description

The GIZ-funded Green Municipalities II project aims to support Algeria's transition towards more sustainable, energy-efficient and climate-friendly municipal services. The project focuses on strengthening the technical, institutional and operational capacities of local authorities to improve energy management, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote the use of renewable energy and smart urban technologies.

The assignment will provide technical assistance to six pilot wilayas (provinces) and 30 pilot municipalities, focusing on three main areas:

• Smart City Development: Benchmarking international best practices and developing smart city concepts adapted to the Algerian context, including smart public lighting, renewable energy integration, digital monitoring, waste management and sustainable urban services.
• Implementation of Pilot Measures: Supporting the planning, feasibility assessment, technical design, procurement and supervision of 18 pilot measures involving solar photovoltaic systems, energy-efficient public lighting, public buildings and smart energy management solutions.
• Capacity Building and Training: Strengthening the skills of municipal staff through technical training, digital energy management tools, operation and maintenance practices, and knowledge transfer.

The project seeks to establish practical, scalable solutions that reduce municipal energy consumption and operational costs while improving public service delivery and contributing to Algeria's climate and energy transition objectives.

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Qualifications

• Education/training: each expert with a university degree (master’s) in either Engineering, Energy Management, Energy efficiency, RE or a similar course of study
• Language: each expert with knowledge of Arabic, C1 and French, C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• General professional experience: each expert with 5 years of professional experience in the energy (RE and/or EE) sector
• Specific professional experience: Each expert has completed three training sessions in the energy sector related to the municipal context
• Professional experience in the country/ region of assignment: each expert with 5 years of professional experience in Algeria
• Experience in the field of development cooperation: Each expert with 2 years of experience in development cooperation projects
• Other: Each expert is certified EMDB trainer (energy management dashboard for municipalities). Only experience gained since 2020 will be considered for the evaluation of this criterion (no exclusion criteria)

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