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Call for Expression of Interest: DIKTAS II - National/International Consultants (Deadline: 22 December 2024)
Needs-assessment on coordination and management of the project 鈥淒IKTAS II 鈥 Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System: Improving groundwater governance and sustainability of related ecosystems鈥; participating countries: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania
Under the overall supervision of the Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (UNESCO Regional Bureau), the direct supervision of the Head of its Antenna in Sarajevo, and in close coordination with the Head and Programme specialist of its Science unit, as well as in cooperation with UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), the consultant will support the coordination and management of the project 鈥淒IKTAS II 鈥 Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System: Improving groundwater governance and sustainability of related ecosystems鈥.
The objective of the project is to implement the main steps recommended in the 鈥淕lobal Framework for Action鈥 for setting the basis of sound groundwater governance in the Dinaric Karst region. This approach and vision perfectly adhere to the conclusions reached by the countries sharing the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System, that are enshrined in the Strategic Action Programme for DIKTAS prepared by the countries and recently endorsed at ministerial level. The Project Objective is to catalyse effective multi-country cooperation for the sustainable management of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System and its ecological resources by strengthening national and regional groundwater governance frameworks and institutional capacity.
