National Consultant, Green Public Financial Management Framework, Cambodia

national consultant, green public financial management framework, cambodia

united nations — united nations environment programme
· geneva

contract sustainable finance & esg investing mid-level

contract contract

experience mid-level

closing date september 26, 2026

sector sustainable finance & esg investing

result of service the ministry of economy and finance and the general secretariat for public financial management reform have a green pfm framework for cambodia. It was agreed through consultation with the green pfm technical working group and with the participants of the green pfm symposium, together with i) an action plan setting out how the framework is to be applied across the budget cycle and ii) a capacity development plan setting out how officials are to be equipped to apply it.

The package is available in khmer and english, so that it can be used directly by cambodian institutions and can inform the sustainability of the public investment pipeline financed in the years ahead.

work location remote expected duration six months duties and responsibilities the united nations environment programme is the designated entity of the united nations system for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Within unep, the industry and economy division works to internalise environmental costs, promote the efficient use of natural resources, reduce pollution and support the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements.

The economics and fiscal policy unit of that division leads unep's work on sustainable public finance, supporting ministries of finance and planning to align fiscal frameworks and national budgets with durable and inclusive growth, competitiveness, resilience and the simultaneous achievement of economic, social and environmental objectives. In cambodia, the unit delivers this work through the partnership for action on green economy, under which unep supports the ministry of economy and finance and the general secretariat for public financial management reform on the sustainability of public spending and public investment.

It follows the guidance provided by cambodia's secretary of state, ministry of economy and finance in may 2026 and the confirmation of scope and sequencing given by the ministry on 16 july 2026. The work covers three components. The first is a capacity development programme for public investment and line ministry officials on screening and appraising investments for sustainability, which unep delivers with its partners.

The second is the green public financial management (pfm) symposium and the green public finance forum, held with the high-level event in december 2026 and hosted by the general secretariat with unep and unitar. The third, which is the subject of this consultancy, is the development of the green pfm framework itself, together with the technical content of the symposium at which the draft framework is presented.

The framework spans the whole budget cycle, gives particular attention to sustainable public investment and procurement, and is designed to work within the data constraints the ministry faces. It builds on the green pfm and financing roadmap vision document commissioned by the general secretariat and on its accompanying assessment report, and it is developed under the guidance of the green pfm technical working group.

Specific tasks and responsibilities

related to output 1:

• prepare an inception note setting out the approach, method and evidence base for the green pfm framework, drawing on the green pfm and financing roadmap vision document commissioned by the general secretariat and on its assessment report.
• prepare a workplan and an annotated outline of the framework, covering the whole budget cycle with particular attention to sustainable public investment and public procurement, and reflecting the data available to the ministry of economy and finance.
• prepare the concept note and draft agenda for the green pfm symposium and the green public finance forum, including the taxonomy exchange, for review by the general secretariat, unep and unitar.
• confirm the division of deliverables with the general secretariat so that the work of this contract complements, and does not duplicate, the roadmap engagement.

related to output 2:

• draft the green pfm framework, setting out how sustainability considerations enter budget formulation, appraisal and selection of public investment, execution, procurement, and reporting, and identifying the…