PPG Project Coordinator

The Ministry of Environment, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is planning to access GEF-8 resources to promote Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution. An Expression of Interest for the GEF-8 Integrated Programme on Ecosystem Restoration was developed and submitted accordingly, and was selected by the GEF Secretariat. As next step, with technical assistance from UNDP Cambodia, Cambodia developed a Child Project Concept Note, which was included in GEF Work Programme. The Ministry of Environment and UNDP have now started the Project Preparation Grant (PPG) phase for the full development of the project document and related annexes.

The Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution Integrated Program is a programme co-led by UNEP and WWF which aims to address the root causes of plastic pollution: ever-growing unsustainable consumption and production of single-use and problematic plastic products and packaging with low circularity.

The Program will demonstrate and scale up upstream solutions in the food and beverage sector, including the elimination of single-use plastic products/packaging and reduction of using crude oil as the primary feedstock; circular design of materials, products and business models; as well as ensuring materials and products are actually circulated in practice through reuse and recovery systems. 

Project activities will focus on five interlinked intervention areas throughout the whole Program: 1) regulation and policy development; 2) finance; 3) private sector; 4) communication and public advocacy for behavior and social change; and 5) knowledge management and capacity development for program-level coordination. The Program is expected to achieve sizable GEBs in the areas of international waters, chemicals and waste, climate change and gender, with substantial co-benefits on biodiversity, social and economic values. 

The Project is seeking for the following position, talented, and result-oriented candidates to fill the positions: