Republic of Moldova

Team of 7 National consultants to support the National Anticorruption Centre in the elaboration of the National Anticorruption Strategy 2016 – 2020 and its Action Plan in the assigned subject areas

Vacancy Number: Pr15/01085

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	03 Sep 2015, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	07 Sep 2015, 16:00 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	15 Sep 2015
Reference to the project:	Strengthening the corruption prevention and analysis functions of the National Anticorruption Center Project
Expected Duration of Assignment:	September – October 2015
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than September 3, 2015. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: olga.crivoliubic@undp.org. UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The National Anticorruption Strategy (NAS) is the main anticorruption policy document currently applied at the national level. The NAS elements are aiming at improving the legal framework and ensuring the enforcement of legislation in view of effectively eliminating factors that contribute to the occurrence of the corruption phenomenon, as well as enforcing the importance of corruption prevention in public institutions and in political process. To this end, NAS has two general objectives: 1) Zero tolerance to corruption; and 2) Transforming corruption from the high-pay and low-risk activity into a low-pay and high-risk activity.  2015 is the last year of the current Strategy implementation, and though it has been not fully implemented, the Government took the decision to develop a new Strategy for the following five years.

The implementation of NAS is overseen by a Monitoring Group, made of representatives of ministries, Parliament, judiciary and civil society, which convenes on a quarterly basis. NAC exercises the role of Secretariat for the Monitoring Group, calling its meetings, compiling progress reports on the implementation submitted by the public authorities into the annual reports on NAS implementation and coordinating the development of subsequent action plans for its implementation. Yearly, The Secretariat organizes the National Anticorruption Conference on the International Anticorruption Day – December 9 – where the progress towards NAS goals’ and objectives’ achievement is being presented. Progress reports on the NAS Action Plans’ implementation are submitted to the Parliamentary Commission for Security and Public Order.

An intermediary assessment of the progress achieved in the implementation of NAS 2011 – 2015 was carried out. NAC will coordinate and oversee the process of the elaboration of the new Strategy based on the findings and recommendations of the assessment process.   Elaboration of the new Strategy and its Action Plan will be based on the wide consultations with the stakeholders, including public institutions, local public administration, Civil Society, private sector, development partners, etc.  Special consideration will be paid to the process of developing local action plans for the implementation of NAS, and to ensuring their sustainable reflection in the new Strategy. NAC will establish subject working groups comprising representatives of the relevant public institutions for the purpose of the elaboration of the 2016 – 2018 national Anticorruption Strategy and the Action Plan.

To support the participative process of the elaboration of the high quality new National Anticorruption Strategy the project intends to contract a team of national consultants each with a specialisation in a particular area to provide technical expertise, advice and guidance to the NAC’s staff and area-specific working groups comprising representatives of relevant public institutions, to provide inputs in the process of the NAS elaboration and to facilitate the consultation process on the draft Strategy and the Action Plan. The subject areas will include:

1. Judiciary, Law Enforcement Agencies and Anti-Corruption Agencies

2. Government and Public Sector

3. Central Electoral Commission and Political Parties

4. Parliament

5. Ombudsman

6. Court of Accounts

7. Private Sector

Scope of work

The team of Consultants will work in close collaboration in order to provide high quality technical expertise in the assigned subject areas to the staff of the NAC responsible for the elaboration of the National Anticorruption Strategy 2016 – 2020 and the Action Plan and to the members of the subject working group and to ensure that the process is participatory and inclusive.

• Conduct the desk review of the intermediary assessment of the progress in the implementation of 2011 – 2015 NAS, of the annual reports on the implementation of the NAS, monitoring and analytical reports drafted by the civil society, including but not limited to the National Integrity System Assessment Moldova 2014 by Transparency International Moldova, with a particular focus on the recommendations contained in these documents, as well as the recommendations coming from the assessment of the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption carried out in 2014 relevant to the assignment subject area;
• Conduct the desk review of national strategic policy documents that include anticorruption measures – National Development Strategy Moldova 2020, Association Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union and the National Plan for its implementation, Government Program 2015 – 2018, Justice Sector Reform Strategy, and other documents, as relevant;
• Consult with the members of the Monitoring Group for the implementation of NAS and with relevant CSOs in order to collect information, views and needs for drafting the relevant parts of the NAS;
• In collaboration  with the assigned NAC staff compile the relevant parts of the draft NAS;
• Assess relevance of the NAS 2011 – 2015 indicators for the purpose of  monitoring the progress in implementation of the relevant to the subject area parts of the NAS and for subsequent evaluation of the implementation and propose necessary adjustments of the indicators in the new Strategy  that need to be relevant and measurable and would facilitate the assessment of the delivery of results; 

• Facilitate meetings  of the working group on the subject area for the development of the NAS and the Action Plan, collect and record the information and the recommendations, as relevant;

• Present the relevant parts of the draft NAS in a multi‐stakeholder technical validation meeting(s) with the participation of public institutions, private sector representatives and the civil society and collect and record the recommendations and feedback received;

• Factor the feedback collected during the validation meeting(s) into the final version of the Strategy; 
• In collaboration with the assigned NAC staff, members of the working group  elaborate the draft activities, baseline and indicators to measure progress in the subject area for NAS Action Plan  2016 – 2018, including a sound monitoring mechanism.

Requirements for experience

For the Team Leader - consultant in area 1.

Academic Qualifications:

•  Master’s Degree or equivalent in Law.

Years and sphere of experience:

• At least 5 years of proven professional experience in policy drafting and analysis, strategic planning and monitoring;
• At least one year of proven experience in drafting anti-corruption legislation and policies

Note:  the candidate will submit together with the CV a list/samples of relevant publications. 

Competencies:

• Proven extensive knowledge of the corruption phenomenon in the area of judiciary, law enforcement agencies and anti-corruption agencies, efficient mechanisms for its prevention, as well as policy drafting, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Strong analytical  and report writing skills;
• Strong communication, teamwork/coordination and presentation skills;
• Previous successful experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, in particular UNDP, governmental institutions, NGO/think-tank or consulting firm is a strong advantage; 
• Knowledge of English, Romanian, Russian languages for the purposes of the assignment;
• Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;

Personal qualities:

• Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations; in particular, is respectful of differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status;
• Responsibility;
• Flexibility;
• Punctuality.

 For consultants in areas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Law, Public Administration, Human Rights, International Public Law, Economics, International Relations or other relevant field; Master’s Degree in one of this fields will be an asset.
• At least 3 years of proven professional experience in policy drafting and analysis, strategic planning and monitoring;

Years and sphere of experience:

Note:  the candidate will submit together with the CV a list/samples of relevant publications. 

    Competencies:

• Proven extensive knowledge of the corruption phenomenon in the assigned subject areas, efficient mechanisms for its prevention, as well as policy drafting, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Experience in drafting policies and analytical studies in the area of anticorruption;
• Strong analytical  and report writing skills;
• Strong communication and presentation skills;  
• Previous successful experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, in particular UNDP, governmental institutions, NGO/think-tank or consulting firm is a strong advantage; 
• Knowledge of English, Romanian, Russian languages for the purposes of the assignment;
• Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;

Personal qualities:

• Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations; in particular, is respectful of differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status;
• Responsibility;
• Flexibility;
• Punctuality.

The United Nations Country Team in the Republic of Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1.  Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for this position and providing examples reflecting the competencies required;
2. Financial proposal: in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days);
3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and the contact details of at least 3 reference persons.
4. A list/samples of relevant publications demonstrating policy drafting and analysis abilities in the assigned subject area/s. 

Important note: National consultants shall clearly indicate the position/SUBJECT AREA they are applying for. The combination of related areas as presented in this ToR has to be respected.  Candidates applying for one of the single announced areas (Parliament; Ombudsman Institution; Court of Accounts; Private Sector) are encouraged to apply for two positions/areas if possessing demonstrated competence.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables. Payment will be made upon the successful completion of the tasks assigned and submission of the new NAS and Action Plan for adoption.  Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals the financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, communication costs, travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

 

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