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MIDL - Migration and Development National Capacity Building ConsultantVacancy Number: Pr16/01196
Contacts: Ms. Oxana Maciuca. oxana.maciuca@undp.orgBackground
The Government of Moldova explicitly acknowledges its commitment to link migration and development at the local level. Institutions at all government levels are becoming increasingly aware that migration is one of development factors; this is especially true for emigrees and their potential support to the home communities through local essential service improvement (water, sanitation, education, health, and social services), skill and knowledge transfer, and income generating opportunities. Given the stringent need to further advance with the implementation of the Decentralization Strategy and embedding migration aspects into development processes, the State Chancellery together with United Nations Development Programme have designed a new Programme phase of the Joint Integrated Local Development Programme. The project is designed to support Central Public Authorities (CPAs) and LPAs to develop and implement strategic policies, methodologies and procedures related to temporary, permanent, and circular migration and link them to local development processes, which will enable further design and implementation of joint service improvement and income-generating initiatives, ensuring equal access for women, children, young people, the elderly, the disabled, and other population groups in selected localities. Moreover, the project is developed as a replicable approach with potentials for scaling up, with intensive capacity building and strengthening of national and local public authorities to better plan, manage, budget, and implement public service management with participation of community members, including migrants. Thus, as seen above, integrating migration into local development requires a systematic, tangible and programmatic approach. The current project is proposed on the basis of the results achieved during the implementation of 3 phases of JILDP (2007-2015), which has put a series of methodological approaches and strategic frameworks in place. It supports integrated and systematic local development planning and management, by tackling both central and local levels. The Overall Objective of the Programme is to ensure that communities affected by migration benefit from improved essential local services, namely water and sanitation, health, social, and education services and have access to income-generating opportunities, including improved employment reintegration support for returnees. Considering the specific local development context, current situation, and needs, the project sets two primary outcomes: Outcome 1: The Ministry of Labour, Social Protection, and Family and the National Employment Agency have mandates, capacities, and resources to provide qualitative employment reintegration services to all returnees. Outcome 2: Local public authorities have the capacities and resources to engage with community members, including migrants, and promote know-how transfer from abroad with a view to improving local essential services and offering opportunities for income-generating activities. Both areas of the project emphasize the national ownership and strengthening capacities at national and local levels to enable a socio-economic environment, secure employment support, reduce disparities and inequalities, provide income-generating opportunities, and ensure sustainable local development. The project intervention will apply human rights based and gender equality approaches, including community empowerment and mobilization models with migrants’ engagement, and various tools for efficient service provision. In order to ensure impact maximization and tangible results, the project intervention envisages strong synergies with BRD/IOM and NEXUS, as part of the programmatic intervention funded by Swiss Cooperation Office SDC. The envisaged Consultancy will contribute to the successful achievement of the Outcome2, and mainly Output 2.2: Migrants, together with local public authorities have the capacities, models and skills to create and manage innovative support mechanisms and Home Towns Associations at district/town/community levels for knowledge and skills transfer, local services improvement and income-generating activities. Scope of work
The overall objective of the National Capacity Building Consultant (hereinafter Consultant) is to enhance the knowledge of local actors involved in migration and local development, thus improving their capacities in designing, implementing and monitoring local development initiatives, and mainstream migration into local development agenda, thus leading to improved local public services, as well as sustainable local economic development. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
1.Qualifications:
2. Experience:
3.Competencies:
Documents to be included
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
a. explaining how the applicant responds to each of the qualification requirements and why he/she is the most suitable for the work (particularly providing details on the previously implemented similar projects and assignments and previous experience in the fields related to this consultancy as described in the terms of reference); b. describing a short vision on achievement of tasks;
Financial proposal
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). 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 will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).
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