Republic of Moldova

National Consultant on legal training methodology for the National Institute of Justice

Vacancy Number: Pr16/01427

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	26 Oct 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	01 Nov 2016, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	10 Nov 2016
Reference to the project:	Strengthening Technical Capacities of the National Institutions for the Human Rights Protection and Promotion
Expected Duration of Assignment:	November 2016-June 2018 (up to 150 working days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button no later than 23:59, 26 October 2016. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: alexei.ghertescu@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

Contacts:

Mr. Alexei Ghertescu.

Background

The Strengthening Technical Capacities of the National Institutions for the Human Rights Protection and Promotion Project, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and implemented by UNDP Moldova, is seeking to support the implementation of the human rights reforms, plans and commitments in Moldova by ensuring that the capacities of the national institutions with a mandate in human rights field are strengthened, so that they are able to perform their key functions on the human rights monitoring, reporting, promotion and protection. The overall objective of the project is to improve human rights protection and rule of law, including effective national implementation of European and international instruments in the Republic of Moldova, and in-line with the national priorities, strategies and plans.

For these purposes the Project also seeks to develop the capacities of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in the provision of the up to date training services for future and actual judges and prosecutors and other actors of the justice sector, to ensure curricular correspondence with the substantive and procedural international and national human rights law; to mainstream the international and regional human rights instruments and standards (including on gender equality, equality and non-discrimination, racism, intolerance and hate speech, anticorruption and professional ethics) into the NIJ curricula.

In 2016 a report was prepared by an international consultant with the evaluation of the existing NIJ’s training programmes and educational activities. The report provided a number of suggestions and recommendations as to reforming the NIJ’s curriculum, strengthening the practical character of NIJ’s training programmes and further mainstreaming of human rights therein. It was concluded that the effective development of human rights training is impossible without implementing and developing new teaching methods at the NIJ.

The practical value of the initial training should be enhanced by clearly distinguishing it from the studies at the university level. In order to achieve this goal, the initial training should focus on the development of practical skills of future judges and prosecutors relying on moot court/simulation techniques and practical tasks. Therefore, more case-scenario based trainings and assignments should be introduced into the curriculum and more interactive methods employed in order to enforce ethics and anticorruption standards and to teach practical legal skills to the NIJ trainees. For continuous/in-service training the amount of practical training activities should also be increased.

International human rights standards should also be integrated into the practical scenarios rather than taught separately. It is important to show human rights in action through their application in national legal framework and legal practice. Therefore, it is important to include human rights issues and standards into practical tasks, moot trials/simulations of the substantive legal disciplines, thus reducing the theory of human rights to the necessary minimum. That way the attendees will clearly see how human rights can be applicable in practice.

In addition to this, the UN-Moldova Partnership Framework 2013-2017 (UNPF) sets the target of amending the NIJ’s curriculum with modules on each of the international treaties, mechanisms and instruments (ICESCR, ICCPR, CAT, ICERD, CEDAW, CRC, CRPD and 1951 Refugee Convention) by 2017.

In order to achieve the aforementioned tasks UNDP will hire an international consultant who will identify key competences that should be developed at the NIJ, design and test 2 complex simulation modules (covering the main stages of criminal and civil procedures), and work with NIJ’s trainers and management in order to enable them to use effectively applied and interactive teaching and training methods and techniques in their activities. To support the activities of the International Consultant UNDP will hire a national consultant with whom they will work together to accomplish the set tasks.

 

Scope of work

The main objective of this consultancy is to provide support to the international consultant whose task will be to implement interactive and practical methods of training at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) aimed at developing practical skills of the NIJ’s trainees, to develop and test complex pilot training modules based on simulation and mooting methods, and to act as a mentor for the NIJ trainers and management on issues of training methodology.

The support provided by the National Consultant will consist of performing the following tasks:

1. Provide analytical support (provide analysis of the relevant Moldovan legislation and case law, collect the data relevant for the assignment, etc.);
2. Provide assistance to the International Consultant during his/her working missions to Moldova;
3. Participate in and facilitate the activities performed by the International Consultant while in mission in Moldova;
4. Act as liaison and ensure effective communication between the International Consultant, the NIJ and its staff involved in the project;
5. Provide relevant inputs for the reports and other documents prepared by the International Consultant;
6. Perform other assignment related activities.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent (5-year university education) in Law, Human Rights, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, or other relevant field; PhD degree is an asset;

Years and sphere of experience:

• At least 3 years of proven professional experience in developing and delivering professional legal training programmes (initial or continuous), developing training curricula for legal professionals;
• Previous experience of working as a legal professional (judge, prosecutor, or lawyer);
• Previous experience of conducting trainings for trainers and/or acting as a mentor is an asset;
• Previous working experience related to the National Institute of Justice of Moldova is an asset;

Competencies:

• Knowledge of interactive and applied teaching methods and techniques in professional legal training, understanding of the specific nature of such training;
• Knowledge of the human rights situation and human rights, diversity and gender related problems and challenges in the Republic of Moldova and the region;
• Proven knowledge of the UN human rights protection mechanisms and standards is an asset;
• FKnowledge of Romanian and English languages for the purposes of the assignment;
• Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Russian, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;

Personal qualities:

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

The UNDP 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 noncitizens 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. Technical Proposal: 
   1. explaining how 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);
   2. describing a short vision on achievement of tasks;
2. Personal information (Personal History Form /P11) including records of past experience in similar projects/assignments and concrete outputs obtained with three references;
3. Financial proposal (in USD, specifying the total lump sum amount as well as the requested amount of the fee per day).

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount (as well as the requested amount of the fee per day), 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. Payments will be performed in installments upon the delivery of the outputs 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 fees and taxes, 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. 

No travel costs are envisaged under this assignment.

 

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