Republic of Moldova

National Consultant to provide legal support to the Working Groups of the Parity Commission and the State Chancellery.

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00275

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	20 Feb 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	11 Mar 2013
Reference to the project:	Joint Integrated Local Development Programme
Expected Duration of Assignment:	12 months
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line by pressing “Apply on-line” link, no later than 20 February  2013. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: constantin.elisei@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. Constantin Elisei.

constantin.elisei@undp.org

Background

The Government of Moldova (State Chancellery) in partnership with the UNDP and UN Women are implementing since 2007 several phases of the Joint Integrated Local Development Programme (JILDP) funded by the Government of Sweden. The JILDP was designed to improve the policy framework, as well as to support the administrative systems and procedures focused on efficient transfer of competencies to Local Public Administrations (LPAs), decentralization and promotion of LPAs’ role in decision making. It also helps in building the capacity of LPAs to plan, implement and monitor their strategic plans and improve local public service delivery, involving civil society and community efforts and participation. Actions in the project seek to secure positive change in areas of human rights, tackling social exclusion and ensuring gender equality.

Starting with 2013, a new phase of JILDP is being implemented. With to adoption of the Decentralisation Strategy an overarching framework for decentralization is the country has been created. The JILDP will provide central and local public authorities with the support mechanism to implement this strategy. This will include the support to the elaboration of sector-specific strategies to outline the details in these sectors and the assistance to different institutions in the practical arrangements to actually implement the strategy. JILDP will support the Central government to ensure the functionality of relevant units to lead the reform: the Decentralization Policies unit at the State Chancellery, to coordinate the implementation of the entire decentralization Strategy, and the Intergovernmental fiscal policies unit at the Ministry of Finance, to lead, monitor and adjust the financial aspects of the reform. It will also assist the Special Parliamentary Commission on decentralization in legal drafting and adjustment. In order to improve the knowledge and skills of the local officials, JILDP will partner and improve the capacity of the Academy of Public Administration.

Scope of work

JILDP/UNDP seeks National Consultant (hereinafter Consultant) in order to provide legal expertise, review relevant existing legislation as well as draft laws and regulations, identify gaps and inconsistencies, develop proposals for ensuring removal of legal, administrative and fiscal barriers for improving the regulatory framework for an efficient and effective decentralization. The Consultant will provide legal support to the Working Groups of the Parity Commission and the State Chancellery to amend and develop daft laws and regulations, as well as other normative or policy documents in the field of decentralization. 

 The assistance will be provided in compliance with relevant international legal and regulatory frameworks Moldova is part of, and specifically with particular emphasis on Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and Gender Equality (GE) principles.  

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• University Degree in Public Law, Public Administration or other relevant fields;

 Years of experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in legal assistance (consultancy, advice and litigation) to local governments and/or public institutions;
• Experience in policy and/or legal drafts  development;
• Proven experience in working with the international organizations (successful experience in  working with UN agencies is an asset);
• Previous experience in human rights and gender equality analysis of national legislation;

 Competencies:

• Demonstrated capacity of team-orientation  work, excellent planning and organizational skills;
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with persons from a variety of backgrounds;
• Advanced knowledge of both domestic and European public legislation;
• Ability to achieve results and deadlines in a timely manner, maintaining a high standard throughout;
• Fluency  in both oral and written  Romanian  and knowledge of English ;

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 the work;

 2. Financial proposal;

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references, or dully filled Personal History Form P11

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 fee, taxes, 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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