Republic of Moldova

International Consultants on for developing the policy document for decentralization of public services related to environment – LOT 1/LOT 2/LOT 3

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00356

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	15 Aug 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	28 Aug 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	02 Sep 2013
Reference to the project:	Joint Integrated Local Development Programme
Expected Duration of Assignment:	3 months (LOT 1 -23 working days; LOT 2 - 21 working days; LOT3 - 16 working days)
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line by pressing “Apply on-line” link, no later than 15 August 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. This Vacancy Announcement is also placed on https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=39292
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Clarification Q&As (as of 12/08/2013) Pr13/00356 supporting documents Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The Government of Moldova explicitly acknowledges that decentralization represents an essential item on the reform agenda of the country. The goal is to provide quality services to women and men equitably - including the rights of persons from vulnerable groups - through building autonomous and democratic local governments, able to manage efficiently their responsibilities. Thus, on April 5, 2012 the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova adopted the National Decentralization Strategy that represents the main policy document in the field of local public administration and establishes the national mechanisms to ensure genuine local autonomy. Prior to the approval of the Strategy, the Government has benefited from the support provided by the Joint Integrated Local Development Programme/JILDP implemented by UNDP and UN Women and funded by the Government of Sweden and UNDP. Given the stringent need to further advance the implementation of the Decentralization Strategy, and building on the successful cooperation with the Joint Integrated Local Development Programme, the State Chancellery together with United Nations have designed a new Programme phase to support the implementation of the Decentralization Strategy at policy and local levels.

The National Decentralization Strategy is the main policy document on local public administration that offers a general strategic framework, the main principles and the national mechanism for decentralization and ensuring local autonomy in Moldova. At the same time, apart from the specific objectives, the process of decentralization in Moldova applies a human rights based approach, promoting gender equality and human rights for women, man and communities, social inclusion for vulnerable and marginalized groups, as well as ensuring equal chances and dignity for all.

For a successful implementation of the decentralization reform, the action plan of the National Decentralization Strategy envisages the development of the sectoral strategies for decentralization that will guide the decentralization reform in various domains. According to the decision of the Parity Commission from July 2, 2013 all sectoral strategies have to be developed by the end of 2013.

In this context, a working group for decentralizing public services related to the environment was created under the auspices of the Parity Commission. The working group is hosted by the Ministry of Environment which ensures the secretariat and facilitates the activity of the working group, as well as ensured the correlation of the decentralization policy with other relevant documents in this field.

Scope of work

THE PRESENT TERMS OF REFERENCE CONSISTS OF 3 (THREE) LOTS:

LOT NUMBER 1 (ONE): WATER AND SEWERAGE

LOT NUMBER 2 (TWO): WASTE MANAGEMENT

LOT NUMBER 3 (THREE): LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL, WATER AND MINERAL RESOURCES

JILDP is seeking international experts - one national expert for each LOT, who will provide assistance to the working group on decentralizing public services covered by each LOT in developing the policy document, including analysis of problems related to decentralization, identification of ways to delegate competences to LPAs and formulation of the objectives and actions for decentralization in the field covered by the LOT.

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• MA and/or PhD in Public Administration, Public Policy, Economics, Environmental Studies, Public and Administrative Law, or other relevant fields

Experience:

• At least 7 years of proven experience of analysis and research in the field of public administration, multi-disciplinary studies, decentralization, inter-governmental relations, environment related public services (water and sewerage, waste management, natural resources management at local level, etc).
• Sound knowledge of the relevant public service, proven by policy analysis and studies, experience in implementation of reforms, or of management of the relevant service.
• Experience with decentralization reforms, particularly related to communal services, in the Central Eastern European countries.
• Experience in the Moldovan development context, specifically with regard to the decentralization reform, Central Public Administration and Local Public Administration sector reforms
• Knowledge of gender equality and human rights concerns, gender-sensitive, human-centered / human rights based approach and best practices particularly related to public administration, local public administration and local development
• Proven successful experience in working with the international organizations

Competences:

• Robust analytical and writing skills
• Demonstrated capacity of team work
• Ability to produce deliverables in due time and within cost and quality standards
• Proficiency in computer applications (Windows, MS Office, IE, Outlook)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Sensitivity and respect for human rights and gender equality
• Fluency in English (written & oral), knowledge of Romanian or Russian will be an asset.

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

4. Writing sample – a recent analysis or policy paper in the subject matter.

 

Financial proposal

THE CANDIDATE MAY SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR ONE OR MORE LOTS. IN THE CASE THE OFFEROR APPLIES FOR MORE THAN 1 (ONE) LOT :

A) IT SHOULD SUBMIT SEPARATE PROPOSALS (INCLUDING FINANCIAL PROPOSAL) FOR EACH LOT

B) IT SHOULD DEMONSTRATE SUFFICIENT SUBSTANTIVE CAPACITY ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF EACH LOT TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES AND WITHIN THE PROPOSED TIMEFRAME.

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 (fee per day * days) 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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