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National Consultant on Anti-Discrimination and Freedom of Religion or BeliefVacancy Number: Pr14/00481
Background
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. We have a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. We have an office at United Nations headquarters in New York and offices in numerous countries and regions. To implement our comprehensive mandate, we employ 1085 staff (as of 31 December 2013) based in Geneva, New York and in 13 country offices and 13 regional offices or centres around the world, as well as a workforce of 689 international human rights officers serving in UN peace missions or political offices. In July 2008, OHCHR has deployed a Human Rights Adviser, based in the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC) in the Republic of Moldova. The Human Rights Adviser supports and advises the UN RC Office, United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Moldova, Government, National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) and civil society in strengthening human rights and human rights based approaches. OHCHR, in partnership with UNCT Moldova, also supports UNCT Moldova to implement the recommendations of UN Senior Expert Thomas Hammarberg as concerns human rights in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. Thematic priorities for work in the Republic of Moldova for 2014-2017 include: (1) Countering discrimination, in particular racial discrimination, discrimination on the grounds of disability, religion, sexual orientation and other criteria; (2) Combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; (3) Strengthening the effectiveness of international human rights mechanisms and the progressive development of international human rights law and standards. In April 2014, OHCHR will start implementing a European Commission funded project “Combating Discrimination in the Republic of Moldova, including the Transnistrian region”. The project runs for 18 months and the overall objective is address discrimination in Moldova as concerns people belonging to stigmatized or marginalized groups. This project will contribute to the expected accomplishments as detailed in the OHCHR Country Note for the Republic of Moldova for 2014-2017, in parts concerning changes to policy and practice in the field of anti-discrimination, effective implementation of international anti-discrimination law acquis by the Moldovan judiciary and strengthening civil society in these areas. Scope of work
The National Consultant is responsible for supporting the successful and effective implementation the project “Combating Discrimination in the Republic of Moldova, including the Transnistrian region”, in particular key areas, contributing substantively to realization of the Expected Achievements of the OHCHR Country Note for the Republic of Moldova for the period 2014-2017. The incumbent will ensure the provision of development services and products (commensurate with the scope of the project) of the highest quality and standards to national counterparts and for beneficiaries, and other relevant stakeholders. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
I. Academic Qualifications:
II. Experience:
III. Language requirements:
Documents to be included
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications: 1. Proposal: (i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work; (ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work. 2. Financial proposal; 3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and the contact details of at least 3 reference persons. Financial proposal
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables. Payments are paid in equal installments and 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 fees, taxes, mobile phone calls, etc.). 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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