Republic of Moldova

National Consultant for the mid-term review of the parliamentary and electoral assistance provided through 2012-2014 in Moldova

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00587

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	27 Jul 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	11 Aug 2014
Reference to the project:	Democracy Programme: Parliamentary Development and Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	25 working days within the period of August – October 2014
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" no later than 27 July 2014 Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: beatricia.revenco@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. Qualified women are encouraged to apply. Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The “Improving the quality of Moldovan democracy through parliamentary and electoral support” Programme (henceforth referred to as the “Programme”) aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Parliament and Central Electoral Commission, improving their main functions and entrenching gender and human rights considerations in formal political process. In particular, the Programme is improving the legislative, oversight and representation functions of the Parliament, providing a solid basis for the improvement of the electoral process and supporting, when necessary, an inclusive process of constitutional reform. The Programme assists the Parliament to increase the participation of civil society and citizens in policy making and oversight processes. It also builds the capacities of Members of Parliament in budget understanding, development and monitoring of its implementation. At the Central Electoral Commission, the Programme supports the further development of an enabling environment for the delivery of modern and inclusive electoral services. The programme implementation period is four years (2012-2016). The Programme is fully financed by the Government of Sweden.

The programme’s main aims are:

1. To improve the institutional capacity of the Parliament and Central Electoral Commission to meet European standards of gender and human rights;
2. To strengthen the legislative and oversight functions of the Parliament;
3. To establish a well-functioning cross-party women’s caucus in the Parliament;
4. To foster the quality of the representative role of the Parliament and promote more interaction between Members of Parliament, citizens and civil society;
5. To promote Child's Rights into parliamentary work;
6. To improve voter registration process;
7. To improve the public registration process for Moldovans and support the modernisation of Moldovan electoral processes.

As implementation of the “Improving the quality of Moldovan democracy through parliamentary and electoral support” Programme comes to a mid-point in 2014, an evaluation of its processes and outcomes is imperative.

The overall purpose of the evaluation is to assess the processes and achievements made during the first two years of implementing the Programme with a focus on achievements and constraints of the Programme targets for indicators and outputs as contained in the programme document. This will further allow for drawing conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned that will improve the assistance and expertise provided by the Programme to its main partners, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and the Central Electoral Commission (CEC); adjust its indicators and targets as well as the implementation arrangements.

Scope of work

The evaluation of the Programme will be conducted by two consultants, one international consultant and one local consultant, working together as a team. The expected output for the national consultant’s assignment is to provide support to the international consultant to conduct a holistic, impartial and trustworthy review of the results achieved by the programme in the period from July 2012 (start of programme implementation) until 30 June 2014. The national consultant is expected to provide full support to the international consultant related to the execution of this assignment, including, but not limited to above mentioned responsibilities, organizing meetings including logistical arrangements during the two missions to Chisinau (1-12 September and 13-17 October, 2014), translating at the meetings to/from English and Romanian, keeping minutes, preparing draft inputs and presentations and other tasks.  

 

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

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Law, Public Administration, International development or related fields; Bachelor and at least 5 years of relevant experience will be also acceptable;

 Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant working experience/participation in the review, evaluation and assessment of the development of projects and/or programmes;
• Previous work experience in democratic governance, public administration, development or other related areas;

Competencies:

• Demonstrated familiarity with the national context (legal and policy framework) related to the Parliamentary and/or Electoral System in Republic of Moldova;
• Ability to analyze, plan, manage diversity of views, adapt to different environments (cultural, economic, political and social);
• Fluency in English, Romanian and Russian languages. 

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 including past experience in similar Projects (please provide brief information on each of the above qualifications, item by item);
2. Financial proposal (in USD, specifying a total requested amount per working day, including all related costs, e.g. fees, phone calls etc. );
3. Dully completed and signed P11 Form, personal CV and at least 3 references.

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).  

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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