Republic of Moldova

Local Anti-Corruption Expert

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00692

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	26 Oct 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	30 Oct 2014
Reference to the project:	EU High Level Policy Advice Mission to Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	October 2014 – January 2015
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 26 October 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: administrator@euhlpam.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

Background

The EU High Level Policy Advice Mission (EU HLPAM) is a project financed by the European Union and implemented by UNDP Moldvoa.  The objective of the project is to support the Government to implement its EU-integration related reform Agenda and in particular to assist the government in developing the capacities required for the implementation of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, as well as the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan. Specifically, the project aims at strengthening the policy-making, strategic planning and policy management capacities of selected line Ministries and State Agencies involved in the implementation of the Association Agreement and Visa Liberalization and at enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness of EU policies, legislation and regulations in sectors strategic to the implementation of the Association Agreement including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, and to the implementation of visa liberalization.

Scope of work

One of the major priorities of the Association Agenda (AA) between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova is to improve the existing legal and institutional frameworks on corruption prevention and fighting. With this aim, EUHLPAM is assisting the National Anticorruption Centre (NAC) - the main anti-corruption authority at national level - in raising awareness of the policy implications of the Government's reform agenda and the AA negotiation and implementation processes, as well as in the identification of policy and legislative priorities. NAC benefits from the assistance of an EU High Level Policy Adviser/EUHLPA.

In this context, the implementation of the Professional Integrity Testing Law (Law no. 325), which came into force on 14 August 2014 - is very important. The Law cannot be efficiently implemented without adjusting the whole domestic legal framework to its provisions and elaborating specific enforcement guidelines. The practice showed that the particular assistance is needed in clarifying how to report and secure evidences in the cases of active corruption. This goal could be achieved through providing comments to the articles 325 (Active Corruption) of the Criminal Code of Moldova, identifying differences between provisions of active corruption and undue influence (as per Law no. 325 on Professional Integrity Testing), analyzing the examination of active corruption cases and elaborating recommendations for improving the inter-agency reporting on active corruption.

At the same time, for harmonization of the national anti-corruption legal framework with the EU and international anti-corruption standards it would be necessary to ensure compliance of the Law no. 59 on Special Investigative Activities with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Moldova.

Based on the above mentioned the project is seeking to engage the services of a short term local anti-corruption expert on developing guidelines on reporting and securing evidences in cases of active corruption, and conducting a compliance review of the Law no. 59 on Special Investigative Activities and Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Moldova. The required service doesn’t involve any overlapping with EU funded and other donor assistance projects.

The local expert will report primarily to the High Level Adviser to the National Anticorruption Centre and the EUHLPAM project manager.

Requirements for experience

1. Academic Qualifications:

-  A Masters’ Degree in Public and/or Criminal Law or similar. A Bachelor’s Degree in the same areas combined with 7 years of experience in the sector will serve in lieu of a Master’s Degree.

      2. Years of experience:

- 7 years of professional experience

- At least 5 years of professional experience linked to anti-corruption policy and/or capacity building in justice and/or law enforcement areas

- At least 5 years of proven experience of working with the law-enforcement authorities and/or judiciary in the Republic of Moldova

      3. Competencies:

- Proven knowledge of criminal legislation of the Republic of Moldova and international anti-corruption standards

- Excellent research and analytical skills

- Proven report writing skills

- Computer literacy

- Fluency in written and spoken English

- Fluency in Romanian and Russian languages

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;

(iii) Copies of at least two of the following: a policy note, briefing, monitoring sheets, press releases, scripts for press conferences, briefings and briefing templates

2. Financial proposal;

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

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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