International consultant on developing the address system legal and regulatory framework for the Republic of Moldova

Vacancy Number: Pr15/00888

Location:Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline: 05 Apr 2015, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:Individual Contract
Starting date: 15 Apr 2015
Reference to the project: Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:38 Working Days
Submission Instructions:

Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 05 April 2015

Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: sergiu.galitchi@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 published on http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=54947

Supporting Documents:
Terms of Reference
Individual Consultant Procurement Notice
Personal History Form (P11)
UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Contacts:

Mr. Sergiu Galitchi.

sergiu.galitchi@undp.org


Background

The UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme (further referred as Programme) is a multi-year institutional development Programme that aims to support modernisation of the Moldovan electoral process towards, inter alia, improved voter register and better handling of electoral information. The electoral process and quality of data of the State Register of Voters (SRV) would be strengthened by improving the quality of data in other official registers that are supplied to the CEC for the establishment of the SRV.

One of the most important datasets for the accuracy and completeness of the SRV is availability of the official address register which would supply data on addresses. At the same time the address register should provide official address data to all public and private institutions to ensure uniformity of the data based on the principle of “single registration (source) – multiple use” of data. The address data from the official address register shall be supplied to the State Register of Population, State Register of Business Entities and to all other users of address data.

The administrator of the official address register shall be the State Enterprise “Cadastru” (SE Cadastru) working under auspices of the Agency of Land Relations and Cadastre (ALRC) of the Republic of Moldova.

The Programme aims to support ALRC and SE Cadastru to develop the necessary legal and regulatory framework for a modern address system implementation in the Republic of Moldova. In the future, based on the new legislative framework, the Programme will support the development of an IT solution for the official address register.

Scope of work

The Programme is looking to contract an experienced international consultant (hereinafter called “Consultant”) to assist the ALRC and SE Cadastru to develop the address law and the related regulatory framework for address system implementation and establishment of the official address register for the Republic of Moldova in line with the EU Directives and standards in the sector and based on the newly developed strategy on address system implementation. 

Requirements for experience

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Law, GIS[1] and/or Cadaster;

 Knowledge and Experience:

  • At least 5 years of professional experience in the elaboration of legal and regulatory frameworks;
  • Previous work experience related to development of address systems would be an asset;
  • Knowledge about principles of development and implementation of address systems in the EU member states;
  • Knowledge of UN system and UNDP;
  • Previous relevant work experience in CIS countries will be a strong asset.

 Abilities

  • Strong analytical and drafting skills;
  • Excellent writing and oral communication;
  • Leadership skills and ability to work with teams;

 Language requirements

  • Fluency in English. Knowledge of Romanian and Russian will be an asset.


[1] Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

  1. Cover letter with description of relevant previous experience in address system development;
  2. Financial proposal (LUMP SUM) in USD, specifying requested amount per day (fee) and all related costs (e.g. DSA, travel, phone calls etc.);
  3. Duly completed P-11 Form with three 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 shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, 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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