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Communication Consultant to assist Joint Integrated Local Development Programme in organizing the International Conference on DecentralizationVacancy Number: Pr15/01117
Contacts: Ms. Olesea Cazacu. olesea.cazacu@undp.orgBackground
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. The National Decentralization Strategy approved by the Parliament in 2012, is the main policy document that gives the framework for local government reform and provides direction to the Government of Moldova, with clear goals, objectives and an action plan, where most important measures are to be taken and implemented in the period of 2012-2015 in the following areas: 1) allocation of responsibilities; 2) fiscal decentralization; 3) decentralization of property; 4) local economic development, urban and regional planning; 5) administrative capacity (territorial-administrative organization); 6) institutional capacity; 7) democracy, participation and ethics. Clarification of competences, fiscal decentralization and territorial-administrative consolidation are the determining factors in the reform process. As the National Decentralization Strategy is in its last year of implementation, the State Chancellery (the body responsible for leading and coordinating the Decentralization Reform) has requested UNDP’s support in critically assessing its degree of implementation and providing policy recommendations for further promoting and implementing the decentralization reform. Prior to Strategy’s approval, 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. The new Programme phase (2013-2015) to support the implementation of the Decentralization Strategy at policy and local levels provided by the JILDP and funded by the Government of Denmark and UNDP. The Development Objective of the Programme is to support better and equitable service provision and sustainable local development, facilitated by the improved legal and institutional framework resulting from the implementation of the National Decentralization Strategy. The Immediate Objectives of the Programme are: (1) To support the Government in improving the policy and legal framework as mandated by the National Decentralization Strategy to ensure local autonomy, availability of resources, and more effective local management for better and equitable service provision, and (2) To improve the capacity of LPAs to deliver efficient, equitable and accessible local public services, to facilitate sustainable development and foster social inclusion. Scope of work
JILDP/UNDP seeks Communication Consultant (hereinafter Consultant) to assist the Joint Integrated Local Development Programme in organizing 2-day International Conference “Decentralization in Moldova at a crossroads” in Chisinau, during the first week of November 2015 (tentative). To accomplish the assignment, the communication consultant will assist the JILDP Communication Officer and the entire team, as well as conference partners with the following tasks: - ensure and confirm participation of media; - maintain the Conference webpage; - ensure successful preparation and organization of an exhibition of best practices during the conference; - provide support in drafting visibility and informational materials. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
1. Academic Qualifications:
2. Years of experience:
3. Competencies:
4. Personal qualities:
Documents to be included
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications: 1. Proposal:
2. Personal information (Personal History Form/P11) including records of past experience in similar projects/assignments and concrete outputs obtained with the three references; 3. Financial proposal in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount) as described below. 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 No travel costs are envisaged by this assignment. UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class she/he 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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