Terms of Reference
Procurement Notice
Annex 2
Personal History Form (P11) UN Women
UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants
| Location: | Chisinau, Moldova |
| Application Deadline: | 28 May 2018, 23:59 (GMT+2:00) |
| Type of Contract: | Service Contract |
| Starting date: | 11 Jun 2018 |
| Reference to the project: | UN Women |
| Expected Duration of Assignment: | Up to 70 work days within a 6 months assignment |
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Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Procurement Notice Annex 2
Personal History Form (P11) UN Women UN Women Conditions of Service Consultants
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Ms. Irina Cozma.
UN Women’s presence in the Republic of Moldova has evolved from being a project-based office in 2007 to a Country Office with fully delegated authority as of 2015. The work of UN Women in Moldova is guided by its new Country Strategic Note for 2018-2022, aligned with the Republic of Moldova–United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018–2022, the Global Strategic Plan of UN Women for 2018-2021, the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2017-2021 (NSGE), and aims to contribute to the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN Women Strategy for Moldova 2018-2022 focuses on three main areas: 1/strengthening women’s participation in politics and decision making, 2/economic empowerment of women and 3/ending violence against women and girls. To achieve progress under these areas, UN Women works with variety of national and international partners and as part of different national and regional initiatives.
Since 2011, UN Women, with the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has been implementing the regional project “Promoting Gender Responsive Polices in South-East Europe and the Republic of Moldova” covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR Macedonia) and the Republic of Moldova (Regional GRB Project). The overall goal of the Regional GRB Project is to support the advancement of implementation of national and international commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with national Sustainable Development Goals priority targets.
During the previous phases of the Regional GRB Project, UN Women Moldova invested in building expertise on gender responsive budgeting (GRB) at all levels of the public administration and provided support to the Academy of Economic Studies for elaboration of GRB courses at the post-graduate level, creating an academic platform for GRB research, and developing a series of knowledge products on GRB. Workshops and study visits gave the opportunity to women Members of Parliament, Government representatives, university professors, students in finance/economics and local public administration officials to learn from their peers in other countries and international experts.
Under the “Gender Responsive Budgeting” area of intervention, the NSGE focuses on development, piloting and institutionalizing of GRB tools (gender sensitive indicators, expenditure strategies and concepts) by building capacity of government gender units/gender focal points to develop and promote gender responsive fiscal laws, policies, national and sectorial action plans to enable specific budgetary allocations for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Under the “Institutional mechanism” area of intervention, the Government of Moldova entrusted the Academy of Public Administration (APA) an important role in “transposing gender mainstreaming into policies and programs in practice at all stages of the policy cycle by providing regular training on gender equality and human rights for central and local government civil servants”. The Academy of Public Administration (APA) was created by Presidential Decree no. 73 of 21st of May 1993 to help fill a complete void in provision of initial and continuous professional development of public service personnel. Approximately 3000 participants representing different public institutions in Moldova benefit from different courses offered by APA annually.
In 2018 UN Women and the Academy of Public Administration have consequently agreed to start with the development of a Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, which will be institutionalized by APA, as a compulsory post-graduate learning course for civil servants representing all levels and regions of the country. The Gender Equality Course for Public Servants will be drawn from materials developed, as part of previous UN Women supported initiatives, tested and institutionalized by APA to contribute to gender mainstreaming into all work of the Government of Moldova at central and local levels.
Towards the development of the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, APA and UN Women in Moldova is in the process of establishing an inter-institutional Working Group which will include designated representatives of: APA, UN Women, Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection (MoHLSP), Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, State Chancellery and relevant civil society organizations whose dialogue and advocacy efforts are crucial for inclusion of gender issues in policy and programme planning at national and local level. In addition, APA will create a core group of up to 10 APA Gender Equality Trainers, designated by APA and relevant public institutions, who will be capacitated and certified by APA to deliver the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants upon its institutionalization.
UN Women is seeking to hire a short-term national consultant, with a proven background to provide support to the Academy of Public Administration in developing a standardized Gender Equality Course for Public Servants.
The selected national consultant will provide direct support to the Academy of Public Administration (APA) to develop, facilitate testing and validation of the 3-day Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, which will include the Training Curricula, the Participants’ Guide, the Trainers’ Guide and all associated Power Point Presentations. The national consultant will be assisted by the Working Group established by APA and UN Women to contribute to tailoring the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants to the needs of the Government.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme Coordinator and overall guidance of the Regional GRB Project Manager and members of the Working Group established by APA and UN Women, the national consultant will undertake the following major tasks:
Task 1. Prepare Inception Report which includes proposed methodology and work plan for delivering the assignment - up to 5 days;
Task 2. Draft the Curricula for the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, developed based on a desk review of relevant existing knowledge products and APA’s regulations, and present it to the members of the Working Group for their consensus and approval - up to 10 days;
Task 3. Develop the first draft of the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, including the Participants’ Guide, the Trainers’ Guide and all associated Power Point Presentations (in Romanian language) and present it to the members of the Working Group for their consensus and approval - up to 20 days;
Task 4. Deliver a 2-days Initial Training for up to 10 APA Gender Equality Trainers based on the draft Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, including the Participants’ Guide, the Trainers’ Guide and all associated Power Point Presentations, and review it based on the inputs received from the participants - up to 10 days;
Task 5. Participate in a 3-days Pilot Training organized by the previously capacitated APA Gender Equality Trainers to test the second draft of the Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, including the Participants’ Guide and the Trainers’ Guide, and review it based on the inputs received from the APA Gender Equality Trainers - up to 10 days;
Task 6. Present the final Gender Equality Course for Public Servants, including the Curricula, the Participants’ Guide, the Trainers’ Guide and all associated Power Point Presentations, to the members of the Working Group for approval - up to 5 days;
Task 7. Participate in a half a day workshop for validation of the 3-day Gender Equality Course for Public Servants - up to 5 days;
Task. 8. Draft the final report on carried out activities, lessons learned, achievements and challenges - up to 5 days;
Total: Up to 70 days;
Note: The mentioned number of working days has been estimated as being sufficient/ feasible for the envisaged volume of work to be completed successfully and is proposed as a guideline for the duration of assignment. It cannot and shall not be used as criteria for completion of work/assignment. The provision of envisaged deliverables approved by the local UN Women Economic Empowerment Programme Coordinator and the Regional GRB Project Manager shall be the only criteria for consultant’s work being completed and eligible for payments.
Education:
Experience:
Language skills:
Fluency in verbal & written Romanian and English. Working knowledge of Russian will be considered an asset.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications by 28 May 2018 with the following documents.
The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of the lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days). Please see Annex I: Price Proposal Guideline and Template and Annex II: Price Proposal Submission Form.