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Individual Consultant on developing e-learning training programs for public agents and for private sector (instructional design) .

Vacancy Number: Pr20/02047

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	15 Jul 2020, 16:00 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	30 Jul 2020
Reference to the project:	Curbing corruption by building sustainable integrity in the Republic of Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	July 2020 – April 2021
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Online" button, no later than 15 July, 2020. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: olga.crivoliubic@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.
Supporting Documents: General Terms and Conditions Individual consultant procurement notice Offeror's Letter confirming Interest and Availability Terms of reference

Background

Curbing Corruption through Building Sustainable Integrity in Moldova Project (further the Project) will contribute to achieving a sustainable integrity and anticorruption system in the Republic of Moldova through the strengthened capacities of the public and private sector entities and the civil society for the efficient application and monitoring of national integrity instruments and standards. The project will enhance capacities of the public and private sector actors, as well as of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for the implementation of effective corruption prevention instruments and tools and will strengthen the anticorruption demand side through an increased public awareness on anticorruption and on the means to curb corruption. It will contribute to the progressive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 16 that calls for a substantial reduction of corruption and bribery in all their forms and for developing effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

The Project is framed around the National Integrity and Anticorruption Strategy (NIAS) 2017-2020 and responds to the needs of its various actors and stakeholders in addressing the challenges for the effective implementation of NIAS, such as (i) limited capacities of the Secretariat of the Strategy’s pillar monitoring groups and reduced involvement of CSOs in the monitoring process; (ii) insufficient capacities within central and local public authorities to ensure the uniform compliance with anticorruption and integrity standards; (iii) lack of mechanisms for enforcing integrity standards in private sector; and (iv) weak anticorruption demand-side explained by the limited awareness of men and women on the available anticorruption tools to be used and on the means of protection in the event of denunciation of corruption.

To enhance the capacities of public authorities for ensuring the uniform compliance with anticorruption and integrity standards and to strengthen the capacities of private sector to implement integrity standards the Project will support the National Anticorruption Center in developing on-line training courses on institutional integrity policies and anticorruption standards for public and private sector representatives. In this context, the Project seeks an Individual Consultant (hereinafter the Consultant) to develop a training programme on integrity and anticorruption standards and instruments in the e-learning format tailored for senior and mid-level managers, newly recruited employees from central and local public administration institutions and for private sector representatives.

Curbing Corruption through Building Sustainable Integrity in Moldova Project (further the Project) will contribute to achieving a sustainable integrity and anticorruption system in the Republic of Moldova through the strengthened capacities of the public and private sector entities and the civil society for the efficient application and monitoring of national integrity instruments and standards. The project will enhance capacities of the public and private sector actors, as well as of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for the implementation of effective corruption prevention instruments and tools and will strengthen the anticorruption demand side through an increased public awareness on anticorruption and on the means to curb corruption. It will contribute to the progressive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 16 that calls for a substantial reduction of corruption and bribery in all their forms and for developing effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

The Project is framed around the National Integrity and Anticorruption Strategy (NIAS) 2017-2020 and responds to the needs of its various actors and stakeholders in addressing the challenges for the effective implementation of NIAS, such as (i) limited capacities of the Secretariat of the Strategy’s pillar monitoring groups and reduced involvement of CSOs in the monitoring process; (ii) insufficient capacities within central and local public authorities to ensure the uniform compliance with anticorruption and integrity standards; (iii) lack of mechanisms for enforcing integrity standards in private sector; and (iv) weak anticorruption demand-side explained by the limited awareness of men and women on the available anticorruption tools to be used and on the means of protection in the event of denunciation of corruption.

To enhance the capacities of public authorities for ensuring the uniform compliance with anticorruption and integrity standards and to strengthen the capacities of private sector to implement integrity standards the Project will support the National Anticorruption Center in developing on-line training courses on institutional integrity policies and anticorruption standards for public and private sector representatives. In this context, the Project seeks an Individual Consultant (hereinafter the Consultant) to develop a training programme on integrity and anticorruption standards and instruments in the e-learning format tailored for senior and mid-level managers, newly recruited employees from central and local public administration institutions and for private sector representatives.

Scope of work

Main objective of the service is to provide expert assistance to NAC and develop an e-learning programme, containing three training courses (22 modules/subjects) on institutional integrity and anti-corruption standards and instruments tailored for senior and mid-level managers, newly recruited employees from central and local public administration institutions and for private sector representatives, based on the content developed by the Client (NAC).

The e-learning courses shall ensure an easy and fast access to information and knowledge and build the capacities of the target group in the field of integrity and anti-corruption norms, standards and instruments.

Target group: senior and mid-level managers; newly recruited employees from the central and local public administration institutions; private sector representatives.

Task 1: Apply Instructional Design techniques to transform the off-line training content on institutional integrity and anti-corruption standards and instruments, provided by the Client, into a flexible e-learning course.

Task 2: Training and coaching of NAC trainers on e-learning topics (instructional design, using authoring tools and content management)

Task 3: Develop procurement package for one e-learning training programme on institutional integrity and anti-corruption standards and instruments

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

Requirements for experience

1. Academic Qualifications:

Master’s Degree or equivalent in Informational Technologies, Public Administration, Social Science, Pedagogy or related areas;

2.Years and sphere of experience:

• At least 4 years of proven professional experience in the field of instructional design, including design lead of eLearning modules, development of e-learning courses, providing online trainings;
• At least 3 assignments in e-learning courses design, elaboration, implementation and/or evaluation, etc.;
• Previous relevant experience in Moldova on e-learning related issues shall be considered an advantage;

 3. Competencies:

• Proven experience in developing and delivering trainings on e-learning related topics; experience and capacity to deliver trainings on e-learning for professional development of public servants shall be considered an advantage;
• Proven experience in developing terms of references, monitor and evaluate the IT deliverables for e-learning courses;
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of professional development specifics, adult-learning and the use of e-learning tools demonstrated by previous assignments;
• Strong communication, teamwork, coordination and organizational skills demonstrated by previous assignments;
• Previous successful experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, in particular UNDP, governmental institutions, NGO/think-tank or consulting firm is a strong advantage;
• Creative and innovative thinking;
• Knowledge of Romanian, English, Russian languages for the purposes of the assignment;

4.Personal qualities:

• Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations; in particular, is respectful of differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status;
• Responsibility, Flexibility, Punctuality.

The United Nations Country Team in the Republic of Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.

Documents to be included

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

 Offeror's Letter confirming Interest and Availability;

1. Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work including previous 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. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.
4. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references.

Financial proposal

5. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

 The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables. Payment will be made upon the successful completion of the tasks assigned and submission of the activity report.  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, communication costs, 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.