National Consultant to support the Secretariat of the Elections Partners’ Platform (EDMITE).Vacancy Number: Pr20/02075
Contacts: Ms. Eva Bounegru. eva.bounegru@undp.orgBackground
Electoral support and capacity development are part of UNDP’s democratic governance assistance worldwide, through which UNDP helps nations build democratic frameworks to improve representation, accountability and transparency for the benefit of citizens. UNDP has a long-standing partnership with the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and the Center for Continuous Electoral Training (CCET) aiming at advancing the democratic electoral processes in Moldova by consolidating the transparency and efficiency of elections’ management, modernization of electoral IT solutions and enhancing the inclusiveness and participation of voters. This partnership, which spans over 10 years, resulted in the establishment of strong professional institutions, development of a modern State Automated Information System “Elections” (SAISE), the enhancement of the State Register of Voters’ accuracy and the design and implementation of effective long-term civic and voter education instruments. Throughout the last electoral cycles, CEC and CCET demonstrated a high level of capacity in adjusting the electoral processes to the mixed electoral system in a very short period of time and organizing the 2019 Parliamentary Elections and General Local Elections. Despite the challenges and persistent financial limitations faced by the institutions, due to the continuous UNDP’s support, the CEC and the CCET delivered “well-administered elections” as attested by OSCE/ODIHR Observation Missions. Since 2017, the Project "Enhancing democracy in Moldova through inclusive and transparent elections” supports the Central Electoral Commission to enhance the transparency and inclusiveness of the electoral process by ensuring a more independent and credible electoral administration and better informed and pro-active citizens. Building on the sustainable results achieved during the first phase of implementation (2017 – 2020), the objectives of the current Project phase (2020 – 2023) are: 1) Enhance the inclusiveness of the electoral process by increasing the functional and technical capacities of the State Automated Information System “Elections” (SAISE); 2) Enhance the political participation of citizens by setting up and implementing the voters’ information and civic education programmes; 3) Strengthen the capacity for effective and coherent oversight and monitoring on political party financing; and 4) Improve the legal and regulatory framework to respond to the EOM recommendations. To achieve the objectives and ensure the sustainability of results, the Project will further enhance strategic partnerships and will engage with key stakeholders, including public institutions, civil society organizations and the donor community. The interventions of the Project will have systematic and significant implications at policy/legislation, coordination, institutional and electoral service provision levels, having a sustainable impact at the national level. To support the implementation of the electoral observation missions’ recommendations aiming at ensuring the further enhancement of a transparent and credible electoral process, UNDP will facilitate the establishment of a CEC Partners’ Platform (hereinafter “the Platform”) involving national and international partners and other relevant stakeholders with the purpose of discussing the country related context issues and enhancing information and knowledge sharing on elections using regional and global experiences. Strategic electoral expertise, guidance and overall secretariat will be provided by UNDP to maximize the impact of the platform on policy dialogue leading to the practical improvements in the electoral systems and technical processes. Scope of work
The Project seeks to contract a National Consultant (hereinafter “the Consultant”) to provide support to the Project Team in the establishing of the Platform and ensuring the effective and efficient Secretariat function. She/he is expected to work closely with the Project Manager, national and international partners and stakeholders to support the Platform-related activities and to make relevant contributions to the Project’s work. Namely, the Consultant is expected to carry out the following:
Perform any other relevant secretariat and administrative tasks, as requested by the Project Manager, for the successful implementation of the assignment. For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference. Requirements for experience
Academic Qualifications:
Experience and knowledge:
Competencies:
Personal qualities:
The UNDP 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:
Financial proposal
The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of the lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days). Travel Travel is not envisaged in the framework of the current assignment. | |||||||||||||||||
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