International Expert to elaborate a GAP Analysis and Roadmap for the reorganization of the CEC Finance and Economics Department (EDMITE II).Vacancy Number: Pr21/02216
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) 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 a strong professional institution, 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. 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 in Moldova by ensuring a more independent and credible electoral administration and better informed and pro-active citizens. With the continuous UNDP assistance, the CEC demonstrated a high capacity of carrying out transparent, safe and “well-administered” elections (as attested by OSCE/ODIHR Observation Mission) throughout challenging electoral cycles, particularly the 2020 Presidential Elections, organized in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the sustainable results achieved during its first phase of implementation (2017 – 2020), the objectives of the current Project phase (2020 – 2023) are:
According to the Law on Political Parties’ Financing, adopted by the Moldovan Parliament in April 2015, the CEC is the institution responsible for the monitoring and analysis of the political parties’ and electoral campaigns’ financial reporting – a challenging task requiring strong institutional capacities and efficient mechanism to ensure a transparent process for all actors. The initial use of the paper-based reporting was a challenge for the CEC, as a big amount of data had to be manually processed by the employees of the Finance and Economics Department. To address this challenge, and to ensure the transparency of the political party finance reporting to external stakeholders, such as political parties and civil society, UNDP Moldova supported the CEC in the development an informational subsystem, automatizing data collection and analysis, while ensuring public access to all reports submitted to by electoral candidates – the Political Party Finance Reporting and Disclosure module of the SAISE (“Financial Control” Module). The Module has been finalized in February 2019 becoming an integral part of the CEC’s electoral data management infrastructure. Following a set of post electoral recommendations, Venice Commission and GRECO[1] suggestions, the CEC further progressed in its oversight role of political party and campaign finance reporting and began to review existing regulation to improve the processes as well as the access to the information and data. In June 2019, the Central Electoral Commission adopted a set of amendments to the Regulation on political parties financing, including the major decision on the mandatory online reporting through the “Financial Control” Module of the SAISE by the political parties as of January 1st, 2020. The important steps that had been taken need to be matched by the internal capacities of the Commission to be able effectively exercise the envisaged oversight as per legislation and international standards. Thus, to further enhance the CEC capacity and ability to fulfill its oversight function, the UNDP Project aims to provide expert knowledge (via international and national expertise) to perform a GAP Analysis (As Is / To Be) of the current institutional framework within the CEC (particularly of the Finance and Economics Department). The expected result of this support is to define the structure and role of a CEC Department responsible for the financial monitoring and control of political parties, and to identify the actions that would contribute to the full implementation of the Commission’s oversight role in the field of political parties’ and electoral campaigns’ financial reporting, and to fully correspond to international standards [1] GRECO - Group of States against Corruption established by the Council of Europe. Scope of work
UNDP intends to contract an experienced International Consultant (hereinafter “the Expert”) to support the CEC in elaborating a GAP Analysis and Roadmap for the reorganization of the Finance and Economics Department. For the purposes of this assignment, the Expert will collaborate with a National Consultant contracted by the UNDP Project. The Expert will act as the Team Leader and will be responsible for the elaboration and submission of all main deliverables. The National Consultant will act as Team Associate and will provide complementary expertise and coordination support for the implementation of the assignment. Overall, the Expert shall have the following responsibilities:
Note: for the purposes of the assignment, it is suggested (not mandatory) that the Expert conducts on-site assessments and interviews with the representatives of relevant public institutions, beneficiaries and other stakeholders. In this sense, the Expert is suggested to undertake 1 (one) mission to the Republic of Moldova, tentatively in late June 2021 (up to 5 days). For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference Requirements for experience
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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:
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Financial proposal
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