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National Consultant in semantic interoperability area.

Vacancy Number: Pr15/00983

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	24 Jun 2015, 10:00 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	01 Jul 2015, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	06 Jul 2015
Reference to the project:	Programme for Improving the Quality of Moldovan Democracy through Electoral Support
Expected Duration of Assignment:	105 working days within 6 months period
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 24 June 2015 Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: sergiu.galitchi@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: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Mr. Sergiu Galitchi.

Background

UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme/Elections (further referred as Programme) is a multi-year institutional development programme that supports strategic development of the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova (CEC) with the aim to strengthen the capacity of electoral administration to deliver professional, transparent and efficient electoral processes. Overarching goal of the Programme is to improve the democracy in Moldova through modernization of the electoral processes, through free and fair elections representing the will of the people and which are fully in line with the international standards and best practices.

The Programme shall also provide support to the Government of Moldova and different ministries on the development of special key registers and improvement of data interoperability, enhancing the overall quality of population register data. As part of this activity the Programme intends to support the development of key registers and related interoperability framework which would allow the exchange of data among the Population Register, Register of Civil Status Acts, Official Address Register and other key registers.

The Government of the Republic of Moldova has started the implementation of the Governance e-Transformation Agenda in Moldova. It was designed to increase the efficiency and quality of a selected range of public services to citizens and businesses and improve management of ICT in the public sector. The core enabler of this initiative is the Government data exchange and the Interoperability Framework. One of the main actions established in the Interoperability Framework Program is the implementation of the Interoperability Platform MConnect, which is facilitating data exchange at the technical level.

In this context, the Programme is looking to hire a national consultant who will define the entities and classifiers/dictionaries used in the process of data exchange and interoperability of government/state registries and databases. The defined entities and classifiers will be further integrated in a semantic catalogue to be used by ministries and government agencies in exchanging data through the Government Data Exchange and Interoperability Platform MConnect.

Scope of work

The expected output for the national consultant’s assignment is to provide technical assistance and expertise to the Programme, the e-Government Centre and other governmental institutions in the semantic interoperability area.

Requirements for experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in ITC, Public Administration, Law or other relevant field;

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience in dealing with domain modelling and data structure definitions;
• Previous experience in working with Moldovan Central Public Administration institutions would be a strong asset;
• Familiarity with the Government Interoperability Framework Program (Government Decisions No. 404 and No. 656) would be an asset;
• Familiarity with semantic-related technologies and standards, such as ISO/IEC 11179, NIEM, RDF, OWL or others would be an asset;
• Knowledge of the EU Interoperability Framework for Pan-European Services would be an asset;

 Competencies:

• Good knowledge of XML and related technologies, especially XSD and good XML validation practice;
• Good analytical skills and experience in domain data modeling;
• Good knowledge of Unified Modeling Language;
• Knowledge of Romanian and Russian (verbal and written) is a must. Knowledge of English will be a strong advantage. Knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language is an asset;

Personal qualities:

• Responsibility;
• Attention to details.

Documents to be included

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

1. Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work including past 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 fee per day, including all related costs, e.g. fees, phone calls etc.);
3. Duly completed P11 form and personal CV.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

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.