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Wednesday 28 May 2014

Project Manager - Tashkent

Job title: Project Manager

SC range: SC-9

Project Title/Department: Support to Enhancement of Lawmaking, Rulemaking and Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA project)  

Duration of the service: 6 months with possible extension (subject to satisfactory performance)

Work status (full time / part time): Full time

Duty station: Tashkent

Expected places of travel: Regions of Uzbekistan

Reports To: Head of GGU

Overall goal of the RIA project is to strengthen national capacity for public policy development through sustainably increase the quality of public policy content, introduction of tools for evidence-based policy making (RIA, anti-corruption expertise), and contribution to the overall public policy agenda by promoting multi stakeholders involvement in public policy development and law drafting processes.

The first component of the RIA project is the work of the executive branch of the government in developing public policy and new legislation. Within this stage of the process there are generally accepted standards for how public policy is developed. These include:

•The need for a rigorous analytical process by which evidence is gathered and options are developed as to how to address perceived public policy problems;

•The standardized use of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) as a means of presenting the public policy problem and the evidence and options for addressing this problem;

•Ensuring all proposals is considered in light of international governance standards. For example as related to anti-corruption expertise of draft laws and regulations;

•Engaging citizens in an inclusive manner to reflect the perspectives of various stakeholders before proposals are endorsed.

The second component of the Project deals with the law-making process which starts when the executive has endorsed a legislative proposal and it has been introduced in the Parliament for consideration and review. During the first part of the process the parliament takes the lead in reviewing what the executive has developed and considers amendments and changes before determining whether or not to adopt the legislation. Key aspects of this component include:

•Broad and inclusive public consultations to ensure all interested citizens, civil society groups and other stakeholders have a chance to provide feedback on the content of the draft law. Such consultation is conducted by (i) parliamentary committees; and (ii) party factions and individual deputies and senators;

•Access to technical expertise that can provide the parliament with detailed knowledge of the topic that is being considered in a draft law.

Under direct supervision of the UNDP Head of Good Governance Unit and overall guidance of the Project Board, the Project Manager will be responsible for the operational management of the project according to the project document, UNDP corporate rules and procedures and for fulfilling the following:

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