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The Social Equity and Gender Specialist is an expert in addressing social inclusiveness and gender issues in community development programme and  with a good track record of working with the communities on forestry, natural resources management and community development related area. Further s/he will ensure the quality and timely preparation of all reports and documentation related to the consultancy.

The Social Equity and Gender Specialist will carry out the following tasks:

Identify the capacity building needs of the Forest Department officials on social equity and gender mainstreaming in community forestry;Assess and document the capacity of Forest Department officials working on the project to identify social marginalization causes such as gender, age, disabilities , caste etc.through a gender and Social Inclusion auditAssess and document the institutional issues that might affect the usage of gender and social inclusiveness best practices in developing and implementing Community Forestry Management plans;Develop strategies to address identified institutional issues that might affect the usage of gender and social inclusiveness related tools within the Forest Department;Identify strategies and approaches in a phased manner to build the capacities of the officials to ensure that socially marginalized groups of the communities (if there are any) get equitable opportunity to benefit from the programme work;Develop a training programme suitable for Forest Department officials on gender and social inclusion;Develop awareness building and training programme and plans to conduct the 'gender and social equity' related capacity building training programms;Develop social inclusiveness - including gender, disability, women headed households, marginalized castes etc- training programmes suitable for field level officials, middle level managers of the Forest Department;Adapt previously developed capacity building tools, approaches and strategies on 'social inclusiveness' to suit the current context of the country and the Forest Department;Develop training aids including work books and guidance for trainers to conduct the capacity building programmes for the Forest Department officials social inclusiveness;Develop case studies and other information, education and communication materials targeting the Forest Department officials on gender and social equity mainstreaming in forestry and non forestry activities implemented through the department with a special reference to community forestry activities;Develop case studies using experiences in the field and identify potential areas that needs to be further investigated;Train the Forest Department officials to use different tools and investigate the issues identified.Guide the Forest Department staff to develop 18 case studies analyzing the qualitative aspects of programme impacts on the communities and refine and finalize them;Develop a methodology to collect and analyze data on gender and social equity.

Expected Outputs

The key outputs to be delivered by the Consultant- Sociologist are as follows:

Identify the capacity building needs of the Forest Department officials on social equity and gender mainstreaming in community forestry;Develop a training programme suitable for Forest Department officials on gender and social inclusion;Propose a practical plan to improve gender responsiveness and inclusivity in Community Forestry Programme and develop a results based monitoring and reporting system for the FD and document currest status of results and impact of activities.

Financial Proposal

Please provide a breakdown of the all-inclusive cost for three deliverables separately as per below

Cost of proposing a practical plan to improve gender responsiveness and inclusivity in Community Forestry Programme and develop a results based monitoring and reporting system for the FD and document current status of results and impact of activities;Cost of identifying the identifying the capacity building needs of the Forest Department officials on social equity and gender mainstreaming in community forestry;Cost of developing a training programme suitable for Forest Department officials on gender and social inclusion;Cost of developing case studies and other information, education and communication materials targeting the Forest Department officials on gender and social equity mainstreaming in forestry and non forestry activities implemented through the department with a special reference to community forestry activities.

All Inclusive Lump Sum Fee (Professional Fees): (LKR) ___________________ (a1+a2+a3+a4)

Note:

Payments will be based on invoices on achievement of agreed milestones i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR and certification of acceptance by the UNDP. The applicant must factor in all possible costs in his/her “All Inclusive Lump Sum Fee/Daily Fee” financial proposal including his/her consultancy and professional fee, honorarium, communication cost such as telephone/internet usage, printing cost, return travel from home to office, ad-hoc costs, stationery costs, and any other foreseeable costs in this exercise. No costs other than what has been indicated in the financial proposal will be paid or reimbursed to the consultant. The UNDP will only pay for any unplanned travel outside of this TOR and Duty Station on actual basis and on submission of original bills/invoices and on prior agreement with UNDP officials. Daily perdiums and costs for accommodation/meals/incidental expenses for such travel shall not exceed established local UNDP DSA rates.

For an Individual Contractor who is of 62 years of age or older, and on an assignment requiring travel, be it for the purpose of arriving at the duty station or as an integral duty required under the TOR, a full medical examination and statement of fitness to work must be provided.

The UNDP will provide and cover the following costs:

Actual costs for travels outside duty station will be reimbursed on actual basis and upon submission of invoices.Workshop / training / seminars organizing and logistics costs of the participants

Payment for Services

The Social Equity and Gender Specialist shall receive payments based on the key milestones identified in the consultant’s work plan and based on timely performance.

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INTERN - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

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Mobile Equipment Servicer Materials Handler SPARTA, WI

Job Title:Mobile Equipment Servicer (Materials Handler)

Department:Department of the Army

Agency:U.S. Army Reserve Command

Job Announcement Number:NCDE14882684120981R2

Thursday, September 11, 2014 to Wednesday, September 24, 2014Many vacancies in the following location:
Fort McCoy, WI
Occasional TravelThe business travel requirement is 10 percent.YesRelocation costs may be paid if the selecting official determines the relocation is in the best interests of the government.THIS POSITION REQUIRES MEMBERSHIP IN THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE (USAR).This position may offer a $3000 recruitment bonus (see Other Requirements).This position requires a medical examination prior to employment.This position requires a Class A CDL within 180 days of employment.This position requires a Personnel Security InvestigationThis position is subject to Drug Abuse Testing Program requirementsThe duties of this position include:

· Servicing heavy mobile, automotive, and powered support equipment

· Completing preventive maintenance and work orders

· Operating vehicles and material handling equipment

· Taking/preparing oil samples for shipment

· Receiving incoming warehouse items and equipment

· Loading supply items on trucks

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

In order to qualify, you must meet the screen-out element described below. 

Screen Out Element:
Ability to do the work of a Mobile Equipment Servicer (Materials Handler) without more than normal supervision. Applicants must meet the screen out element to be considered further. To meet the screen out elements applicants should document experience or show the ability to do the following: servicing a wide variety of automotive, heavy mobile and powered support equipment; completing preventive maintenance and work order services on vehicles and equipment to include checking fluid parts and components; removing, repairing and replacing tires of all sizes; and collecting, preparing, posting and shipping oil samples; performing warehousing tasks, such as: picking up or unloading items received; checking items received for damage or discrepancies against purchase order and receipt documents; placing items in bins or storage areas; assisting with inventories, moving, stacking, or un-stacking palletized items; loading items in vehicles for transport; and maintaining warehousing files and reports.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in the following areas:

· Knowledge of engine repair

· Knowledge of motor vehicles

· Knowledge of warehouse procedures

Physical Effort Required: Performs work on hard surfaces and in work areas that require the worker to stand, stoop, bend, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts and carries supplies, material and equipment weighing up to 70 pounds.

Working Conditions: Works inside in areas that are cold, damp, drafty or poorly lighted and ventilated. May work in adverse weather in such outside areas as open docks and storage yards. Is frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises and broken bones.

Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.Defense National Relocation Program (DNRP) will not be authorized.This position offers a $3000 recruitment bonus to individuals who are newly appointed as civilians in the Federal Government. You are considered newly appointed if this is your first appointment as a civilian employee in the Federal Government or if you have a minimum of a 90-day break in service from a previous Federal civilian position. You may qualify with a break in service of less than 90 days only if your previous Federal civilian appointment was a time-limited, or not permanent, appointment. Your recruitment bonus will be made in two payments. You receive the first payment when you enter on duty, and you receive the second payment on your first anniversary. To accept this recruitment bonus, you are required to make a two year service obligation to the Army Reserve Military Technician Program.

New Army Reserve Military Technicians may be authorized moving expenses to their first official duty station. To be eligible to receive moving expenses, you must be a newly appointed Federal civilian employee or have a minimum of a 3 day break in service from previous Federal civilian employment.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. 

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).  If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority.  See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information.  Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program. In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable prevailing rate.This is a Career Program Position (CP17).

To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 to receive consideration.

To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.  Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.  Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.

The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply:  Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any format. If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified."  See: Transcripts and Licenses

Proof of Eligibility to Apply:  Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The “Proof of Eligibility” document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.

If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents The Vacancy ID is 1209081. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.   Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application.  Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.  If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire.  If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

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Project Associate (SC, SB3, Rapid Response to Social and Economic Issues of Internally Displaced People in Ukraine) - Kyiv

The last nine months in Ukraine have been marked by a rapid succession of intense, disruptive events which have profoundly affected Ukrainian society.

Following the mass protest movement on Maidan in late 2013, which culminated in the overthrow of the Government after the violent clashes between security forces and protestors in February 2014, an interim government was appointed. While both the Government and the subsequent election of a new President are generally supported by most Ukrainian citizens, their legitimacy are questioned by some quarters, including in Eastern Ukraine.

Violence conflict in the Eastern regions and the occupation of Crimea has led a growing number of people to leave their homes and relocate elsewhere in Ukraine or even abroad. The majority of internally displaced persons (IDP) movements have taken place to safer regions. As of 20 August 2014, UNOCHA reported a total of 190,087 internally displaced persons (174,380 – from Eastern Ukraine and 15,707 – from Crimea). At the same time, regional departments of social protection registered approximately 100,000 IDPs, of which 35 percent are women and 34 percent are children, while men constitute about 20 percent, and rest are elderly and disabled people. According to Russian sources, more than 700,000 have fled to the Russian Federation. A Needs Assessment conducted by OCHA in June 2014 in the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts indicates that, potentially, a total of 1.52 million people may leave the Eastern regions of Ukraine, should armed conflict and violence continue to take place.

According to numerous sources, there are considerable gaps in the State’s ability to protect IDPs. The central authorities had not issued formal instructions on how to register and assist displaced persons, leading to different practices across the country. Regional authorities are reported to be waiting for instructions on funding allocations for IDPs from the Eastern regions. At present, the basic needs of IDPs are generally covered by activists and civil society. Yet, charitable response capacity is limited and without a systemic countrywide solution-oriented coordination mechanism, it is unlikely to be sustainable for a long period of time, especially in the event of mass arrivals.

There is no medium- to long-term planning to handle IDP-related issues. As IDPs do not appear to expect a long-term stay, some activities are not being undertaken – e.g. employment and income generation supportive activities. So far basic social services are not provided, and the most urgent problem is the medical treatment, especially support to children, pregnant women and the disabled. Moreover, IDPs do not have access to legal support and justice services. Some of them also lost important legal/civic documentation (cases of lost property titles etc.). Many IDPs do not have access to social assistance and benefits, including retirement and child benefits.

The key problems and needs currently faced by IDPs are humanitarian, livelihoods, integration, and security challenges.

Taking this into consideration UNDP developed the Rapid Response to IDPs Issues Project (RRIDP) that would be a short-term, fast intervention planned to provide urgent support to IDPs located outside their home regions and, as such, should be considered as a precursor to a larger more long-term early recovery intervention focused on populations in post conflict zones.

In a view of the above, UNDP in the framework of implementation of Project Initiation Phase, invites applications from highly qualified and experienced Ukrainian professionals for the post of Project Associate to enhance technical performance of the project with an accent on finance, logistics and communication aspects.

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International Consultant to Conduct Training on Project Identification and Formulation for Development Cooperation Providers in Europe and the CIS - Home-based with one mission to Prague, Czech Republic

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National Police Expert (Open to Somali Nationals Only) - Mogadishu

UNDP Somalia operates through its offices in three geographic zones where UNDP has offices, notably South/Central Somalia, Somaliland, or Puntland, with Sub-Offices in Hargeisa and Garowe.

The overall UNDP Somalia Country Programme is strongly focused on post conflict recovery and consolidation of peace with human rights, gender, peace building and HIV/AIDS prevention as cross cutting issues for all its programmatic interventions, with two main portfolios:

(a) Governance and Rule of Law (GROL); and(b) Poverty Reduction and Environment Protection (PREP).

The GROL Programme responds to all four outcome areas outlined in the UNDP Somalia Country Programme: capacity-building for peace and human security, strengthened governance and rule of law institutions, systems, practices and services, increased livelihood opportunities and improved natural resources management, and gender equality.  The Programme has six main components that are programmatically and operationally linked. The project components are:  Access to Justice, Civilian Police, Community Safety, Institution Building, Local Governance and Constitution. The overall goal is to strengthen rule of law, governance and security.

The PREP Programme spearheads activities intended to support inclusive economic growth, promote local community economic recovery and sustainable livelihoods as well as enhance and promote environmental conservation and re-generation.

The National Police Expert has been delegated the responsibility for achievement of project results in a particular geographic area by the Project Manager for a (large) country-level project. Within agreed constraints in the detailed work plan, the National Police Expert is fully accountable for the delivery of project activities and the achievement of project outputs in her / his area. In terms of reporting on strategic and substantive matters, the National Police Expert reports to the Project Manager and the Area Project Manager (2nd supervisor).

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INTERN - HUMAN RIGHTS

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INTERN - COMMUNICATION (Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE))

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Conservation Biologist, GoI-GEF-UNDP India High Range Landscape Project (HRML) - (Open to Indian Nationals only) - Munnar/ Kottayam, Kerala

High Range Mountain Landscape (HRML) in the Western Ghats mountains of peninsular India is a globally significant biodiversity region. Its key attributes are: a) high levels of endemism and biological diversity; b) Important Bird Area; c) presence of globally threatened species of fauna and flora;  d) part of one of the five viable breeding centre of tiger in India; e) harbour the largest global population of Nilgiri tahr and a significant population of Grizzled Giant Squirrel (both threatened species); f) catchment of three major river systems of peninsular India; g) strong eco-cultural affinities; and h) support important economic sectors like cardamom, tea and tourism. At present, HRML is a complex mosaic of land uses where conservation, economic production and livelihood requirements assume equal primacy and profoundly influence each other. These contribute to competitive use of natural resources and affecting vital ecological processes. The rapidly altering developmental context, demographic contours, resource use configurations place a challenge for HRML’s long term ecological sustainability and livelihood security. The existing planning and policy framework, as well as the institutional arrangements in HRML are inadequate to address biodiversity conservation from a landscape perspective. The project aims to put in place a collaborative governance framework for multiple-use management of HRML. The project will attempt a paradigm shift from current sector based planning to an approach for integrated multiple-use management of mountain landscapes to deliver global environmental benefits. The project aims to achieve this through the following Outcomes: a) Effective governance framework for multiple-use mountain landscape management in place; b) Multiple-use mountain landscape management is applied securing the ecological integrity of HRML; and c) Strengthened capacities for community based sustainable use and management of wild resources.

The project region covers 3,000 sq. km spread across three districts of Kerala viz. Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur in Kerala.

UNDP aims to engage a Conservation Biologist for the implementation of the HRML Project. S/he will work closely with the State Project Manager and the State Project Coordinator. For operational purposes, the Conservation Biologist will also consult the Programme Analyst, Energy and Environment Unit, UNDP, New Delhi. The Conservation Biologist shall extend all possible support to the State Project Manager, Landscape-level Project Management Unit (LLPMU), National Project Management Unit (NPMU) and UNDP.

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TRAVEL OFFICER

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Programme Specialist Consultant

This vacancy is advertised by UNDP
Duty Station: New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Level: International Consul Contract type: - (More info about Levels and Contracts)

Closing date: 1970-01-01

Do not contact the UN Job List with questions regarding specific vacancies. Thanks

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The vacancy is online since: 2014-08-28
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SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER

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Gender Advisor, Honduras

Creative Asociates International | Honduras | Apply by: 16 October 2014

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USA: Senior Policy Analyst, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region

Organization: Enough Project
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 01 Oct 2014

The Senior Policy Analyst focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC, and the Great Lakes Region will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers of conflict and policy options in eastern DRC—as well as related U.S. government, corporate, and international policy—for the Enough Project’s policy papers, briefings, and advocacy efforts. This position requires three main areas of expertise: deep field-based knowledge about the economic, security, and political dynamics in Congo and the Great Lakes region; policy acumen, particularly regarding U.S. (...)

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Argande Brand Communication Intern (Turkish Nationals Only) - Istanbul

Education: Enrollment in a degree programme in a graduate school (Fashion/textiles design, retail marketing, engineering, social sciences or any related field.)

Other Considerations:

Deadline:
Internship will be open throughout the year. However interested applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Availability: Interns can arrange their working days flexibly, depending on the work plan they jointly prepare with the project team. However, interns are expected to complete a total number of visits to Argande sales points each week.

Language and Computer Skills: Proficiency in English and Turkish; computer literacy in standard software applications.

Please send your applications using "Internship Application Form" to aysegul.bag@undp.org highlighting preferred starting date and duration.

Intra-city travel expenses of interns related to the assignment will be reimbursed upon completion of relevant documentation.

Please be aware that internships with UNDP are not paid.

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INTERN - LEGAL AFFAIRS (Chambers)

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49148 - SECTOR OFFICER ? Judicial Training (for Indonesian Nationality Only) - Jakarta

Core Competencies:

•    Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity  
•    Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
•    Self-development, initiative-taking
•    Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
•    Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
•    Creating synergies through self-control
•    Managing conflict
•    Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others.
•    Informed and transparent decision making

Functional Competencies:       
Advocacy/Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda

Level 1.2: Preparing information for advocacy

Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate

Results-Based Programme Development and Management

Level 1.2: Contributes into results through primary research and analysis

Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project workResearches linkages across programme activities to identify critical points of integrationMonitors specific stages of projects/programme implementation

Building Strategic Partnerships

Level 1.2:  Maintaining a network of contacts

Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders

Innovation and Marketing New Approaches

Level 1.2: Enhancing processes or products

Generates new ideas and proposes new, more effective ways of doing thingsDocuments and analyses innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches

Resource Mobilization (Field Duty Stations)

Level 1.2:  Providing inputs to resource mobilization strategies

Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors

Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

Level 1.2: Basic research and analysis

Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing thingsDocuments and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise

Level 1.2: Fundamental knowledge of own discipline

Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the positionPossesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasksAnalyzes the requirements and synthesizes proposalsStrives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learningDemonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments

Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals

Level 1.2: Preparing information for global advocacy

Identifies and communicates relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiencesMaintains a functioning network of contacts in the media and civil society, to promote a

Client Orientation

Level 1.2: Establishing effective client relationships

Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashionOrganizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines

Willingness to take Prince2 training and certification, RMG

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SENIOR NURSE

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INTERN - PROGRAMME SUPPORT (Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNet))

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Internship for Environment Unit ( For Nationality Indonesia only) - Jakarta

Palm oil and its derivatives are part of thousands of products across the globe today. One can find it in biodiesel, soap, doughnuts as well as soap, to mention only a few. Since 1990, palm oil consumption has quintupled worldwide. The demand in Asia, where palm oil is used in cooking oil, accounts for a $44 billion industry. Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of palm oil, with a forecasted annual growth in production of 10%. Early 2013, exports from Indonesia hit a five-year high.

In 2012, the total plantation area for palm oil production in Indonesia was estimated to account for approximately 7.65 million hectares generating 22 million tons of palm oil. Indonesia aims to double its current palm oil production to 40 million tons by 2020. Estimates vary how much land this will require vary widely, ranging from 5-20 million additional hectares. This expansion threatens remaining tropical forest and peat land.

However, there are opportunities for production increases through productivity gains and use of degraded lands. The need to balance growth and economic potential and maintaining healthy ecosystems and communities is fundamental to secure the future of both forests in Indonesia and improved livelihoods through economic growth.
The government recently established a national certification scheme called ISPO, which requires producers to comply with existing regulations for palm oil production, environmental management, responsibility to workers and social communities. UNDP supports the operationalization and optimization of ISPO, as it covers all producers in Indonesia to ensure compliance with the Indonesian legal system. RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) is also important in that it provides best practice standards. Therefore collaboration between these two schemes is crucial for the sustainable future of the Indonesian palm oil sector.

The Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative (SPO)

SPO is a major public private partnership that supports the sustainable production of palm oil while minimizing adverse social and environmental impacts. SPO aims to promote sustainable palm oil by reducing deforestation and providing support to a structural change in the sector. The five year programme is active from 2014 until 2018.

Based on the baseline assessment and extensive stakeholder consultations carried out in 2011-2013, the programme aims to contribute to sustainable palm oil production through a focus on the following strategic areas:
A. Ensure palm oil stakeholder in Indonesia are well coordinated through National Palm Oil Platform:
1. Facilitate coordination of palm oil stakeholders through

Government involvement to drive institutionalization and sustainabilityPrivate sector engagementNGO, local communities, smallholder organizations

    2. Provide access to government policy making (recommendations to ISPO and other underlying regulations)

B. Strengthen smallholders to improve sustainable livelihoods and agricultural practices
1. Provide training to smallholders on productivity, environment, fairer prices, management and ISPO certification
2. Strengthen local government agricultural extension worker systems to ensure sustainability and scaling up of 
successful solutions
3. Work with smallholder cooperatives and larger plantations to reduce expansion into forests

C. Reduce deforestation:
1. Accelerate land swaps and use of degraded land for palm oil production through legal/policy development, leading to
reduced use of fertile forest lands.
2. Mainstream High Conservation Value (HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) into spatial planning
3. Strengthen the case for legally protecting HCV/HCS lands within concessions
4. Measure/Manage GreenHouse Gas emissions

D. Improve land tenure and mediation mechanism:
1. Provide support to independent palm oil smallholders to obtain legal land status, which is key to certification under
RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) and ISPO
2. Strengthen local conflict mediation systems – leading to more effective use of land in the area

E. Operationalize the national certification scheme to foster a sustainable palm oil sector
1. Support ISPO operationalization and optimizing of guidelines so ISPO can effectively address socio-economic and
environmental problems
2. Support the development of a third party auditing system for ISPO to ensure international credibility

UNDP would like to hire an intern to support the development of the SPO Initiative on programmatic and operational fronts. Guided by the head of the Environment Unit UNDP Indonesia, the intern will work closely with other SPO team members (national project manager, environment expert, smallholder expert, platform coordinator and communication officer) to contribute to the full operationalization of the national palm oil platform, palm oil vs. deforestation debate, sustainable commodity certification schemes, and private public partnerships to support smallholders.

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Chief of Language Website Unit (Spanish)

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National Consultant for Preparation of a Medium Size Project Document Acceptable to GEF

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Re-advertisement - Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) - Electoral Project - Bangui

Candidates who previously applied need not apply again.

In the framework of the project of the electoral support and the implementation of an electoral cycle in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Representation of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in CAR launches a recruitment of a Chief Technical Advisor for the Project of Support to the Electoral Cycle in collaboration with the National Electoral Authority and the Ministry of Territorial Administration.

The Central African Republic has in the past year witnessed a series of complex political changes. In January 2013, the (now former) Government of CAR and the (now former) Seleka rebellion signed the Libreville Agreement under the auspices of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). However, on 24 March 2013, the Seleka successfully ousted President Bozize who won the Presidential elections in 2011 – a process that was supported by UNDP and the international community. Following the coup, a roadmap was developed and adopted for the transition laying down specific steps for the return of the country to constitutional order. The Agreement and the Roadmap provide for the organization of free, fair and transparent elections within 18 months of the start of the transition period, with the understanding that the transition would begin with the swearing in of the Head of State of the Transition on 18 August 2013. This set the date for elections to be organized by February 2015.

On 3 January 2014, the Government of CAR solicited the support of the United Nations system to prepare, organize and conduct multi-party elections (referendum, Presidential and legislative elections) in accordance with the timeline envisaged in the Transition Roadmap. In this regard, the UN Secretary-General agreed to dispatch a Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) to the Central African Republic from 27 January to 11 February 2014. As the results and recommendations of the NAM are now finalized, UNDP CAR is recruiting an electoral expert to support and advise the National Electoral Authority (ANE) to organize and manage the electoral process, while also managing a UNDP electoral basket fund. The expert as well as the UNDP project team will be part of the United Nations Integrated Electoral Team (UNIET) and work under the technical guidance of the Chief Electoral Officer and Head of the UN Integrated Electoral Team, without prejudice to UNDP internal reporting lines. The UN Integrated Electoral Team will be situated under the direct responsibility of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General/United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative.

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Innovations in Urbanization Expert - Bangkok

Educational:

Advanced degree in development economics, development studies, geography, urban planning, population and development, statistics, or other relevant social sciences relevant to this assignment.

Experience:

At least 7 years of experience working on urban development challenges. At least 3 years working on and/or covering Asia Pacific countries;Familiarity with governance, climate change, poverty and inequality debates as they related to an urban context;Experience working on employing innovative methods toward urban issues an asset;Experience using design thinking and other innovative methodologies for development;Experience working in multi-lateral and bi-lateral development oriented agencies;Track-record of forging partnerships, coordinating joint milti-partner initiatives and mobilizing resources.

Language:

Fluency of English language is required;Knowledge of an Asian language would be an asset.

Institutional Arrangement:

The international consultant with report to the Team Leader – Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction, and in close collaboration with the Policy Specialist, MDGs and the rest of the Urban Task Team colleagues.

 Duration of the Work:

Expected initial duration of work is from September 25 to December 24, with the possibility of extension.

 Duty Station:

Bangkok, Thailand with no travel required.

Documents to be included when submitting proposal:

Interested individual consultant must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate your qualifications:

Cover Letter: Brief motivation letter explaining why the applicant thinks is an outstanding candidate for the job.Financial proposal: indicating all-inclusive daily fee in USD;Personal CV and/or signed P.11: including past experience in similar projects and the name and contact details of 3 references.

Financial Proposal:

The financial proposal will specify the daily professional fee in USD and payments will be made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked and upon completion of the deliverables. The roundtrip airfare to join duty station will be covered by UNDP.  In the event 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.

Evaluation:

The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable;Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Technical Criteria weight; 70%:

Experience related to services: 60 points;Expertise & Availability: 40 points;Financial Criteria weight; 30%.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

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Consultant(e) international(e) pour l'élaboration d'une nouvelle stratégie de croissance accélérée au Mali - Bamako

L’économie malienne se concentre dans le secteur primaire (36% du PIB) et tertiaire (35,6 % du PIB).
Le secteur secondaire (28% du PIB), est  peu développé.

L’économie malienne a subi de plein  fouet les conséquences de la crise politique et sécuritaire avec un taux de croissance économique de -0,4% en 2012 contre un taux de croissance de 2,7% en 2011. Ce recul de l’activité économique est imputable entre autres à:

La suspension des financements extérieurs pour les trois derniers trimestres de 2012;La contraction des investissements directs étrangers en 2012; Au recul de l’activité dans le secteur secondaire qui a enregistré une baisse de 2,9% en 2012 contre une croissance 8,1% en 2011;A la contraction de 6,7% de l’activité du secteur tertiaire contre croissance de 3,8% en 2011.

La crise a entrainé 3 558 pertes d’emplois formels enregistrées essentiellement dans les secteurs de l’hôtellerie, du touriste et des BTP.
Le nouveau contexte créé à partir de la fin du premier semestre 2013 (amélioration de la situation sécuritaire suite à l’intervention de l’armée française et le déploiement de la MINUSMA aux côtés de l’armée malienne, normalisation de la situation politique avec la réussite des élections générales), a contribué au retour effectif de presque tous les bailleurs qui avaient manifesté leur soutien au Mali lors de la Conférence de Bruxelles en annonçant une aide financière de 3,25 milliards d’Euro sur lesquels 1,48 milliards d’euros ont été mobilisés en 2013. En 2013, le Mali connait un début reprise de l’activité économique avec un taux de croissance de 1,7%. Cette croissance devrait s’accélérer en 2014 (6,5%) avec retour des partenaires techniques et financiers (l’aide passant par le Budget de l’Etat représenterait 8,3% du PIB en 2014 contre 6,1% en 2013 et 0,7% en 2012), la reprise de l’activité dans les secteurs des BTP et des services. 

Le Programme d’Action du Gouvernement (PAG) 2013-2018 aligné sur le Cadre Stratégique pour la Croissance et la Réduction de la pauvreté (CSCRP), doit permettre au Mali de faire face à des défis majeurs :

Consolider l’unité et la réconciliation nationales et assurer la sécurité des personnes et des biens;Approfondir les réformes en matière de décentralisation;mettre en place des institutions fortes et crédibles; Accroître l’accès et la participation citoyenne au système politique; Améliorer la performance de l’administration et assurer la transparence et la redevabilité dans la gestion de la chose publique; (6) augmenter l’accessibilité et la qualité des services publics; Assurer la relance économique, renforcer la résilience aux chocs et promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes et des femmes.

La problématique de la croissance au Mali est une préoccupation majeure du Gouvernement et des Partenaires Technique Financiers (PTF). Ainsi, l’une des orientations fortes de la nouvelle stratégie est de mettre l’accent sur la croissance et le développement des secteurs productifs. Le scénario volontariste considéré dans le CSCRP (2012-2017) table sur un taux de croissance de 7% en moyenne sur la période. L’ambition du Gouvernement est d’accélérer la croissance économique en faisant du développement de l’agriculture le moteur de celle-ci et du secteur privé son vecteur. Les PTF avaient souligné la pertinence de la stratégie proposée et recommandé de préciser l’ordre séquentiel de mise en œuvre des mesures envisagées. Ils avaient recommandé, parallèlement, l’accélération des réformes structurelles (secteurs financiers bancaire et non bancaire, télécommunications, coton, énergie) en vue d’améliorer les performances globales du pays. Aussi, l’accélération de la croissance implique le maintien d’un cadre macroéconomique stable, l’amélioration de la gestion des finances publiques et la mise en œuvre de la réforme de l’administration. 

Les revues du CSCRP ont montré que l’économie malienne a connu une croissance moyenne annuelle en deçà de l’objectif de 7%. Le niveau de la croissance enregistré n’est pas suffisant pour entamer une forte réduction de la pauvreté qui touche 43,6% de la population. Les enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre du CSCRP 2007-2011 et du contexte de sortie de crise doivent aider à mettre  l’accent sur les principaux défis de développement du Mali. Des questions clés relatives à l’accélération de la croissance pour réduire la pauvreté, à la maîtrise de la vulnérabilité face aux aléas climatiques, ainsi qu’à la maîtrise de la croissance démographique apparaissent déjà comme des insuffisances dans la mise en œuvre du CSCRP. Au regard des tendances actuelles, le Mali devra redoubler d’efforts dans la conduite des réformes structurelles et la gestion de l’économie pour atteindre les objectifs de développement plus ambitieux.

Il a donc été prévu de conduire des travaux d’élaboration de la stratégie de croissance autour d’un Groupe ad hoc de travail. Ce Groupe de travail, comprend le Direction de la Planification et du Développement (DNPD), l’INSTAT, la BCEAO, la Cellule CSLP, le FMI, la Banque Mondiale, l’AFD, le Pool Technique et le PNUD. Le Groupe de travail est ouvert à d’autres structures nationales ou des PTF intéressés à se joindre aux travaux.

Le CSCRP devra tenir compte des enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre du CSCRP II afin de ne pas affronter les mêmes obstacles que l’actuel a pu rencontrer. A cet effet, il est souhaitable que le CSCRP 2012-2017 ait un caractère opérationnel nettement affirmé et focalisé davantage sur les thématiques comme la promotion des pôles régionaux de croissance, les changements climatiques, le développement urbain et la croissance démographique.

Objectif:

L’objectif global de l’étude est d’évaluer la mise en œuvre de la stratégie d’accélération de la croissance économique et proposer des orientations en vue d’accélérer et de rendre la croissance pro pauvres dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du CSCRP 2012-2017 et du PAG 2013-2018.

Objectifs de l’étude:

Le but de la présente étude est l’élaboration d’une Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée (SCA) et Pro pauvre au Mali.
Un recul important de la pauvreté au Mali, tout comme un progrès substantiel vers les OMD, passera nécessairement par une croissance économique qui sera non seulement forte (7 à 8%) par an  mais aussi favorable aux pauvres. La mise en œuvre du CSCRP et du PAG, devrait reposer sur une politique affichée de croissance accélérée qui s’appuie sur des leviers favorables aux pauvres tels que le développement local, l’accès aux Services sociaux de base, la promotion de l’emploi pour les couches les plus défavorisées, etc.

Cette Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée (SCA) devrait se baser sur trois orientations majeures:

Accélérer la croissance au Mali pour la porter à un taux de 8% en moyenne par an pour toute la durée du CSCRP et du PAG (2013-2018), et de deux chiffres au-delà de 2018;Rendre la croissance plus efficace dans la lutte contre la pauvreté par la création massive d’emplois;Rendre la croissance directement profitable aux pauvres par le développement local et l’accès aux services sociaux de base.

L’atteinte de ces objectifs ne sera possible que si le pays exploite mieux son potentiel en s’appuyant sur les leviers de croissance, à savoir:

La mise en place d’un environnement des affaires de classe internationale pour favoriser les investissements étrangers et nationaux;La promotion accrue des secteurs prioritaires déjà identifiés par une approche filière visant le développement des chaînes de valeur.

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National Analyst ? Writer for the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Region Opinion Poll - Prishtinë/Pri?tina

The duties under these terms of reference are to be completed by working in coordination with Social Research Kosovo and Policy, Research, Gender and Communication Team during a period of up to 20 working days in Kosovo, starting from 25th of September, 2014 until 25th of October, 2014.

The consultant selected for this task will draft, edit and finalize the narrative description of the statistical results of the Mitrovicë/a Region Opinion Poll, August 2014. Data for the survey have been collected by the Social Research Kosovo, and the selected consultant is expected to cooperate closely with Policy, Research, Gender and Communication Team while writing the narrative report. The consultant is also expected to draft an outline of key figures and indicators of development which could be used by stakeholders in the future to give evidence-based recommendations for policy-makers.

In order to achieve the intended objectives, the work methodology should broadly consist of, but should not be limited to:

Drafting of the Report Outline based on the desk review and meetings UNDP staff;Desk review of the previous Mitrovicë/a Public Opinion reports;Conducting statistical analysis of the latest survey conducted;A series of meetings  with the UNDP Kosovo to discuss about the survey methodology and results;Writing of the analytical narrative report with incorporated trend analysis, including presentation of data and trends in graphic and tabular form;

Statistical analyses reviewed, completed and endorsed

Final report completed and endorsed

Addressing and incorporating the comments provided by the Policy, Research, Gender and Communication Team after the draft of the report has undergone quality assurance.

Deliverables / Final Products Expected

The  consultant is expected to provide the following deliverables by the end of the assignment:

A highly qualified analytical narrative report of the Mitrovicë/a North Region Opinion Poll, August 2014; The report has to be written and edited in English;Provide the analysis with graphs, tables, maps, and other illustrations within the report, including trends analysis using figures from previous surveys;A results/figures document including key figures and indicators for the report;Illustrative presentation of the summary of the report in Power Point or Prezi format.

The report has to be written concisely, clearly, and must include references, sources and data presented comprehensibly in tables and graphs.

Tables:

Style of writing: Times New Romans 10 font (style and size should be standard for all tables and figures)Title: Bold (include number of the table and/or figure plus title)Heads of tables: Bold and Right, except the most left head of table which will be LeftThe left roll of table should be positioned on the Left, the other side should be positioned on the Right.Source should be positioned at the end of the table, Left, Italic, Times New Roman 9, Italic.According to UNDP rules and regulations, the English version of the paper should consist of the names of cities and villages in Kosovo in both languages: Albanian and Serbian (the characters of both respective languages should be taken into consideration).

Graphs/figures:

Style of writing: Times new roman 10 (style and size should be standard for all tables and figures)Title of the graph: Bold. Title consists of the number of graphs and respective question upon which the question was build.The graphs will be without values checked.The legend should be positioned below.Source (mandatory) should be positioned at the end of the graphs. Times New Roman 9, Italic.

Application Instructions:

Click on the "Apply now" button;Input your information in the appropriate Sections: personal information, language proficiency, education, resume and motivation. You can type in, or paste your short Resume into the last box;Upon completion of the first page, please hit "submit application" tab at the end of the page. On the next page, you will be asked to upload your Resume;System will only allow one attachment. All docs (CV; P11; financial offer; list of similar profiles should be included as one attachment).Applicants are requested to support their competence in report writing experience with concrete samples of their work enclosed with application

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Consultant for Formulation of Social Inclusiveness and Social Entrepreneurship Strategy - Port Louis

Scope of Work

The consultant will provide direct support to the team at Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in charge of coordinating the formulation of the transformation agenda to be implemented by 2020.

The consultant is expected to formulate an innovative and implementable strategy to promote and strengthen inclusiveness and social entrepreneurship through a suite of policies and services to be implemented by 2020, including short-term proposals for 2015, 2016 and 2017 which will include problem statement, description of initiative, purpose and expected output, proposed innovation, cost estimates and implementing arrangements.

The expected contribution will focus on 2 specific issues (social inclusiveness and social entrepreneurship), while (optional) additional inputs on social housing policies will be sought in collaboration with UN Habitat consultants.

Social inclusiveness:

The expected contribution on social inclusiveness will specifically address the issues of women participation in the labor force, gender equality and social mobility.

Women participation in the labour force and promotion of gender equality

To make an assessment of women participation in the labour force;How to encourage/help women especially those above 30 years of age to reintegrate the world of work to increase their participation in the labour force;Specific policies and programmes to promote gender equality and improve Mauritius ranking in the gender equality index.

Social mobility (with emphasis on the issue of income disparity, inequality and inclusiveness)

Analyze trends in income levels of different groups;Make proposals to bridge gaps in income disparities and to promote social inclusion;Overall assessment of current programmes and policies on social protection and social inclusion.

Social entrepreneurship (with emphasis on empowerment of Civil Society and Vulnerable groups/disability):

Formulate policies and programmes for the promotion of social entrepreneurship  in Mauritius (including use of CSR Fund) and the creation of a social entrepreneur sector;Provide an assessment of various models of social entrepreneurship – to build a model for Mauritius;Prepare budget proposals for developing social entrepreneurship on a grand scale, starting with a couple of concrete projects;Formulate proposals on basic principles of social entrepreneurship to be included in Mauritius secondary and tertiary curricula;Formulate a plan on how to build capacity in that area for the future - for example, the role of universities and other tertiary institutions;

In the context of the Blueprint formulation, consultants hired for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (UN Habitat) to define a strategy to improve in a sustainable way the living conditions of people living in slums in Mauritius will be working on social housing policies. The UNDP consultant for the formulation of the social inclusiveness and social entrepreneurship strategy will be invited to collaborate with the UN Habitat consultants to provide (optional) inputs on assessment of the existing social housing strategy and programme, identifying alternative funding and subsidy mechanisms to implement social housing projects and identifying measures that would sustain investment in the social housing sector, improve access of social housing units for vulnerable and low income groups and encourage social mobility and income development.

Expected Outputs and Calendar:

Inception report outlining the work plan of the assignment, elaborating on the terms of reference by describing how the assignment will be carried out and specifying the methodology (deadline 8 October);Workshop organized on mission findings and proposals – to disseminate the preliminary findings; to have consultations with the stakeholders; and to share the findings/observations/recommendations of the assignment, and to propose the way forward (deadline: 24 October 2014);

Final report to be submitted to UNDP, UN Habitat and MOFED (deadline: 30 October 2014) presenting:

A strategy to strengthen by 2020 social inclusiveness and social entrepreneurship;Short-term proposals (for 2015, 2016 and 2017) for programmes and policies to promote social inclusiveness and social entrepreneurship.

The initiatives presented in the report will need to be specific and clearly formulated and indicate in what way they will contribute towards the achievement of the high-level inclusiveness objective.

Institutional Arrangement:

The consultant will report:

For MOFED: to the Ag Deputy Financial Secretaries and to the Senior Adviser coordinating the Blueprint formulation;For UNDP: to the UNDP Technical Adviser (PFM) based at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development;For UN Habitat: to the national UN Habitat Technical Adviser based in Mauritius.

Duration of Support:

22 days in October 2014 (19 days in Mauritius from 6 October to 24 October + 3 home-based days for mission preparation and report finalization).

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Costs of Road Traffic Accidents Consultant for the Ministry of Interior- Kuwait - Kuwait

Kuwait is highly populated State with the majority of the population live in the cities. Issues and constraints that contribute to traffic and transport sector problems in Kuwait include (1) Increasing demand for transport of people and goods associated with limited infrastructure capacity, and inefficient public transport services, (2) need for better transport-land use planning, (3) need for a reliable information system and monitoring regime, to fully understand causes, create effective countermeasures and assess effectiveness of performance, (4) need for better traffic management, and travel demand system, (5) increasing vehicles, population, congestion, accidents, and lack of safety - conscious road design and black spot procedures, and (5) need for institutional reform and human resources development.

To manage demand, reduce congestion, enhance road safety and improve mobility and accessibility in Kuwait, a long-term and comprehensive National Traffic and Transport Strategy was developed for the period of 2010-2020 (NTTS), under the umbrella of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SPCPD), and Ministry of Interior Program (MOI). The NTTS has identified major obstacles, characteristics, and role of each associated agency, and included various elements such as institutional reform, human resources development, information system,  road infrastructure, transport systems, traffic management, ITS, transport-land use planning, enforcement and traffic policing, community awareness, road safety, congestion management, and vehicle emissions. To strengthen implementation, the UNDP and Government started implementation of one of the priority projects of the NTTS which is called “National Traffic Management Improvement Project”.

The project aims to develop an efficient traffic management, road network, road safety and enforcement system that will assist planning, implementation and management of sustainable transport system in Kuwait.

Objectives of the assignment

The objective of the assignment is to provide high standard guidance in various areas of socioeconomic costs of road traffic accidents and traffic problems, including ability to help staff to expand knowledge, prevention of road accidents, understanding fatalities and injuries and property damage costs, and road users, road design, transport operations and traffic enforcement roles.

The project aims to develop an efficient road traffic accidents and traffic problems mechanism to understand the true costs of the problem and to develop efficient countermeasures to enhance movement of people and goods in Kuwait.

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Finance cum Administrative Assistant GoI-GEF-UNDP India High Range Landscape Project (HRML) - (Open to Indian Nationals only) - Munnar or Kottayam, Kerala

High Range Mountain Landscape (HRML) in the Western Ghats mountains of peninsular India is a globally significant biodiversity region. Its key attributes are: a) high levels of endemism and biological diversity; b) Important Bird Area; c) presence of globally threatened species of fauna and flora;  d) part of one of the five viable breeding centre of tiger in India; e) harbour the largest global population of Nilgiri tahr and a significant population of Grizzled Giant Squirrel (both threatened species); f) catchment of three major river systems of peninsular India; g) strong eco-cultural affinities; and h) support important economic sectors like cardamom, tea and tourism. At present, HRML is a complex mosaic of land uses where conservation, economic production and livelihood requirements assume equal primacy and profoundly influence each other. These contribute to competitive use of natural resources and affecting vital ecological processes. The rapidly altering developmental context, demographic contours, resource use configurations place a challenge for HRML’s long term ecological sustainability and livelihood security. The existing planning and policy framework, as well as the institutional arrangements in HRML are inadequate to address biodiversity conservation from a landscape perspective. The project aims to put in place a collaborative governance framework for multiple-use management of HRML. The project will attempt a paradigm shift from current sector based planning to an approach for integrated multiple-use management of mountain landscapes to deliver global environmental benefits. The project aims to achieve this through the following Outcomes: a) Effective governance framework for multiple-use mountain landscape management in place; b) Multiple-use mountain landscape management is applied securing the ecological integrity of HRML; and c) Strengthened capacities for community based sustainable use and management of wild resources.

The project region covers 3,000 sq. km spread across three districts of Kerala viz. Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur in Kerala.

UNDP aims to engage Finance cum Administrative Assistant for the implementation of the HRML Project. S/he will work closely with the State Project Manager and the State Project Coordinator. For operational purposes, the Finance cum Administrative Assistant will also consult the Programme Analyst, Energy and Environment Unit, UNDP, New Delhi and the Administrative and Finance Associate in National Project Management Unit (NPMU) in New Delhi. The Finance cum Administrative Assistant shall extend all possible support to the State Project Manager and Landscape Level Project Management Unit (LLPMU).

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Online volunteer: Manage project

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Online volunteer: Traducción ACNUR inglés/español de una noticia sobre refugiados de Nigeria

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Individual Consultant - Expert in Gender and Parliament Budget and Expenditure Oversight ? Gender Expert - Praia, CAbo Verde

UNDP’s democratic governance practice focuses on fostering inclusive participation, strengthening responsive governing institutions, and promoting democratic principles.

The project was formulated under the economic governance sub-area of the 2008-2013 10th EDF for the PALOP & TL, which allocates EUR 33.1 million to supporting governance initiative projects in PALOP & TL countries. This project is formulated on the basis a EU-UNDP partnership allocating 6.4 million Euros in support of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI), Parliaments, Parliamentarians &Civil Society Organizations  in the PALOP and Timor-Leste in the domain of external control of public expenditure and accounts. This project aims at promoting economic governance in the PALOP and TL strengthening technical and functional skills of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), National Parliaments and Civil Society in the six beneficiary countries. The project is fully funded by the European Union through the 10th EDF A envelope in support, among others, of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI), Parliaments, Parliamentarians and Civil Society Organizations in Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe (PALOP Countries) and Timor-Leste.

The project is consistent with PALOP partner countries’ national strategies for poverty reduction and national development plans, with UNDP Country Programmes and Development Frameworks, and the 2008-2013 10th EDF for the PALOP & TL. These policies and strategies are adapted to the specificities and priorities of each country, but converge to promote good governance as an important support for development and economic growth.

This is achieved, in particular, through the strengthening of capacities in:

(i) legislative and oversight functions of the State;(ii) the management system of public finances, including internal and external control;(iii) support services to Parliament and (iv) State’s accountability.

The multi-country intervention logic of this project aims to intensify the PALOP and Timor-Leste dialogue, drawing on the holistic approach to democratic governance. A special emphasis placed on joint, transversal, south-south and peer-to-peer capacity-building within the selected areas of economic governance, namely external control, audit and oversight capacities of the public finances.

The project will use training actions as a tool to enhance skills and credentials of stakeholders for controlling public finances while establishing eLearning platforms in Portuguese ensuring means of durable access to existing database and information in Portuguese. The project will also contribute to establishing a first time multi-country CSO PALOP-TL platform showcasing lessons and progress made by civil society organisations’ within the PALOP/CPLP Open Budget Initiative.  Other activities aiming to promote sustainability will complement and support the OSAI CPLP multi-country plan and promote cooperation with the Training Institute for Financial and Economic Management in Portuguese Language (IGEF), involving this institution in training and capacity building activities at transnational level (joint learning involving actors from all beneficiary countries).

Improved access to information (in terms of availability of information, quality of the information available)  is a pre-condition for effective public oversight and therefore to achieve the project’s key outputs. In the long run, the project impact will depend on the success of its exit strategy and sustainability of its actions and activities. It is critical that the project beneficiaries develop synergies and dynamics that will still be there after the end of the project. This will be best done through capacity development of human resources within national institutions. Such capacity development needs to target professional skills and enhancement/development of in-house training capacities in the field of external control of public accounts and finances, in particular CAs in the PALOP and Timor-Leste.

The overall objective is to promote economic governance in the PALOP and Timor-Leste (TL) strengthening technical and functional skills of SAIs, Parliaments, Parliamentarians and Civil Society (including media).

The specific objective is to improve the effectiveness of external political, judicial and civilian control of public finances in the PALOP and TL for a more efficient use of public resources. SAIs play an important role to prevent mismanagement and corruption. Therefore, whenever possible, the project will also help strengthen the links between SAIs and other oversight agencies, in particular anti-corruption and procurement agencies.

This project will directly address good governance and democracy strengthening the accountability system with external and independent control of public finances standing as the specific objective. As part of the action, responding to the right of citizens to information, and cross cuttingly supporting the promotion of gender equity in public spending will yield transformational results to be sustained beyond the project life cycle (among others, training and sensitization activities on gender equality addressed to Parliaments and CSOs). UNDP will associate UN Women units at country office level in designing the AWPs and training activities. ICT platforms and solutions will play a central role in this strategy and will be transversal to the action (among others, use of videoconference and IT tools). Environmental issues will be taken into consideration in specific activities when appropriate and consistent with partner countries’ national strategies and priorities, such as the strengthening of oversight capacities in the natural resource extraction domain in Mozambique.

The project foresees two results directly contributing to the specific objective:

SAIs’ control and audit capacities over public finances in the PALOP and TL are strengthened in a context of joint learning;Parliaments and Civil Society oversight capacities over public finances are developed for an informed analysis of public finances in the PALOP and TL in a context of joint learning.

The strategy defined by the project takes into account the different contexts of the six beneficiary countries and the multi-country PALOP and TL cooperation intervention logic. The strategy will seek to improve political, judicial and civilian control and oversight of government action and public accounts through actions benefiting SAIs, Parliaments and CSOs.

The action plan includes multi-country activities fostering the south-south PALOP-TL cooperation (face-to-face and eLearning training, workshops, study trips and peer learning initiatives) and national activities aimed at addressing specificities of each beneficiary country (training, organizational changes, drafting of manuals, capacity development, etc.).

The implementation of the foreseen activities during the three-year project’s duration period will be articulated on the basis of annual work plans. Project start-up will have an initial phase of a maximum of four months from the signature of the Contribution Agreement with UNDP. In this inception phase annual work plans will be developed in a participatory manner and approved for each country, identifying accurately the pivotal countries and triggers of a change dynamics supporting the project’s sustainability strategy.

Description of the assignment

A Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is an indispensable element in the process of mainstreaming the gender perspective, as recommended in the Beijing Conference (1995). This process considers the intervention of different actors in their different stages; from the moment of conceptualization of policies to evaluation, through programme design, development of plans and budgets, design of the implementation methodology, etc.

GRB is national planning and budgeting that contributes to the advancement in the field of gender equality and the effective enforcement of the rights of women planning. It involves the identification and thinking on the need to bridge gender gaps in sectorial and local government policies, plans and budgets interventions. It also aims to examine the differential impact on men and women of policies to increase income and allocation of internal resources and Official Development Assistance.

In 2010, the ICIEG (Cabo Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Gender Equity) with the support of UN Women initiated a process of making a diagnosis of the situation in Cabo Verde regarding the promotion of gender equity in planning and in the national budget. This assessment identified the shortcomings in government’s formulation of strategies, planning and budgeting models and resulted in the development of an Action Plan for the implementation of a Gender responsive budgeting and Planning Programme (PGRB), involving various government sectors, parliament and organized civil society.

Taking into account the critical role of Parliament to approve the state budget and oversee its implementation, one of the strategies adopted was to further work with the National Parliament, in particular with the Network of Women Parliamentarians.

In this context a UNDP project funded by the European Union to support electoral cycles in the PALOP and Timor-Leste (ACP Portuguese Speaking Countries), Pro PALOP-TL, developed this specific component in partnership with the UN-Women Office in Cabo Verde, which ensured the methodological and conceptual orientation of actions and in the implementation of the following three major activities:

The Training Workshop on "Gender and women's empowerment", which was attended by representatives of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of Mozambique (4), Portugal (2), São Tomé and Príncipe (4) and Cabo Verde (16). The workshop allowed deep discussions, peer learning and exchanges of experiences resulting  in drafting of national PGRBs and the role of parliaments in this area (Sep / Oct 2012);A one-day awareness / training workshop delivered to MPs with the aim to increase knowledge and sensitivity and Cabo Verde parliamentarians on PGRB, to stimulate the application of gender analysis to greater efficiency and effectiveness in resource allocation and budget decisions (Nov 2012). 30 MPs attended the workshop, were informed and got acquainted with the main data and gender indicators in Cabo Verde, and how these indicators are used in planning and budgeting exercises; reflected on the different stages of planning and budgeting and the roles of the different stakeholders in the process, identifying potential opportunities to promote gender equality within the budget cycle; got to know the key tools and proposals for Parliament to work with PGRB, as well as case studies, good practices and practical examples developed in other countries;A study visit by the Network of Women Parliamentarians of Cabo Verde to Brazil Senate to get to know the experience of the Women's Caucus in the Brazilian Senate regarding the action and follow-up of the latest in PGRB (Nov 2013).

In order to further developed and enhance the process and work carried out by UNDP and UN Women with the Network of Women Parliamentarians and Parliament in general, also considering the need to effectively setup and implement a Gender-sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation System targeting public expenditures and accounts, the UNDP project funded by the European Union for Strengthening Technical and Functional Skills of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), National Parliaments and Civil Society for the control of public finances in the PALOPs and Timor-Leste (TL-Pro PALOPs IAS) is recruiting an senior expert to support parliament, Network of Women Parliamentarians and all relevant stakeholders design a public expenditures and accounts Gender-sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation System.

Objective of the assignment

The deliverables provided by the Expert in Gender and Parliament Budget and Expenditure oversight (Gender Expert) will allow the project to strengthen the capacity of Cabo Verde’s Network of Women Parliamentarians and Parliament to develop an efficient Gender responsive budget, public expenditures and accounts monitoring and evaluation system of activities and budget public expenditure. In line with the provisions set in the Project Document and Contribution Agreement signed between the European Union and UNDP in Cape Verde.

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