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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