International Consultant – Integrity Education

Background

Anti-corruption is a national agenda and the first priority of the current government of Thailand, a nation of 60 million population and the second largest economy in the ASEAN region. Many measures to address the corruption and improve the performance of the public sector have been adopted.

While a variety of anti-corruption policies are implemented in the public sector, civic engagement is another key pillar to address corruption in the country. Youth, in particular, is an important population group that will shape the future of the country. Empowering the youth to refuse corruption in Thailand is a pre-condition for changing attitudes in the wider society and promoting a culture of integrity. However, attitudes of youth against corruption becomes a key challenge. A poll of 2,100 people across Thailand in 2013 reported that 63.4 percent of the Thai population accept corruption as long as they also benefit from it. 68.2 percent of young people aged under 20 share the same attitudes. To address this issue, UNDP has signed an MOU with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the responsible government agency mandated to improve integrity education in the country, to provide technical support to NACC in variety of issues including the review and development of mandatory integrity curriculum for students at university level throughout the country.

With support from GAIN in this project, UNDP will provide technical assistance in developing quality integrity curriculum that will be institutionalized into the education system in collaboration with NACC. The mandatory integrity curriculum to be developed by UNDP will help enable new Thai youth in formal education to develop their own sets of ethics and civic responsibilities shaping their engagement and involvement as adult citizens in the future to work actively against a corrupt society. The Thai youth with newly strengthened integrity will also benefit the expansion of the Thai youth anti-corruption network, which offer extra-curricular activities for youths, to become an influential CSO that can immensely strengthen civic engagement in anti-corruption in Thailand and change attitude of wider society on corruption issue.

Implementation plan to improving attitude of youth against corruption results key outputs; 1) Integrity curriculum developed and provided to university students across Thailand, and 2) The Thai Youth Anti-Corruption network strengthened and expanded.

The NACC is presently developed learning curriculum and materials to standardize for corruption prevention and aims to disseminate to the educational agencies at all level to apply into their own curriculum. To align with the National Anti-Corruption Strategy phase 3 (2017-2021), each curriculum shall comprise 4 main topics; 1) Zero tolerance and shame of corruption, 2) Differentiation of personal and public interests, 3) STRONG: mind of sufficiency against corruption, and 4) Citizens and responsibility for corruption.

To advance the design and implementation plans in working with key implementing partners and their beneficiaries, specifically the undergraduate students on Integrity and Anti-Corruption Education, UNDP Thailand has been working on developing curriculums in collaboration with the NACC Sub-committee on Learning Curriculum and Materials preparation for corruption prevention, together with The Rajabhat University Presidents Council of Thailand, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education, and other academic institutions. In fully designing and implementing these key aspects of improving culture of integrity in Thailand through strengthened integrity education of the youth, the project requires expertise to review and assess the existing curriculum and to provide recommendations for improvement of design and develop curriculum outcomes, standards, competencies, objectives, contents and assessment for improving Integrity education outcomes based on international experience and evidence from implementation of similar programs elsewhere in the world.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work:

The international consultant is to support the AAA Project to develop a standard integrity curriculum of the existing curriculum which either developed by NACC and other universities. S/he will work closely with the relevant NACC, professors/lecturers from Rajabhat universities and undergraduate level from other academic institutions and UNDP officials as well as national consultants (if any) to provide technical inputs and assist in reviewing the current and proposed curriculum in line with the NACC’s strategy main topics.

Under the guidance of the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative and in close collaboration with UNDP colleagues, the consultant will perform following major tasks;

• Conduct an Integrity Curriculum Assessment, and provide recommendations for improvement of the existing anti-corruption curriculum which developed by;
  • NACC Sub-committee on Learning Curriculum and Materials preparation for corruption prevention (developed together with The Rajabhat University Presidents Council of Thailand and Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education)
  • The specific needs and expectations of three interested universities/academic institutions (Chiang Mai University/ Rajabhat Valai Alongkorn University/ Rajabhat Yala University) where will be the pilot.
• Prepare and organize a 3-day workshop to develop standard integrity curriculum in Thailand to
  • Support key partners and/or involving universities in their efforts (design/re-design, develop curriculum outcomes, standards, competencies, objectives, contents and assessment tools) to develop interactive and detailed learning modules/learning session plan of the integrity and anti-corruption curricula tailor to their context of various subjects; Support key partners in their efforts (incorporation of the feedback from them) as part of the training of trainers by deliver the learning/training guidelines in addition to content and tools;

• Facilitate five-day training of trainers;
  • Coverage the Rajabhat Universities
  • For interested universities as a pilot to deliver for their developed integrity and anti-corruption curricula tailored to their context;
• Conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption and student assessment.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The consultant is expected to deliver the followings:

Deliverables/ Outputs	Target Due Dates	Review and Approvals Required
1. A 20 pages report and presentation of the integrity curriculum assessment to engage discussions on detail of the specific areas to develop the curricula	February 2018 (Q1/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit
2. Incorporation of the feedback from key partners to the final version of integrity and anti-corruption curricula (NACC version) tailored to; a. Coverage all the Rajabhat Universitiesb. Specific to pilot universities	March 2018 (Q1/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit
3. Integrity and anti-corruption learning module guideline and assessment tools (handbook for trainer, using for training of trainers)	April 2018 (Q2/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit
4. Presentation and facilitation of 3-day workshop to develop integrity education	April 2018 (Q2/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit
5. Facilitate a five days training of trainers (including training modules and training materials) and training workshop report with recommendations	May 2018  (Q2/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit
6. Conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption curricula and student assessment, and report with recommendations.	September to October 2018 (Q3-4/18)	Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Unit

Institutional Arrangement

 The consultant will report directly to the Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Thailand and shall work under overall supervision of Programme Specialist, Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy, UNDP Thailand and Project Manager on Anti-Corruption. The Programme Specialist will review the progress and quality of assignment upon outputs prior to issuance the payment. Review/approval time required to review/ approve outputs prior to authorizing payments is 7 – 10 days.

Duration of the Assignment

The duration of the contract is from 1 February 2018 to 31 October 2018 with maximum of 40 working days.

Duty Station

The consultant will be Home based with travel to Bangkok, Thailand for facilitate a 3-day workshop to develop standard integrity curriculum in Thailand (in April 2018), 5 -day facilitate a training of trainers workshop (in May), and conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption curriculum in September 2018 (5 working days). The consultant have to propose appropriate working days, activities and number of trips required for the assignment.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Technical Competencies:

• Analytic capacity and demonstrated ability to process, analyse and synthesise complex, technical information;
• Proven ability to support the development of high quality knowledge and training materials, and to train technical teams;
• Proven experience in the developing country context and working in different cultural settings.

Communication:

• Communicate effectively in writing to a varied and broad audience in a simple and concise manner.

Professionalism:

• Capable of working in a high pressure environment with sharp and frequent deadlines, managing many tasks simultaneously;
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Teamwork:

• Projects a positive image and is ready to take on a wide range of tasks;
• Focuses on results for the client;
• Welcomes constructive feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

I. Academic Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Education or any social development related field, preferably with specialization in sustainable development.

II. Years of experience:

• At least 5 years of documented experience in developing, facilitating/delivering interactive/participatory training sessions in area of integrity education, curriculum development;
• Ability to engage with anti-corruption mainstreaming issues;
• Expertise in reviewing and assessing integrity curriculum development;
• Excellent skills in presenting complex technical information in an easily comprehensible way;
• Adaptability and flexibility in working within complex and dynamic environment;
• Prior experience and knowledge of the Thai education system is an advantage.

III. Language:

• Excellent command of spoken and written English (Thai language skills are an advantage).

Price Proposal and Schedule of Payment :

Consultant must send a financial proposal based on Lump Sum Amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all costs components required to perform the deliverables identified in the TOR, including professional fee, travel costs, living allowance (if any work is to be done outside the IC´s duty station) and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment. The contract price will be fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs and as per below percentages:

The payment shall be paid by upon submission of the deliverables:

Deliverable 1-2:                30 % of total contract amount

Deliverable 3-5:                30 % of total contract amount

Deliverable 6:                    40% of total contract amount

In general, UNDP shall 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 event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Travel costs shall be reimbursed at actual but not exceeding the quotation from UNDP approved travel agent.  The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP.

Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

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

a)            Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and

b)            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%

* Financial Criteria weight; 30%

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

Criteria	Weight	Max. Point
Technical	70%	700
Education	10%	100
Experience related to services	30%	300
Expertise and availability	30%	300
Financial	30%	300

ANNEXES

Annex I - TOR_ Integrity Education Consultant

Annex II- General Condition of Contract

Annex III - Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual IC, including Financial Proposal Template

All documents can be downloaded at : http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=43089