UNOSSC - National Consultant - Team Member for the Joint Mid-Term Review of the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project

Background

Application Procedure:

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

• A cover letter with a brief description of why the Offer considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment;
• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experiences from similar roles and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references; and
• An example/sample of previous similar work (Required)

Note: The above documents need to be sent together putting in one single file while submitting an application. And please note that the system will not accept the uploading of more than one document so please merge or scan all your documents into one prior to uploading.

 

 

United Nations Office for South South Cooperation (UNOSSC) is conducting a Joint Mid-Term Review of its two projects:  the Global South-South Development Center (GSSDC) Project and South South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) among Maritime Silk Road Cities for Sustainable Development (Cities Project). The Mid-Team Review focuses on assessing progress towards the established results in the project documents and provides recommendations for mid-course corrections/adjustments to ensure that the projects are on track to achieve maximum results by their completion. The conclusions and recommendations of this joint review are also expected to inform the future direction of these two projects. The review report will be shared on the UNDP Evaluation Resource Center making it accessible to all.

 

The mandate and the central role of the UNOSSC are to serve as the focal point for promoting and facilitating South-South and triangular cooperation for development on a global and United Nations system-wide basis. UNOSSC is hosted by UNDP. In the BAPA+40 Outcome Document, Member States recognize that South-South and triangular cooperation contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to achieving the overarching goal of eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions?

 

At the beginning of 2020, the world began to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic disrupted supply chains and triggered a steep increase in health and socio-economic crisis across the Globe. The pandemic affected the Southern countries adversely that consist of approximately 83% of the world population and 40.51% of the world GDP. These events are crucial for UNOSSC’s mandates and positioning in changing global, regional and national development landscapes. Both GSSDC Project and Cities Project reproposed some of their activities and resources to help the developing countries in responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic as applicable within the given scope of the projects. Both projects also adjusted some implementation strategies to cope with the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, switching some in-person capacity building activities into virtual or hybrid mode, mobilizing medical equipment and PPEs to support the project partners’ emergent requests for COVID-19 responses at both country and city levels and implement pilot initiatives at subnational levels to advance the post-COVID social and economic recovery in various sectoral areas.

 

Moreover, both projects to be reviewed were created in advance of the pandemic, and therefore some imperatives have changed, and the review should take into consideration the way that the projects revised their strategies and activities in ways that responded to the pandemic while still focused on the key objectives under the original designs of the projects.

 

The projects to be reviewed:

The two projects being reviewed are funded by the Government of China and managed by UNOSSC together with partners.

     a.  GSSDC Project, June 2019 – December 2024:

In 2008, UNOSSC in partnership with the Government of China launched the China South-South Development Centre (CSSDC) project, aiming to develop sustainable South-South cooperation between China and its Southern partner countries. The first phase of the project (2008-2019) concluded with a comprehensive evaluation and learning process to assess its successes and failures. A final evaluation determined that the project’s most significant achievements were the consolidation of the wide range of technical expertise and resources offered by the well-established China South-South Cooperation Network (CSSCN), the launch and implementation of successful small grants projects in many developing countries, and the introduction of capacity development activities including training workshops expertise exchange.  In brief, the Final Evaluation of the CSSDC Project concluded that the project was well aligned with the principles of South-South Cooperation; represents good value for money/resource allocation; had strong management arrangements; positively impacted beneficiaries; had high prospects for sustainability; and addressed cross-cutting issues such as gender and the environment.

 

Building on the achievements and lessons learned from the earlier phase, the Global South-South Development Centre (GSSDC) Project was launched and has been implemented to achieve four principal objectives:

1. Expand the CSSCN technical network beyond China and contribute to its maturation in order for it to become a globally focused platform to facilitate and implement South-South and triangular cooperation projects in support of achieving the SDGs.
2. Upgrade the existing small grant initiatives to include action-oriented and sector-specific research as well as pilot projects based on demand analysis, to enable scaling-up knowledge sharing and technical transfer. The small grant initiative will include new thematic areas in line with the SDGs, be demand driven, and be opened up to new funding partners, particularly non-traditional donor agents and methodologies.
3. Provide capacity development support via the GSSDC to countries and institutions based on mapping of their needs and matching relevant expertise globally.
4. Leverage the value-adding comparative advantage of the UNOSSC to develop and actualize a comprehensive knowledge sharing strategy, strengthen monitoring and evaluation for the GSSDC’s engagement and outputs, including impact assessments, and support robust communications and advocacy so as to position the GSSDC as an invaluable partner in South-South cooperation.

As the implementation of planned project activities was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2nd project board meeting in 2021 extended the project duration until Dec 2024.

The total resources allocated to the GSSDC Project is USD 3.8 million, where USD 3.3 million is funded by the Government of China/ The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM China). The China International Centre for Economic & Technical Exchanges (CICETE) serves as Responsible Party to this GSSDC project. The project implementation is coordinated by UNOSSC Headquarters in New York with a small project implementation team based in Beijing, China. 

 

     b.  Cities Project, September 2017 – December 2023

In 2017, the Maritime-Continental Silk Road Cities Alliance (MCSR-CA) Project, September 2017 – December 2021, was initiated focusing to promote dialogues between along the Belt and Road in an effort to facilitate the building of partnerships for development at the city level. Through the one year of implementation, it is noted that there is a wide interest from national cities, institutions, international organizations, and private sector entities on collaborating with the project through its cities platform. In response to the increasing demands from the existing members and potential partners, based on the project board recommendations, in 2019, this project was substantively revised to make updates on the project document to 1) reflect the expanded project scope to beyond the MCSR-CA and strategy to support a board range of partners and cities through South-South and triangular cooperation modalities; 2) align its support of the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leveraging the opportunities and resources offered by BRI; and 3) upon request by the cities and institutions, though the needs assessments, capacity development, incubation advisory and co-financing, as well as advisory and knowledge sharing, support thematic and sectoral pilot SSTC projects.

The revision defined a new set of outputs and multi-year workplan and updated the allocation of resources. The revision also changed the title of the project to ‘SSTC among Maritime-Continental Silk Road Cities for Sustainable Development Project’ (Cities Project) and extended the project duration from April 2019 to Dec 2022 making it a 5-year project. As the implementation of planned project activities was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project board meeting on 28 January 2021 extended the project duration until Dec 2023.

The total resources allocated to the Cities Project is USD 4.34 million, where USD 2.528 million is funded by the Government of China/ The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM China). The China International Centre for Economic & Technical Exchanges (CICETE) serves as the Responsible Party to provide local oversight support to this Cities Project. The project implementation is coordinated by UNOSSC Headquarters in New York with a small project team based in Beijing, China.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

MTR Team: The MTR Team will include two independent external consultants namely i) an MTR Team Leader (International Consultant); and ii) an MTR Team Member (National Consultant).

 

     a.  MTR Team Leader (International Consultant) (45 working days): the candidate will bring at least 10 years of extensive and proven experiences in evaluating international development projects and programmes. S/he will provide overall leadership and coordination to the MTR including evaluation design, data collection and analysis, status progress reporting, report writing, and submission of high-quality deliverables. The team leader is expected to travel to the selected project sites (Africa, Asia and/or Latin America) in carrying out stakeholder consultations/interviews – as the travel permissions received.

     b.  MTR Team Member (National Consultant) (35 working days): the candidate will bring at least 10 years of extensive experience in research/evaluation particularly on South-South cooperation including triangular cooperation issues, trends, polices and/or programmes. S/he will support and work with the MTR Team Leader in successfully commissioning the planned MTR. S/he will work under the supervision of the Team Leader. Proficiency in Chinese language required.

 

This TOR is advertised for an MTR Team Member Position (National Consultant)

 

Purpose, scope and objectives of the review

 

The purpose of this joint review is to assess the projects’ progress; strengthen learning; inform the implementation/mid-course correction of the projects’ remaining duration; and receive early strategic guidance on future direction of both projects. The users of the review are the UNOSSC management, project staff, project boards, CICETE, MOFCOM (funding agency), other UN agencies, responsible party and other partners.

 

The scope of the joint review covers from 2019 to 2022, i.e, GSSDC Project, June 2019 – September 2022; and Cities Project, April 2019 – September 2022.

 

The key objectives of the review are as follows:

• Assess progress made towards the objectives and results planned in the project documents in delivering results and resources, and provide credible evidence for the same.  
• Identify emerging demands from the partners at different levels in Southern countries to support adjustment of the project activities.
• Document lessons learned while implementing both projects.
• Receive recommendations for improvement/mid-course adjustment in the remaining period of both projects – also assessing the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Receive strategic recommendations on the future direction of both projects to further promote South-South cooperation ensuring synergies, coordination and coherence.

 

Key Review Questions

1. To what extent the design of the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project is in line with the UNOSSC mandate and needs of the Southern countries - thereby contribute to advancing SDGs implementation and improving livelihoods of people including women, men and vulnerable groups.
2. To what extent the outcomes and outputs of the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project have been progressed so far? What factors contributed to progress or non-progress toward outcomes and outputs?
3. To what extent have the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project contributed to advancing the issues of critical importance to the Global South consistent with established principles of South-South cooperation? To what extent the results achieved by the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project help to promote the principles of South-South cooperation?
4. To what extent have the GSSDC Project and Cities Project are ensuring quality delivery of outputs in timely manner following economic use of resources? 
5. What are the good practices and key lessons learned up to this point in the implementation of the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project? What are the risks, challenges and opportunities for UNOSSC and partners in achieving the results of the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project? 
6. What recommendations as ways of improvement can be drawn, if any, for the remaining period of the GSSDC Project and the Cities Project? What could be the strategic recommendations on future direction of the both projects to further promote South-South and triangular cooperation ensuring synergies, coordination and coherence?

 

   a.  Methodology

The MTR team is expected to propose a sound review methodology (including detailed data collection methods to answer each review question) and submit it to UNOSSC in the inception report. However, it is suggested that the MTR team should use a mixed-method approach – collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data using multiple sources in order to draw valid and evidence-based findings, lessons and conclusions and practical recommendations. The MTR team will review all the relevant reports providing secondary data collected by both projects, UNOSSC, UN entities, and relevant organizations, and also collect primary data through semi-structured interviews/focused group discussions, small-scale surveys and case study methods. The MTR team should ensure triangulation of the various data, where possible, to ensure maximum validity and reliability of evaluation findings, conclusions, lessons, and recommendations.

Method proposed to be used by the MTR shall include listed below, but not be limited to:

Method	Documents/Comments
Desk review	Project related documents: Project documents of the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project Progress reports of the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project Project Board Meeting minutes of the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project Research papers, good practices, needs assessments, South-South in Actions, communication materials, multimedia products produced by the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project Annual Work Plans; Multi-year Budget; Expenditure Reports from Atlas/ERP Assessment report of the Cities Project initiation period 2017-18 Prodoc of small-grant proposals and their monthly progress report Quality Assurance Reports of the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project Other relevant reports produced that are relevant to the Cities Project and the GSSDC Project   Corporate documents UNOSSC Strategic Framework (2018-2021) UNOSSC Strategic Framework (2022-2025) Mid-term Review Report of UNOSSC Strategic Framework (2018-2021) UN System-wide Strategy on SSTC and its Action Plan UN Secretary-General’s Reports on SSC (between 2019 to 2022) UNOSSC Annex to UNDP Administrator’s Reports (between 2019 to 2022) UNOSSC Integrated Work Plans (between 2019 to 2022) UNOSSC Result Oriented Annual Reports (between 2019 to 2021) High-Level Committee (HLC) Reports on SSC, BAPA+40 Outcome document UN Fund for South-South Cooperation Result Reports Other relevant reports
Semi-structured interviews and focused group discussions	UNOSSC management and staff related to the projects; implementing partners and project key stakeholders including CICETE, UN entities, local governments which engaged in the core area of project implementation including pilot initiatives, city-to-city exchanges and partnerships, COVID-19 response efforts as well as capacity development activities, etc. Note: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the interviews and focused group discussions maybe be organized via teleconferences. The respondents will be selected considering gender and regional representations.
Case Studies	Case studies focusing on key domain of changes of both projects should be documented.
Small scale survey	With stakeholders and partner organizations to generate credible evidence via online

 

    b.  Review Phases

Phase 1: Preparatory inception (November 2022)

This phase will include consultations with the UNOSSC Management, project staffs, funding partner(s) and leadership of key implementing partner to further map issues to be assessed and to identify relevant documents, literatures and stakeholders to consult. During inception, a detailed plan and tailored tools for data collection and analysis to be developed.

 

Phase 2: Desk Review (December 2022)

This phase will include both programmatic and financial documents analysis to draw trends of the projects’ implementation. Desk Review will also attempt to further detail the theory of change/logic model and assumptions to be tested, which will inform the review’s analysis. This review will provide an assessment of the potential range and quality of the secondary data available for use by the MTR, including an identification of key gaps to be addressed with additional data collection. It will also help to determine the extent and coverage of evidence available for the design of the selected case studies.

 

Phase 3: Primary Data Collection (January-February 2023)

Due to COVID-19, majority of the interviews and focused group discussions will be organized via teleconference. However, two project sites visit are foreseen depending upon the travel permissions received following UNDP procedure.  The respondents will be selected considering gender and regional representations. Selected case studies will be documented through in-depth interviews/focused group discussions with relevant stakeholders via teleconference. Small scale survey with partners and stakeholders may be considered to enhance availability of the evidence. Case studies will be collected covering key domain of changes included in both project documents that provide in-depth analysis and evidence.

 

Phase 4: Analysis, Report writing and Quality assurance (February –March 2023)

• Analysis, report writing and triangulation of the evidence will focus to credibly respond the MTR questions, as well as to assess – what extent the recommendations of the previous project phase project evaluation was implemented. Synthesis of the analysis and findings will feed conclusions in response to the MTR questions and forward-looking recommendations.
• Quality assurance of the report will be conducted in line with UNDP Policy and Guidelines. The draft report will be first reviewed by UNOSSC staff and key partners.
• Factual corrections will be provided by UNOSSC Staff members and key implementing partners reviewing a semi-final draft report before a final draft is submitted.

 

Expected outputs and deliverables

The MTR team is expected to produce the following deliverables:

1. Inception report: It will elaborate the proposed MTR methodology in detailed including sources of data, and data collection and analysis tools and procedures. The inception report should be produced, reviewed and agreed upon before the review starts.
2. Phase-wise progress as indicated in section 5 of this TOR should be submitted to UNOSSC, which could be either in brief written reports or in brief weekly meetings with the MTR Manager.
3. Debriefing meeting (1) will be organized with UNOSSC staff and key stakeholders to present preliminary findings, conclusions and recommendations.
4. Draft MTR report will contain the same sections as the final report and follow the report structure suggested in the UNDP Evaluation Guidelines. All the collected primary data and case studies, performed analysis, documents reviewed, stakeholders consulted, data sources etc. should be included in annex.
5. Debriefing Meeting (2): a meeting will be organized with UNOSSC staff and key stakeholders to present final findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Final MTR report will follow the structure suggested in the UNDP Evaluation Guidelines. The final report will include detailed annexes.

 

Competencies

Core values:

• Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

 

Core competencies

• Demonstrates professional competence to meet responsibilities and post requirements and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
• Results-Orientation: Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals, generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts and recommendations, both orally and in writing, in a clear and persuasive style tailored to match different audiences;
• Teamwork: Ability to interact, establish and maintain effective working relations with a culturally diverse team;
• Client orientation: Ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with national partners and stakeholders and pro-activeness in identifying of beneficiaries and partners’ needs and matching them to appropriate solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic qualifications:

• A masters’ degree or equivalent (Ph. D. an asset) in evaluation, public policy, international relations, social sciences, economics or any other relevant fields. (Required)

 

Experience:

• At least 10 years of extensive experiences in research/evaluation of South-South and triangular cooperation issues, trends, policies and/or programems. (required)
• Strong experience in designing and implementing a range of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and methods to commission evaluations/researches. (Required)
• Very good analytical and writing skills, with the ability to conceptualize, articulate, write and debate about the issues in international development. (Highly desirable).
• Knowledge and experiences of conducting evaluations/reviews of the effectiveness of development cooperation. This includes knowledge of the UN Norms and Standards for Evaluation. (Desirable).

 

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Chinese is required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language would be a Distinct advantage

 

Application Procedure

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

• A cover letter with a brief description of why the Offer considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment;
• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experiences from similar roles and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references; and
• An example/sample of previous similar work (Required)

Note: The above documents need to be sent together putting in one single file while submitting an application. And please note that the system will not accept the uploading of more than one document so please merge or scan all your documents into one prior to uploading.

 

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal.

 

• The financial proposal should specify an all-inclusive daily fee (based on a 7-hour working day - lunch time is not included) - and estimated 21.75 days per month).
• The financial proposal must be all-inclusive and take into account various expenses that will be incurred during the contract, including: the daily professional fee; (excluding mission travel); living allowances at the duty station; communications, utilities and consumables; life, health and any other insurance; risks and inconveniences related to work under hardship and hazardous conditions (e.g., personal security needs, etc.), when applicable; and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services under the contract.
• This consultancy is a home-based assignment, therefore, there is no envisaged travel cost to join duty station/repatriation travel.  Any official mission travel expenses will be duly paid for  by UNDP and should not be included in the price proposal.
• In the case of unforeseeable travel requested by UNDP, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.
• If the Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

 

The Financial Proposal is to be emailed as per the instruction in the separate email that will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

 

Evaluation process

 

Applicants are reviewed based on Required Skills and Experience stated above and based on the technical evaluation criteria outlined below.  Applicants will be evaluated based on cumulative scoring.  When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

 

• Being responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
• Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation where technical criteria weighs 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.

 

Technical Evaluation – (700 points, 70%):

 

The technical evaluation will comprise of a desk review (400 points) and interviews (300 points).

All applicants will be initially screened against the minimum qualification requirements as specified above.   Responsive candidates will then be further evaluated against the following criteria and shortlisted applicants invited for the interviews:

 

Desk Review of Technical Criteria as Evident in the submitted application (400 points)

 

• Criteria 1: Quality and relevance of sample works submitted for review. (100 points)
• Criteria 2: Relevance and track-record of expertise in conducting research/evaluation of South-South and triangular cooperation issues, trends, policies and/or programems. (150 points)
• Criteria 3: Strong experience in designing and implementing a range of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and methods to commission evaluations/researches. (75 points)
• Criteria 4: Very good analytical and writing skills, with the ability to conceptualize, articulate, write and debate about the issues in international development including South-South and triangular cooperation. (75 points)

 

The top three candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (280 points) of the maximum obtainable points for the desk review (400 points) shall be considered for the interview.

 

• Criteria 4: Interview (300 points)

 

The total obtainable score on the interview is 300 points, bringing the total points for the technical evaluation to a maximum of 700 points. A minimum 210 (70% of total points obtainable during the interview) points are required to pass the interview.

 

Only those candidates who obtain a total technical score of 490 points and above on the technical evaluation will be considered for financial evaluation.

 

Financial evaluation (300 points, 30%)

 

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

 

Framework Agreement

 

UNDP plans to enter into the Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with the TOP ranked successful Individual Contractors to assure resources availability at the required time fame and/or increased demand for services requested. The service of who will be used on an intermittent and repetitive basis when needed and based on the fixed unit price.  Other prospective applicants that are not contracted, at the UNDP’s discretion, may be placed in the roster of consultants to be used based on an on-call basis for similar services.

 

Please note that the LTA does not form a financial obligation or commitment from UNDP at the time the LTA contract is signed, and that such an agreement is non-exclusive. When a specific need arises, the successful Individual Contractor/s will be approached and be provided with a specific TOR and deliverables (and time frame) but still within the scope of the responsibilities stated in the LTA. The successful Individual Contractor(s) is expected to provide Confirmation of Interest on the specific services required at the agreed LTA Daily Rate Consultancy Fee. Financial commitments will only be established each time a Purchase Order for the specific services/TOR for Individual Contractor is committed.

 

This LTA has a cumulative ceiling amount that may accrue to the individual contractor during the life of the LTA, but said amount shall remain as an upper limit, and must not and cannot be interpreted nor understood as neither a financial commitment nor guarantee of business volume.

 

Contract Award

 

Candidate obtaining the highest combined scores in the combined score of Technical and Financial evaluation will be considered technically qualified and will be offered to enter into contract with UNDP.

 

Institutional arrangement

 

Under the overall guidance of UNOSSC Senior Management, the MTR team will work under the supervision of the Result-Based Management Specialist, who will serve as a manager of this MTR. The MTR team will work in close collaboration with the UNOSSC Trust Fund team, project teams and key partners. The MTR Manager collaborate with the UOSSC Trust Fund team and project teams in performing coordination and review of the works and deliverables related to this the MTR.

 

UNOSSC will make the key relevant documents available to the MTR team for review. UNOSSC shall also provide support to the MTR team in scheduling key interviews and meetings related to the MTR if required.

 

The MTR team will provide a brief status update on the progress of MTR implementation on weekly basis, which could be either in brief written reports or in brief weekly meetings with the Evaluation Manager.

 

UNOSSC will ensure that the MTR is conducted in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Evaluation in the United Nations System, as approved by the members of the United Nations Evaluation Group.

 

Evaluation ethics: This MTR will be conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the UNEG ‘Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation’. The consultant must safeguard the rights and confidentiality of information providers, interviewees, and stakeholders through measures to ensure compliance with legal andother relevant codes governing collection of data and reporting on data. The consultant must also ensure security of collected information before and after the evaluation and protocols to ensure anonymity and confidentiality of sources of information where that is expected. The information knowledge and data gathered in the evaluation process must also be solely used for the evaluation and not for other uses with the express authorization of UNOSSC and partners.

 

Time frame for the MTR

The MTR is expected to start on 20th November 2022 and is foreseen to be completed by 31st March 2023.

Sn	Key activities	Indicative Working days	Suggested Timeline
MTR Team Leader	Team Member (National Consultant)
1.	Submission of inception report that includes detailed MTR design, data collection methods and specific tools and work plan.	5 days	5 days	30th Nov 2022
2.	Data collection and analysis including desk review, primary data collection (key informant interviews, focused group discussion; case study collection and scall-scale survey, etc.)   Note: Team Leader is expected to carry out project sites visits to collect data, and 10 days allocated is for project site visits.	30 days	20 days	15th Feb 2023
3.	Analysis, repot writing and triangulation of the evidence	7 days	7 days	3rd Mar 2023
4.	Debriefing meeting 1 to present findings, conclusions and recommendations, and receive feedbacks	0.5 day	0.5 day	10th Mar 2023
5.	Submission of draft review report including detailed annexes.	-	-	10th Mar 2023
6.	Finalization of the review report incorporating provided comments; and submission of the final review report along with annexes	2 days	2 days	27th Mar 2023
7.	Final debriefing meeting 2	0.5 day	0.5 day	31st Mar 2023
Total working days	45 days	35 days

 

For BPPS ICs: The Consultant will be responsible for providing her/his own laptop.

 

Payment modality

• Payment to the Individual Contractor will be made based on the actual number of days worked, deliverables accepted and upon certification of satisfactory completion by the manager.
• Any official mission travel expenses will be duly paid for directly by UNDP and should not be included in the price proposal.

The work week will be based on 35 hours, i.e. on a 7 hour working day, with core hours being between 9h00 and 18h00 daily.

 

Annexes (click on the hyperlink to access the documents):

Annex 1 - UNDP P-11 Form for ICs

Annex 2 - IC Contract Template

Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions

Annex 4 – RLA Template