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From 2019 to 2024, Moldova skilled important socio-economic modifications, influenced by each inside reforms and exterior challenges. Moldova’s economic system confirmed indicators of restoration, notably in 2024, with a 2.2% progress in the first half of the 12 months. This restoration was pushed by rebounds in home commerce, manufacturing, and the power sector. Despite financial progress, poverty stays a major situation, particularly in rural areas. Low labour power participation and employment charges proceed to impede poverty discount efforts. Moldova’s progress in the direction of EU accession has pushed structural reforms aimed at enhancing governance, decreasing regulatory burdens, and enhancing competitiveness.The socio-economic scenario in the Cahul and Ungheni areas has seen important enhancements from 2019 to 2024, largely due to the EU4Moldova: Focal Regions Programme (hereafter the Programme), that has performed a vital function in driving socio-economic growth in focused areas, making them extra affluent and sustainable. The Programme relies on the European Commission Decision on the Implementation of the 2018 Annual Action Programme for the Republic of Moldova and is funded by the European Union and carried out by the United Nations Development Programme. The goal of the five-year Programme lies in strengthening the financial, territorial and social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova by facilitating good, inexperienced, inclusive, sustainable and built-in socio-economic native growth and enhancing the residing requirements of residents in the focal areas: Cahul and Ungheni. To obtain this main objective, the Programme goals to deal with the urban-rural hole and regional disparities, stimulate financial progress, create jobs for males, girls and younger individuals in the focal areas and improve the attractiveness of the focal areas (small cities and villages) bearing in mind local weather change and gender views in Programme’s actions.
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The consultancy goals to support the Programme in attaining its aims as outlined under.
Specific aims:
- To strengthen transparency, accountability of native public authorities and citizen participation in native governance processes in the focal areas;
- To improve residents’ access to quality public companies and utilities in the focal areas;
- To create employment alternatives for males and girls in the focal areas and improve the attractiveness of the focal areas for buyers and entrepreneurs;
- To promote the good specialization of the economic system of the focal areas by the growth of the clustering and worth chain strategy
The Programme was carried out by the following elements:
Component 1: Transparency, accountability of native public authorities and citizen participation in native planning and governance
Component 2: Improved access to, and quality of native public companies and utilities
Component 3: Employment alternatives by beneficial situations for attraction of funding, job creation and entrepreneurship
Component 4: Smart financial specialization by the clustering and worth chain approaches
The Programme is carried out collectively by UNDP and UNICEF. UNDP is the Implementing Partner of this programme and is accountable for producing outputs and use of sources. UNICEF is contributing to the implementation of Component 2, Activity 2.2, Action 2.2.3 (see in Annex), targeted on enhancing the access to, and quality of native public companies and utilities. Interventions beneath this consequence search an improved access to quality child and adolescents’ friendly social companies inside a child friendly fashionable social infrastructure and delivered by a well-trained social workforce. The primary counterparts of this Programme are the native stakeholders together with representatives of the native public authorities, civil society organizations and the non-public sector, Regional Development Agencies, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova, the State Chancellery, Organization for Entrepreneurship Development. More particulars on socio-economic growth of Cahul and Ungheni areas and the Programme implementation at native degree can be found on https://eu4cahul.md and https://eu4ungheni.md. The goal of the remaining analysis is to present a complete and goal evaluation of the EU4Moldova: Focal Regions Programme, protecting its total implementation interval from November 2019 to November 2024. This analysis is being carried out to guarantee accountability, assess achievements, and extract beneficial classes for future programming. The analysis comes at a essential juncture as the Programme is nearing completion, offering a possibility to mirror on its total success and challenges. Given the Programme’s aims of addressing regional disparities, selling inclusive socio-economic growth, and enhancing public companies, the analysis will assess to what extent these aims have been achieved. The remaining findings shall be offered to native governments, central authorities, UNDP, UNICEF, and the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.
The goal of analysis is to assess the relevance, effectivity, effectiveness, sustainability and affect of the Programme, as per the OECD DAC Evaluation Criteria. The analysis will embrace evaluation of the programme design, and assumptions made at the starting of the programme growth course of. It will assess whether or not the programme outcomes had been on observe; capacities constructed, and cross chopping points of gender and human/child rights, incapacity and inexperienced growth have been addressed.
Evaluation Team composition: a Team Leader (worldwide advisor) who will collaborate intently with two nationwide consultants (employed by UNDP and UNICEF), making certain complete analysis protection throughout each areas (extra particulars outlined beneath respective part).The National Consultant (employed by UNICEF) will support the Team Leader by conducting particular analysis duties and offering experience and data of social companies (training, well being, inclusion, social safety, adolescents participation, tradition and sports activities), specializing in UNICEF element.
Specifically, the National Consultant employed by UNICEF will carry out the following duties:
- Collection of background supplies upon request by Evaluation Team Leader
- Provision of related inputs in growing methodology, work plan and Evaluation report outlines upon request by Evaluation Team Leader;
- Assist to the Evaluation Team Leader in desk evaluation of supplies;
- Assist the International Consultant in growing the mission agenda and establishing assembly with related stakeholders;
- Participation in debriefings with UNDP/UNICEF representatives;
- Arranging discipline visits and aiding the Evaluation Team Leader in interviewing native stakeholders at undertaking websites, provision of interpretation in communication with beneficiaries when required;
- Assist the Evaluation Team Leader in elaboration of a abstract matrix of the undertaking implementation key findings based mostly on interviews and web site visits carried out;
- Participate in briefings with UNDP/UNICEF representatives;
- Assist the Evaluation Team Leader in growing the first draft of the Evaluation report;
- Assist the Evaluation Team Leader in finalization of the Final Evaluation Report by incorporating ideas obtained.
UNICEF expects the native advisor to contribute to the analysis course of and merchandise described under, notably specializing in UNICEF element:
- Evaluation inception report (10-15 pages). The inception report will embrace the analysis methodology, work plan, advert analysis matrix. It shall be produced after a desk evaluation and preliminary discussions with UNDP and UNICEF and earlier than any formal analysis actions start.
- Evaluation debriefings. A abstract of key findings shall be offered to UNDP and UNICEF Immediately following the web site visits and interviews.
- Draft analysis report (40 – 60 pages of narrative evaluation, together with govt abstract is usually recommended) Evaluation report shall be accompanied by Annexes).
- Evaluation report evaluation (audit) path. The Programme unit and key stakeholders in the analysis ought to evaluation the draft analysis report and present an amalgamated set of feedback to the evaluator inside an agreed interval of time, as outlined in these tips. Comments and modifications by the evaluator in response to the draft report needs to be retained by the evaluator to present how they’ve addressed feedback.
- Final Evaluation report
- Presentations to stakeholders and/ or analysis reference group (if required).
- Evaluation temporary and different data merchandise or participation in knowledge-sharing occasions, if related to maximize use.
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Tasks for the National Consultant |
Deliverable |
Indicative timeline* |
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Background supplies collected and analyzed. |
Evaluation define |
8 working days by mid-January 2025 |
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Provide inputs to methodology and work plan
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Inception Report (as per template in Annexes) |
2 working days by finish January 2025 |
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Organize Field visits and conferences with related events to accumulate info |
Summary key findings offered to UNDP and UNICEF |
13 working days by starting of February 2025 |
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Provide enter to the first draft analysis report |
Draft analysis report (as per template in Annexes) |
10 working days by starting of March 2025 |
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Provide enter to the presentation of the analysis report (findings, conclusions, suggestions) |
Online presentation |
2 working days by mid-March 2025 |
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Inputs to the remaining analysis report
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Final analysis report. Relevant data merchandise |
5 working days by the finish of March 2025 |
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Total estimated quantity of working days – 40, between December 2024-March 2025 |
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*Exact deadlines shall be mutually agreed upon contract signature.
Language necessities: All documentation associated to the task shall be in English
The Consultant will be sure that the course of is consistent with the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Ethical Guidelines. The Consultant needs to be delicate to beliefs, manners and customs and act with integrity and honesty whereas interacting with stakeholders and beneficiaries. Furthermore, the Consultant ought to defend the anonymity and confidentiality of particular person info. All members needs to be knowledgeable about the context and goal of the Assessment, in addition to about the confidentiality of the info shared. The Consultant is allowed to use paperwork and info offered solely for the duties associated to these phrases of reference.
Definition of supervisory preparations
The National Consultant will act as an Evaluation Team member and will work beneath direct supervision of UNICEF M&E Specialist and oversight of UNICEF Education Officer (UNICEF Project Manager) and beneath the management and steerage of Evaluation Team Leader / International advisor.
Payments shall be rendered upon profitable completion of every process, as per the schedule outlined above.
Work Location and Official Travel Involved
The work shall be home-based, with a minimum of 2 journeys to the areas of Moldova – Cahul and Ungheni, so as to conduct discipline visits and accumulate info. The advisor is anticipated to cowl prices, organize and schedule such visits, together with transportation. UNICEF and UNDP workplaces will facilitate introductions to key informants.
The journey prices together with bills associated to web site visits, conferences with implementers, companions, and key stakeholders (native transportation), needs to be indicated individually in the monetary proposal.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
- Bachelor’s diploma or equal in Public Administration, Regional Development Social Studies and/or different related fields; Master’s diploma is a bonus;
- At least 5 years of skilled expertise in areas related to this task (native growth, social companies specializing in youngsters/ households and adolescents/ youth – training, well being, inclusion, social safety, adolescents’ participation, tradition and sports activities and so forth.;
- Experience in contributing to the analysis of initiatives associated to growth of social companies for youngsters and youth, as outlined above;
- Experience working with native stakeholders, together with public authorities and civil society organizations, notably in discipline coordination and logistical support for analysis actions;
- Proven data of results-based administration approaches (particularly results-oriented monitoring and analysis).
- Fluency in Romanian and sturdy spoken and writing expertise in English. Knowledge of Russian is a bonus.
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For extra particulars on the consultancy task and necessities, please refer to connected Terms of reference (ToR)
HOW TO APPLY: Your on-line application ought to include the Technical and Financial Offers (templates under). Please safe the Financial Proposal *.pdf doc with a password on doc view; the password shall be requested solely from technically certified candidates.
Technical Offer_EU4Moldova Final Evaluation_National Consultant_UNICEF.docx
Financial Offer_EU4Moldova Final Evaluation_National Consultant_UNICEF.xlsx
Content of technical proposal
- Motivation Letter, explaining why the advisor is the most fitted for the work, together with earlier related expertise (please present temporary info on every of the above {qualifications}, merchandise by merchandise, together with info, hyperlinks/copies of paperwork that show participation in comparable assignments).
- Proposed strategy and methodology (max 1500 phrases)
- Curriculum Vitae together with information on previous expertise in comparable initiatives/assignments and concrete outputs obtained.
Content of monetary proposal
The applicant ought to fill in the Financial Offer and specify every day charges to full the duties/deliverables described in the ToR in MDL. Other bills immediately associated to the ToR assignments and deliverables resembling journey prices (together with bills associated to web site visits, conferences with implementers, companions, and key stakeholders, native transportation) and others, needs to be indicated individually in the monetary proposal, until specified that UNICEF will cowl them individually.
Other issues
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, spiritual or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to grow to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF provides paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous obstacles, might hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to improve the quantity of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related support necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility support in finishing the on-line application, please submit your request by the accessibility e-mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, spiritual or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to promote the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of tutorial credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present further info to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought of “staff members” beneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (resembling go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.
The chosen candidate is solely accountable to be sure that the medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract is legitimate for the total interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met prior to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts.
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