Consultant for New Cities Initiative & Frontier Tender - 23060718

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Country: Moldova

Summary: Consultant for New Cities Initiative & Frontier Innovations

Deadline: 19 May 2018

Posting Date: 07 May 2018

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 23060718

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Competition: ICB

Financier: United Nations Secretariat

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Tenders are invited for Consultant for New Cities Initiative & Frontier Innovations.
Background
Opportunities provided to youth will define the future of most developing countries. Today-s generation of young people is close to 1.8 billion - more than at any other time in history. Approximately 90% of them live in developing countries. With over half of the world under the age of 30, young people are crucial for the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The issue of youth unemployment is seen as an urgent task and unlike the most targets, its deadline is set for 2020. In Europe and the CIS, substantial progress has been made towards political stability, consolidation of democracy, rule of law, and improvement of human rights records. However, despite the progress, many issues need to be addressed: after a period of relative stability, indicators of democratic governance in the region have recently shown declines in many countries.
The Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) is UNDP-s main knowledge and advisory hub for the countries serviced by UNDP-s Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC). In the region, UNDP works with national and international partners to strengthen the social contract between the state and society in a manner that protects human rights, promotes equality, and enhances social cohesion. The Hub also connects the region to a global network of development experts, to build knowledge and capacity, and to forge partnerships to meet the development challenges of a large and diverse region. The Hub implements the Regional Programme (2018-2021) that has been formulated based on the most crucial regional challenges in the region with a particular focus on a strengthened approach to specific sub-regional challenges.
In Europe and Central Asia, we are witnessing an increased interest of cities to engage around open cities initiatives UNDP-s research on the impact of open data argues that for initiatives to be impactful, they require availability of relevant and timely data, an active civil society and informed citizenry. Our work in open governance confirms these finds: be it in air pollution, waste management, or in increasing transparency, to have transformative results in the lives of citizens and cities, it is important to integrate the power of crowds and technology in its design. In addition, following up to the recent Future of Governance workshop, UNDP is seeking to use innovative approaches in an integrated manner throughout its portfolio.
With these general parameters in mind, UNDP is seeking a consultant to work on a New Cities initiative, support the Istanbul Innovation Days and explore ways in which Artificial Intelligence could be integrated throughout its programming.
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will be home-based and will work under the direct supervision of the TGFF 2 Project Manager, with overall guidance from Innovation and KM Team Leader and the Governance and Peace-building Team Leader. The overall outcomes of this vacancy are the following:
· Provide technical input into the development of a concept for New Cities initiative, stemming from experimenting in country offices;
· Support the design and follow-up from the Istanbul Innovation Days for 2018, including mapping out interesting partners and following up with experiments;
· Support the design and follow-up of the R&D event on Artificial Intelligence, conducted in collaboration with the Regional Bureau for Asia Pacific.
Deliverables, timeline and payment schedule
· Deliverable 1 (8%): Technical advice to development of a new smart cities approach, including support to 2-3 country offices in running design thinking workshops on defining urban problems, guidance on ecosystem mapping (1 page on what types of outfits are relevant), and drafting of the agenda and suggesting tools to be used (app. 10 days, by end of June 2018);
· Deliverable 2 (8%): Support to the regional meeting/workshop on new smart cities in Chisinau, Moldova (4 days mission), including through the design and preparation of agenda, mapping out of key stakeholders, outreach to potential partners, facilitation and follow up to the workshop (app. 15 days, by end of July 2018);
· Deliverable 3 (8%): Provision of technical advice to design meetings in additional 2-3 cities in Europe and Central Asia, including conceptualization and drafting of agenda, ecosystem mapping in the relevant cities and summarizing key takeaways (app. 10 days, by end of August 2018);
· Deliverable 4 (8%): Mapping out and reaching out to outfits working on the next frontier of governance, including in the regulatory futures, future of governance and human rights, (app. 10 days, by end of September 2018);
· Deliverable 5 (8%): Technical advice in the conceptualization and development of agenda, for the Istanbul Innovation Days, (app. 15 days, by end of October 2018);
· Deliverable 6 (8%): Support to the follow-up of the Istanbul Innovation Days - support in defining the key experiments (1-2 page per country) and identifying the partners to work with (app 10 days, by end of November 2018);
· Deliverable 7 (8%): Identification of interesting outfits (mapping) applying Artificial Intelligence in development, addressing issues relevant for the region (app. 10 days, by end of December 2018)
· Deliverable 8 (8%): Input to the R&D event on Artificial Intelligence, designing collaborative sessions for 1 day (preparation of agenda, definition of tools, curating participants) (app. 10 days, by end of January 2019);
· Deliverable 9 (8%): Technical advice and support to 5 country offices /cities in designing next steps on how to integrate design thinking and other innovative participatory methods in the development of new city initiatives (1-2 page per country office) (ongoing, app. 15 days, by end of February 2019);
· Deliverable 10 (8%): Follow-up to the R&D on AI - linking up 2-3 country offices with relevant partners and providing technical input in the design of experiments (app. 10 days, by end of March 2019);
· Deliverable 11 (8%): Support in linking up the regional network of cities applying participatory and innovative methods, with other relevant initiatives - including development of database with identified networks (i.e. Bloomberg cities) and development of contacts (app. 10 days, by end of April 2019);
· Deliverable 12 (12%): Conceptualization of an approach (a 5-7 page document) which would integrate cutting edge technology with human-centered approaches in addressing issues in urban environments, stemming from the experiments during this time (app. 15 days, by end of May 2019).
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
· Demonstrates integrity by modeling 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 favoritism;
· Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment;
Functional Competencies:
· Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in team;
· Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities;
· Strong organizational, coordination and time management skills;
· Ability to organize tasks independently and assume responsibility;
· Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback;
· Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
· Bachelor-s degree in Public Policy, Social Science or Political Sciences.
Experience:
· At least five years- work experience required in policy and practical innovation at the city level;
· At least two years- experience in applying innovative participatory methods in across different sectors;
· Proven track record in being able to deliver large scale participatory projects/inclusive design at the city level;
· Experience of designing events with a diverse set of stakeholders in the innovation space;
· Experience in working with innovation networks, city networks and similar is considered to be an asset.
Language skills:
· Excellent oral and written proficiency in English required.
Evaluation of Applicants

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants- qualifications and financial proposal.
The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: responsive/compliant/acceptable, and having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical criteria, (P11 desk review, whereby only candidates passing 70% of desk review score will be invited to interviews) and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation - max. 35 points:
· Criteria A (desk review - At least five years- work experience required in policy and practical innovation at the city level) - max points: 10;
· Criteria B (desk review - At least two years- experience in applying innovative participatory methods in across different sectors) - max points: 5;
· Criteria C (desk review - Experience of designing events with a diverse set of stakeholders in the innovation space) - max points: 5;
· Criteria D (desk review - Language skills) - max points: 2;
· Criteria E (interv

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