UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME has floated a tender for Recruitment of Consultants to Conduct CPD Evaluation. The project location is Guinea Bissau and the tender is closing on 14 Sep 2018. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 26334945. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Procurement Summary

Country : Guinea Bissau

Summary : Recruitment of Consultants to Conduct CPD Evaluation

Deadline : 14 Sep 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26334945

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Bureau du PNUD Rua Rui Djassi - CP 179, Bissau Tel: (+245) 32013 62
Guinea Bissau
Email :registry.gw@undp.org
URL :http://www.gw.undp.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Recruitment of 3 international consultants to conduct Guinea-Bissau Country Office CPD Evaluation: Outcome1-Democratic Governance (Team Leader) - 2 Sustainable Development (Team Member) - 3 Participatory Planning and Inclusive Development (Team Member).

Background

According to the evaluation plan of UNDP Guinea-Bissau, three outcome evaluations are to be conducted to assess the contributions of the UNDP’s development interventions results regarding to rule of law and democratic governance, inclusive and sustainable growth and promotion, preservation and development of diversity, under the current CPD (2016-2020). Since 2016, UNDP is engaged to contribute to achieving the following three UNDAF outcomes:

Outcome 1: State institutions, including in the areas of defense, security, and justice, consolidate stability and the rule of law, democratic participation, and equitable access to opportunities for all; ?Outcome 2: Economic growth is inclusive and sustainable, promoting poverty reduction, decent work, food security, and the structural transformation of the economy; and? Outcome 4: Public institutions, civil society organizations, and the private sector promote the preservation and development of biodiversity, and the prevention and management of disaster risks. This Outcome 4 is the same as Outcome 3 in CPD.

These outcomes are linked to three outcomes of the UNDP strategic plan, 2014-2017. The first is aligned with its Outcome 2. Citizen expectations for voice, development, the rule of law and accountability are met by stronger systems of democratic governance, the second is aligned with Outcome 1 - Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment and livelihoods for the poor and excluded, and the third with Outcome 5 - Countries are able to reduce the likelihood of conflict and lower the risk of natural disasters, including from climate change.

In order to contribute to these, UNDP is supporting the Government of Guinea-Bissau by executing the following Country Program Outputs: Output 1.1 - The NPA’s capacities are strengthened in the areas of representation, legislation, control, and supervision of the government’s actions that take into account a gender perspective, Output 1.2 - Electoral management bodies have the capacities to ensure effective, transparent, credible and participatory electoral processes that are gender-sensitive ; Output 1.3 - The legal system has the institutional framework and the operational capacities and abilities required to combat impunity and respond to the community in terms of compliance with human rights. and Output 1.4 - Public institutions and civil society organizations have the capacity to budget, define a gender-responsive management framework, and implement policies that address the public’s priorities under the Outcome 1; Output 2.1 - Economic governance and management institutions have the capacity and tools to formulate, monitor and evaluate strategies and plans, and coordinate development aid., Output 2.2 - Vulnerable populations, particularly young people and women, benefit from emerging economic opportunities and have access to inclusive financing and markets under the Outcome 2 ; Output 3.1 - National institutions have the capacity to formulate, plan, and implement environmental and natural resource management policies that are gender sensitive, Output 3.2 The populations practice biodiversity preservation and sustainable environmental management techniques ; Output 3.3 - The institutions responsible for managing risks and disasters have normative frameworks that comply with international standards, functional coordinating mechanisms, and skilled human resources under the Outcome 3.

UNDP support is carried out through the implementation of portfolio of projects and actions aiming at reform of the justice, modernization of the State, strengthening of democratic institutions, as well as promotion of inclusive economic development, the sustainable management of natural resources, and high-quality basic services. The implementation of these projects and actions is conducted considering the UNDP guiding principle of national ownership and inclusive approach. The main UNDP development partners are public and private institutions and CSO including the parliament, government ministries of justice, economy and finance, environment, biodiversity institute, youth institute and others. Recognizing the comparative advantage of UNDP in those sectors, and the trust built through electoral support, key development partners such as the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Union have been channeling resources to those sectors through UNDP. GEF is also the key UNDP partner in the country.

Within this back ground, the Outcome Evaluations is expected to demonstrate whether, why and how the outcome has been accomplished and the contribution of the UNDP to a change in the development condition of the country, after two years of project and actions implementations. ?Further, the evaluations should show improvements that could be recommended for use in the next coming two years, including lesson learned.

CONTEXT

National

In the present CPD (2016-2020), it is stated that, the development of Guinea-Bissau continues to be hindered by the cyclical political instability impacting on social and economic progress, despite its natural resources and biodiversity endowment. After the 2014 elections, the hope created with a dream of new start, the political instability reinitiated in August 2015 with the dismissal of the elected Government and it continued, despite the efforts made to foster dialogue for reconciliation. The ECOWAS Road Map signed on 10th September 2016 constitutes a hope for political stability until the elections in 2018. The direct consequence of this crisis is the continuous fragility of national institutions in all aspects, including limited means for functioning, demotivated and insecure personnel and high fiduciary risk, which affects absorption capacity and hence the level of delivery.

The socioeconomic situation followed the same footprint. The growth rate decreased in 2017 (5, 9%) as compared to 2016 (6, 3%). Despite this level of economic growth, the country is heavily dependent on one source of growth, the cashew sector that accounts for about 49% of country’s GDP and 90% exports.? The country continues to record weak poverty indicators and inefficient and expensive provision of public services. Indeed, 56% of the Bissau-Guinean population is affected by multidimensional poverty (2016 MICS Report in Guinea-Bissau).

It is important to mention also that key partners such as the World Bank, African Development Bank and European Union suspended budget support to the Government as consequence of the crisis, thus reducing resources mobilization opportunities. In this context, UNDP country office has emerged as a partner of choice in supporting the government in strengthening the rule of law, democratic governance and biodiversity preservation.

Governance Outcome context

Under Outcome1, UNDP contributed to consolidate the rule of law through supporting reform, modernization and access to justice.? The support focused on the expanding access of justice to vulnerable population by providing free legal aid services and conflict mediation assistance through the Centers of Access to Justice located in the Administrative Region of Cacheu, Oio, Bafata, Gabu and Buba, as well as the construction of sector courts that completed the justice chain at local level. Regarding access, 10, 097 people benefited from these services, of which 21% women, since 2011. Thanks to the functioning of the 2 new district courts built and equipped by UNDP, the population of two regions have seen the distance to the courts reduced as they had to travel long distance to the capital to access courts. UNDP support the increase of professional capacity of magistrates by financing the training conducted by the Centre of Judiciary Training. Presently 4 judges and 2 inspectors has improved capacity to deal with backlog cases reduction.

Under the Outcome 1, the capacity of public policies oversight institutions was also strengthened, and the Civil Society Organizations was supported to actively engage in public policies debate and monitoring. This increased and quality of public policies oversight by the parliament, as well as increased engagement with civil society. The strengthening of the National Elections Commission to manage electoral processes through training of its key staff in elections management, as well as the construction of the Regional Elections Commission premises have contributed towards achieving of the Outcome.

Technical and financial assistance to the Parliament Specialized Commissions of Economic Affairs and Budget, and Women Affairs, Court of Audit and CSOs was provided to ensure accountability and transparency in public policies management and to make the state budget more inclusive. This has been contributing to improvements in that area as demonstrated by the quality of debates on these subjects. The Court are now producing Audit Opinion on the State General Account and the CSOs producing report on sectorial public policies execution, as well as contributing for inclusiveness by proposing the integration of gender considerations in the state budget.

Nevertheless, women participation in political decision-making bodies is still weak, with only 12% women in Parliament. Following the changes occurred in the Government, the number of women in the Government and the administration has reduced as compared to the elected Government in 2014.

Inclusive and sustainable development context

Under the Outcome 2, The Government of Guinea Bissau has increased its capacity at central and local levels to coordinate and implement a participatory plannin

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