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International Consultant to Deliver One Training on ECHR Jurisprudence in Relation to Elections

Location :

Chisinau, MOLDOVA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-Dec-2013

Application Deadline :

20-Nov-13 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

2 working days, out of which one at the duty station

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

2 working days, out of which one at the duty station

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova is a permanent, independent electoral management body. Following a period of political upheaval and three unanticipated national electoral events, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has now adopted a strategic plan for the period 2012-2015.

UNDP has provided electoral support to Moldova since 2008. Since 2012, this support is provided through the UNDP Moldova Democracy Programme (Programme), with the support of the Government of Sweden.

The Programme supports the CEC to:

improve the institutional environment for electoral management bodies to aid the delivery of inclusive and modern electoral processes;
improve the public registration process for Moldovans and support the modernisation of Moldovan electoral processes; and
embed gender and human rights concerns in formal political processes.

In human rights area, the Programme aims to build the capacities of CEC to achieve a more systematic and overt approach towards human rights. Taking part in the conduct of public affairs is a basic human right. But in addition to being a human right itself, the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, particularly through elections, requires, in order to be exercised meaningfully, the enjoyment of a number of other internationally protected rights.

At this regard, the Programme promotes full consideration of human rights standards by the CEC through organizing trainings, seminars and information sessions for both members of the CEC and CEC staff. As a next step the Programme intends to strengthen CEC capacities in this area, by offering all CEC staff and members the opportunity to explore and fully understand the basic international human rights principles and key ECHR jurisprudence related to free and fair elections.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Programme wishes to contract an international consultant (hereinafter referred as “consultant”) to deliver a one-day training on ECHR principles and ECtHR jurisprudence on human rights and obligations in relation to elections to the staff and members of the CEC.

The consultant should design the one day training in line with the following recommended outline:

International human rights standards including inter alia, the UDHR and ICCPR (20% of time)
General ECHR principles (10% of time);
Specific ECHR principles including relevant protocols relevant to elections such as, inter alia, right to expression, association, elections (30% of time);
Jurisprudence of the ECtHR relevant to elections (40% of time).

The consultant should plan that the one day training shall be up to 6 hours long.

For this assignment, the consultant will be required to prepare of the workshop materials during the last week of November and deliver the workshop in Chisinau during the first week of December 2013 (02-03 December 2013).

Competencies

Excellent communication skills;
Ability to communicate effectively and present ideas clearly and efficiently; excellent presentation skills;
Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills;
Ability to manage diversity of views, adapt to different cultural environments.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

LLM in Law, MA in International Public Law or similar education in legal field. PhD equivalent in legal field will be an advantage.

Experience:

At least 8 years of experience of working with human rights related issues in academic, private, not-for-profit sector or international area;
Experience in undertaking human rights research and delivering training (including in an academic setting);
Practical election administration, elections technical assistance or election observation experience will be an advantage;
Previous experience in delivering trainings on election related issues would be further advantage;

Languages:

Fluency in English. Knowledge of the Romanian will be an asset..

Documents to be included when submitting the proposals:

Proposal: Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work; and a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable).
Financial proposal;
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects, the duly filled Personal History Form (P11) and at least 3 references.

Financial Proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel costs, per diems, communication expenditures, fees, per diems, travel costs, phone calls etc.).

Travel

The consultant is required to undertake one mission to Chisinau, Moldova to deliver the training on 3 December. The consultant shall be present one working day in Moldova during the assignment.

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. 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.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Note:

For complete information about this vacancy, including detailed tasks and responsibilities, full and detailed description of the evaluation procedure which will be applied, as well as the UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract, please refer to the Terms of Reference, the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice published at the UNDP Moldova website, Jobs Section: http://www.undp.md/jobs/current_jobs.