Historique

On 10 October 2010, the Federation of the Netherland Antilles comprising the five Dutch Caribbean countries of Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius and Sint Maarten was dissolved. Two of the five islands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and now have responsibility for their overall development with only the defense, external security and immigration portfolios falling outside of their remit. Among the challenges that the new country faces is the need to articulate a national development plan that gives cognizance to the environmental, economic, social and political realities of a new SIDS country within the current global environment. Many countries in similar situations have used dialogue processes linked to development issues to prepare medium to long term strategies in a consultative participatory way. The fundamental objective in this process of organizing a Democratic Dialogue around the structuring of the national development agenda would be to reach agreement and bring about the highest possible level of consensus within the national stakeholder community and the general public as an essential pre-requisite for the building of institutional capacity.

Objective:

The objective of this consultancy is to develop and implement a concept for the holding of 30 neighborhood consultations across urban centres and rural areas in Curaco based on a Democratic Dialogue approach and conceptualized as an information-gathering exercise in support of the drafting a National Development Plan complete with sector based implementation plans. In a parallel effort, the consultant is expected to build capacity within the Public Service and key stakeholders with regards to the use of Democratic Dialogue tools and methodologies through targeted training including an online course with the UNDP Virtual School.

Project Title: Capacity Development for Nation Building of Curacao

Proposals may be submitted to the email address: registry.tt@undp.org and subject: Consultant for Democratic Dialogue - Curacao OR by regular mail or hand delivered to: Procurement Unit, UNDP, 3A Chancery Lane, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and subject: Consultant for Democratic Dialogue - Curacao.

BY THE DEADLINE DATE: Wednesday 06 March, 2013

Any request for clarifications must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above and received by UNDP no later than 25th February, 2013. UNDP will then create a document which gives an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry. This document will be posted on the UNDP Trinidad and Tobago website along with the advertisement and also sent out to all offerors who have submitted a proposal or query.

This Procurement Notice is targeted to Individual Consultants only and not firms or companies.

UNDP reserves the right to accept or reject any offers and to annul the solicitation process and reject all offers at any time prior to the award of contract, without hereby incurring any liability to the affected offeror or any obligations to inform the affected offeror/s of the grounds for this action.

Please note that you can access more details and the complete Terms of Reference (ToR) and Annexes at the following link:

http://www.undp.org.tt/Procurement/PROCUREMENT%20NOTICE%20Democratic%20Dialogue%202.pdf

Devoirs et responsabilités

Preparation Phase:

  • Develop an actor/stakeholder map that provides information re. interests, needs, positions on key issues, potential role etc;
  • Develop an issues map including an analysis of the political, social and cultural context.

Design Phase:

  • Identify the DD process and the process tool(s) based on the principle of co-design;
  • Define the dialogue objectives and dialogue strategy within the framework of the National Development Plan initiative;
  • Oversee the Democratic Dialogue training of 25 stakeholder representatives from public and private sector as well as from civil society as local dialogue facilitators;
  • Developing a Neighborhood Consultation Plan and determine the participants using a tri-sectoral perspective;
  • Develop a Plan outlining Third Party Roles;
  • Develop behavioral guidelines for neighborhood consultations (‘ground rules’);
  • Develop a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan for the Democratic Dialogue process and its consultations preferably using a participatory approach and including periodic reviews.

 Implementation Phase:
  • Organize and manage the holding of 30 neighborhood consultations;
  • Final Report including the findings, recommendations, targets and indicators developed through the neighborhood consultations.

Compétences

  • Proven technical experience in constitutional change and political transition processes is highly desirable;
  • Relevant experience in working with stakeholders (especially civil society organizations) on development projects (preferably National Development Plans or MDG Reports) in small island states will be considered an asset.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

  • Master Degree in Conflict Prevention, Mediation, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations or related field within the social sciences.

Experience:

  • At least 7 years of relevant professional experience related to the management of participatory dialogue process and the use of Democratic dialogue tools and methodologies Experience:
Languages required:
  • English and proficiency in Dutch and/or Papiamentu would be an asset.

FC: 30071