Historique
The main area of engagement of UNDP Timor-Leste in the area of conflict prevention has been the technical and financial support provided to the Department of Peace building and Social Cohesion (DPBSC) under the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) of the Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL). The work of MSS in this area emerged from its experience from the reintegration of IDPs in the aftermath of the 2006 crisis under the trust building pillar of the National Recovery Strategy, the Government strategy for peace building. MSS established DPBSC in December 2010 in an effort to consolidate its internal capacities for providing support in conflict resolution, mediation and social dialogue facilitation.The Department has achieved very good results in 2011 in certain areas, and is now in a process of consolidating its capacities and broadening its strategy. The future of this work and consolidation of initial results will depend on the new Government after the presidential and parliamentary elections (which will also determine the overall UN presence in the country after the expected UNMIT draw down at the end of 2012). UNDP continues its support to the Department, but is also starting to support the GoTL in other areas relevant for conflict prevention and to explore additional entry points linked to international policy processes, such as Timor-Leste’s leadership role under the ‘New Deal’/G7+ initiative.
Furthermore, UNDP is moving further towards an area based approach, to capitalize on UNDP’s diverse areas of work and to develop more integrated approaches and programmatic synergies.
This includes areas such as conflict prevention/social cohesion, access to justice, policing and community security, community based disaster risk management, livelihoods and employment generation/SME assistance at the district and community level. The beginning of such a process would need to be supported by identifying priority areas/ and proposed localities through a comprehensive peace and development analysis, which would be the basis for the development of joint baselines.
Devoirs et responsabilités
The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the UNDP Country Director and direct daily supervision by the UNDP Head of the CPR unit. Particularly on deliverables 1) and 3), which have broader implications for UNDP beyond the CPR unit, guidance from UNDP management will be critical. On deliverable 2), the consultant will work very closely with the project staff and national partners within DPBSC/MSS and also provide policy support to the Minister of MSS
- Provide technical support to DPBSC/MSS staff in consolidating internal capacities in different areas (conflict analysis, conflict-sensitive development, monitoring and evaluation etc.).
- Support DPBSC/MSS in developing a five years strategic vision regarding the positioning of conflict prevention/dialogue/mediation capacities within MSS and other Government partners – in particular in light of the expected changes in 2012 due to national elections.
- Support DPBSC/MSS to develop conflict sensitive way of strategic and action planning.
- Develop consultative workshop methodologies and materials to ensure participatory approaches are utilized to provoke critical thinking amongst the participants.
- Conduct training with Directorate and Chief of DPBSC in the development of strategic plans, annual plans utilizing participatory methodologies.
- Support the capacity building of Directorate and Chief of DPBSC to ensure their increased understanding of the technical aspects of reforms strategic planning for greater ownership and sustainability.
- Support the MSS Leadership on designing mentoring tools to ensure that planned activities are on track to achieve the objectives and targets envisaged in the Strategic Plan.
- Support heads of Directorate and Chief of DPBSC in developing annual action plans and budgets within the framework of the MSS strategic plan.
- Support Directorate and chief of DPBSC that budgets and procurement plans based on the annual action plans are prepared and approved by MSS Leadership.
- Insure that the project understand each strategic issue in the strategic plan: 1) Clearly outlined Goals/Objectives; 2) List / Breakdown of Activities; 3) Expected Outcomes; 4) Timeline and 5) Strategic Alliances.
- Provide requested leadership to the international advisors to guarantee harmonized and complementary inputs from them.
- Carry out any other duties as will be necessary to ensure effective implementation of the DPBSC project.
Support UNDP East-Timor in exploring entry points in conflict prevention / social cohesion at the policy level with the new Government, mainly:
- Explore options with the GoTL in how to use the New Deal/G7+ strategically as a policy platform in order to develop a whole of Government approach to peace building/conflict prevention/social cohesion.
Design and implementation of Peace and Development Analysis:
- Develop inception report with detailed methodology and process for the peace and development analysis – this should be informed by experiences from UNDP in other countries in similar area.
- A five years of Department’s Strategic plans with short, medium and long term objectives and with clear implementation time lines finalized for Directorate and DPBSC.
- Establish a network with national partners and UN and other international partners to implement the peace and development analysis.
- Training workshops for DPBSC on strategic planning, action plan and M&E.
- Continuous advisory and mentoring services to MSS provided.
- Inform the process by building on expertise from UNDP in other countries that have undertaken similar processes.
- Facilitate the training on conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm to DPBSC/MSS.
- Develop a final report with main findings of the peace and development analysis (and the different regional sub-analysis).
Compétences
- Demonstrable ability to work in a team environment, and to strengthen all team members through collective action and individual initiative.
- Demonstrable ability to engage with sensitivity, strategic foresight, and political acumen in situations involving multiple—especially political—actors and stakeholders.
Qualifications et expériences requises
Education:- Advanced degree in social sciences, economics or law, with a focus on development studies, conflict resolution, or equivalent field.
- Substantive international experience (7-10 years preferred) in the area of conflict prevention, peace building and conflict sensitive development; institutional strategic planning development.
- Experience with development oriented conflict analysis / peace and development analysis processes.
- Experience in multi-stakeholder facilitation and consensus building, preferably in fragile and conflict situations.
- Experience in the development of national conflict prevention and resolution capacities on a national and local level, ideally facilitation and training experience.
- Experience with international policy processes in the areas of conflict prevention and peace building.
- Good understanding of UNDP programming modalities, particularly in conflict, crises and post-conflict settings.
- Fluency in English, very good knowledge of Tetum and/or Bahasa Indonesia; knowledge of Portuguese is an asset.