Antecedentes

Meeting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will require unprecedented investments from different sources of finance (public, private, domestic, and international) and ambitious strategies and public reforms needed to increase efficiencies and value for money. Indeed, the challenge for governments will be to ensure that resources are raised, channeled to and translated into concrete and measurable development results on the ground, to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNDP has developed a unique and integrated approach to support countries financing the SDGs more efficiently and effectively with the related expertise and focus on linking financing, planning and good governance. UNDP’s analyses and activities in various regions have highlighted one main challenge on the financing front: the need to build a better understanding of financial flows, and how they contribute to the SDGs through a development planning angle, in order to inform governments in various regions on the necessary Public Financial Management (PFM) measures or reforms needed to better align finance with inclusive growth and sustainable development objectives. Building on the UNDP’s overall methodology on Budgeting for SDGs, UNDP can support countries to perform budget and policy analysis of public finance through PFM frameworks reviews and analysis for integrating SDGs into PFM systems and processes.

South Sudan is a young country with rich resource endowment, vast landscapes, and a young population. The achievement of South Sudan’s development objectives and priority SDGs, however, has been challenged by the lack of a financing strategy that details how the government can implement an integrated approach to development financing and planning. In the absence of a results framework and a monitoring strategy, the outcomes of the implementation of the 2018 - 2021 National Development Strategy (NDS) are not well documented, and the lack of alignment and insufficient mobilization of resources also point to low levels of overall operationalization.

The Government of South Sudan, supported by UNDP and other Development Partners, has engaged in a comprehensive review of the 2018 – 2021 NDS. The review aims for greater policy coherence between the NDS and Revitalized Agreement for Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and builds on several building blocks such as an updated fragility assessment, country-wide stakeholder consultations, the integration of the SDGs, Gender mainstreaming and the incubation of a financing strategy. This will lead to a revised NDS for the period 2021 -2024 and lay the grounds for a more holistic planning and financing process towards the implementation of the priority SDGs for South Sudan by 2030.

Effective budgeting for SDGs with a gender lens, together with the ongoing Development Finance Assessment (DFA) process supported by UNDP, will be crucial for this revision and corresponds to the NDS review objectives to undertake an inclusive planning process that ensures national ownership, strengthen the development finance landscape and lay the foundation for an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF). UNDP is looking for a consultant to technically support South Sudan in its gender-responsive SDGs budgeting reforms.

  1. Scope of work

The consultant will provide guidance and support in providing timely technical support to respond to country demands on gender-responsive SDG Budgeting in South Sudan. The consultant will have the overall responsibility for the review, drafting, quality assurance and timely completion of analysis, research, training, drafting analytical reports and provision of policy recommendations in the area of Gender-responsive SDG Budgeting. The support will entail working with the UNDP country team to support in discussions with the Ministry of Finance and Planning and State Governments in implementation of budgeting reforms with technical inputs (briefs, adaptation of methodological tools to local context) that help in making planning and budgetary system gender- and SDG-responsive in South Sudan.

Expected scope of the SDG Budgeting support will focus on gender-responsive budgeting for the SDGs, aligned with UNDP global guidance on Budgeting for SDGs:

  • Support capacity development and technical assistance on gender budget classification (gender tagging, coding), including via upgrading of Financial Management Information System (FMIS) to ensure gender indicators and targets are explicitly reflected in budgets as part of the budget information system, and gender budget allocations and expenditures are effectively tracked.
  • Support development of gender policy-budget mapping table (for manual/automated processes, with/without changes in the chart of accounts), development of frameworks/methods for gender budget statements, and integration of gender-responsive budget requirements in budget circulars.
  • Support Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews with gender lens; gender budget watchdog reports; sector-based gender-responsive budget analysis, including sex-disaggregated benefit incidence analysis of expenditures and unit cost analyses; gender impact analysis of budget and policies.
  • Support advocacy on macroeconomic impact of gender-responsive policies and expenditures.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Expected deliverables, timeframe and payment schedule

Deliverals                                                                                                                                             Deadlines                           Payment schedule 

1. Workplan of the assignment outlining the proposed approach in Gender-responsive                      10 working days                           10%

Budgeting for SDGs for South Sudan, based on the analysis of the INFF programme

in South Sudan in consultation with UNDP Country Office. 

 

2. Report from gender budgeting reforms analyses, roadmaps, guidance note,                                   25 working days                         70% 

training workshops and consultations with government on delivery of Gender-responsive

Budgeting for SDGs in South Sudan.

 

3. Final report with the main results of the technical support provided.                                                 10 working days                         20%

 

Institutional arrangement

The consultant will report to UNDP Country Office in South Sudan and UNDP Africa Finance Sector Hub. Responsibilities include the following:

  • The consultant will ensure the quality of deliverables, according to commonly applied international standards and with adherence to UNDP’s corresponding guidebooks, methodologies, best practices, and general policies.
  • The consultant will maintain regular communication with UNDP for guidance and updates to ensure deliverables are on track.

 

Competencias

Functional competencies

Innovation

  • Ability to make new and useful ideas work

Delivery

  • Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement

Leadership

  • Ability to persuade others to follow

Experience

  • 10 years of experience in public financial analysis in developing countries context and excellent research skills. Required
  • Solid knowledge of UN Sustainable Goals (17 SDGs), public finance, Public Financial Management, Innovative Financing for Development. Required
  • 5 years of experience working on gender-focused SDG budgeting (selected sectors, cross-sector and/or overall SDGs framework) and Integrated National Financing Frameworks. Desirable
  • 5 years of experience in working with Finance Ministries on Public Financial Management reforms in African countries. Desirable

Language

  • Proficiency in English language: verbal, writing, and editing skills (Required).

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

 

Education

  • Master’s degree in relevant field such as applied social sciences, development economics, or other. Required

Selection criteria

Individual Consultant will be evaluated based on Cumulative Analysis as per the following scenario:

  • Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
  • Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. In this regard, the respective weight of the proposals is:
    1. Technical Criteria weight is 70%
    2. Financial Criteria weight is 30%

 

                                                                         Technical Competence 

Criteria                                                                                                                                                      Weight                     Max. Point 

1. Understanding the Scope of Work; comprehensive articulation of the                                                     20%                             20                     

    organization of the technical proposal 

 

2. Minimum years of relevant experience                                                                                                     30%                              30

 

3. Minimum educational background                                                                                                             10%                             10 

 

4. Language required                                                                                                                                      10%                             10 

 

Financial Evaluation will be conducted based on 30% 

 

Confidentiality and proprietary interests

The Individual Consultant shall not either during the term or after termination of the assignment, disclose any proprietary or confidential information related to the consultancy service without prior written consent. Proprietary interests on all materials and documents prepared by the consultant under the assignment shall become and remain properties of UNDP.

Application Procedures

Interested candidates are required to submit application, including a technical proposal and a financial proposal.