Background
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda intends to carry out a project with financial assistance from OHCHR Surge Initiative Seeding-Change Projects
Uganda has been under lockdown for almost two years due to COVID-19. During this period, the levels of inequality deepened, and social exclusion amplified including in areas of health and education, with some areas of the country experiencing acute food shortages compounded by low government investment in these sectors. To address emerging inequality and social exclusion that has been amplified by COVID -19, the project postulates that the national planning and budgeting processes will be central to mitigating and addressing the long-term impact of COVID-19. Therefore, this project seeks to use the most strategic and sustainable opportunity of the Government's planning and budgeting process to identify and address the gaps and needs in human rights planning and budgeting. The project will focus on Gulu and Nwoya Districts in Northern Uganda
The proposed project will seek to conduct an analysis of trends of resource allocations and expenditures for the past four years (2018-2022) on health, education, and food at national and local level; develop a localized guiding tool for human rights-based budgeting in the context of response and recovery to Covid-19; enhance the capacity of local government officials, CSOs, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and communities at risk of being left behind including persons with disabilities, persons with albinism, and persons living with HIVIAIDS, in particular women, and indigenous peoples. The project will be linked to SDG 10 target 10.2 and 0.3 on reducing inequalities by ensuring participation and consideration of all in the planning and budgeting process. The project will contribute towards ensuring that resource allocation is informed by human rights considerations, done with active participation of duty bearers, rights holders, and development partners, as well as keen attention to the most pressing priorities for a sustained and better recovery from the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, especially for vulnerable groups at risk of being left behind. Additionally, the project will seek to influence change by informing the
2023 budget using the acquired base line information and advocacy interventions. The CSOs that will form part of the taskforce will present position paper at budget conference and it is anticipated that the paper for the 2023-24 budget cycle will incorporate some of the findings and recommendations of the current project on advocating for human rights based budgeting and increased allocation to areas of food, health and education.
OHCHR Uganda Office will hire a consultant to undertake the budgetary analysis for the period 2018 - 2022, facilitate a training session on human rights-based planning and budgeting for local government, conduct 4 community consultations on participation during planning and budgeting processes especially groups at risk of being left behind and assist in developing a guiding tool on human rights planning and budgeting. A taskforce comprising of representatives of OHCHR, UN agencies, CSOs, traditional and religious leaders, UHRC, and women groups will be formed to spearhead the project and closely work with the consultant for knowledge transfer. The project will also engage with government officials involved in planning specifically, district-planning units, Departments of Education, Health and Agriculture and the Office of the District Chief Administrative Officer
Application documenents can be accessed on https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=90592
The application should include the following documents/information:
- Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest specifying position of interest and Availability using the template provided
- Updated Personal CV highlighting past experience in similar assignments and with 3 professional references with contact details (email and telephone).
- Submit a technical proposal with the suggested outline.
- The offerors’ interpretation of the assignment
- Proposed approach for undertaking the assignment and.
- How the assignment matches with his/her knowledge, skills and experience.
Financial proposal (in template provided in Annex 2) stating an all-inclusive fixed lump-sum fee for this assignment in Ugandan Shillings, supported by a breakdown of costs/ fee per working day. Such total lump sum price must include professional fee, and costs necessary to conduct the assignment such as communication costs, etc. The consultant will be paid against the completion of specific, measurable deliverables as identified in this TOR.
Qualified women and members of social minorities are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants for any inquiries should send an email to: ug.procurement@undp.org
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will be expected to work with the members of the task force throughout the duration of the project. The major tasks of the consultant will be
- To present an inception report of project objectives, scope of work, methodology, data toolkit for community consultations
- Undertake human rights-based budget trend analysis for the past four years (2018-2022) with focus on health, education, and food at national and local levels
- Conduct four community consultations (02) in Gulu and (02) in Nwoya Districts jointly with the task force members
- Conduct two days training on human rights-based budgeting for task force members and local government authorities to be held in Gulu
- Jointly, with the task force develop a localized human rights-based budget-guiding tool to inform human rights-based budgeting
- Submission of a report on findings of the trends of human rights- based budget allocations from 2018-2022 and the community consultations with recommendations
- Presentation of the report during the dissemination workshop.
Competencies
- Demonstrable research, analysis and report writing skills
- Relevant experience and engagement in human rights-based budget and planning processes
- Excellent communication, fluency and presentation skills
- Ability to meet tight delivery schedules without compromising quality of results
Required Skills and Experience
- An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in law, political science, economics, international relations, social science or related area is required
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience working in national, regional or international organisations or non-governmental organisations in the field of human rights, rule of law, legal and advisory services or a related field
- Relevant experience related to engagement in area of economic, social and cultural rights with a sound understanding of human rights, budgets including human rights-based budgeting, development and the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, and leave no one behind is required
- Research skills, good knowledge and understanding of human rights and governance issues in Uganda is an added advantage
- Work experience relevant to human rights and economic policies, including human rights-based budgetary analysis required
- Ability to link economic policies and practices, including budgets, with States’ human rights obligations and sustainable development commitments in line with the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, with the aim to identify measures and interventions towards ‘transformative economies’ at the national, and local level
- Experience and knowledge in a human rights-based and leave no one behind- approach
- Demonstrable experience of conducting research in similar contexts with the application of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies is also required
- Experience working with marginalized groups would be an added advantage