Empleos en el PNUD - 47496- Senior Consultant for Country Risk Assessment Stud

Senior Consultant for Country Risk Assessment Study – The Gambia and Cape Verde

Localidad :

Home-based, with 3 field visits to countries (The Gambia, Cape Verde and Nigeria)

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

18-Jul-2014

Fecha límite de postulación :

04-Jul-14 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

International Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

3 months

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés Portugués

Duración esperada del puesto :

3 months

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Antecedentes

UNDP, through its Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA), supports the strengthening of institutional and technical capacities of the Africa Union Commission (AUC) and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in conflict prevention management and peace building in order to advance the efforts in the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS). This specific support is provided to the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS), in particular to its Early Warning Directorate (EWD) to implement the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) priority on early warning and response information in support of its member states. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a Regional Economic Community (REC) created by a treaty signed on 28th May 1975 to promote cooperation and economic integration in West Africa. It comprises fifteen (15) Member States namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. However successive security crisis in the West African region resulted in a revision of the Treaty on 24th July 1993 to include peace and security components which was recognised as a prerequisite for economic integration. The 1993 Revised ECOWAS Treaty under Article 4 emphasized the principles of Non-Aggression between Member States, maintenance of regional stability and security and promotion and consolidation of a democratic system of governance.

The early warning system consists of:

An Early Warning Center at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria;
Four Early Warning Zonal Bureaus in Banjul, Ouagadougou, Monrovia and Cotonou;
A network of 45 field reporters based in the 15 member states.

The Early Warning Directorate (EWD) supports ECOWAS’ management in anticipating and mitigating conflicts through regular collection, compilation, analysis and timely reporting of information to its management. In 2011-2012 the EWD initiated and implemented an ECOWAS Country Risk Assessment study which assessed member states vulnerability to conflicts. The output was meant to provide a comprehensive and updateable baseline to guide in the production of early warning and response briefs, policies and situation analysis by ECOWAS Directorates.

In view of the rapidly changing dynamics of conflicts in the region, it has become necessary to update the assessment study to reflect these changes and in addition add a predictive security situation component to take into account possible security situation scenarios within member states that may arise in the future. Objectives The main purpose of this Country Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Study is aimed at support of ECOWAS EWD to fulfil its mandate by providing early warning and response information and analysis to the ECOWAS Directorates and the Commission. Specifically, the Country Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Study for the Gambia and Capo Verde is aimed at completing the ECOWAS Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessment already done for the other thirteen (13) ECOWAS member states. It is to:
Carry out an in-depth risk assessment of the ECOWAS two member states (The Gambia and Capo Verde) taking into account structural and operational issues and the changing dynamics of conflicts in the region.
Conduct a comprehensive quality analysis of the human security issues in the two member states supported with a quantitative component for baseline and predictive analysis.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Submit a scoping study with an overall literature review of past and prevailing issues relating to peace and political instability in the ECOWAS member states. The scoping study will also propose a methodology that will guide the work of all team members;
Participate in a meeting at the ECOWAS Commission together with representatives from the Directorates of Early Warning (EWD), Political Affairs (DPA), Peace keeping and Regional Security (DPKRS) and others for initial orientation and briefing;
Conduct field visits in The Gambia and Cape Verde;
Conduct a country-specific stakeholder mapping in relation to Democracy and Good governance, for the two countries;
Conduct a country-specific structural and root because analysis of factors undermining peace and instability within the Member State covered;
Conduct a country-specific analysis of conflict drivers and triggers, assessment of vulnerabilities, risk analysis, potential scenarios, response options with guidance from the ECOWAS Early Warning framework and methodology;
Identify peace-inducing/conflict mitigating potentials of each Member State;
Provide country-specific recommendations to improve early warning reporting and analysis;
Submit an interim report covering the two (2) countries;
Participate at an expert validation meeting at the ECOWAS Commission and provide the necessary input for the meeting (e.g. power point presentations, etc.);
Finalization of the comprehensive risk assessment study after feedback from the EWD, UNDP and the GIZ;
Provide guidance and mentoring to EWD Analysts on Risk Assessment methodology and other areas. Ahead of the consultancy;
The identified consultant prior to the consultancy will submit a technical and financial proposal to UNDP;
The EWD and in collaboration with DPA and DPKRS will brief the consultant prior to the commencement of the study;
The EWD shall provide reference documents on the EWS as well as the list and contacts of the Zonal Bureaus and in-country focal points;
UNDP shall provide Country Offices contacts (The Gambia and Cape Verde) and UN as well as UNDP reference documents on the two countries. UNDP, in collaboration with the EWD, will make administrative and logistic arrangements for the country visits.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables:

Methodological note to be validated by the EWD and UNDP;
A consolidated Country Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment report validated by EWD and endorsed by the Commission.

Competencias

Core Competencies:

Promote UNDP’s vision, mission and strategic goals;
Respect of cultural diversity, gender, religion, race, nationality and age;
Display UNDP value and integrity;
Show flexibility and adaptation to differences related to culture, gender, religion, race, nationality and age

Functional Competencies:

Good knowledge of the West African region and familiar with and working experience with at least one of the RECs such as ECOWAS in the field of early warning, peace and security;
Very good interpersonal skills;
Sound knowledge and exposure to a wide range political analysis and assessment studies;
Ability to develop a methodological approach in doing country risk and vulnerability assessment studies;
Good knowledge of ECOWAS mandate, policies and guidelines pertaining to peace and security;
Ability to analyze is required to obtain, evaluate and interpret factual data and to prepare accurate and complete reports and other documents;
Demonstrates openness to the change of ability to manage complex situations.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

Graduate Degree of Masters level in international relations, political science, social sciences and other related field.

Experience:

A minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of peace and security and the work with the RECs;
Experience in consulting, design, monitoring and evaluation;
Consultancy experience with regional and international organizations;
Very strong capacities to conduct discussions with senior policy makers, civil society organizations, political, religious, traditional, women and youth leaders and citizens and local communities.

Language:

Fluency and good writing skills in English;
French Portuguese (An advantage).