Background

The positive contribution of migrants towards inclusive growth and sustainable development is now recognized globally and prominently reflected in the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action. While this is an extremely important and promising step towards truly ensuring that ‘no-one is left behind’, in order to fully ensure an integral approach to migration management, there is a need to go beyond national dialogue and policies and tap into the unexplored expertise and innovative actions being carried out by cities and other local and regional authorities to better manage migration and thus harness the development potential at the local level.

Indeed, in a global context of increasing human mobility, urbanization and decentralization, it is local and regional authorities that find themselves at the forefront of managing both the positive and negative impacts of migration. This is entirely in line with the local-to-local dimension of migration whereby migrants from one territory tend to migrate to the same territory in the country of destination, creating migratory channels between territories and unique migratory contexts within countries. Thus, while a national response is crucial, this must be aligned with local realities since persisting inequalities, one of the identified drivers of migration, exist not only among different countries, but also within countries, thus necessitating an integral and bottom up approach from the local level.

Thus local and regional authorities are becoming increasingly responsible for many aspects of migration management ranging from urban planning in relation to integration, reintegration, legal protection, education, economic development and health. This is now becoming widely recognised at the international level. Indeed, the role of local and regional authorities in managing migration for development has been recognised in the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants which was endorsed in the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants that took place on September 19th, 2016. Furthermore, the New Urban Agenda, which is the outcome document of the recently held Habitat III summit in Quito in October 2016, has considered migration and displacement as key elements to be taken into account in the management of cities in order to ensure inclusive sustainable urban development. Finally, the UNSG Special Representative on Migration Mr. Peter Sutherland, in his recent report to the UN Secretary General, has called upon UN member states to empower cities and local governments by providing them with the power and resources to respond to migration and displacement and outlined concrete recommendations to achieve this.

Policy coherence in migration and development is crucial when it comes to responding to migration since migration is affected by and affects all governance sectors from health to education and from housing to social security. Thus, specific migration related policies may be rendered ineffective if education, labour and other such policies do not effectively respond to the specific needs and rights of migrants and displaced persons. Indeed, if the extent to which a migrant can become successfully integrated into society depends on the extent to which that migrant has access to services and their rights are duly protected, then migration management is best undertaken in a systematic and comprehensive way across all relevant sectors. The most appropriate way to ensure a systematic approach is therefore to mainstream migration into overall development planning. Mainstreaming migration can be understood as a process aimed at inserting migration as a parameter across different policy areas, through multi-stakeholder and multi-level mechanisms.

Efforts to do this have been on-going mainly at the national level, yet the experience of the JMDI has shown that this is also a strategic success factor for migration management at the local level. What has also become evident is that, when this is done in line with national policies, effectiveness and sustainability is even further enhanced. Indeed, this allows for multi-level coherence and coordination whereby local authorities can feed their expertise and knowledge into national policy making for more responsive and pertinent national policies that can, in turn, be successfully implemented at the local level.

It is within this context that the UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) focuses on the local dimension of migrants’ contribution to development and aims to maximize the potential of migration for local development.  To achieve this, the JMDI provides technical and financial support to up-scale existing locally-led migration and development initiatives across 16 projects in eight target countries and is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and previously supported, until 2016, by the European Commission. Many of these initiatives have resulted in the successful mainstreaming of migration into development planning and some partners have issued guidelines or case studies on how best to do this. Through this experience, many of the project partners have made it very clear that a Dashboard of Indicators would provide a strategic and useful support mechanism to measure and enhance their efforts. Therefore, tapping into this experience, the good practices collected and the IOM-JMDI White Paper on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning and Beyond, the JMDI proposes to develop a Dashboard of Indicators on Policy Coherence on Migration and Development at the Local Level. This will allow local authorities to measure policy coherence in migration and development, understand how and where migration and development comes into play across various sectors and thus support local authorities to enhance policy coherence and measure their efforts to contribute to the implementation of the migration-related targets of the SDGs.

Given the central mandate of IOM on migration and as this assignment will be building on existing tools produced in partnership with IOM in the context of the JMDI, the development of the dashboard will be conducted in close cooperation with IOM.

The Dashboard will also build on other existing and pertinent tools and in particular, IOM’s Migration Governance Index which provides States with a consolidated framework for evaluating country-specific migration governance structures and to act as a potential source for informing implementation of the migration-related SDGs.

The Dashboard will also build on KNOMAD of the World Bank’s Dashboard of Indicators for Measuring Policy and Institutional Coherence for Migration and Development that was developed with the technical lead of OECD and UNDP. This Dashboard aims to measure the extent to which public policies and institutional arrangements at the national level are coherent with international best practices to minimise the risks and maximise the development gains of migration.

Doing so will ensure that the local Dashboard is also in line with national and international tools and efforts to mainstream migration into development planning for enhanced policy coherence and effectiveness.

The purpose of this Consultancy is to develop a Dashboard of Indicators on Policy Coherence on Migration and Development at the Local Level. To this end, the JMDI is seeking to recruit an International Consultant to carry out this activity.

The Dashboard will support local authorities to measure policy coherence in migration and development, understand how and where migration and development comes into play across various sectors and thus assist them in enhancing policy coherence and measure their efforts to contribute to the implementation of the migration-related targets of the SDGs. To achieve this, the Dashboard must be simple, easy to use and track a strategic and limited number of indicators that are in line with the needs and expectations of local and regional authorities. This will facilitate its maintenance and ensure its sustainability over time.

The Dashboard will also be a strategic tool to further the future efforts of the relevant UN partners working in migration and development and supporting the implementation and measurement of the migration-related targets of the SDGs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work

The consultancy will result in the production of a comprehensive set of indicators (in the form of a dashboard) to measure policy coherence on migration and development at the local level embedded in a report which will act as a guide for local and regional authorities complete with guidelines, practical examples and recommendations.  

Proposed methodology               

The proposed methodology consists of a preliminary desk review of all pertinent JMDI and external materials and tools followed by a consultation period with key UN partners, and in particular IOM, to ensure coherence with the IOM’s Migration Governance Index and to build on the exiting IOM-JMDI White Paper on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning and Beyond. This will then be followed with interviews with key resource persons in the field. A first draft will then be submitted for approval. The JMDI Technical Committee will serve to review the Dashboard so that input of all partner agencies can be factored in. Upon receipt of all feedback and the development of a revised version, a testing phase will be carried out. This will entail testing the Dashboard in JMDI target territories in order to be able to refine and finalize the dashboard and ensure that it meets the needs and expectations of local and regional authorities. The consultant will then integrate the findings from this test phase into a final version of the Dashboard.

The Consultant will propose a work plan to be approved by the JMDI PMU.

The expected duration of the assignment is up to 55 working days during the period March to June, 2017.

Tasks

It is proposed that the consultancy is divided into 6 principle tasks, which are as follows:

Task 1 – Desk review (not exceeding 10 w/d)

The consultant will review all necessary background materials and tools and elaborate a proposed concept, methodology (including a list of any further key resource persons to interview including JMDI partner agencies, local administrators and JMDI Focal Points) and will produce a preliminary outline for the Dashboard together with guiding questions.

Task 2 – Interviews with key resource persons and members of the JMDI Technical Committee (not exceeding 5 w/d)

The consultant will then undertake interviews and consultations needed in order to have all necessary information in order to be able to produce a first draft of the Dashboard. The consultant will work closely with IOM to ensure coherence with the Migration Governance Index.

Task 3 – Provide first draft of the Dashboard (not exceeding 9 w/d)

The consultant will then develop and share with the PMU the first draft of the Dashboard. The PMU will closely coordinate with IOM to provide initial feedback.

Task 4 – Consultation with the JMDI Technical Committee (Focus Group) (not exceeding 1 w/d)

The consultant will arrange and facilitate discussions during a JMDI Technical Committee meeting and ensure to collate and consolidate all input and feedback from the members in order to produce an enhanced concept, methodology and outline for the Dashboard.

Task 5 – The Consultant will then lead a testing phase of the Dashboard (not exceeding 20 w/d)

The Consultant will lead this process in close collaboration with the JMDI PMU and Focal Points in order to test the Dashboard in JMDI-target territories. The JMDI PMU which will facilitate contacts with JMDI partners and focal points on the ground. The consultant will be responsible for collating the feedback and lessons learnt into a refined version of the Dashboard.

Task 6 – Provide the final version of the Dashboard (not exceeding 10 w/d)

The consultant will produce a final version of the Dashboard embedded in a report which will act as a guide for local and regional authorities complete with guidelines, practical examples and recommendations.

Deliverables

A. Submit a document outlining the concept, methodology and preliminary outline for the dashboard at the end of the desk review phase (task 1);

B. Produce first draft of the Dashboard (task 3);

C. Produce final version of the Dashboard embedded in a report which will act as a guide for local and regional authorities complete with guidelines, practical examples and recommendations (task 6).

Competencies

Core values

  • Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
  • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Core competencies

  • Demonstrates professional competence to meet responsibilities and post requirements and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
  • Results-Orientation: Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals, generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts and  Guidelines, both orally and in writing, in a clear and persuasive style tailored to match different audiences;
  • Team work: Ability to interact, establish and maintain effective working relations with a culturally diverse team;
  • Client orientation: Ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with national partners and stakeholders and pro-activeness in identifying of beneficiaries and partners’ needs, and matching them to appropriate solutions.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree in social sciences, political sciences, public administration or related field.

Experience:

  • At least 10 years of extensive experience working in international development cooperation and/or migration management. Experience working with International Organisations is an asset;

  • Knowledge and professional experience in the area of migration and development policy and practice;

  • Familiarity with key public documents, strategies, trends and practices related to migration and development globally;

  • Proven analytical skills and ability to conceptualize and write concisely and clearly;
  • Proven track record authoring relevant publications;
  • Proven communication skills, and ability to interact with multiple actors including government representatives, local and regional authorities, civil society, academia and other pertinent stakeholders.

Language requirements:

Fluency in English. Knowledge of French and Spanish will be an asset.

Other:

Excellent computer skills (MS Office applications) and ability to use information technologies as a tool and resource.

 

Application Submission Process:

The application submission is a two-step process. Failing to comply with the submission process may result in disqualifying the applications:

Step 1: Interested individual consultants must include the following documents when submitting the applications in UNDP job shop (Please note that only 1 (one) file can be uploaded therefore please include all docs in one file).

Step 2: Submission of Financial Proposal

Applicants are instructed to submit their financial proposals in US Dollars for this consultancy to procurement.be@undp.org using the financial proposal template available here: Annex 2. Offeror's Letter of Interest. The proposals should be sent via email with the following subject heading: “Financial Proposal for JMDI Consultancy for the Preparation of a Dashboard of Indicators on Policy Coherence on Migration and Development at the Local Level latest by March 13, 2017. Proposals to be received after the deadline will be rejected. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal should be all-inclusive and include a breakdown. The term ‘all-inclusive” implies that all costs (professional fees, travel, per diems, consumables, insurance, etc.) that could possibly be incurred by the Contractor are already factored into the financial proposal.

Travel

The cost of the official missions should be factored in the financial proposals of the applicants. As such the consultant will be expected to undertake two travels to Brussels (Belgium): a) one induction meeting with the PMU (for one day meeting) and one Technical Committee Meeting (for one day meeting). The cost of the official travel should include round air tickets, lodging, and accommodation. The airfare should always be “most direct, most economical.”

Application Evaluation Process

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis methodology (weighted scoring method), where the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

  • Responsive/compliant/acceptable; and
  • Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.
  • Technical Criteria weight - [70%];
  • Financial Criteria weight - [30%].

Only Individual Consultants obtaining a minimum of 70% on the Technical evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation – max. 100 points:

  • Candidate demonstrated full understanding of ToR - 30 points;
  • Candidate’s technical proposal is of high quality and consistent with and considers all tasks outlined in the ToR - 20 points;
  • Assessment of candidate’s expertise through interview - 50 points.

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation – max. 30 points.

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

  • p = y (µ/z), where;
  • p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
  • y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
  • µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
  • z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

UNDP is applying fair and transparent selection process that would take into account both the technical qualification of Individual Consultants as well as their price proposals. The contract will be awarded to the candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores. Please go the following link for the General Conditions of Individual Contracts: 

http://www.migration4development.org/sites/default/files/annex_iv._general_conditions_ic_2.pdf

UNDP retains the right to contact references directly.

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org

Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.