Historique
The UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDPs dedicated Global Policy Centre for Governance issues, which advances global dialogue and knowledge on inclusive and transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The Centre builds knowledge, insight and data through drawing on the experience of practitioners, policymakers and researchers as well as stimulating global discourse and dialogue on key governance questions in the world today. OGC focuses on generating lessons from applied research and strengthening the evidence base on governance themes to inform policy development. The Centre will leverage strong partnerships with key knowledge and research institutions to create and disseminate knowledge and insights. As an insight and knowledge generator that focusses on applied research, the Centre will connect practitioners and policymakers to researchers, and act as an arena for testing theory against practice. As part of this work it has been supporting the development and finalization of the follow on reesearch from the Journey to Extremism in Africa study published in 2017. Journey II examines the root causes of violent extremism in eight countriesin in sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan. As the world increasingly confronts multiple crisis including the pandemic, extreme wealth concentration, corrosive levels of inequality, technological revolution, mass urbanization, rising authoritarian governance and increasing conflict, it is important to understand how violent extremist dynamics are evolving, and what this means for global peace and security. This work will be launched in Oslo in November/December 2022. OGC is also relaunching as a Centre of Excellence, providing a framework through which the governance challenges driving critical issues can be more comprehensively addressed. It aims to bring together policy makers, academics and practitioners to make sense of the complexities of the governance challenges of the 21st Century, to find pathways forward for inclusive, resilient and democratic societies. It will do this through a Research and Engagement Agenda (REA) that will address gaps in global understanding of current challenges and anticipate and pre-empt horizonal issues. The REA will have a strong research and partnerships focus, a data and statistics dimension, adopt innovative and experimental approaches, strengthened knowledge sharing and leverage strategic policy engagement opportunities. The Centre’s Research and Engagement Agenda is being currently defined and will be put into implementation in 2023. It is being shaped by internal and external consultations and horizon scanning exercises. |
To test the hypotheses that have emerged, and to identify new ones, in October 2022 OGC will hold a two-day workshop, exploring a series of interconnected governance challenges under the chapeau of five broad themes. To support the organising of this workshop and to overall shepherd the REA process a Junior IC is required.
Institutional arrangements
The junior consultant will report directly to the Director of OGC.
Schedule of Payments The consultancy is lump sum based and the consultant will be paid as per deliverables under para III. Travel Application Procedure The application is a two-step process. Failing to comply with the submission process may result in disqualifying the applications. Step 1: Submission of technical proposal. 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 documents in one file:
Step 2: Submission of Financial Proposals: Applicants are required to submit their all-inclusive lump sum offer in US Dollars for this consultancy, using the financial proposal template available here: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=45780 Please fill in section A I on page 4. The sum of AI will be the “all-inclusive lump sum” to be filled in on page 1, e). The financial proposal should be sent via email to oslo.governance.centre@undp.org with the following subject heading: “Financial Proposal – Junior Consultant – REA Support” by the application deadline. Proposals received after the deadline may be rejected. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal should be all-inclusive lump sum fee, however must include a detailed breakdown of the cost (section AI). The term ‘all-inclusive’ implies that all costs (professional fees, assignment related travel expenses to join the duty station, communications, tax, utilities, consumables, insurance, etc.) that could possibly be incurred by the Contractor are already factored into the financial proposal. Criteria for selection: Only those candidates who meet the minimum level of education and relevant years of experience requirements will be considered for the consultancy. The shortlisted candidates will be scored based on a review of their functional competencies and other criteria as described above. The candidates with the highest scores may also be invited for interviews. Combined scoring method: where the qualifications and competencies will be weighted a max of 70%, and combined with the price offer which will be weighted a max of 30%. Method: cumulative analysis method will be used to evaluate proposals. When using this weighted scoring method, 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 weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. Technical criteria weight: 70 (70% of total obtainable scores): Only those candidates who meet the minimum level of education and relevant years of experience requirements will be considered for the technical evaluation. The technical evaluation will include a desk review and may include interviews with shortlisted candidates. The technical evaluation of shortlisted candidates will be done on the basis of a review of the following:
Financial criteria weight: 30 (30% of total obtainable scores). Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70%) on the technical part will be considered for the financial evaluation. Criteria for financial evaluation (30 points maximum): 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: The award of contract will be made to the individual consultant who receives the highest combined score out of the weighted technical and financial criteria as specified above.
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Devoirs et responsabilités
Scope of work The consultant will shepherd the REA and workshop process as well as related areas for a six-month scope of work to meet the following objectives:
The consultant will also support the launch of Journey to Extremism II (J2E2) and be responsible for:
III. Expected Outputs and Deliverables
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- Ensure that the REA’s are adopted internally and set the research agenda for the Centre. Deadline: 15 February 2023 (10%)
Compétences
Competencies Corporate Competencies: • Takes responsibility for quality of own work. • Uses resources, methods, partners, and information effectively. • Identifies opportunities and challenges and recommends options. • Meets goals and timelines for team deliverables. • Understands responsibilities and meets expectations. Functional Competencies: • Excellent communication skills in English. • Proven experience of organising various events (workshops, conferences). • Proven experience of finalising issue briefs and other knowledge products. • Competence on using design and graphics. Language:
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Qualifications et expériences requises
Education and Experience:
Desirable:
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