The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, including terrorism. It is a leading provider of specialized assistance to Governments for addressing the legal, criminal justice and rule of law aspects of counter narcotics, crime prevention and counter-terrorism. It operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices.

In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) of the Philippines, UNODC works to better promote peace and stability in the region by bringing citizens and their communities and law enforcement institutions closer to effectively counter crime, violent extremism and terrorism. While the establishment of the BARMM represents a major step towards a political solution of the long-term conflict, fundamental to the success of BARMM as an autonomous political entity and the sustainability of peace is adopting a whole-of-community approach that engages the security sector, women and communities as partners.

Among UNODC’s main focus areas in the BARMM is on enhancing capacities and enhance interactions between security actors, especially the police, and local communities, promoting a community-based approach by security emphasizing prevention and peaceful coexistence; this is situated in the broader background of UNODC’s work of enhancing the crime prevention and criminal justice system in the region. The Office recognizes that it is essential to develop a strategy with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in the country who have a role to play in addressing risk factors of crime and violence broadly.  As stated in the UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime, such a holistic approach is a prerequisite for crime prevention efforts to be effective and sustainable.

The consultant will provide their knowledge and expertise to assist in the development of strategic and actionable recommendations to enhance the BARMM region’s crime prevention and policing framework, as outlined below, including by supporting a national consultation workshop. The consultancy inputs will cover various functional areas of crime prevention, policing, terrorism, preventing and countering violent extremism, among others.

Governance and Accountability  

The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the UNODC Senior Resident Policy Advisor in the Philippines and in close consultation with relevant staff of the UNODC Program Office in the Philippines and other relevant offices.

The Consultant will ensure the quality and timely delivery of all required tasks as provided in the Terms of Reference. All outputs should meet the satisfaction of the UNODC Philippines Senior Resident Policy Advisor according to the following criteria:

• Quality and timeliness of the various outputs produced;
• The positive feedback from supervisor, colleagues and counterparts;
• The flexibility and responsiveness in performing ad-hoc tasks;
• Workshop is well serviced and meets objectives (i.e. sets crime prevention priorities and provides necessary inputs for the development of the strategic recommendations).

SCOPE OF WORK

The consultant will be responsible for carrying out the following activities:

• Develop the agenda for the consultation workshop on crime prevention and policing in the BARMM and suggest a list of stakeholders to be invited;
• Prepare a draft outline of crime prevention and policing recommendations for the BARMM taking into account material provided by UNODC, UN standards and norms as well as examples of strategies that have been adopted in other countries, preferably countries with  similar levels of development, frameworks, and history;
• Prepare a presentation to present the crime prevention and policing recommendations outline during the workshop;
• Act as lead facilitator of the workshop; present the outline, and act as a moderator and/or resource person for relevant substantive sessions;
• Assist counterparts during the workshop to identify crime prevention and policing gaps and priorities to be addressed in the strategy and promote cooperation between different government sectors, communities, civil society and other relevant stakeholders to make crime prevention efforts more effective;
• Based on the outcomes of the workshop as well as meetings conducted with stakeholders in the margins of the workshop as well as information provided by UNODC, prepare a first draft of crime prevention and policing recommendations;
• Prepare a final draft of the recommendations incorporating comments received from UNODC on the first draft.

Criteria

Obtainable points

Master’s degree in criminology, law, sociology or related discipline

(14 points for Master’s degree; 20 points for Doctoral)

20

At least 10 years of professional experience of working in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice, including the development of strategies in the area of crime prevention and policing working with law enforcement structures and other relevant stakeholders in developing settings.

(14 points for 10 years experience; additional point for additional year)

20

At least 5 years experience in the development and delivery of technical assistance on crime prevention, policing, preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism

(42 points for 5 years, additional point per additional year up to a maximum of 60 points)

Any experience in work related to political, economic, socio-cultural and security situation in the Philippines, particularly the BARMM region, would be a strong advantage;

(Plus 7 points)

Any experience in the development and delivery of workshops in the relevant subject matters would be considered an asset.

(Plus 7 points)

Any monitoring and evaluation experience an asset

(Plus 4 points)

60

Fluency in written and spoken English (must be indicated in CV)

pass/fail

TOTAL

100 points