Historique

Yemen Country Strategy Note, Country Programme Framework Document and Adaptive Management Strategy

Entering the sixth year of conflict, Yemen remains the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. About 20.7 million people, two thirds of the population are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2021; 16.5 million people (54% of the population) are projected to go hungry, 47,000 people projected to face famine-like conditions in the first half of 2021 and 2.25 million children under 5 projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021.  The widespread conflict has impacted both urban and rural livelihoods with over 40% of Yemeni households losing their primary sources of income - more than 36,000 fishermen have lost their incomes and 204 fishing boats were damaged whilst the livestock sector has also been severely affected as animals have been killed from attacks on farms and

agricultural facilities. A high level of unemployment among vulnerable youth and marginalized groups represents a waste of potential human resources and talent that is vital for rejuvenating the labor force.

Yemen has the fourth largest population of internally displaced people in the world. In 2020, 172,000 people were displaced, bringing the total number of IDPs in Yemen to 4 million. The conflict, displacement, flooding and economic decline have created conditions for infectious diseases to flourish. In 2020 alone, Yemen experienced six outbreaks of infectious disease, including cholera, polio and COVID-19. Meanwhile, health and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services critical for containing the spread of disease and providing treatment are overstretched and underfunded. 

Basic services and the institutions that provide them are collapsing, placing enormous pressure on the humanitarian response. Only 51 percent of health facilities are functioning, and even these face severe shortages in medicine, equipment and staff. The conflict has also affected local institutions and weakened community-based governance structures. This undermines the efforts of the local systems to provide essential services, which leads to erosion of confidence by the public and calls into question the legitimacy of those structures. Failure of the local institutions to deliver critical social services is underlined by increased poverty, continued perception of corruption, a high inflation rate, and mounting fiscal pressure, which creates discontent and increases vulnerability.

UNDP Yemen Country Office (CO) developed the 2019-2021 Country Programme Framework (CPF) to respond to the growing humanitarian and development crises in the country. Framed around three priority areas: Programme priority 1 – Peace operations support, Programme priority 2 – Governance and the rule of law, and Programme priority 3 – Economic recovery and development, The 2012-2015 Country Programme Document (CPD) (extended until December 2021) remains an overarching strategic document, although with less relevance to the everchanging Yemen context. The CO intends to develop a successor programme framework to the current CPF ending in December 2021 informed by contextual dictates, emerging country priorities and needs, Sustainable Development Goals, UNDP strategic plan and achievements and lessons learnt from the ongoing programme among others.

As part of the preparatory work for the development of a new programme, a three-day programme retreat was held in December 2020. The retreat aimed at providing a platform for strategic reflections on the upcoming country programme, a much-needed exercise given the complex and ever-changing nature of the programming environment in Yemen, which calls for an in-depth understanding and regular reviews of the situation on the ground and UNDP’s programmatic offer, impact and operational support. The retreat outcomes inform the development of a Country Strategy Note (CSN) which will lay the ground for the development of the new Country Programme Document. UNDP will continue to provide the bridge between humanitarian interventions on one side and peace and development programming on the other by focusing on three programme priority areas: 1) Local service delivery and empowered communities; 2) Transforming the economy for stability and peace; and 3) An inclusive peace process. The essential themes of gender, youth and the climate change adaptation cut across the three priority areas. While the three are the basis for the existing programme structure, it is important to bolster the programmatic content in each of the areas as well as ensuring a coherent and comprehensive programme approach.

Lake Chad Basin Region Policy and Programme Documents on Community-Based Reconciliation and Reintegration

The humanitarian and development crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, driven by Boko Haram's violent extremism and terrorism, is among the most severe in the world. The latest data from OCHA indicate that 9.8 million people need humanitarian assistance, 2.4 million people are internally displaced, and 243.000 people are refugees. Nigeria continues to be the epicenter of the crisis. However, Cameroon's North and Far North Regions (1.9 million people in need), Niger's Diffa Region (1.2 million) and Chad's Lac and Hadjer Lamis Regions (486.000) are profoundly affected too.

Violent extremism and terrorism, though, can be viewed themselves as an effect of entrenched situations of violations of and limited access to rights, including in the economic area. Pre-existing structural constraints and deficiencies, including high inequality, perceived social injustice, a lack of social service provision, consistent marginalization, inadequate economic opportunities, high levels of poverty, and the impacts of climate change and land degradation have been essential factors leading to some of the lowest human development indicators  in the world and a high degree of vulnerability of the region's people. Questions of impunity, corruption and difficult access to justice compound these crises and require a holistic approach to address them. 

The Governments of the Lake Chad Basin Region recognize that ending the conflict is an essential requirement for tackling the humanitarian and development crisis and requires a combination of military campaigns and civilian-led stabilization and peace initiatives. UNDP Crisis Bureau Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights (RoLSHR) Team through the Global Programme has therefore provided technical support to the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), in the framework of the Regional Strategy for the Stabilization, Recovery and Resilience of the Boko Haram-affected territories of the Lake Chad Basin (Strategy). Specifically, Pillar Three of the Strategy focuses on Screening, Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of persons formerly associated with Boko Haram. Furthermore, Pillar Paper Three, which is annexed to the Strategy, details the LCBC approach and calls for harmonization of approaches and programmes among the Member States.

As a result, UNDP has provided technical support to the LCBC, through its Stabilization Secretariat, to develop an LCBC draft community-based reconciliation and reintegration policy in collaboration with UN partners and the several consultations with UN and non-UN entities based on their technical expertise, mandates and comparative advantages. UNDP ROLSHR Team will continue to support the LCBC and countries in the region in furthering support to community-based reconciliation and reintegration through national policies and programmes.

UNDP seeks the services of an experienced and qualified international consultant to lead in the development of a) new country strategy note based on the outcomes of the programme retreat conducted in December 2020, b) country programme framework/document for the period 2022 to 2024, informed by the country strategy note, UNDP Yemen’s programmatic focus, analyses of the current context, country priorities and needs, applicable Sustainable Development Goals, UNDP strategic plan and achievements and lessons learnt from the ongoing programme, among others.  In addition, the consultant will also support the rollout of the adaptive management strategy and approach in the CO. The consultant will also produce inter-agency cross-border joint programmes, policies and DREAM-IMS windows on community-based reconciliation and reintegration. Furthermore, UNDP requires the consultant to formulate 2 inter-agency cross border joint programmes for the Lake Chad Basin Region and develop policies on community-based reconciliation and reintegration in 3 countries. Additionally, the consultant will be responsible for shaping DREAM-IMS windows for community-based reconciliation and reintegration in 3 countries.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Expected Outputs/Deliverables

The consultancy will be conducted over a period of 95 working days over the period May to December 2021. The consultant is expected to deliver the following:

Compétences

• Proven drafting skills and substantive knowledge of development issues in UNDP practice areas.

• Proven ability to deliver quality output including reports writing and making presentation under tight deadlines.

• Familiarity and working experience on the development issues and context in the MENA and Lake Chad Basin region and specifically Yemen and other relevant countries.

• Familiarity with UNDP or UN operations in conflict settings will be advantageous.

• Commitment to respecting deadlines and the delivery of outputs within the agreed timeframe.

• Proficient in English language, spoken and written.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Academic qualifications:

• Masters’ degree in economics, agriculture, business management, conflict and peace, development, or other relevant area. (required)

Experience:

• At least 10 years of direct experience in programme development and implementation, development of country strategies, country programme documents, policies and programmes on reconciliation and reintegration and conflict sensitivity analyses.(required)

• Solid experience in adaptive management approaches and application of humanitarian development and peace nexus. (required)

• Substantive knowledge in UNDP practice areas required, including Governance, Climate Change and Environment, Resilience and Recovery, Peacebuilding.(required)

• Experience in developing problem analysis and theory of change framework with full consideration of inclusion and integration approaches. (required)

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken is required;

Application Procedure

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references;

Note: The above documents need to be scanned in one file and uploaded to the online application as one document.

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal.

• The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around the specific and measurable deliverables of the TOR. Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR, and deliverables accepted and certified by the technical manager. 
• The financial proposal must be all-inclusive and take into account various expenses that will be incurred during the contract, including: the daily professional fee; (excluding mission travel); living allowances at the duty station; communications, utilities and consumables; life, health and any other insurance; risks and inconveniences related to work under hardship and hazardous conditions (e.g., personal security needs, etc.), when applicable; and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services under the contract.

• This consultancy is a home-based assignment, therefore, there is no envisaged travel cost to join duty station/repatriation travel.

• In the case of unforeseeable travel requested by UNDP, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

• If the Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

   

The Financial Proposal is to be emailed as per the instruction in the separate email that will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

Evaluation process

Applicants are reviewed based on Required Skills and Experience stated above and based on the technical evaluation criteria outlined below.  Applicants will be evaluated based on cumulative scoring.  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:

• Being 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 where technical criteria weighs 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.

Technical evaluation - Total 70% (70 points):

• Criteria 1. Direct experience in programme development and implementation, development of country strategies, country programme documents, policies and programmes on reconciliation. (Below average experience (<10 points); Average experience (15 points); Good experience (20 points); Outstanding experience (25 points)); Maximum Points: 25.
• Criteria 2. Knowledge in UNDP practice areas, including Governance, Climate Change and Environment, Resilience and Recovery, Peacebuilding. (Below average knowledge (<10 points); Average knowledge (12 points); Good knowledge (17 points); Outstanding knowledge (20 points)); Maximum Points: 20.
• Criteria 3. Experience in adaptive management approaches and application of humanitarian development and peace nexus. (Below average experience (<5 points); Average experience (7 points); Good experience (12 points); Outstanding experience (15 points)); Maximum Points: 15.
• Criteria 4. Experience in developing problem analysis and theory of change framework with full consideration of inclusion and integration approaches. (Below average experience (<5 points); Average experience (5 points); Good experience (7.5 points); Outstanding experience (10 points)); Maximum Points: 10;

Candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) of the maximum obtainable points for the technical criteria (70 points) shall be considered for the financial evaluation.

Financial evaluation - Total 30% (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

Contract Award

Candidate obtaining the highest combined scores in the combined score of Technical and Financial evaluation will be considered technically qualified and will be offered to enter into contract with UNDP.

Institutional arrangement

UNDP Yemen

The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the Resident Representative and direct supervision of the Senior Deputy Resident Representative/Programmes with support from the Head of Management Support Unit. The consultant will collaborate with the CO programme, project and operations teams, heads of sub-offices and Amman Liaison office staff. On rolling out of the adaptive management strategy, the consultant will work closely with the Adaptive Management Specialist.

Lake Chad Basin Region

The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the CB Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights Policy and Programme Specialist – Community Security and also UNDP Focal Point for Reintegration. The Consultant will collaborate with focal points in the Regional Service Center for Africa and the Dakar Hub.

In all cases, UNDP will provide the consultant with logistical support in conducting the assignment - relevant background documents for review, setting up meetings with stakeholders as needed.

Payment modality

• Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified above and deliverables accepted and upon certification of satisfactory completion by the manager.

• The work week will be based on 35 hours, i.e. on a 7-hour working day, with core hours being between 9h00 and 18h00 daily.

• < > (click on the hyperlink to access the documents):

  Annex 1 - UNDP P-11 Form for ICs

• Annex 2 - IC Contract Template

• Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions

• Annex 4 – RLA Template

  Any request for clarification must be sent by email to cpu.bids@undp.org 

The UNDP Central Procurement Unit will respond by email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.