Antecedentes
UNDP’s work focuses on poverty reduction, good governance, climate change and as well as economic development. Access to justice is a vital part of the UNDP mandate to reduce poverty and ensure sustainable development.
Rooted in principles of inclusiveness and Leave No One Behind (LNOB), UNDP is planning to conduct capacity building training for respective national partners on legal aid on civil and administrative laws and to develop new guidelines on legal aid.
Under this output, UNDP is planning to review the effectiveness of the legal aid schemes to identify opportunities for their improvement. The findings and insights will be shared with the relevant government partners. As national partners, the CO will partner with the Ministry of Justice, Bar Association, Justice Academy, and clinics functioning under the law faculties of the universities.
Deberes y responsabilidades
OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of the assignment is to conduct a review on the effectiveness and efficiency of legal aid schemes in the areas of civil law and administrative law for vulnerable groups (in compliance with UN and CoE standards).
SCOPE OF WORK
Specifically, the responsibilities of the international consultant will include to carry out a review on the existing legal framework on civil and administrative laws of Azerbaijan for vulnerable communities in compliance with UN and CoE standards. For this purpose, international consultant will be:
- Developing a detailed methodology for the data collection, which has a specific focus on mainstreaming the legal aid for the vulnerable communities;
- Conducting the desk review of the existing studies and reports on legal aid and relevant normative documents on civil and administrative law of Azerbaijan;
- Conducting empirical research to provide evidence about the costs of different ways of expanding the legal aid scheme for civil and administrative cases.
- Conducting consultations with the relevant stakeholders on a national and local level, among which are the Ministry of Justice, Bar Association, Mediation Council, judges and their organizations, human rights and law reform NGOs, academics of legal backgrounds and CSOs may be engaged in the process.
The output of the international consultant will be:
- A detailed Review Report on effectiveness and efficiency of legal aid schemes in the areas of civil and administrative laws for the vulnerable communities (in compliance with UN and CoE standards),
- A series of Recommendations on improvement of legal aid scheme on the civil and administrative laws for the vulnerable communities.
DELIVERABLES, TIMING AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The following deliverables are expected:
- A Review Report on effectiveness and efficiency of legal aid schemes in the areas of civil and administrative law for vulnerable groups
- A document of Recommendations on improvement of legal aid scheme in the areas of civil and administrative law for vulnerable groups
Payment will be done in three installments upon completion of the above deliverables:
1st installment – 30% will be paid upon acceptance of workplan and methodology by the authorised UNDP personnel
2nd installment – 40% will be paid upon acceptance first draft of the report by the authorised UNDP personnel
3rd installment – 30% will be paid upon acceptance of final report by authorised UNDP personnel.
Approval Process
The authorisation for payment will be made by an authorised UNDP personnel after the acceptance of the deliverable.
Competencias
REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
I. Academic Qualifications:
- University degree in international human rights law, legal studies, rule of law or related field – 15 points
II. Years of Experience:
- At least 10 years of experience as human rights law expert, legal adviser, lawyer, legal or human rights officer – 25 points
- Proven experience in delivery of review or gap analyses of domestic legislature on Legal Aid on the areas of civil and administrative laws – 15 points
- Excellent knowledge of the civil and administrative laws – 20 points
- Proven work experience with international organisations – 10 points
- Approach to work – 10 points
III. Language requirements:
Excellent English writing skills – 5 points
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
Financial proposal:
Financial offer – specifying a total lump sum in for the deliverables specified in the TOR. The financial offer shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days, daily professional fee, travel expenses, communication expenses etc.). The daily fee shall include all taxes and social charges applicable to the expert as an individual service provider.
Travel
If needed, the assignment is to be conducted in Baku, Azerbaijan (field visit) and remotely/home-based.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Individual consultants will be evaluated based on Lowest price and technically compliant offer:
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) offering the lowest price/cost
Evaluation of technical criteria:
I Academic Qualifications:
- University degree in international human rights law, legal studies, rule of law or related field – 15 points
II. Years of Experience:
- At least 10 years of experience as human rights law expert, legal adviser, lawyer, legal or human rights officer – 25 points
- Proven experience in delivery of review or gap analyses of domestic legislature on Legal Aid on the areas of civil and administrative laws – 15 points
- Excellent knowledge of the civil and administrative laws– 20 points
- Proven work experience with international organisations – 10 points
- Approach to work – 10 points
III. Language requirements:
- Excellent English writing skills – 5 points
Note: Maximum possible score is 100 points. In order to be eligible, the candidate has to score at least 70 points (70% of maximum possible score)
- DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS.
a) Duly accomplished OFFEROR’S LETTER TO UNDP CONFIRMING INTEREST AND AVAILABILITY using the template provided by UNDP (please download the form from https://www.undp.org/azerbaijan/jobs , How To Apply heading, under Individual Contract Application Form)
b) Personal CV or P11 form, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
c) Approach to work document.
UNDP reserves the right to reject the application if above documents are not provided by the deadline.
- IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS
Consultant will work in close collaboration with the Project Team and will get any assistance required to implement the functions under the contract. All arrangements for physical trainings and online trainings (venue, meal, access to Zoom platform) will be provided by the project. The consultant is only expected to use his laptop during presentation, if any required.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION:
Project Associate is responsible for monitoring and evaluation of all deliverables.
LOCATION
The assignment is to be conducted remotely/home-based and in Baku, Azerbaijan, if needed.
REPORTING
The consultant will provide the reports to Project Associate. The consultant will report at the end of the contractual period to Project Associate of the project as well as to UNDP Program Analyst
Proposal should be uploaded to the system as one attachment no later than 30.06.2022.
Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above (procurement.aze@undp.org). UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.