Antecedentes
Cambodia's landmine contamination is the result of a protracted sequence of internal and regional conflicts that affected the country from the mid-1960s until the end of 1998. The northwestern regions bordering Thailand have some of the highest concentrations of anti-personnel mines in the world. Other areas of the country, mainly in the east, have been impacted primarily by the presence of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including cluster munitions.
Mines and ERW have killed and injured more than 64,800 people in Cambodia since 1979. Although, the number of annual casualties has been brought down from 4,320 in 1996 to 58 in 2018, Cambodia has some of the highest numbers of casualties in the world. In addition, mines and ERW prevent reconstruction and development from taking place in a safe environment. Most community, provincial and national development projects would not have taken place without the support of mine/ERW clearance. In a mine affected country like Cambodia, mine/ERW clearance is important, and is the backbone for rural and national economic development.
Humanitarian mine action in Cambodia started in 1992 by national and international operators. To ensure proper management, effectiveness and efficiency of the mine action sector, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) established the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) in late 2000. The CMAA is mandated to plan, regulate, coordinate and monitor mine action activities to ensure contribution to the national development priorities.
From the inception of humanitarian mine action in Cambodia in 1992 until 1998, demining operators selected minefields to clear in consultation with local people and sometime with military commanders who has some knowledge on the location of minefields. Because of this, some cleared lands were not used properly and sometimes they fell in the hand of the powerful and the rich. Learning from this experience, in 1999 a provincial body, similar to current MAPU, were established to coordinate planning for mine clearance to ensure that mine clearance address the needs of the affected communities.
Provincial Mine Action Committees (PMAC) and Mine Action Planning Units (MAPU) were established in 2004 with the issuance of a Sub-Decree. The PMAC and MAPU were tasked with responsibilities to establish clearance priorities in consultation with the affected communities to ensure that clearance addresses the needs of the affected communities for housing, agriculture, infrastructure development etc.
With support from the international donor community, development partners, national and international operators, RGC has made great efforts over the past 27 years to remove mines and ERW throughout the country. Despite these efforts, there remains approximately 1,900 km2 of mine and ERW contaminated land to be addressed. The National Mine Action Strategy (NMAS 2018-2025) envisions a mine-free Cambodia by 2025 and seeks to address prioritized cluster munitions contaminated area. Although ambitious, the 2025 deadline is an attainable target if the RGC, international donor communities and development partners step up their support to the sector.
To support the RGC to address landmine problem UNDP with financial support from development partners, has partnered with CMAA to implement mine action projects, known as Clearing for Results (CfR) since 2006. Thus far, three phases of the project have been implemented:
CfRI (2006-2010) aimed to build the national capacity of the government to manage Cambodia’s national mine action programme.
CfRII (2011-2015) aimed to enhance national structures and mechanisms to ensure demining resources are effectively allocated. It also sought to support the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) wherein by 2015, more Cambodians benefit from, and participate in increasingly equitable, green and diversified economic growth.
CfRIII (2016-2019) aims to help CMAA transition from a purely humanitarian objective to a more sustainable, development-oriented focus, as it is a multi-donor project implemented by CMAA with technical and financial support from UNDP.
In 2018, the Royal Government of Cambodia requested continued donor assistance for the mine action sector, including the UNDP’s Clearing for Results Phase IV (CfRIV: 2020-2025).
A Mid-Term Review (MTR) of CfRIII commissioned by UNDP identified the need for a new capacity building strategy to address the sustainability of CMAA’s systems and the transition of knowledge to other sectors to manage residual mine issues beyond 2025.
It was determined that a more sustainable approach to capacity development, which focuses on the enabling environment as well as the individual, would greatly benefit the mine action sector and capacity development of CMAA and MAPUs. Stakeholders have routinely expressed the need for additional training, as oftentimes individuals who had been trained by the project were reassigned or unable to transfer knowledge gained to other colleagues. As such, the UNDP mid-term review recommended a Capacity Development Needs Assessment (CDNA) be undertaken, assessing CMAA’s capacity and enabling institutions against the needs detailed in the NMAS 2018-2025.
The MTR also recommended a CDNA be undertaken in order to develop and implement a formal targeted partnership strategy. While intentions for a partnership strategy were outlined in the project document, no formal strategy for cooperation and communication with partners in the mine action sector exists.
Against this background, the UNDP CfRIII Project will commission a consultancy service to assess CMAA’s institutional capacities and develop a comprehensive Capacity Development Plan (CDP) aimed at strengthening the CMAA to manage their current strategic objectives. The CDP will serve as a key mechanism to address capacities at three levels, including institutional arrangements, leadership, and knowledge and accountability. The CDP will also inform the development of a formal partnership strategy with the aim of leveraging complementary resources and expertise among others in the mine action sector to improve not only the effectiveness and long term impact of the CfR project, but to also increase overall efficiency.
Deberes y responsabilidades
As such, this assessment will require gathering current and accurate information that reflects CMAA’s and MAPU’s current institutional and functional capacity in addressing government mandates, reveals institutional and functional performance gaps and identifies key challenges that CMAA and MAPU may have faced.
In particular, this assessment will seek to:
Carry-out a gap analysis on CMAA MAPU structures, mandate, personnel, plans and funding, relevant to the effective implementation of their core functions, with special focus on roles and responsibilities.
Review and assess the extent to which the CMAA currently manages, regulates, coordinates and monitors the mine action sector, and identify the critical gaps/prioritized areas, opportunities and improvements to be made that will provide input for further capacity development of CMAA to meet the NMAS: 2018-2025.
Review and assess the extent to which MAPUs prioritize, coordinate, monitor and report mine action programs at the provincial level, and identify the critical gaps/prioritized areas for opportunities and improvements that will provide input into the further development of MAPUs.
Analyze the capacity of CMAA and MAPU to mainstream gender, social accountability, the environment and human rights and fully a human development approach in line with the Mine-Free Village Strategy.
Recommend approaches/methodologies and a Capacity Development Plan (CDP) aimed to enhance CMAA’s and MAPU’s capability to efficiently and effectively deliver their mandates, and inform efforts to develop a formal partnership strategy with other stakeholders in the mine action sector.
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Competencias
Good understanding of RGC and Cambodia’s national mine action programme. Familiarity with NIM programming and procedures will be an asset;
Understands how organizations and CMAA work together.
Good writing and communication skills in English and networking;
Excellent organizational skills with attention to details;
Experience of technical translation / interpretation (Khmer-English) is an asset
Excellent interpersonal, coordination and planning skills, and ability to work in a team;
Ability and willingness to travel to provincial areas;
Computer literate (MS Office package).
Habilidades y experiencia requeridas
Education: Minimum of a master’s degree or post -graduate qualifications in natural resource management, environment, international development studies or related field demonstrably relevant to the position.
Experience:
At least 7 years of experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation of mine action projects and the principles of Linking Mine Action and Development (LMAD);
Strong technical background of the mine/ERW problem in Cambodia;
Good experience with project management, monitoring and evaluation;
Experience working with local communities and rural livelihood development;
Good experience in conducting vulnerability reduction assessments;
- Previous relevant work experience with United Nations or other multilateral/bilateral development assistance agencies.
Language Requirement: English, with knowledge of Khmer an advantage
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