REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT ON GENDER EQUALITY

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Modernization of Government Services Project

Project ID No. P148537

Reference No.: MD-eGA-115668-CS-INDV

The Republic of Moldova has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Modernization of Government Services Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. 

The objective of the assignment is to assist the State Chancellery (the Responsible Authority for the Project) and EGA (the Implementer of the Project) to ensure that gender equality aspects are mainstreamed in the Government administrative services modernization process. 

The e-Governance Agency now invites individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions) and meet the following minimum qualification requirements:

Mandatory qualifications

• University degree or higher degree in social sciences, public administration, human rights or other related to the assignment disciplines;
• Minimum of 7 years of extensive work experience in gender equality field, the local context of the Republic of Moldova must be one of the cases previously worked on;
• Minimum of 3 years in developing training materials and delivery of trainings in the field of gender mainstreaming into the national and/or local policies;
• Certified specialized trainings in gender equality;
• Good knowledge of the government policies, government institutions and processes related to gender equality aspects;
• Strong analytical, organizational, reporting and writing abilities;
• Ability to effectively communicate and write in English and Romanian languages.

Preferred qualifications 

• Experience in working with teams on multi-disciplinary analytical work and similar assignments conducted by the World Bank, IMF, UNO and other donors financed projects is desirable;
• Experience in assessment of policy documents, methodologies and regulations from the gender equality perspective; 
• Previous experience in the implementation of activities related to the Government Service Modernization Agenda, will be considered a strong asset.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers, dated January 2011, revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”) [6], setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant (IC) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours, i.e. 09:00 to 17:00 local time.

Time Frame: This is a part-time assignment expected to be performed during the period June - October 2019.

Interested qualified candidates should submit their expressions of interest/CVs with the mark IC Gender Equality by May 27, 2019 COB to the address below:

E-Governance Agency of the Republic of Moldova

Attn: Elena Adam, Procurement Specialist

MD-2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,

42B, A. Puskin str.

Phone: (+373 22) 820-021

e-mail: procurements@egov.md [7] 

For further details about the assignment please consult the Terms of Reference