Peacebuilding Programme Design Consultant Bosnia and Herzegovina

NOTE: Signed Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and availability – https://www.ba.undp.org/content/dam/bosnia_and_herzegovina/docs/Operations/Jobs/Offerors%20Letter%20to%20UNDP%20Confirming%20Interest%20and%20Availability.docx – Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability.docx – to be sent to e-mail [email protected] with Subject: Job ID 97687.

Following a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General in 2012, the country’s tripartite Presidency requested support from the United Nations to help strengthen dialogue, diversity and trust building in the country.  Based on this request, the UN in BiH formulated a UN Peacebuilding Fund-supported Joint Project “Dialogue for the Future” (DFF).  This project was implemented by UNICEF, UNESCO and UNDP. DFF established dialogue platforms and youth fora across the country; supported community projects and succeeded in reaching out to nearly 1/3 of BiH’s population.  In 2015, during the Brdo-Brijuni Summit in Budva, Montenegro, the leaders of the region recognized the DFF project and encouraged its expansion into South East Europe.  A second phase of DFF was launched in BiH from 2018 – 2019, elevating the initiative to the regional level bringing together communities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia.

As DFF has grown, it has catalysed increasing resources and partnerships in support of a broader Peacebuilding Programme. The  Dialogue Platform Declaration, adopted by the UN and the BiH Presidency in 2015 continues to serve as the backbone of the DFF peacebuilding initiative — with its call to all peoples and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially youth, to become active participants and engines of change; and to work with authorities to develop policies aimed at overcoming challenges  faced by Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Building on the partnerships, results and lessons of the DFF programme; the 2021-2025 UN Sustainable Cooperation Framework has identified ‘Citizen and community engagement for social cohesion’ as a strategic priority for sustainable development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. COVID-19 has made this priority even more pertinent.  

To support the delivery of this priority, and to meet the United Nations Secretary-General’s peacebuilding commitment to peacebuilding BiH, the UN in Bosnia and Herzegovina is looking for an international consultant to lead the development and design of a third phase of the DFF programme.  

To support implementation of the UNSDCF in BiH, the UN is seeking a consultant to produce a DFF programme/project document for the next phase of support for peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The programme/project document will build from the UNSDCF, the Peace and Development Assessment conducted in 2019, as well as national, regional and global lessons, evaluations and analysis produced by the UN and other actors, to propose a theory of change, an outcome, and key outputs that support delivery of strategic priority four of the UNSDCF.

During a first phase, the consultant will undertake a desk-review of relevant material and a mapping of peacebuilding initiatives in BiH. Based on this desk review, the consultant, with support from the UN PDA as necessary, will undertake initial consultations with key interlocutors on the process and areas of focus. During this first phase, the consultant will prepare a brief inception report outlining the methodology, deliverables and milestones, including activities and objectives of wider consultations and a list of relevant stakeholders.

A second phase of the consultancy will consist of a detailed stakeholder consultation, undertaken jointly with the support of the UN PDA.  Given the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological measures in place approval for the conduct of this mission will be determined by the RC, with online consultations prepared as a contingency.  During this second phase, the consultant will conduct direct consultations with relevant stakeholders, undertake focus groups, and collect objective and perceptions data to support analysis, and identify key findings in support of a theory of change for peacebuilding in BiH.  This phase should result in the formulation of the initial outline of the programme and the key summary of the initial findings for validation by relevant members of the UNCT and the RCO.

During the final phase of the consultancy, the consultant will work to prepare a first draft of the programme/ project document based on the desk-review, stakeholder consultations, and relevant UN BiH inputs. The draft report will then be validated with the UN and relevant national and international stakeholders through presentation of key findings and recommendations.  Based on feedback provided through this process, the consultant will proceed with the final programme/project document.

The expected deliverables of the consultancy are:

• A finalized programme/project document focusing on strategic priority 4 of the UNSDCF, building on  lessons learned and partnerships of DFF.

The programme document should:

1. Define the peacebuilding context and rationale for peacebuilding support,
   1. Context Analysis building on existing analysis to identify on-going drivers of fragility in the country, including, especially, their impacts on social cohesion and an analysis of the main actors/stakeholders that have an impact on or are impacted by the driving factors. This analysis must be gender- and age- sensitive.
   2. Existing policy frameworks for peacebuilding of authorities, CSO/NGOs and UN, including defining how the programme/ project will eventually ensure national ownership and how the project builds on any previous phases of peacebuilding support and/or any concrete lessons learned.
   3. A mapping/summary of existing interventions in the peacebuilding sector
2. Project content, strategic justification and implementation strategy
   1. Project result framework, outlining all project outcomes, outputs, activities with indicators of progress, baselines and targets (must be gender- and age- sensitive).
   2. Project targeting and sequencing strategy – provide justification for geographic zones, criteria for beneficiary selection, expected number and type of beneficiaries and justification, timing among various activities, any measures to ensure coherence and connection between outcomes, and any other information on implementation approach (must be gender- and age-sensitive).
3. Project management and coordination
   1. Recipient organizations and implementing partners – list implementing partners, specifying coordinating organization, and providing a brief justification for the choices, based on mandate, experience, local know-how and existing capacity.
   2. Project management and coordination – present the project implementation team, including positions and roles and explanation of which positions are to be funded by the project (to which percentage). Explain project coordination and oversight arrangements and attach key staff TORs.
   3. Risk management – assess the level of risk for project success (low, medium and high) and provide a list of major project specific risks and how they will be managed.
4. Monitoring and evaluation –
   1. Layout the M&E approach for the project, including M&E expertise in the project team and main means and timing of collecting data. Ensure at least 5-7% of the project budget is set aside for M&E activities, including collection of baseline and end line data for indicators and a quality independent evaluation.

The consultant, under the direct supervision of the UN Peace and Development Advisor, with guidance from the Head of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and the UN Resident Coordinator and in close collaboration with the UNCT, will complete the following deliverables under this assignment:

Deliverables/outputs

• Integrity: Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN in BiH.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

• Ability to lead strategic information collection, analysis and result-based use of information.
• Ability to lead formulation of strategies and their implementation.
• Ability to apply Resource Mobilization and Partnerships building theory to specific institutional contexts.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.

Academic Qualifications/Education:

• Holder of a Master’s Degree in the social sciences, economics or development studies.

Experience:

• At least seven years’ experience in the peacebuilding sector, development and CSO engagement,;
• Experience of UN system operations and UN operations in support of sustaining peace in normal development settings;
• Knowledge of UN’s Strategic Framework and Mission in BiH.

Languages Requirements:

• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential;
• Knowledge of the local languages is desirable.

Longlisting/Shortlisting Criteria

Qualifications as stated in the ToR

Technical Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation

Individual  will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the candidate whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

• * Technical Criteria weight-70%
• * Financial Criteria weight- 30%

Interested candidated must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work ;
• Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work; and/or sample of previous document/strategy/paper done by the consultant ;
• Proof of academic qualifications and copy of Passport;

Please scan all above mentioned documents and upload as one attachment only online through this website.

Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.