Drafting of the Progress Report of the National Action Plan for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2023, Prishtina, Kosovo, Pillar III, 4 months

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To this end, in close cooperation with the Office of Good Governance/Office of Prime Minister (OGG), UNICEF is seeking to engage a local consultant to develop the 2023 progress report on implementation of National Action Plan for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2023. The report will be developed in close collaboration with relevant Kosovo institutions, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), civil society organizations and others as relevant.

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The implementation of the National Action Plan for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2023 has been concluded in 2023. The Office for Good Governance seeks technical support from an expert to assess the plan's progress and activity fulfillment for the year 2023.

Under the overall supervision of the UNICEF Child Protection Officer and Social Policy Specialist and in close collaboration with the OGG the local Consultant is expected to lead and facilitate the process for development of the progress report. The Action Plan includes matrices detailing Strategic and Specific Objectives, along with measurement indicators and activities. The Consultant is expected to gather data and information on progress from line ministries, consult relevant stakeholders and develop a final progress report. The exercise requires the active involvement of line ministries and government stakeholders, OPDs, and civil society.

Within the scope of the work, and in accordance with the requests from the Office for Good Governance the local Consultant is expected to deliver following outputs:

Report Writing and validation: Following the completion of the fact-finding stage, the report should be developed in interaction between the expert and the OGG to allow full alignment of the report with the desired scope and focus. The expert shall compile the final analytical report based on triangulation of information from the desk review and data collection exercise. The report shall clearly demonstrate whether the objectives, indicators and activities foreseen in the plan have been implemented and achieved. The expert is also required to develop recommendations to inform future interventions. The final draft report will be presented to OGG and UNICEF. Upon collection of comments and revisions, the report will be finalized.

References and document repository:

Work Assignments Overview: Conduct mapping of stakeholders, review of materials, legal framework, policies, studies and develop inception report including a detailed work plan, timeframe, and methodology.  
Deliverables/Outputs: Mapping of stakeholders and Desk review conducted 
Delivery deadline: (3 days)

Work Assignments Overview: Collection of data and consultations with stakeholders
Deliverables/Outputs: Consultations and data Gathering conducted 
Delivery deadline: (7 days)

Work Assignments Overview: Finalization of the report with input and comments received from relevant stakeholders
Deliverables/Outputs: Report is finalized based on the validation workshop comment 
Delivery deadline: (5 days)  

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Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.