REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – LOCAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

MONITORING AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Modernization of Government Services in the Republic of Moldova Project

Project ID No. P148537

Reference No.: MD-EGA-71891-CS-INDV

From 2006 to 2013, Moldova modernized its civil service legislation and administrative processes under the Central Public Administration Reform (CPAR), supported by the Bank's administered CPAR MDTF. However, additional efforts are needed to transform Moldova public administration and bring it closer to the EU standards as planned under the action plan for implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU, signed in 2014. 

Governance is identified as a cross-cutting issue and interventions are planned to improve the business enabling environment, enhance public administration reform and quality of public service delivery. The Government has requested the World Bank’s assistance for a PAR operation, planned for delivery commencing in FY17 to 2023, called Modernization of Government Services Project (MGSP). 

The e-Governance Agency seeks to engage a local specialist (MGSP M&E Consultant) to perform monitoring and evaluation activities related to MGSP.

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 in public administration, political sciences, international relations, economics, business administration, or other related fields;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation or performance management sphere in organizations or projects related to reform processes implementation, public policies in various branches of national economy;
• Minimum of 3 years of experience of collaboration with ministries, leading policymakers of the central and local public authorities in policy document elaboration, strategic planning and general project management;
• Experience in M&E framework development, progress reporting;
• Experience in data collection, data systematization, etc.;
• Ability to effectively communicate and write in English and Romanian languages. 

Preferred qualifications 

• Experience in planning, negotiation and implementation of qualitative and quantitative research consultancy contracts with consultancy and research firms or individual consultants would be strong advantage;
• Prior professional experience with international, regional, or bilateral World Bank and/or other donors-funded projects would be an asset;  
• Knowledge of Russian would be an 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”), 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 full-time assignment expected to commence in November 2018. The contract will be initially signed for a period of probation of three months and could be extended subject to the Consultant’s satisfactory performance.

Interested qualified candidates should submit their expressions of interest/CVs in written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) with the mark “M&E SPECIALIST” by November 9, 2018, 17:00 o’clock local time: 

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

Mobile phone: (+373 79) 886-638

e-mail: procurements@egov.md