| Overview : In 2008 Turkmenistan started to create new legal framework for the governance of the country with adoption of the new Constitution that, among other things, created an elected, unicameral Parliament (Mejlis), consisting of 125 Members of Parliament (MPs), a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson and 5 (five) parliamentary committees (hereinafter “committees). The number of committees has expanded from 5 (five) to 8 (eight) by the decision of the Parliament in its session in January 2014 . As defined in the Constitution and the Law on the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, one of the main functions of Mejlis is “Enacting laws, making amendments and additions to the Constitution and other laws, monitoring their implementation and their interpretation” (Article 63 of the Constitution of Turkmenistan). The above mentioned “law making” function being the main work of the Committees of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, the management of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan wishes to further strengthen capacity of its parliamentary committees through the consultations with the international consultant experienced in the work of parliamentary committees.
In this regards and according to Project AWP there is a need to hire an International Consultant to
a) deliver a 3 day course on the “International experience of drafting the legislative acts” and
b) to develop a law making capacity development plan for the members and the staff of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and
c) to develop a “Handbook for the methodology of law making for the members and staff of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.
All interested candidates may submitt P11, CV and Oferror's Letter to UNDP on or before close of business (18:00) on November 11, 2014 and via:e-mail, fasmile, in a sealed envelops marked "International consulatnt for the Strengthening the capacity of representative bodies in Turkmenistan Project" to the following address:
UNDP Turkmenistan Registry Galkynysh 40, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Telephone: + 993 12 425250 Fax: + 993 12 425317 E-Mail: registry.tm@undp.org
To assist you in understanding the requirements of this assignment, we have attached hereto the following : •The Terms of Reference for the assignment described in the Procurement Notice; •Offeror's Letter to UNDP, confirming Interest and Availability, which you must accomplish and submit to UNDP; •P11, CV; and •The Individual Contract and its General Terms and Conditions, which you would be expected to sign in the event you are the selected Offeror in this procurement process. Interested applicants with questions regarding this assignment should send them in writing to: nazarkuli.durdyklychev@undp.org and azat.atajanov@undp.org
Language requirements - Fluency in Russian language will be considered a strong asset for this assignment, while for applicants speaking fluent Russian, the knowledge of English is not mandatory. The UNDP project staff reserves the right to test the candidate’s Russian language proficiency (via a Skype call). |
