| Overview : BACKGROUND / PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has corporate responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogue initiatives, South-South and Triangular co-operation initiatives and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Response Unit (CRU) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to provide high quality, technical support to UNDP Country offices for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programme support activities. HIV, Health and Development Approach: UNDP is a founding cosponsor of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), a partner of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and a co-sponsor of several other international health partnerships. UNDP’s work on HIV, health and development leverages the organization’s core strengths and mandates in human development, governance and capacity development to complement the efforts of specialist health-focused UN agencies. UNDP delivers three types of support to countries in HIV, health and development. First, UNDP helps countries to mainstream attention to HIV and health into action on gender, poverty and the broader effort to achieve and sustain the SDGs. For example, UNDP works with countries to understand the social and economic factors that play a crucial role in driving health and disease, and to respond to such dynamics with appropriate policies and programmes outside the health sector. UNDP also promotes specific action on the needs and rights of women and girls as they relate to HIV. . . . I. SCOPE OF THE WORK LEA: The assessment will include the following: - Identifying and collecting relevant policies, legal and research documents for literature review
- Identifying key stakeholders to be consulted
- Reviewing all available documents on international, regional and national human rights obligations, particularly those relevant to HIV and AIDS
- Reviewing all relevant national laws and policies, including laws that impact on vulnerable and key populations as well as recent and ongoing law reform initiatives and proposals
- Reviewing all relevant national public health – related policies and recent and ongoing law reform initiatives and proposals in relation to their impact on vulnerable and most at risk populations
- Reviewing access to justice including institutional frameworks for access to justice and law enforcement in relation to health services with particular attention to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care.
- Assessing the current legal, regulatory and policy environment in terms of the extent to which it is conducive to HIV and AIDS national response
- Identifying protective laws, regulations, policies and programmes, which support human rights and access to health services within the context of HIV and AIDS
- Identifying punitive laws and prohibitive policies which pose barriers to human rights and access to health services within the context of HIV and AIDS
- Identifying gaps and weaknesses in the current legal, regulatory and policy frameworks for HIV prevention, AIDS treatment and care and impact mitigation.
- Compiling recommendations for public health –related legal and policy environment, law review and reform, strengthening access to justice as well as ensuring enforcement of rights, and creation of an effective response to HIV and AIDS
Duties and Responsibilities: As per ToR in LEA Guidance, and based on experience of conducting LEAs in 10 African countries, in addition to National Consultants based in each country, the LEA requires an experienced regional consultant to provide guidance, training and support the LEA process. Under the overall supervision of the UNDP PMT, the Regional Consultant will provide technical support to the National Consultants to: - Conduct the LEA as per the guidance
- Develop an inception report
- Complete a desk review assessment of the legal environment;
- Carry out interviews with key stakeholders and
- Draft the report and present it to the national SC; and
- Finalize the report.
II. ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AFRICAN JUDGES FORUM ON HIV The Annual meetings of the Africa Judges Forum on HIV require substantial preparation and follow up. The consultant is required to research background documents, develop an agenda, facilitate the meetings, write a report for comment, finalise the report and carry out any additional tasks as follow up to the meeting. Duties and Responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of the UNDP PMT, the Expert Consultant will: - Hold consultations
- Develop background materials, concept, presentations and agenda
- Facilitate the African Regional Judges Forum Meeting
- Prepare draft and final report
III. PROGRESS REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HIV/TB FOR AUC/REC The assignment will include conducting a desk review of relevant documents, developing a 30 page report for the AUC/REC as required, on progress on human rights and HIV/TB in the region or sub-region that will be presented at the AIDS Watch Africa Meeting. Duties and Responsibilities: - Conduct a desk review
- Develop a draft report for the AUC/REC as required on progress on human rights and HIV/TB in the region or sub-region that will be presented at the AIDS Watch Africa Meeting.
- Submit draft report in style of AUC/REC for comment to relevant stakeholders
- Develop final draft incorporating comments
- Develop a presentation based on the report
IV. AUC, RECs & OTHER REGIONAL MEETINGS The assignment will include the following: - Consultation with the relevant stakeholders
- Development of background materials and agenda
- Facilitation of the meeting &
- Preparation of the draft and final report
Duties and Responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of the UNDP PMT, the Expert Consultant will facilitate: - Develop background materials and agenda
- Facilitate the meetings
- Prepare draft report
- Finalize the report.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTION: - Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto.
- Group of Individuals and/or Firms are not eligible for this consultancy assignment (open only for individual consultant).
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: The following proposals must be prepared as per the IC Proposal Submission Instructions. The Proposals shall be submitted before application deadline February 16, 2015 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org - Technical Proposal in pdf under file name: RSC-IC-2015-002 – TP - [insert your name]
- Financial Proposal in pdf under file name:: RSC-IC-2015-002 – FP - [insert your name]
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