| Overview : The Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana (ACSH), an initiative of the Government of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Development Programme, was established in March 2013 and it is implemented by UNDP. It is a multilateral institutional platform for the continuous exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of civil service development, through fostering partnerships and providing capacity building and peer-to-peer learning activities and evidence-based solutions. The geographical range of participants - currently encompassing 35 countries, demonstrating that partnership for civil service excellence remains a salient need. The United Nations Development Programme, drawing from the best of global practices, contributes to Kazakhstan’s democratic consolidation through the provision of support to institutional reform and fostering dialogue by bringing together key stakeholders in the process. The UNDP works to promote democratic governance through public administration, civil service and judicial reform, electoral and parliamentary support, protection of human rights and enhancement of civil society participation in political decision making. Through its regional projects, it promotes multi-agency cooperation to increase effectiveness of drug control and reinforce border management capacity of national partners in all Central Asian Republics. The Regional Hub produces several publications in the form of research papers, monograms, cases studies and books. Similarly, UNDP’s Governance Cluster publishes numerous knowledge products, position papers and reports every year. For this reason, it intends to hire an international consultant, whose primary scope of work would be to assist in the conception, preparation and publication of knowledge products related to public administration and civil service reform and development. Interested bidders are requested to submit their application using the following link: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=69584 |
