Procurement Notices

Interested experts are invited to submit the following documents/information to be considered:

1. Offeror’s letter, as per the attached form
2. Personal History Form (P-11), including 3 references
3. Technical proposal
   1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work
   2. Providing a brief methodology (not more than 3 pages) on how they would approach and conduct the work.
4. Financial proposal in accordance with the attached schedule

Please submit above information and documents no later than 2nd October 2018, at 12:00 hrs (Jordan time) by email to: ic.jo@undp.org with subject: “Communication Support”.

Any request for clarification must be sent by electronic communication to saed.madi@undp.org Mr. Madi will respond by electronic email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.

BACKGROUND

The UNDP Decentralization and Local Development Support Programme (DLDSP) provides support to the Government of Jordan to effectively manage and guide the implementation of decentralization reform through the application of the Decentralization and Municipalities laws of 2015. The DLDSP operates through the Local Development Directorate (LDD) at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and through its corresponding LDD at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MOMA). It functions under the guidance of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for Decentralization and its Executive Committee and its sub-committees. The DLDSP is funded by the European Union.

DLDSP seeks to achieve three results:

• Result 1: The policy/ regulatory framework pertaining to decentralization has been adopted;
• Result 2: Capacities of the Governorate-based structures in strategic planning, budget analysis and monitoring are strengthened;
• Result 3: Participatory development plans have been properly elaborated in Governorates through strengthened dialogue with Non-State Actors and increased citizen’s participation (including identification of local productive projects to be established).

Under result 2 DLDSP is drafting a framework of formulating a national plan to develop decentralization institutional capacities. It is part of efforts to guide and organize the government’s efforts to develop and carry out reforms and implement the Law on Decentralization N. 49 and the Law on Municipalities N. 41 of 2015.

The DLDSP conducted a December 2017 survey to establish baselines and benchmarks for the state of development of the sub-national system and the implementation of the legislation.  The survey identified the needs at the local level and at the level of the MoI and MoMA to develop decentralization institutional capacities. It is part of efforts to guide and organize the government’s efforts to develop and carry out reforms and implement the two laws. The methodology to develop the 2018-2019 national capacity development plan is based on the categorization  the interventions of the government and development partners: areas and type of current support of the development partners, focus on the implementation of the new laws through the inclusion or enhancement of legislative or institutional arrangements, structures, regulations, procedures, and capacities to perform the functions that are recently assigned or amended at governorate and municipality level. -

The government has formed an Inter- Ministerial Decentralization committee (IMC) and an Executive Committee with sub-committees to improve coordination between bodies concerned on drafting and implementation of decentralization policies. Seven sub-committees were established to cover components required to implement the decentralization, namely:

• Legislation
• Institutional and organizational structures, manuals and procedures
• Institutional capacity
• Finance
• Local development and services
• Outreach
• IT

The DLDSP would like to implement the visibility and communication plan based on the Ministry of Interior, UNDP and EU requirements and provisions.

In order to better capitalize the results achieved during the implementation of the programe, the DLDSP is looking to better communicate its added value and prospects and provide the programme with a fresh perspective on its communication efforts. The consultancy will support the implementation of the DLDSP’s Communication and Visibility Plan, identifying the opportunities and risks associated with communications, as well as to the production of suitable products. The final aim is to translate the highly complex DLDSP into clear and recognizable messages as the basis for all communication activities. All products will be developed in line with EU and UNDP corporate communication guidelines.