| Overview : The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights- East African Regional Office (OHCHR-EARO) has planned various activities including monitoring and advocacy on human rights development for the year 2018 and 2019 to advance the promotion and protection of human rights in Ethiopia. In the aftermath of the Gedeo-West Guji internal displacement in Ethiopia, the Government of Ethiopia estimates that over 400,000 IDPs have returned to their areas of origin, more than 200,000 of them to East and West Guji zones. UNHCR, OHCHR, UNICEF, and UNFPA, in cooperation with the government will conduct protection monitoring in the areas of return in West Guji. The protection monitoring will be linked with protection services provided on the ground. Its objective is to assist and guide evidence-based action by relevant national, regional and international actors in order to ensure the full respect and protection of the rights of IDPs and returnees. These actions will include specific interventions on behalf of individuals and or groups, the planning and implementation of humanitarian assistance operations or protection interventions and advocacy or other activities by relevant stakeholders.Please refer to the ToR. Application Instruction: Procurement Reference No.: ETH/IC/2018/066; e-Tendering event ID: 0000002977, https://etendering.partneragencies.org; The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights- East African Regional Office (OHCHR-EARO)) has planned various activities including monitoring and advocacy on human rights development that requires the services of an individual to perform the work described in the corresponding TOR. Proposal should be submitted through the online eTendering system https://etendering.partneragencies.org (search for Event ID 0000002977) as per the deadline indicated in the system itself. Detailed user guide on how to register in the system and submit the proposal are attached to this notice. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), therefore, hereby invites National Individual Consultants to submit their proposals for providing the required services. Detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) as well as other requirements are listed in the IC available on UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system” https://etendering.partneragencies.org UNDP/ETH10/Event ID: 0000002977. Your offer, comprising of a Brief Technical Proposal and Financial offer, should be submitted in accordance with IC requirements, through UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system and by the deadline indicated in https://etendering.partneragencies.org; In the course of preparing and submitting your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it is submitted into the system by the deadline. The system will automatically block and not accept any bid after the deadline. In case of any discrepancies deadline indicated in the system shall prevail. Kindly ensure that supporting documents required are in the .pdf format, and free from any virus or corrupted files and Quotations. NOTE! The File name should contain only Latin characters (No Cyrillic or other alphabets). You are kindly requested to indicate whether you intended to submit a Proposal by clicking on “Accept Invitation” button no later than 01 November 2018. If that is not the case, UNDP would appreciate your indicating the reason, for our records. If you have not registered in the system before, you can register now by logging in using username: event.guest password: why2change The step by step instructions for registration of bidders and quotation submission through the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system is available in the “Instructions Manual for the Bidders”, attached. Should you require any training on the UNDP ATLAS e-Tendering system or face with any difficulties when registering your company or submitting your quotation, please send an email: info.procurementet@undp.org cc: mehari.goitom@undp.org Please note that ATLAS has following minimum requirements for password: Minimum length of 8 characters. At least on capital letter. At least one number. New bidder registering for first time, system will not accept any password that does not meet the above requirements and thus registration cannot be completed. For already existing bidders whose current password does not meet the criteria, when signing in, system will prompt you to change the password, and it will not accept a new password that does not meet requirement. Online video guidelines available on the following link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/procurement/business/procurement-notices/resources/ The bidders are advised to use Internet Explorer (Version 10 or above) to avoid any compatibility issues | 
