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Introduction

Country: Xam Neua Houaphanh, Laos

 

Description of the Assignment:  

Background

Historically, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has grappled with the illicit cultivation of opium poppy, which poses significant social and economic challenges to both the local communities and governmental authorities. In 2023, approximately 5,000 hectares of opium cultivation remained in the northern parts of the country, primarily in economically disadvantaged regions such as Houaphanh province.1 In addition, the province is increasingly becoming a passageway for drug trafficking to Viet Nam. As a result, drugs are readily available in the area – risking increased use, abuse, and the potential development of dependence and related medical and psychosocial consequences among local communities. 

 

To address these challenges, UNODC, in collaboration with the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC), the Provincial Committee on Drug Control (PCDC), and relevant development partners, initiated an intervention in 2016. This effort targets the interconnected issues of opium cultivation, poverty, and transnational organized crime while providing support to at-risk communities in Houaphanh province.  

 

This UNODC project is implemented in the Xamneua district of Houaphanh province, Lao PDR, under the guidance and supervision of the UNODC Lao PDR Office, supported by UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ROSEAP).  The project outcomes support beneficiaries in all four target districts: Xamneua, Xone, Kwan, and Xamtai districts. Opium is cultivated in all these districts, and all villages in the target areas are either growing or have recently grown opium. The concerned districts are highlighted in the map below.  

Scope of Work

UNDP supports the sustainability of Vanmai Cooperative through the secondary processing facilities, which could include a warehouse, office/coffee shop, and indoor/outdoor structure. Subject to funding availability, the warehouse and indoor/outdoor structure to support the operation will be priorities. The consultant will provide technical expertise to design and oversee the construction of the Vanmai Cooperative’s secondary processing facilities, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and UNDP policies.

 

Specific Tasks:

 

Task 1: Construction Work Monitoring

·         Support the International Engineer consultant in ensuring construction activities comply with technical specification, safety standard, social and environmental regulation.

·         Conduct quality assurance and risk management checks and ensure corrective measures are implemented when needed.

·         Monitor contractor performance and adherence to contractual obligations

·         Provide technical advice and practical solutions to address challenges encountered during construction.

·         Assist in the review of construction-related documents, including drawings, bills of quantities, and materials specification.

 

Task 2: Project Implementation Support:

·         Support the coordination and implementation of activities on the project’s site (Xam Neua, Houaphanh province) including supervision and guidance of other project staff, consultants and experts with a view to achieving project results;

·         Develop and update project workplan and concept notes for project activities to implemented, including defining roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders and their outputs;

·         Mobilizing goods and services to support project activities, including drafting TORs and works/products requirements and specifications;

·         Ensuring adherence of project activities to financial, procurement, and administrative processes that are in line with prevailing UNDP rules and regulations and, at the same time, observing project timelines;

·         Foster relationships with local authorities, NGOs, and other stakeholders to develop cooperative partnerships and project synergies.

·         Uploading news and publication materials to the project knowledge portal,

·         Ensuring gender is effectively mainstreamed throughout project activities, work plans, budgets, reports, research, analyses, and, where specifically relevant, analyzed in detail;

Tasks 3: Project Monitoring and Reporting:

·         Monitoring the progress of implementation of project activities and key event schedules as detailed in the work plan.

·         Monitoring of financial resources and accounting to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reports;

·         Providing inputs to project progress reports (progress against planned activities, update on risks issues, expenditure, and implementation of activities…);

·         Assisting in the preparation of activity completion reports; 

Period of assignment/services: 190 working days/

 

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