C. Scope of Work Under the guidance and daily supervision of the Project Manager and in coordination with UNDP Senior Management, the Consultant shall: 1. Develop and finalize the Public Financial Management (PFM) Roadmap on Citizen Participation; 2. Formulate and prepare the provisions relative to the Section on Transparency and Participation in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Budget Modernization Bill; 3. Provide technical and policy coordination towards the re-establishment of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Open Government Partnership (OGP) Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Desk; 4. Coordinate with PFM and OGP Secretariat to gather baseline reports and relevant documents on the degree of CSO participation in the Budget Process across government; 5. Provide technical and policy coordination towards the establishment of the Inter-Agency Fiscal Openness Working Group; 6. Closely coordinate with other consultants engaged in this project and duly submit the needed reports as agreed during the duration of the engagement. D. Expected Output and Deliverables The Individual Contractor is expected to accomplish the following activities with corresponding deliverables: Deliverables/Outputs | Estimated Duration to Complete | Target Due Dates | Inception report on how to provide technical and policy advisories for the following: · Re-establishment of DBM and OGP Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Desk · Establishment of the Inter-Agency Fiscal Openness Working Group | 10 days | 01 September 2019 | Formulate and prepare the provisions relative to the Section on Transparency and Participation in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Budget Modernization Bill | 20 days | 31 September 2019 | Draft Public Financial Management (PFM) Roadmap on Citizen Participation | 30 days | 15 October 2019 | Executive Summary with attached compilation of the baseline reports and relevant documents in regard to the degree of CSO participation in the Budget Process | 2 months | 30 December 2019 | Finalized provisions relative to the Section on Transparency and Participation in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Budget Modernization Bill | 10 days | 10 February 2020 | Executive Report on the technical and policy advisories conducted for the following: · Re-establishment of DBM and OGP Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Desk · Establishment of the Inter-Agency Fiscal Openness Working Group · Philippines’ participation in the 2019 Open Budget Survey (OBS) and the updating of the Philippine OBS Internal Matrix | 30 days | 27 February 2020 | Finalized Public Financial Management (PFM) Roadmap on Citizen Participation | 3 months | 30 March 2020 |
E. Institutional Arrangements 1. The UNDP Project Manager will provide overall guidance on this assignment; 2. The Individual Contractor shall work with DBM, specifically under the guidance of Office of the Undersecretary for Budget Policy and Strategy Group; 3. UNDP will be responsible to organize meetings with the all relevant stakeholders and provide logistical support, as needed. 4. UNDP Philippines shall be entitled to intellectual property and other proprietary rights over all materials that have direct relation to the project. F. Duration of Work The Contractor will be engaged from 15 August 2019 to 30 March 2020 unless revised in a mutually agreed upon timetable by Deputy Resident Representative and the Contractor. G. Duty Station The consultancy shall be home based. Though meetings at DBM and UNDP will be required monthly or as needed. H. Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments The financial proposals from possible candidates shall be expressed in lump sum amount inclusive of all financial costs related to this engagement (i.e., such as transportation/travel to and from residence for meetings within Metro Manila, laptop, communications including internet, etc). Payments will be made when specific outputs have been submitted, as outlined below: | DELIVERABLE | PERCENT OF FEE | 1 | Draft provisions relative to the Section on Transparency and Participation in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Budget Modernization Bill and Draft Public Financial Management (PFM) Roadmap on Citizen Participation | 20% | 2 | Executive Summary with attached compilation of the baseline reports and relevant documents in regards to the degree of CSO participation in the Budget Process | 30% | 3 | Finalized provisions relative to the Section on Transparency and Participation in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Budget Modernization Bill and Executive Report on the technical and policy support | 30% | 4 | Finalized Public Financial Management (PFM) Roadmap on Citizen Participation | 20% | TOTAL | | 100% |
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