| Overview : PROJECT ID # 128127- JSB COVID PROJECT International Consultancy for Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Informal Sector, Migrants and Persons on Social Register of Mauritius The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently inviting offer for ' International Consultancy for Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Informal Sector, Migrants and Persons on Social Register of Mauritius 'that requires the services of an individual to perform the work described in the abovementioned subject. Background As of 25 August 2020, worldwide, there has been reported 23,311,719 cases of COVId-19 with 806,410 deaths. The World Health Organization recognizes that the pandemic has multidimensional impacts with a domino effect, not only on human health, but also with differentiated socio-economic impacts at all levels of society and within different sectors. Migrants face similar health threats from COVID-19 as their host populations. However, inadequate access to essential services, inadequate information and exclusion may make early detection, testing, diagnosis, contact tracing and seeking care for COVID-19 difficult for migrants thus increasing the risk of outbreaks in these population and presenting an additional threat to public health. Objective and Scope The Objective of the Consultancy is to carry out a rapid scan of the current short-terms socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups of women and men and households; the informal sector, casual workers and migrants and in the broader context; in addition to analyzing the medium- and long-term impacts of Government’s response measures. Role of the Consultant will be to: (i) Carry out a rapid gender sensitive socio-economic impact assessment of the present situation following COVID-19 regarding (i) registered beneficiaries of Social Register Mechanism (SRM), (ii) migrant workers and (iii) those operating in the informal sector17. (ii) Identify the magnitude and dimensions of COVID-19 restrictions on the informal sector operations and casual employment. (iii) Evaluate current policy measures including fiscal stimulus, wage assistance and their contribution to socio-economic recovery amongst vulnerable groups (iv) Highlight critical vulnerabilities at the household level for those under the SRM, in casual employment and the informal sector, particularly as exacerbated by extended lockdown restrictions. (v) Identify risks associated with areas of Mauritius having the lowest development based on Relative Development Index of poverty (vi) Explore how to expand social safety nets to cover more of the poorest, who may potentially be affected by an economic slowdown. (vii) Recommend how to prevent the crisis from derailing our sustainable development efforts and turn this crisis into an impetus to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals especially Goal 1 (End Poverty in all its Forms Everywhere), Goal 3 (Good Health and WellBeing), Goal 4 (Quality Education), Goal 5 (Gender Equality), Goal 6 (Water and Sanitation), Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), Goal 10 (Reduce Inequalities) and Goal 17 (Partnerships). (viii) Provide recommendations on social assistance schemes on the immediate, short-medium terms and long-term to alleviate the socio-economic impacts identified in the Study Deliverables - Inception report detailing the workplan of the National Consultant with timelines, outline of the report and the succinct methodology to be used;
- A comprehensive draft report with a desk review covering the various objectives enumerated above, sent to the International Consultant;
- Inputs to the International Consultant to draft a final report with recommendations on the way forward
- Inputs to draft a user-friendly succinct Policy Brief covering key issues (immediate/short-medium/long term)
All deliverables will be endorsed by the International Consultant and UNDP Resident Representative Duration of the assignment The study will be conducted for a period of 30 days starting from the date the contract is being awarded. Submission of Application Applications should be sent through email : procurement.mu@undp.org on or before Thursday 10 September 2020 at 16:00 hours (Mauritius time) (GMT+4) Annexes
Annex A - Letter of confirmation of interest and availability and Submission of financial proposal
Annex B - Model Contact IC
Annex C - UNDP GCC IC
Annex D - P11
Terms of ReferenceOverview *Note: Annex A and Annex D mandatory submission | 
