| Overview : The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia Country Office is strengthening its engagement and focus on Support to Judicial Reform in Ethiopia. The reform agenda rolled out in phases with quick win activities and a three years’ reform plan. The quick win activities include re-establishing the Judicial Affairs Advisory Council (JAAC) which was part of the Legal and Justice Affairs Advisory Council (LJAC) under the Office of the Attorney General and developing a detailed action plan to guide the reform. With the reestablishment of the JAAC the FSC commissioned the revision of the Federal Courts Proclamation law and the Judicial Administration Council Establishment of Proclamation. These two laws were deemed to be foundational for the reform activities. Parallel to the legislative revision the FSC embarked on implementing its three years’ reform plan. The plan aims at strengthening judicial independence and accountability, increasing access to justice and legal empowerment, and enhancing court performance through effective and efficient service delivery. The geographical location of federal courts, especially that of Federal First Instance Courts is made following administrative zoning. Through the reform agenda, federal courts aim at increasing access to justice and improving judicial efficiency. In order to achieve this objective, the federal courts would like to assess whether the existing geographical zoning of federal courts is suitable to enhance access to justice, legal empowerment and judicial efficiency. Therefore, as part of its overall support to the reform agenda, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Federal Supreme Court, is providing assistance in the implementation of the three years’ reform project plan through a project titled ‘Support to Judicial Reform in Ethiopia Project’. As part of this support, and in response to the request from the FSC, UNDP is recruiting two consultants to conduct an assessment on the existing federal judicial map and the need for geographical re-zoning. Application Instruction: Download both TOR and RFP Proposal Submission Form from the following link:http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=94642; Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the IC Proposal Submission Form uploaded hereto; and Firms are not eligible for this consultancy assignment. Documents Required: The following proposals must be prepared as per the procurement Document for Proposal Submission Instructions. The Proposals shall be submitted on or before application deadline September 5,2022 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org • Technical Proposal in pdf under file name: ETH3918– TP - [insert your name]; • Financial Proposal in pdf under file name: ETH3918– FP - [insert your name]; • Please note that these proposals shall be submitted to the designated secured email into two files but in one email unless both Files are Greater than 9MB file size. Important Note: • A candidate applying only by uploading CV to this job site will not be considered. Instead, both Technical and Financial Proposals shall be submitted to UNDP Secured email: procurement.et@undp.org. • Those prospect consultants who fail to submit both Technical and financial proposals as per the standard format and to the designated secured email will not be further considered for evaluation. • Please group all your documents into single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document. • While submitting your proposals to procurement.et@undp.org be sure your email subject line is ETH3918 in order to let our Office easily locate your respective proposals from secured email and be considered in subsequent evaluations | 
