MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FINLAND
MINI-COMPETITION FORM defining the Consultancy services for the provision of short term technical assistance in the forest sector through a framework contract covering Asia, Latin America and Africa for the period of 2011-2012 |
Contractor | Unit for Asia and Oceania |
ASSIGNMENT FORM | Project code: | Assignment number: | Year 2012 |
Assignment title, Country | Programme Formulation
Cooperation in Forest Sector in Lao PDR in 2013-2016 |
Assignment | Programme Formulation
Cooperation in Forest Sector in Lao PDR in 2013-2016 |
Type of the mission | Programme Formulation |
Difficulty level of the assignment; | The estimated difficulty level of the assignment requires the following N:o of Personnel | | N:o of Personnel | Senior Expert (over 12 years of experience) | 2-3 | Expert (5-12 years of experience | 2-3 |
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Length of the assignment | 30 working days between March – May 2012 (amount of working days is indicative) |
Detailed specification of assignment | Minimum requirements for the team:
• The Team Leader shall have at least one similar programme formulation assignment in a leading position.
• All team members shall have working knowledge of written and spoken English.
• At least one team members shall have fluency in Laotian.
• At least one proposed team member is included in the list of personnel in the Framework Contract HELM134-18. Selection criteria
* Programme formulation and participatory planning of sector level cooperation (0-20 points)
* Forest sector development (0-25 points):
Forest sector strategies, policies, institutions, cooperation and political context in Lao PDR
Community/participatory forest management models
REDD+, climate change and development co-operation linkage
Forest sector Institutional strengthening and reforms
PES and Benefit Sharing
* Finnish and European Union development policies, including cross-cutting objectives (promotion of gender and social equality, human rights and equal participation opportunities of easily marginalized groups and HIV/AIDS as a development challenge) (0-10 points)
* Experience on rural development, particularly related to land tenure / rights (0-10 points)
* Donor harmonisation and alignment, joint financing arrangements, use of country systems and programme management models (0-10 points)
* Experience in working in Lao PDR and/or Mekong region (0-10 points)
* Methodology, Work Plan (including time allocation of each expert) and availability of the team, max. 5 pages (0-15 points)
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Language | English |
Required deliverables | The Consultant shall deliver the following deliverables within the response time specified in this assignment form:
Inception Report
Debriefings as specified in Terms of Reference
Draft Programme Document
Final Programme Document
Report on planning process and critical issues |
Deadline | Tender of the mini-competition shall be received by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland not later than 16:00 (GMT +2) on 28 February 2012 |
Notes | |
Contact persons in Ministry |
Name | Unit | Telephone | E-mail |
| Eeva Lehtinen | Unit for Asia and Oceania | +358 9 160 56363 | eeva.lehtinen@formin.fi |
Signature of the Ministry |
Place and date | Helsinki, 10.2.2012 |
Signed | Johan Schalin
Director, Unit for Asia and Oceania |
Other attachments | Annex 1 Terms of Reference
Annex 2 CV-template |
Return address | By e-mail to the contact person (eeva.lehtinen@formin.fi). |
