Consultancy To Support Capacity Development On Public Finance For Children – UN Children’s Fund 87 views0 applications


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Scope Of Work

Purpose of Assignment: To support capacity development on public finance for children

Location of Assignment: Nairobi with travel to at least three county locations

Duration of contract: 80 working non consecutive days

Background and Justification

Kenya is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Article 4 of the convention obligates member states to ―undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized under the convention. States parties to the CRC are expected to utilize ―the maximum extent of their available resources, and to do so ―within the framework of international co-operation to support delivery of essential services to the children.

Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Kenya on bill of rights contains very specific provisions for the rights of special groups who are identified as children, persons with disabilities, youth, minorities and marginalized groups and older members of society. The provisions provide for affirmative action interventions in light of the various rights of these special persons.

The launch of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework in Kenya by His Excellency the President Kenyatta on the14th September 2016 signifies a strong engagement and milestone for Kenya to engage with all national and international stakeholders to implement the SDGs and leave none behind. Reducing child poverty and related socioeconomic inequalities and achieving societal goals thus requires quality efficient and effective spending. The need for greater domestic spending and investments in social and economic sectors to achieve the SDG has been given impetus by the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action.

It is against this backdrop that UNICEF is seeking to strengthen its collaboration with The National Treasury in promoting children’s rights into national and county budgets. UNICEF interest remains to support the government of Kenya to continuously invest in social sectors to promote effective and efficient service delivery to women and children. Hence various studies on budget analysis and fiscal space have been supported in collaboration with the National Treasury, Worldbank, UNWOMEN to derive evidence to support advocacy on this area and strengthen national policy decisions towards the attainment of children rights.

Scope of Work

  1. a) Consultancy Objective

The purpose of this assignment is to provide to National treasury and other relevant stakeholders at national and county levels with relevant skills and knowledge to enable them prioritize, leverage and effectively spend public resources for the attainment of children rights in Kenya. More Specifically, the consultancy aims to:

  • Analyze and Identify skills gaps at national and county levels in the area child sensitive budgeting
  • Strengthen skills of at least 100 staffs from National Treasury, Counties, and relevant sectors using customized training materials for Kenya.
  • Set up a team of 6 to 8 network of trainers from KIPPRA and KSG to roll-out trainings at national level and County
  1. b) Activities and tasks

Under the overall supervision of the Social Policy and Economics Specialist in UNICEF Kenya, in collaboration with the Director of Budget at the National Treasury, and with technical inputs from KIPPRA and KSG the Consultancy firm will conduct the following tasks-

  1. Collect and analyze relevant documents and studies related to child deprivations and budget analysis and reports to identify key capacity gaps
  2. Conduct a needs assessment on the various national and county level institutions on child responsive planning and budgeting.

iii. Analyze the exisiting national training modules on public finance to identify gaps and propose suggestions for improvement

  1. Develop a customized guideline on child responsive budgeting, reporting and monitoring for kenya
  2. Develop user friendly training modules and packages relevant to the needs assessment above. The modules should be customized to cover the needs of specific institutions clustered as follows:
  • – broader modules for Insitutions involved in the budget planning and execution:
  • modules for parliamentarians and County Assemblies
  • Modules for the trainers of trainers targeting the Kenya School of Government and KIPPRA
  1. Conduct and facilitate trainings covering at least 100 relevant people jointly selected by National treasury at national and county levels .

vii. Conduct training for the national parliament Budget and social sector committees.

viii. Any other relevant training materials as may be advised by the consulting institution

Methodology and Approach

Needs assessment

The entry point for this assignment is for the institution to conduct a desk review on all relevant studies, researches reports in the area of children rights with a view to identify gaps in planning and budgeting. The desk review will cover among others, the public Expenditure Review (PER) in Health and WASH, budget and expenditure analysis in social sectors, child poverty and deprivation analysis, sector reports and other county performance reports. The contracted institution will employ the identified gaps to inform capacity needs assessment for the different PFM players. Additionally, the institution will be expected to conduct face to face interviews with select core staff of the PFM institutions at the national and county level including National Treasury, Office of the Controller of Budget, Parliamentary Budget Office, KIPPRA and the Kenya School of Government to identify capacity development needs on child sensitive planning and budgeting.

Participatory approach and ownership by the National Treasury and relevant stakeholders

The National Treasury will be the key axis for this assignment playing the coordinating role. Other key stakeholders at the national and the county level will actively participate in the critical stages of the design and delivery of the capacity development. The delivering institution, UNICEF and the National Treasury will seek to ensure the process is wholly participatory to ensure effective skills transfer and capacity building.

Expected deliverables

  • An approved Inception report and methodology: Based on the inception mission in Kenya the consultancy firm is expected to develop a very explicit inception report with specific timelines as well as an interpretation of the suitability or otherwise of the suggetsed detailed methodology for this consultancy
  • A needs assessment report: The needs assessment report will provide findings on the areas of strength and identified gaps on budgeting for children in Kenya both at national and county levels.
  • A guideline on budgeting for children: Based on the findings of the needs assessment, the consultancy firm is expected to develop a guideline on budgeting for children
  • Approved Training modules for the big group and for the trainers: Through the guideline and using the assessment, training materials and modules will be developed and approved by National Treasury and UNICEF.
  • Conduct training of 8 trainers selected from KIPPRA and Kenya School of Government, and conduct three national level trainings The consulting institution should demonstrate the following set of skills and experience from its pool of consultants-
  1. The overall team leader must be a holder of advanced degree in Economics, Public financial management or any other relevant field.
  2. Eight to ten years practical experience in leading PFM training in the developing world context especially in Africa
  3. Have a demonstrable experience in designing and implementing capacity development programs particularly in the area of public finance management
  4. Strong appreciation and past experience in child responsive planning and budgeting
  5. Partnership with a strong local consultant with strong capacity development credentials in the PFM training will be an added advantage.

Conditions

  • The consultant is expected to commit fully to this task as per the TOR and adhere to the timeline, subject to changes and revisions by UNICEF KCO or ESARO team.
  • The consultant will not have supervisory responsibilities nor authority on UNICEF budget and other resources.
  • The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.
  • As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

How to apply:

Sealed Proposals are invited for the provision of services as specified in this Request for Proposal(LRFP) No.9129598.

The Technical proposal to be put in envelop No 1 (MARKED “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL”) and Financial Proposal to put in envelop No 2 (MARKED “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL”) and then put in one bigger envelope CLEARLY MARKED on the outside with the LRFP Number: 9129598 and returned, addressed to: Supply and Procurement Manager, UNICEF Kenya Country Office, P.O. Box 44145 – 00100, Nairobi, Tel. 254 20 7622571, UN Complex Gigiri, to reach UNICEF offices on or before 07 February 2017 at 11.00 HRS (East Africa Time). Proposals are to be placed in the bid/tender box located at Block “D” next to Room D107, UN Complex, Gigiri.

Proposals should be HAND DELIVERED and to the location stipulated on Page 1 of this bidding document.

Bidders residing out of Nairobi, Kenya may send their proposals by Courier services to the below address. Proposals sent by courier should reach UNICEF offices before the closing date of this bid which is 07 February 2017 at 11.00 Hrs (East Africa Time)

UNICEF KENYA COUNTRY OFFICE

BLOCK D, ROOM 107

P O BOX 44145 – 00100

UN GIGIRI COMPLEX

UN AVENUE

NAIROBI, KENYA

TEL: +245 20 7622419

Questions and Clarifications on RFP/TOR:

All inquiries including formal clarification on this RFP/TOR must be addressed to [email protected] and copied to [email protected] by 16 January 2017, otherwise response to your inquiries will not be guaranteed. Please make sure that the e-mail mentions the RFP reference number. Responses to the queries/clarifications will be provided to all the invitees by 18 January 2017.

Only written inquiries will be considered. Written response (including an explanation of the queries without identifying the sources) will be sent to all the bidders that have received the solicitation document.

Bid Form:

Bidders are required to fill and sign “Bid Form” on Page 3 of this RFP and return back with the proposal

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UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education.

UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Working with and for children through adolescence and into adulthood requires a global presence whose goal is to produce results and monitor their effects. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights—especially the most disadvantaged.

The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations (UN) programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its executive committee.

UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. The Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman is widely regarded as the founder of UNICEF and served as its first chairman from 1946. On Rajchman's suggestion, the American Maurice Pate was appointed its first executive director, serving from 1947 until his death in 1965. In 1953, UNICEF's mandate was extended to address the needs of children in the developing world and became a permanent part of the United Nations System. At that time, the words "international" and "emergency" were dropped from the organization's name, making it simply the United Nations Children's Fund, or popularly known as "UNICEF".

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors, UNICEF's total income for 2008 was US$3,372,540,239. Governments contribute two-thirds of the organization's resources. Private groups and some six million individuals contribute the rest through national committees. It is estimated that 92 per cent of UNICEF revenue is distributed to programme services.UNICEF's programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.

Most of UNICEF's work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries and territories. More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF's mission through programmes developed with host governments. Seven regional offices provide technical assistance to country offices as needed.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Consultancy , 40 hours per week United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Note: See below link for detailed TOR

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qaq8emq3ikei4kx/AACaKMM2BXpthbroH8lPuChEa?dl=0

Scope Of Work

Purpose of Assignment: To support capacity development on public finance for children

Location of Assignment: Nairobi with travel to at least three county locations

Duration of contract: 80 working non consecutive days

Background and Justification

Kenya is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Article 4 of the convention obligates member states to ―undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized under the convention. States parties to the CRC are expected to utilize ―the maximum extent of their available resources, and to do so ―within the framework of international co-operation to support delivery of essential services to the children.

Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Kenya on bill of rights contains very specific provisions for the rights of special groups who are identified as children, persons with disabilities, youth, minorities and marginalized groups and older members of society. The provisions provide for affirmative action interventions in light of the various rights of these special persons.

The launch of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework in Kenya by His Excellency the President Kenyatta on the14th September 2016 signifies a strong engagement and milestone for Kenya to engage with all national and international stakeholders to implement the SDGs and leave none behind. Reducing child poverty and related socioeconomic inequalities and achieving societal goals thus requires quality efficient and effective spending. The need for greater domestic spending and investments in social and economic sectors to achieve the SDG has been given impetus by the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action.

It is against this backdrop that UNICEF is seeking to strengthen its collaboration with The National Treasury in promoting children’s rights into national and county budgets. UNICEF interest remains to support the government of Kenya to continuously invest in social sectors to promote effective and efficient service delivery to women and children. Hence various studies on budget analysis and fiscal space have been supported in collaboration with the National Treasury, Worldbank, UNWOMEN to derive evidence to support advocacy on this area and strengthen national policy decisions towards the attainment of children rights.

Scope of Work

  1. a) Consultancy Objective

The purpose of this assignment is to provide to National treasury and other relevant stakeholders at national and county levels with relevant skills and knowledge to enable them prioritize, leverage and effectively spend public resources for the attainment of children rights in Kenya. More Specifically, the consultancy aims to:

  • Analyze and Identify skills gaps at national and county levels in the area child sensitive budgeting
  • Strengthen skills of at least 100 staffs from National Treasury, Counties, and relevant sectors using customized training materials for Kenya.
  • Set up a team of 6 to 8 network of trainers from KIPPRA and KSG to roll-out trainings at national level and County
  1. b) Activities and tasks

Under the overall supervision of the Social Policy and Economics Specialist in UNICEF Kenya, in collaboration with the Director of Budget at the National Treasury, and with technical inputs from KIPPRA and KSG the Consultancy firm will conduct the following tasks-

  1. Collect and analyze relevant documents and studies related to child deprivations and budget analysis and reports to identify key capacity gaps
  2. Conduct a needs assessment on the various national and county level institutions on child responsive planning and budgeting.

iii. Analyze the exisiting national training modules on public finance to identify gaps and propose suggestions for improvement

  1. Develop a customized guideline on child responsive budgeting, reporting and monitoring for kenya
  2. Develop user friendly training modules and packages relevant to the needs assessment above. The modules should be customized to cover the needs of specific institutions clustered as follows:
  • - broader modules for Insitutions involved in the budget planning and execution:
  • modules for parliamentarians and County Assemblies
  • Modules for the trainers of trainers targeting the Kenya School of Government and KIPPRA
  1. Conduct and facilitate trainings covering at least 100 relevant people jointly selected by National treasury at national and county levels .

vii. Conduct training for the national parliament Budget and social sector committees.

viii. Any other relevant training materials as may be advised by the consulting institution

Methodology and Approach

Needs assessment

The entry point for this assignment is for the institution to conduct a desk review on all relevant studies, researches reports in the area of children rights with a view to identify gaps in planning and budgeting. The desk review will cover among others, the public Expenditure Review (PER) in Health and WASH, budget and expenditure analysis in social sectors, child poverty and deprivation analysis, sector reports and other county performance reports. The contracted institution will employ the identified gaps to inform capacity needs assessment for the different PFM players. Additionally, the institution will be expected to conduct face to face interviews with select core staff of the PFM institutions at the national and county level including National Treasury, Office of the Controller of Budget, Parliamentary Budget Office, KIPPRA and the Kenya School of Government to identify capacity development needs on child sensitive planning and budgeting.

Participatory approach and ownership by the National Treasury and relevant stakeholders

The National Treasury will be the key axis for this assignment playing the coordinating role. Other key stakeholders at the national and the county level will actively participate in the critical stages of the design and delivery of the capacity development. The delivering institution, UNICEF and the National Treasury will seek to ensure the process is wholly participatory to ensure effective skills transfer and capacity building.

Expected deliverables

  • An approved Inception report and methodology: Based on the inception mission in Kenya the consultancy firm is expected to develop a very explicit inception report with specific timelines as well as an interpretation of the suitability or otherwise of the suggetsed detailed methodology for this consultancy
  • A needs assessment report: The needs assessment report will provide findings on the areas of strength and identified gaps on budgeting for children in Kenya both at national and county levels.
  • A guideline on budgeting for children: Based on the findings of the needs assessment, the consultancy firm is expected to develop a guideline on budgeting for children
  • Approved Training modules for the big group and for the trainers: Through the guideline and using the assessment, training materials and modules will be developed and approved by National Treasury and UNICEF.
  • Conduct training of 8 trainers selected from KIPPRA and Kenya School of Government, and conduct three national level trainings The consulting institution should demonstrate the following set of skills and experience from its pool of consultants-
  1. The overall team leader must be a holder of advanced degree in Economics, Public financial management or any other relevant field.
  2. Eight to ten years practical experience in leading PFM training in the developing world context especially in Africa
  3. Have a demonstrable experience in designing and implementing capacity development programs particularly in the area of public finance management
  4. Strong appreciation and past experience in child responsive planning and budgeting
  5. Partnership with a strong local consultant with strong capacity development credentials in the PFM training will be an added advantage.

Conditions

  • The consultant is expected to commit fully to this task as per the TOR and adhere to the timeline, subject to changes and revisions by UNICEF KCO or ESARO team.
  • The consultant will not have supervisory responsibilities nor authority on UNICEF budget and other resources.
  • The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.
  • As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

How to apply:

Sealed Proposals are invited for the provision of services as specified in this Request for Proposal(LRFP) No.9129598.

The Technical proposal to be put in envelop No 1 (MARKED "TECHNICAL PROPOSAL") and Financial Proposal to put in envelop No 2 (MARKED "FINANCIAL PROPOSAL") and then put in one bigger envelope CLEARLY MARKED on the outside with the LRFP Number: 9129598 and returned, addressed to: Supply and Procurement Manager, UNICEF Kenya Country Office, P.O. Box 44145 - 00100, Nairobi, Tel. 254 20 7622571, UN Complex Gigiri, to reach UNICEF offices on or before 07 February 2017 at 11.00 HRS (East Africa Time). Proposals are to be placed in the bid/tender box located at Block "D" next to Room D107, UN Complex, Gigiri.

Proposals should be HAND DELIVERED and to the location stipulated on Page 1 of this bidding document.

Bidders residing out of Nairobi, Kenya may send their proposals by Courier services to the below address. Proposals sent by courier should reach UNICEF offices before the closing date of this bid which is 07 February 2017 at 11.00 Hrs (East Africa Time)

UNICEF KENYA COUNTRY OFFICE

BLOCK D, ROOM 107

P O BOX 44145 - 00100

UN GIGIRI COMPLEX

UN AVENUE

NAIROBI, KENYA

TEL: +245 20 7622419

Questions and Clarifications on RFP/TOR:

All inquiries including formal clarification on this RFP/TOR must be addressed to [email protected] and copied to [email protected] by 16 January 2017, otherwise response to your inquiries will not be guaranteed. Please make sure that the e-mail mentions the RFP reference number. Responses to the queries/clarifications will be provided to all the invitees by 18 January 2017.

Only written inquiries will be considered. Written response (including an explanation of the queries without identifying the sources) will be sent to all the bidders that have received the solicitation document.

Bid Form:

Bidders are required to fill and sign "Bid Form" on Page 3 of this RFP and return back with the proposal

2017-02-07

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