The position
Within the framework of, the Matching Fund Grant (MFG) initiative aims at to incentivizing the 9 Ouagadougou Partnership countries to increase their domestic spending on Family Planning commodities, the development of a Family Planning Cost-Benefit analysis and its related Policy Brief allowed to provide countries with strong country investment narratives, instrumental for the evidence-based advocacy undertaken by country key family planning stakeholders to increase domestic resource mobilization and disbursement of domestic resources for contraceptive commodity procurement. The availability and the use of Family Planning Cost-Benefit analyses and their related Policy Briefs for advocacy to mobilize domestic resources for contraceptive commodity procurement across Ouagadougou Partnership countries make possible that 15,752,285 US dollars of domestic resources were mobilized for contraceptive procurement from 2019 to 2021. Therefore, it could be advanced that this kind of exercise is a best practice to be scale up across the region. In that perspective, it appears judicious to write up a well-structured guidance for the conduct of Country Family Planning Cost-Benefit analysis and the development of its related policy brief. To do so, the recruitment of a consultant experiences in the development of Family Planning Cost-Benefit analyses and their related Policy Briefs, is of utmost importance.
Consultancy purpose
The main objective of the consultancy is to write up of the guidance for Country Family Planning Cost-Benefit analysis and its related Policy Brief development. This guidance will serve as (i) the key reference for Country Family Planning Cost Benefit analysis and its related Policy Brief development and (ii) key tools for the orientation of vetted consultants in charge of supporting countries in the conduct of Country Family Planning Cost-Benefit analysis and the development of its related policy brief.
Supervisory arrangements
The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Regional Family Planning Adviser in collaboration with the Regional Reproductive Health Commodity Security Adviser. The supervisor will have frequent interactions with the Consultant in order to agree on the process, to monitor progress status and to clarify the deliverables. The supervisor will also evaluate the Consultant work and certify delivery of work.
Duration: 60 working days (November 1st, 2022 to December 30th, 2022). The consultancy will be undertaken home-based
Tasks & Responsibilities
The Consultant will perform the following tasks:
Expected results
The expected results of the mission of the consultant comprise:
Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner:
Consultant:
UNFPA WCARO:
Deliverables dates
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