Individual International Consultancy for Technical Assistance to the Office of Ombudsman in Turkmenistan in the process of preparation of alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Job no: 538991
Position type: Consultancy
Location: Turkmenistan Division/Equivalent: CEE/CIS
School/Unit: Republic of Turkmenistan
Department/Office: Ashkhabad, Rep. of Turkmenistan
Categories: Child Protection
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Background
For the past 25 years, UNICEF has been a strategic and trusted partner of the Government of Turkmenistan, working closely to support the implementation of child rights and promote equity. In line with national development priorities, UNICEF has provided technical assistance to improve legislation and policies, capacity development of public institutions and support to families to better care for their children. Within the framework of the ongoing Turkmenistan-UNICEF Country Programme for the period 2016-2020, UNICEF supports the Government of Turkmenistan to accelerate the universal realization of child rights by aligning legal frameworks, policies and practices for children with international standards. Turkmenistan is a signatory to major treaties, conventions and declarations related to rights of children, including the Convention of the Rights of the Child. In recent years the country has made considerable progress in implementation and reporting of international treaties.
Turkmenistan ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 September 1993 and submitted its first report in 2006, in 2020 Turkmenistan has submitted its combined 5-6 periodic report. Taking into account that in 2017 in Turkmenistan was created the Office of Ombudsman (OO) and quite a number of information has been collected by the office, Office of Ombudsman decided to develop and submit to CRC its first alternative report.
The country made a very good progress regarding some recommendations, such as the adoption of the National Plan of Action for Realisation of Child Rights in 2018 and establishment of an independent human rights institution - Ombudsman. Discussions on the development of the first alternative report have started with the Office of Ombudsman in 2020 and it was agreed to pilot it in 2021.
Considering, that alternative report is submitted after the State Report, which was in October 2020, the expected deadline for the alternative report is to be identified, as per the https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/SessionsList.aspx?Treaty=CRC.
Ready to support the efforts of OO Turkmenistan to use the CRC reporting as a process of in-depth stock-taking and strengthening the national capacity to monitor and respond to child rights, and applying participatory approaches and innovative techniques for data collection on alternative report, UNICEF will provide technical assistance to support OO to plan and submit the alternative report.
Purpose of the assignment
Given the above context and taking into consideration the submission of the next regular state report in 2020 to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC), UNICEF in Turkmenistan is going to engage an international consultant to support Office of Ombudsman in preparation of its first alternative report to the UN CRC.
Specific Tasks
Qualifications and Skills Required
The consultant should meet the following requirements:
Technical Proposal
The technical proposal should include
Financial Proposal
Candidates are expected to submit a lump sum financial proposal to complete the entire assignment based on the terms of reference. The lump sum should cover deliverables indicated above.
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Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered 'staff members' under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF's policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
Advertised: Mar 20 2021 West Asia Standard Time Application close: Apr 03 2021 West Asia Standard Time
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