Deadline: 2-Dec-20
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request you to submit your Proposal for Study on the Assessment of the Status of CSOs and Cooperatives to Support the SDGs Tracking in Nepal.
The Government of Nepal has made strong commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. To achieve this, it has taken various initiatives in devising appropriate policies, programs, institutional and financial arrangements to accelerate the implementation of SDGs in Nepal. SDGs cannot be achieved with the single effort of the government alone. Therefore, it needs supports from all the sectors/or stakeholders. Among the stakeholders, cooperatives and CSOs are key stakeholders playing significant roles in achieving the SDG targets. The cooperative sector has been recognized as one of the three pillars of the economy.
The government has therefore been collaborating with cooperatives to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development. Similarly, Civil society is another important partner in the initiative towards realizing the SDGs. A civil society that includes community-based organizations, NGOs and INGOs have been actively engaged in promoting the SDGs in Nepal. As cooperatives and CSOs are the organizations with a formidable presence at the grass-root level, they are the strong means in localizing SDGs in terms of advocacy on SDGs, sensitization for SDG integration, capacity building and so on.
Objectives
The main objective of this consulting work is to assess the readiness of Cooperatives and CSOs in SDGs implementation and to better understand their role to accelerate the implementation of SDGs.
The specific objectives of the assignment are to:
- Access overall status and readiness of Cooperatives and CSOs in implementing SDGs/PEC/GESI.
- Identify the organizations of CSOs and cooperatives to assess their readiness for SDGs localization/PEC/GESI.,
- Suggest the strategies to be taken to mobilize the resources of Cooperatives/CSOs towards SDGs/PEC/GESI,
- Find the gap and provide the strategies to be taken to foster the public – Cooperative/CSOs partnership and on tracking SDGS/PEC/GESI,
- Suggest the institutional and procedural mechanism for tracking SDGs/PEC/GESI,
- Prepare separate status reports of these NGOs and Cooperatives with gaps identified and future recommendations for policy interventions on SDGs/PEC/GESI implementation.
Deliverables
The deliverables from the assignment are as follows:
- An Inception Report with a detailed methodology and questionnaire and a time-bound work plan with key deliverables in consultation with NPC/AISN project team;
- A draft study report on analysis of readiness of 14 Cooperatives and 14 NGOs Two reports (Cooperatives and NGOs separately);
- Sharing of study findings in the workshop (organized by NPC/AISN project);
- Submission of final report incorporating comments/feedbacks.
Criteria
- Qualifications of the Service Provider: The Service Provider must describe and explain how and why they are the best entity that can deliver the requirements of UNDP by indicating the following:
- Profile – describing the nature of the business, the field of expertise, licenses, certifications, accreditations;
- Business Licenses – Registration Papers, Tax Payment Certification, etc.
- Latest Audited Financial Statement – income statement and balance sheet to indicate Its financial stability, liquidity, credit standing, and market reputation, etc.;
- Track Record – list of clients for similar services as those required by UNDP, indicating a description of contract scope, contract duration, contract value, contact references;
- Certificates and Accreditation – including Quality Certificates, Patent Registrations, Environmental Sustainability Certificates, etc.
- Written Self-Declaration that the company is not in the UN Security Council 1267/1989 List, UN Procurement Division List or Other UN Ineligibility List.
- Proposed Methodology for the Completion of Services: The Service Provider must describe how it will address/deliver the demands of the RFP; providing a detailed description of the essential performance characteristics, reporting conditions and quality assurance mechanisms that will be put in place while demonstrating that the proposed methodology will be appropriate to the local conditions and context of the work.
- Qualifications of Key Personnel: If required by the RFP, the Service Provider must provide:
- Names and qualifications of the key personnel that will perform the services indicating who is Team Leader, who are supporting, etc.;
- CVs demonstrating qualifications must be submitted if required by the RFP; and
- Written confirmation from each personnel that they are available for the entire duration of the contract.
Competencies of the Consulting Firm
- At least operation for 5 years in undertaking integrated social, economic and environmental policy research, geo-spatial mapping and data analysis particularly on sustainable development issues,
- Proven record of undertaking at least 3 similar assignments in areas of integrated research, policy analysis, natural resource management, climate change etc,
- Demonstrated analytical capacity and demonstrated ability to process, analyse and synthesise complex, technical information to produce high-quality reports,
- Working experience with and in partnership with government line agencies in the field of local planning, decentralization and local development,
- Demonstrate published knowledge products relevant to the scope of the assignment.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=72923