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Terms of Reference (ToR) - External Expert

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

 

Functional title:	External Expert
Type of contract:	Individual Contractor
Duration of assignment:	20 Working Days

 

 

Background  

Community Building Mitrovica (CBM) is a local non-governmental organization (NGO) operating in the field of peace and community building in the wider region of Mitrovica, northern municipalities of Kosovo. The overall aim of CBM is to facilitate contact and dialogue between citizens in the whole of Mitrovica municipality. CBMs staff consists of devoted citizens – both Serbs and Albanians – who grew up in this region and want to restore the previous confidence and even friendship that war and politics have destroyed. By supporting many concrete projects which address the direct needs of the local communities, CBM contributes in a modest way to this aim. The work of the past years has gained the organization a strong reputation on both sides of the Iber/Ibar river. Fields in which CBM works are: Interethnic Dialogue, Good Governance, Socio-Economic Development. In addition, CBM works closely on various initiatives with the media, and pays special attention to youth and their informal education, and empowering women.  CBM’s projects are open to members of all communities living in the Mitrovica region and wider. CBM often cooperates with other NGOs, helps out with local initiatives, and works with local governmental institutions and international organizations in order to initiate, to develop, and to implement activities, for the benefit of the communities, in Mitrovica, its region, and outside of it.

 

Overall Objective of the Project

The overall objective of the project “Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation (RCT)”, of which this contract will be a part is to transform existing conflicts and build peace, predominantly among majority ethnic Albanians and minority ethnic Serbs in Kosovo. The project helps communities on the individual level as it will assist in better mutual understanding of the differences and emphasize joint strengths, as well as on the policy level, where the impact of the program will influence amending policies that will address reconciliation processes among divided communities. More so, socio-economic value local will assist local communities with social innovations that address societal challenges whereas the local economy stakeholders will benefit from the promotion of public-private partnerships. From the media promotion aspect, this program will help communities stimulate sharing their diverse values.

Purpose

The purpose of this contract is to conduct a feasibility study that will serve as a foundation for the establishment of the Think Tank related to the overall goal of the project.

 

Main Duties of the Post

Under the supervision and close coordination of the RCT project team, the External Experts’ responsibilities will be to develop a document containing aspects as follows:

 

• a detailed assessment of the objective of the think tank in achieving a and its role in contributing to the achievement of the project’s goal,

• think tank operationalization,
• potential members of the think tank,
• ways for beneficiaries to contribute to the think tank operationalization,
• the specific content think tank will produce,
• Identify effective communication between the members of the think tank;
• manual of work of the think-tank,
• sustainability

 

The language of the document produced is English.

 

1. Workplan and Products

The assignment will last 20 working days, effective immediately upon the contract signing. The External Expert will submit a detailed work and a financial proposal plan to the RCT team for evaluation, and in addition, the External Expert will deliver the products as described below:

1. Think Tank Feasibility Document
2. Report summarizing feasibility study, with recommendations and immediate proposed steps

 

Competencies

 

• Experience

•  (at least 2 years) experience in developing similar documents

• Professionalism:

• Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter.

 

• Communication:

• Excellent and effective written and oral skills in the English language. Proficiency in local languages will be considered an asset.

 

Deadline and submission of expression of interest

CBM invites interested individuals to submit the following documents by November 20^th, 2020 COB at info@cbmitrovica.org

 

• Expression of interest (EoI) outlining how the expert meets the selection criteria and their understanding of the ToR;
• A summarized description of the scope of work and the intended methodology to be used including sampling methods, data collection tools as well as a detailed work plan including activities and deliverables with specific time frames. 
• Names and contacts of three recent professional referees (previous clients) for whom similar work has been conducted. 
• An example of similar pieces of work completed recently. 
• Curriculum vitae/ Resume outlining relevant qualifications and experience,

 

Evaluation and Selection Process

 

The selected contractor will be responsible for designing and executing all the activities described in this TOR in collaboration with the RCT team. The selection process for the expert will be based on the set of criteria developed by the RCT Evaluation Committee to evaluate the proposals. The Evaluation Committee will evaluate the proposals by using the combined scoring method. Technical proposals will be evaluated on 60%; whereas financial proposals will be evaluated on 40%.

 

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