United Nations Development Programme seeks international and local short-term consultants to be contracted within the scope of Support to Further Implementation of Local Administration Reform in Turkey Project (LAR Phase II).

Support to Further Implementation of Local Administration Reform in Turkey Project (LAR Phase II) is being implemented by UNDP within the scope of a Contribution Agreement, signed between Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU) and UNDP on 02.09.2009. The direct beneficiary of the Project is the Ministry of Interior (MoI), General Directorate of Local Authorities (GDLA). The target groups include the Ministry of Interior, the Union of Municipalities of Turkey, governorates, district governorates, municipalities, special provincial administrations, unions of municipalities and elected representatives and senior staff professionals serving in these institutions.

The overall objective of this assignment is to contribute to the improvement of the organization and functioning of the GDLA to enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Interior in the implementation of the local administration reform. In order to provide technical assistance to functional and organisational improvements at the GDLA, the specific objective of this assignment is to conduct functional and organisational review and training needs assessment at the GDLA and to develop an in-service training programme for the GDLA personnel.

In this sense, in order to fulfilment of the assignment, a team of short-term experts composed of an international senior consultant and a local senior consultant will be established. The assignment will be carried out by the consultants in strong collaboration and cooperation with each other.

Interested candidates (individuals or legal entities) should email the UN Personal History Form filled in English, and a CV indicating proper reference code to ssa.proposal@undp.org.tr not later than 23 February 2010, 17:30 local time.

The vacant positions and the related Terms of References are listed below:

Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications listed in the Terms of Reference will be short-listed and asked for price proposals. The selection of the Consultants will be made in accordance with the quality- cost based selection method (i.e. 70% quality plus 30% cost)

No fax applications will be accepted

No phone inquiries will be accepted