Chief Technical Advisor, Project in Support of 2010-2012 Electoral Cycles in the PALOP and Timor Leste
UNDP’s democratic governance practice focuses on fostering inclusive participation, strengthening responsive governing institutions, and promoting democratic principles. In the area of electoral assistance, one of UNDP’s key democratic governance pillars, UNDP has established a partnership with the European Commission, which has mobilised more than 650 million EURO (since 2004) for financial and technical support to transitional democracies and post conflict countries, via UNDP, in order to promote and contribute to the organisation of genuine and sustainable electoral processes. For this an EC-UNDP Joint Task Force (JTF) on Electoral Assistance was established to further strengthen and facilitate the already existing EC-UNDP partnership in the field of electoral assistance, and improve the overall efficiency and adherence of the projects to the common EC-UNDP strategic approach. The JTF monitors and supports the partnership at global level, from early formulation missions to the end of the contractual obligations; it influences policy development in electoral assistance, including advocating adherence to UN and multilateral norms and standards; it better positions UNDP with the EC in the domain of electoral assistance and related areas; it encourages the professional development of EC and UNDP staff and improves knowledge of the institutional aspects of electoral assistance projects. Particular focus is placed on the training and dissemination of knowledge activities throughout the African region. Against this background, the EC-UNDP Joint Task Force was requested to submit a concept paper for a potential project under the 10th EDF in the field of electoral assistance and in the broader area of democratic governance for the PALOP(African Countries of Portuguese Offical Language)/TL (Timor Leste). This proposal was accepted by the PALOP and Timor Leste and EC services during the 6th Meeting between the National Authorizing Officers (NAOs) of the PALOP and Timor Leste and the EC services of 6 May 2008 in Luanda and decision was made to finance the project throughout the “Governance Initiative” to be financed by the National Indicative Programme of PALOP/TL within the 10th EDF. The EC-UNDP Joint Task Force carried out the necessary identification and formulation activities leading to the signature of a Contribution Agreement between the EU Delegation and UNDP Country Office in Bissau on 30 March, 2010. Funded solely by the EU to the tune of 6.1 million Euros, the Project in Support of the 2010-2012 Electoral Cycles in the PALOP and Timor Leste is implemented by UNDP Guinea Bissau through the direct execution modality (DEX). The project targets the promotion of deeper consolidation of the democratic culture and institutions by providing electoral assistance as an ongoing and cyclical activity rather than being event driven at designated points in time. The activities focus on:
The project’s outputs and outcomes should be pursuit through a coordinated and coherent approach, putting in place activities that will respond as much as possible to shared needs and shortcomings but, simultaneously, resulting from the six beneficiary countries’ specificities regarding legal context and institutional framework, human and technical resources. Project assurances [1] should ensure all essential activities to project’s implementation in the six beneficiary countries(compliance with UNDP rules and procedures, project set-up and general implementation) and Project support [2]should contribute to the implementation of activities and facilitate as much as possible the country coordination committees in the six countries. Coordination among these actors should therefore be at all moments promoted and carefully designed annual work plans (to be developed within the start-up project’s phase) should reflect the project’s approach and respond to the above mentioned challenges. The role of the Joint EC UNDP Task Force is expected to be crucial in supporting project management to ensure liaison among these actors, harmonize annual work plans and activities to be implemented, provide guidance in terms of EC-UNDP procedures and guidelines, reporting and visibility matters. [1] Provided mainly by UNDP Country Office in Guinea Bissau (leading country), supported by Country Offices in the other PALOP and Timor Leste. [2] Provided by the Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance and UNDP country offices Operations’ units/staff in the six beneficiary countries.
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Duties and Responsibilities | |
Under the overall guidance of the Resident Representative of UNDP in Guinea Bissau, the incumbent will support the UNDP Country Office (CO) in Guinea Bissau, in coordination with the Joint EC UNDP Task Force/UNDP Brussels Office, to implement the project’s activities and ensure that project objectives are reached. The Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) will coordinate with UNDP CO in Guinea Bissau and liaise with the Joint Task Force/UNDP Brussels Office as per the role of the JTF as set out in the project document. The CTA will be responsible for project implementation and achievement of project results. The CTA will head the Project Management Unit (PMU) and provide leadership and guidance to the PMU team. The incumbent will have the following specific responsibilities:
The position of CTA is to specifically provide support to UNDP in the daily management of the project, as well as to provide advice to the project’s Steering Committee on the strategies to implement the project with success. The CTA’s tasks will entail support to formulation, implementation issues, evaluations and lessons learned exercises. The lessons learned in this project will feed into the implementation of electoral assistance projects in other countries or regions and also to the BDP-managed Global Programme for Electoral Cycle Support, the joint EC-UNDP trainings on Effective Electoral Assistance and to the ACE Electoral Practitioners’ Network.
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Chief Technical Advisor, Project in Support of 2010-2012 Electoral Cycles in the PALOP and Timor Leste
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