Consultant - (Data Mapping) – Research Section
The UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan (UNODC COAFG), as part of its comprehensive strategy for addressing drugs and crime issues, plays a key role in developing capacity and systems to ensure effective implementation of programmes focused on good governance, stability and human security in the country.
UNODC is underwriting the principle of Afghanization, or Afghan ownership of the programme. Through engagement with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN), Ministry of Interior (MoI), Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), Ministry of Reconstruction and Rural Development (MRRD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), UNODC is assisting MCN in instigating sustained capacity and institution building to facilitate the development and delivery of a National Drug Control Strategy (NDCS) and to build capacity within the MCN in order to deliver evidence-informed policy on Counter Narcotics (CN) issues nationally.
In February of 2011, UNODC created a project, “Building Afghan Counter Narcotics Analytical Capacity for Evidence-Based Policy and Advocacy” (U04), which aims to strengthen the analytical capacity of the MCN for evidence based policy and advocacy. As envisioned by the Strategic Plan of MCN (June 2010), three key functions of the Ministry are: policy; coordination and monitoring; and evaluation (survey and research)[1]. This project will strengthen the capacity within MCN, primarily its obligation to Monitor and Evaluate (survey and research), and consequently its function to coordinate CN efforts with other line ministries and to deliver informed reports and policy on counter-narcotics in Afghanistan. The final outcome of this project is an Afghanistan Drug Report (ADR) developed and produced by MCN. This report will detail the progress made on the National Drug Control Strategy against set benchmarks. The report will be produced from data gathered in the Afghanistan Drug Reporting System (ADRS), a computerised system located in the MCN. All of the line ministries will have the responsibility to feed in their information into this database, but will themselves benefit from secure access to relevant data sets in the Central Data Repository.. This project will strengthen the capacity within MCN, primarily its obligation to Monitor and Evaluate (survey and research), and consequently its function to coordinate CN efforts with other line ministries and to deliver informed reports and policy on counter-narcotics in Afghanistan. The final outcome of this project is an () developed and produced by MCN. This report will detail the progress made on the National Drug Control Strategy against set benchmarks. The report will be produced from data gathered in the , a computerised system located in the MCN. All of the line ministries will have the responsibility to feed in their information into this database, but will themselves benefit from secure access to relevant data sets in the Central Data Repository.
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Objective of the Assignment:
The objective of this assignment for an International Consultant – Research Section is to identify data sources and classify them according to data quality metrics. The consultant will identify the data sources from which the indicators in the ADRS are taken, and map the required indicators to specific fields in existing data sources. There is a scoping component and a data mapping component to this assignment.
Scope of the Assignment:
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Project Coordinator (Research Expert), Research Advocacy and Information Section, and in close cooperation with the research team of the U04 project (and with statistical experts based in UNODC Vienna), the consultant will:
Deliverables:
During the contract period, the Consultant is expected to produce a comprehensive map of data sources, the desired indicators and the attributes that connect them. Specifically:
Scoping of the ADR:
Data Mapping
Timeline:
The duration of the assignment shall be two months (52 work days) starting as soon as possible. The contract is extendable subject to availability of funds.
The time required for the consultant to produce the required deliverables is full-time in-country. Unpaid breather breaks during the period will be scheduled in consultation with UNODC so as to best meet project requirements and so as not to be the source of any delay in the execution of programme work plans.
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Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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