UCLG ASPAC: Call for Applicants - Consultant of the development of Monitoring and Evaluation Tools on SDGs Attainment

Background

United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is the largest regional section of UCLG, an amalgamation of International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), United Towns Organization (UTO), and World Association of the Major Metropolises (METROPOLIS). UCLG was established on 1 January 2004 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Following this unification, UCLG ASPAC was established in Taipei on 14 April 2004, as the new entity of IULA ASPAC.

 

UCLG ASPAC is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes democratic local government, supports cooperation between cities, local governments and their associations, and facilitates programmes, network and partnerships to develop the capacity of local governments and the associations. Moreover, UCLG ASPAC represents local governments politically within the international community, and with the United Nations and its agencies. It also promotes inclusive societies which safeguard equality, social and economic justice, and sustainable community development. UCLG ASPAC is engaged in all relevant thematic fields for nurturing sustainable development comprising local economic development, climate change, disaster resiliency, culture, strategic planning, decentralization, municipal finance, gender equality, women leadership and empowerment and good governance.

 

LOCALISE SDGs Project, financially supported by the European Union and implemented by UCLG ASPAC in cooperation with APEKSI, aims to empower Local Authorities (LAs) and Associations of Local Authorities (ALAs) in Indonesia for enhanced governance and more effective development policies and to promote inclusive and sustainable local development through SDGs attainment. LOCALISE SDGs target 30 LAs (16 provinces and 14 municipalities) and 5 ALAs (APEKSI, APKASI, APPSI, ADEKSI, and ADKASI). Further information on LOCALISE SDGs target LAs is available at: https://localisesdgs-indonesia.org/. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has shifted the focus of target LAs to respond, to recover and prevent against the pandemic. From July to December 2020, LOCALISE SDGs focuses its activities to increase awareness of the 30 LAs and 5 ALAs on relations between SDGs and COVID-19, especially on financing SDGs under a New Normal: challenges and response to COVID-19 pandemic, and strengthening their capacities in handling COVID-19 and its impacts and “building back better.”

 

In response to the pandemic and to ensure the SDGs implementation at local level, Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) has identified 52 short term SDGs targets that need to be taken into consideration by the LAs as priorities for the upcoming year planning initiative. As for the year 2021 government plan, and in conjunction to the urgent SDGs targets need to be achieved in the same year, the MOHA has issued Ministerial regulation No. 40 Year 2020 on The Guidelines on The Government Workplan of 2021 in attempting to keep the SDGs attainment on track during the pandemic with some sensible adjustment on the budget and programs. Following up the current challenges, LOCALISE SDGs and MOHA agreed to establish partnership in promoting the SDGs attainment during the pandemic. The initiative of partnership with MOHA is the translation of COVID-19 response and SDGs attainment programming altogether covering the activities of the development of monitoring and evaluation tools for SDGs attainment in local level that complies with the MOHA Regulation Number 7 Year 2018, production and design of IEC materials and related publications, copyediting of the study report and the KLHS and SDGs outreach covering LAs participating in 2020 local election.

 

Objectives

 

• To facilitate the needs of the availability of monitoring and evaluation tools for SDGs attainment
• To update and provide recommendation of the improved monitoring and evaluation tools on the implementation of Permendagri SDGs
• To provide the monitoring and evaluation report to be the reference of the LAs and ALAs on the development process of monitoring and evaluation tools on SDGs attainment

 

Scope of Work/Key Duties

 

·       Suggest the detailed timeline of the research activity

·       Ensure the inclusion of at least following issues:

(a) Mapping of the current and available Monitoring and Evaluation Tools towards the success of SDGs attainment in Indonesia to evaluate and to provide feedbacks on the implementation of Permendagri SDGs.

(b) Mapping of Minimum Service Standard (SPM) and Local Development indicators towards the SDGs indicators assigned in MOHAs Regulation 7 of 2018 and Metadata Indicator 2nd Edition released by Bappenas,

(c) Gap analysis of the available KLHS and adoption of SDGs indicators integration into RPJMD of LOCALISE SDGs target LAs,

(d) Proposed tool and recommendations to address the gap and to accelerate the SDGs localization strategies

(e) LAs and ALAs role on local development planning and SDGs attainment Facilitate the online FGDs and other means of online data collection

·       Develop the report under the consultation with LOCALISE SDGs team through regular communication by email

·       Attend briefing with LOCALISE SDGs team three times during the research process (one day before signing contract, one month after contract signing and two weeks before contract completion) and whenever is needed

·       Generate a useful monitoring and evaluation tool and techniques for the implementation of Permendagri SDGs, for the use of LAs and ALAs, that will also benefit MOHA.

·       Develop a monitoring and evaluation study report after the completion of the study and deliver to UCLG ASPAC maximum one day before the contract ends

 

UCLG ASPAC is inviting potential Consultants to provide the consultancy services for the development of monitoring and evaluation tools on SDGs attainment

 

The Consultant(s) will be hired for approximately 1,5 (One and a half) months, starting Early February to Mid-March 2021. The Consultant can work remotely and will directly report to LOCALISE SDGs Project Manager. The online hosting service for FGD and data collection and technical arrangement will be prepared by the Consultant him/herself.

 

 Qualifications

 

v  Minimum of bachelor’s degree in social sciences in the field of public administration, political science, urban and development planning, environment study and or other relevant studies

v  Understand the SDGs issues, local governments’ role on SDGs attainment and SDGs localisation in Indonesia

v  Demonstrate experience working as a Consultant for at least three issues in SDGs such as poverty reduction, gender equality and or education betterment

v  Demonstrate experience in developing Monitoring and Evaluation Tools

v  Demonstrate experience of working with the government especially local government and its associations, as well as demonstrate understanding of local governments work pertaining to local development planning processes, KLHS and SDGs integration to the RPJMD

v  Have extensive experience in facilitating an FGD and other means of online group discussion

v  Demonstrate the experience of working in KLHS development is a desirable asset

v  Have basic IT skills and familiarity of using online discussion platform

  

Deliverables

·       Monitoring and evaluation tools on SDGs attainment

·       Evaluation reports and feedbacks on the implementation of Permendagri SDGs

 

How to apply

Please send your CV outlining your capacity and experience of consultancy services and/or area of works and provide us with your best price for the services before the above-mentioned deadlines.

 

Please send your offer to recruitment@uclg-aspac.org, copied to project_manager1@uclg-aspac.org before 1 February 2021. Only selected ones will be contacted.