Apply for Vacancy for National Consultant at  United Nations Development Program in Sudan. The deadline for this application is  16th March 2021.

Background

South Sudan has been implementing a National Development Strategy (NDS) which was formulated and launched in 2018. The formulation of the NDS was a requirement in the Agreement for Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) signed in 2015. Also, the NDS is the first national planning document providing strategic guidance since the South Sudan Development Plan (SSDP) expired in 2016, following a three-year extension.

Objectives:

• Undertake a comprehensive assessment of the NDS document as to its efficiency and effectiveness in providing strategic guidance for development stakeholders (government, civil society, development partners, private sector) and alignment to key national policy frameworks.
• Also, undertake an inclusive planning process leading to a revision of the NDS that ensures national ownership.
• Likewise, incorporate current prevailing socio-economic context in the NDS.
• Similarly, strengthen the development financing landscape of South Sudan by including a chapter on financing of the NDS and lay the foundation for an Integrated National Financing Framework through a Development Financing Assessment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Scope of work: Under the supervision of the Lead INFF expert, and working with the UNDP South Sudan country office. The national expert will support the Development Finance Assessment process, analysis. Also, dialogue leading to the articulation and agreement of an INFF Roadmap for South Sudan.
• The National expert is responsible for collecting data, policy documents and analysis. Also, they will support the Lead expert in completing the process of analysis, consultation, and dialogue throughout the DFA in accordance with the approach outlined in the DFA Guidebook.
• This INFF process shall be in two parts – one that identifies the financing needs of costs the NDS and the other driving the financing needs and strategy for the SDGs in the country. Moreover, the second part will tackle the financing constraints identified in the DFA process.

Deliverables:

• Initial data collection and analysis, bilateral consultations and first financing dialogue
• Similarly, series of financing dialogues
• First draft INFF Roadmap and DFA report
• INFF Roadmap and DFA report approved

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