SHORT-TERM CONSULTANCY TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR)

I. General Information

Title of Consultancy:	Technical Advisor
Type of Contract:	Short-term consultancy to perform lumpsum deliverable-based arrangements.
Duration of the assignment:	October – December 2023
Duty station:	Baidoa, Southwest State of Somalia
Expected places of travel:	Within the South West State.
Supervisor:	MoILGR-SWS Director General

II. Background and Organizational Context

Ministry of Interior, Local Governments & Reconciliation isresponsible for several essential portfolios, including interior affairs, federal affairs, democratic development, reconciliation, and local governance and decentralization. MO has a critical and broad mandate in the following areas:

Implement a credible, inclusive, and peaceful democratization process.
Manage intergovernmental relations and federal affairs between MOILGR SWS and the Federal Government of Somalia.
Implement a credible, inclusive democratization process
Deepen people’s awareness of democratic principles and practices based on Islamic values.
Advance cooperation between Southwest and the Federal Government of Somalia.
Deliver social reconciliation and ensure a stable and secure Southwest state of Somalia.

In 2019, MOILGR SWS entered a strategic partnership with the UNDP Somalia Reconciliation and Federalization Support (REFS) Project, with the latter supporting the MOILGR SWS reconciliation and federalization efforts throughout the Southwest State of Somalia from 2019 since the conclusion of the REFS project on 30 June 2022.

With REFS being concluded, a successor ‘State-building and Reconciliation Support Program (SRSP)’ is scheduled to start in 2023. To bridge the six months transition period, however, UNDP launched a new Project Initiation Plan (PIP) focusing on the following two interrelated and mutually reinforcing outputs consolidating the achievements of REFS:

Output 1: Consensus-building on contested issues related to the federal framework in Somalia enabled.
Output 2: Infrastructure for peace is streamlined by integrating Triple Nexus through civil society engagement at the FGS, FMS, and Local levels

The PIP is designed to ensure continued support of UNDP REFS national and regional government counterparts’ institutional and technical capacities to effectively and efficiently discharge their mandates to achieve envisioned targets for reconciliation and federalization in Somalia.

Accordingly, MOILGR SWS and the UNDP SRSP entered into a Letter of Agreement (LoA) on 25 September 2022, based on which MOILGR SWS will perform the following over the next four months (September-Decepter 2023):

Action 1.2.1 Organize pre-planning meetings and multi-shareholder coordination forums for the formulation and capacitation of interim/caretaker administration (foundational governance) in newly recovered areas (3 meeting in Xudur, Barawe, and Baidoa)
Action 1.2.2 Organize pre-legislation policy dialogue/consultation on protection, empowerment, and accountability of Local Elders.
Action 1.2.3 Document the insider mediation processes followed to resolve the recent five inter and intra-clan conflicts (traditional insider mediation and reconciliation approaches, processes and case studies – [ case studies, data collection/oral histography, legalistic perspective]
Action 1.2.5 Organize Mayors’ Forum for cross learning on collaborative governance and multi-sectoral governance (minimum: 18 district mayors, 3 regional governors) 2nd week of october
Action 1.3.6. Conduct a follow up meeting on multi sectoral planning for Hudur and Berdale districts MOILGR.

III. Objectives of Assignment

In fulfillment of the terms of the LoA, MOILGR SWS is recruiting short-term consultants to implement the LoA work plan through lumpsum deliverable-based contractual arrangements.

IV. Functions/Scope of Work

Organizing and conducting pre-planning meetings and multi-shareholder coordination forums for the formulation and capacitation of interim/caretaker administration (foundational governance) in newly recovered areas (3 meeting in Xudur, Barawe, and Baidoa.
Organize pre-legislation policy dialogue/consultation on protection, empowerment, and accountability of Local Elders.
Conducting and documenting community reconciliation initiatives to resolve the recent five inter and intra-clan conflicts (traditional insider mediation and reconciliation approaches, processes and case studies

Arranging a follow up meeting on multi sectoral planning for Hudur and Berdale districts MOILGR.
Support the ministry in the training process of the enumerators for the communal data collection linked with the conflict navigator. Workshop
Develop Terms of Reference Organize for 3 interns for the secretarial support to the Cabinet Committee.

V. Final product/Deliverables

Activity	Deliverables
Organize pre-planning meetings and multi-shareholder coordination forums for the formulation and capacitation of interim/caretaker administration (foundational governance) in newly recovered areas	· Prepare a concept note for the DG/ MOILGR SWS and submit to UNDP. · Submit agenda for for the DG/ MOILGR SWS. · Conduct the and multi-shareholder coordination forums for the formulation and capacitation of interim/caretaker administration · Prepare activity completion report and submit to MOILGR/MOILGR SWS/UNDP · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR SWS/UNDP regarding the submitted report
Organize pre-legislation policy dialogue/consultation on protection, empowerment, and accountability of Local Elders.	· Prepare a concept note for the pre-legislation policy dialogue and submit to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Submit agenda for for the pre-legislation policy dialogue. · Conduct the pre- test ‘pre-legislation policy dialogue.’ · Prepare activity completion report and submit to MOILGR SWS/UNDP · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR SWS/UNDP regarding the submitted report and revert back revised report
Conducting the insider mediation conference and meetings on the processes followed to resolve the inter and intra-clan. Following the (traditional insider mediation and reconciliation approaches, processes and case studies.	· Prepare a concept note for the insider mediation conference and meetings and submit it to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Submit agenda and conference for the reconciliation approaches and processes. · Conduct the inside mediation meetings. · Prepare activity completion report and submit to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR regarding the submitted report.
Conduct a follow up meeting on multi sectoral planning for Hudur and Berdale districts MOILGR –	· Prepare a concept note for the follow up meeting on multi sectoral planning and submit it to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Submit agenda meeting for the follow up meeting. · Coordinate and conduct the follow up meeting with the stakeholders. · Prepare activity completion report and submit to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR SWS regarding the submitted report.
Establish, activate and capacitate District level Insider Mediation Networks (Brawe, Biadoa – link with policy paper on insider mediation per the OOP LOA)	· Prepare the concept note for the creation insider Media Network. · Submit the policy paper · Prepare and submit policy paper to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR SWS regarding the submitted report.
Prepare the recruitment process for the 3 interns providing secretarial support to the Cabinet Committee	· Train and induct the recruited interns to their duties and responsibilities · Develop the Terms of References of the 3 interns. · Ensuring the monthly reporting is submitted on time and submitted to MOILGR SWS and UNDP. · Address comments and feedback from MOILGR SWS regarding the submitted report

VI. Review/Approval time

The UNDP SRSP will approve the achievement of Deliverables. Payment will be made upon satisfactory service performance as approved by the UNDP.

VII. Qualifications and Competencies

First-degree university with three years of experience or second-degree university with two years of relevant past experiences
Excellent report-writing skills
Proficiency in spoken and written Somali and English languages.

How to Apply:

Interested consultants who meet the above-required qualifications and experience are invited to submit his/her via to moisws.hr@gmail.com copying to dg.mustaf.sws@gmail.com giving the subject line Technical Advisor not later than 20th August 2023 at 5:00 pm.