Position: Consultant for Inventory and Technical Analysis (Recent Job)

Job Description

Specific Responsibilities of the Consultant

In order to achieve the objective of the assignment, the consultant is expected to:

• Map major non-government, bilateral and multilateral actors working in the field of policy research and support to implement federalism in the country
• Create an inventory of recent and active researches (conducted by GoN and other actors) related to different aspects of federalism and technical analysis of the researches and recommend potential areas of policy researches for the better implementation of federalism in the country to foster more effective, accountable, responsive and inclusive local governance.
• Map the policies, laws and relevant directives and mechanisms to implement federalism in the country existing at federal and provincial levels of government, with special focus on the federal government, Sudur Paschim Predesh, province 5 and selected Palikas of the provinces.
• While mapping the policies and laws, a special focus will be given on the analysis of policies and laws that empower, finance and regulate provincial and local government and also the process of how or whether they were informed by any evidence or studies.

Deliverables:

The consultant is expected to deliver the following products:

• Prepare an inception report with a detailed study plan, a methodology of study and analysis framework in consultation with the Sajhedari-STF Project team and Urban Institute, USA. The Institute will be supporting the design of the study and providing inputs to the final reports.
• Prepare and submit a draft report covering the information explained above and present the gist of findings and recommendations with the project team. The report should not exceed 30 pages excluding the annexes.
• Submit the final report incorporating feedback received from the project team and Urban Institute. The report should contain graphs and pictorial representation of the situation as much as possible and it should provide complete and authentic citations using Vancouver or Harvard Methods of Referencing.
• Present the gist of the report during a workshop comprising different actors from government, bilateral, multilateral and non-government organizations with a view to identify future research topics on issues of federalism implementation in Nepal.