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Relevance of specialised knowledge, proven expertise and experience in valid experience in delivering professional training programmes (including ToTs) and adults’ education, over the past three years, including possible accreditation/s and certifications etc. UNOPS eSourcing v2017.1 Section II Schedule of Requirements Request for Proposal Provision of Services for Conducting Training of Trainers for Local Good Governance Competence Units (UNOPS-SWISSPRO-2021-S-008) e-Sourcing reference: RFP/2021/19929 1 RFP/2021/19929 Relevance of specialised knowledge, proven expertise and experience in valid experience in delivering professional training programmes (including ToTs) and adults’ education, over the past three years, including possible accreditation/s and certifications etc. UNOPS eSourcing v2017.1 TERMS OF REFERENCE Provision of Services for Conducng Training of Trainers for Local Good Governance Competence Units 1. The Background The “Enhancing Good Governance and Social Inclusion at Local Level in Serbia” Programme (Swiss PRO) will improve local capacies primarily in 99 local self-governments in Šumadija and Western Serbia, and South and Eastern Serbia regions 1 to apply good governance (GG) principles in local policies and regulaons and thus increase social cohesion. The Government of Switzerland has allocated USD 6.9 million for the Programme, with the United Naons Office for Project Services (UNOPS) responsible for its implementaon, in cooperaon with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalies (SCTM). The Programme has to fulfil two main goals: 1. To contribute to the enhancement of organisaons and officials’ knowledge and skills 2. To posively change the scope and quality of public services rendered to cizens, especially to those from excluded groups. Both goals will lead to improved regulaons, instuonal, technical and human capacies for the enhancement of e-services. In addion, capacity building will be provided to local civil society organisaons (CSOs) as well as instuons dealing with social inclusion and gender equality. Overall, this will contribute to the improved rule of law at the local level, increased accountability, transparency and efficiency and effecveness of the local self-governments (LSGs), and ulmately improvement of quality of life of cizens, especially excluded cizens. The Programme will coordinate its acvies with the key line-naonal-level instuons, while observing the naonal strategies, laws and relevant development documents, which will contribute to sustainability, ensure naonal ownership and develop naonal capacies. The content and the scope of the Programme will significantly complement the European Union Support to Municipal Development – EU PRO Programme. 2. Introducon to the Intervenon Implementaon of good governance principles at the local level ensures greater accountability, transparency and efficiency of municipal administraon in the provision of services, and the development of the civil servants’ professional skills and knowledge is the key step in this process. 1 Programme Area of responsibility: Aleksandrovac, Aleksinac, Aranđelovac, Arilje, Babušnica, Bajina Bašta, Batočina, Bela Palanka, Blace, Bogać, Bojnik, Boljevac, Bor, Bosilegrad, Brus, Bujanovac, Crna Trava, Čačak, Čajena, Ćićevac, Ćuprija, Despotovac, Dimitrovgrad, Doljevac, Gadžin Han, Golubac, Gornji Milanovac, Ivanjica, Jagodina, Kladovo, Knić, Knjaževac, Koceljeva, Kosjerić, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Krupanj, Kruševac, Kučevo, Kuršumlija, Lajkovac, Lapovo, Lebane, Leskovac, Loznica, Lučani, Ljig, Ljubovija, Majdanpek, Mali Zvornik, Malo Crniće, Medveđa, Merošina, Mionica, Negon, Niš, Nova Varoš, Novi Pazar, Osečina, Paraćin, Petrovac na Mlavi, Pirot, Požarevac, Požega, Preševo, Priboj, Prijepolje, Prokuplje, Rača, Raška, Ražanj, Rekovac, Sjenica, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka, Sokobanja, Surdulica, Svilajnac, Svrljig, Šabac, Topola, Trgovište, Trstenik, Tun, Ub, Užice, Valjevo, Varvarin, Velika Plana, Veliko Gradište, Vladimirci, Vladičin Han, Vlasonce, Vranje, Vrnjačka Banja, Zaječar, Žabari, Žagubica, Žitorađa. 2 RFP/2021/19929 Relevance of specialised knowledge, proven expertise and experience in valid experience in delivering professional training programmes (including ToTs) and adults’ education, over the past three years, including possible accreditation/s and certifications etc. UNOPS eSourcing v2017.1 In the period 2014-2018, the programme preceding the Swiss PRO, European PROGRES, provided comprehensive training for appointed representaves of LSGs on the applicaon of good governance principles at local level, which included five principles of good governance: accountability, efficiency and effecveness, transparency, cizen parcipaon, and non-discriminaon and equality. As a result of this intervenon, a total of 23 local self-governments (LSGs) established Good Governance Competence Units (GGCUs) - permanent working bodies / working groups for good governance in order to form a lasng resource at the local level. Within the Swiss PRO Programme, representaves of those 23 LSGs had the opportunity to aend training for trainers and gain addional skills needed for further horizontal transfer of acquired knowledge in the field of good governance, but also open opportunies for accreditaon of trainers at the Naonal Academy of Public Administraon (NAPA). The Swiss PRO Programme connued the pracce of capacity building for good governance in order to integrate the principles into the daily work of LSGs, through a training programme held in the period from June 2019 to March 2021 for 35 LSGs’ representaves. 2 The next step is carrying out the training for trainers, as well establishing and instuonalizaon of the resources - GGCUs within LSGs. The Training of Trainers is essenal for GGCUs’ representaves to become adequately equipped for transferring the acquired good governance knowledge and know-how experiences horizontally – within their local administraons and to other local public enes. Through this intervenon, the Swiss PRO Programme will, in accordance with the Law on Employees in Autonomous Provinces and Local Self Governments3 support up to 32 local staff members4 tha t have previously completed the Swiss PRO training on Good Governance to expand their knowledge and acquire addional training skills. 3. Objecves of the Intervenon The Overall Objecve is to contribute to enhanced transfer of good governance know-how and strengthened good governance resources at the local level. The Specific Objecve is to further capacitate the GGCU local experts to become trainers and acquire knowledge and skills for creang and conducng training programmes and transferring horizontal knowledge. 2 Introducon to good governance and principles of good governance, applicaon of five principles (accountability, efficiency and effecveness, transparency, cizen parcipaon, and non-discriminaon and equality), using the following methodological approach: theorecal introducon to the principle, group work on case studies, presentaons and discussions, homework - individual work on examples from pracce, and presentaon of their work at the beginning of the next training, with discussion. 3 h ps://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/zakon_o_zaposlenima_u_autonomnim_pokrajinama_i_jedinicama_lokalne_samouprave.html 4 Aleksinac, Bajina Bašta, Bogać, Ćuprija, Dimitrovgrad, Gornji Milanovac, Jagodina, Knić, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Krupanj, Lapovo, Loznica, Majdanpek, Negon, Niš, Prijepolje, Rača, Rekovac, Šabac, Smederevska Palanka, Sokobanja, Svilajnac, Topola, Užice, Valjevo, Varvarin, Velika Plana, Veliko Gradište, Vrnjačka Banja, Žagubica, Zaječar 3 RFP/2021/19929 Relevance of specialised knowledge, proven expertise and experience in valid experience in delivering professional training programmes (including ToTs) and adults’ education, over the past three years, including possible accreditation/s and certifications etc. UNOPS eSourcing v2017.1 4. The Approach to this Intervenon The Swiss PRO Programme will through an open and transparent process evaluate, select and contract an eligible service provider ( see below for details on eligibility) which has responded to the Request for Proposals (RFP), whose integral part is this Terms of Reference (ToR), by subming a valid project proposal, according to the ToR requirements and other provisions set in the RFP. The contracted service provider will then carry out acvies in accordance with the accepted descripons of acvies and the meframe, in accordance with the submied and approved project proposal. 5 . The Scope of the Intervenon The contracted service provider will plan and carry out the subsequent acvies that include the following, while in the same me not necessarily being limited to: The Incepon Phase: I. Study the Swiss PRO Programme document and acquire necessary understanding of the context and the Programme’s objecves. II. Develop and plan a five day (five days in connuity i.e. 32 hours training) training programme - Training of Trainers (ToT), for up to 32 parcipants, Good Governance Competence Units (GGCUs) members, in organising and transferring the acquired GG know-how. Develop training material (focused on good governance principles and examples) and present it to Swiss PRO team for final revision, encompassing as a minimum: ● Training design: main concepts and methodology ● Training delivery process: o Analysis-TNA -basics, objecves, the topic etc. o Elements of andragogy - how to train adults o Designing the training, with how to define objecves (Think, Feel, Do) o Developing all sub-processes, with SMART objecves o Interacve training