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The Pluriannual Plan (PPA) is the primary instrument for planning public policies, directly influencing budgets, and monitoring their outcomes over the medium term. Its development is essential for national and subnational public management, as it sets guidelines, objectives, and goals for public administration over four years. The PPA serves as a strategic guide for public policies, not only directing them but also allowing for course corrections and enabling the monitoring of their achievement.

Defining priorities and cross-cutting objectives within PPAs has become common practice, especially focusing on priority groups and themes, such as children and adolescents. The last two federal PPAs, including the current one, have established agendas for children and adolescents, reflecting their prioritization and the necessity for a cross-cutting focus in policies directed toward them, which government centers should closely monitor.

Prioritizing children and adolescents require coordinated policies and systematic monitoring. A crucial first step for ensuring that municipal PPAs contribute to protecting children’s and adolescents' rights is to identify and mark the attributes (characteristics defining the structure and functionality of the PPA) related to this group during the PPA drafting process. This includes identifying relevant programs, specific objectives, deliverables, or institutional and normative measures.

Beyond identification and marking, it is also necessary to consolidate these attributes into a cross-cutting agenda. A cross-cutting agenda is a set of policies, programs, and actions that span various areas of government and are implemented in an integrated and coordinated manner. This type of agenda is essential for addressing complex issues that cannot be resolved by a single sector or department, requiring a multidisciplinary and intersectoral approach.

As part of the cooperation between the Brazilian Government (Ministry of Planning and Budget – MPO) and UNICEF, the goal is to work toward advancing the Children and Adolescents agenda within the current Federal PPA to be expanded at the state level as a pilot initiative.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The assignment involves technical supporting UNICEF’s work in partnership with MPO and four state governments in identifying and systematizing the deliverables of their PPAs within ad-hoc cross-cutting agendas. This will require direct coordination and collaboration with state government counterparts to provide guidance and technical support in identifying relevant PPA attributes that could be included in cross-cutting agendas for children and adolescents. Additionally, the work will involve assessing the sufficiency of the attributes marked in the state PPAs. The work with these four pilot states will contribute to developing a methodological framework, enabling UNICEF and MPO to contribute to other states to advance in identifying and creating cross-cutting agendas for children and adolescents.

The consultancy will closely cooperate with UNICEF in its online and in-person meetings with federal and state government counterparts and in UNICEF work with the Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPO).  There will be two trips to each of the four states over the course of the consultancy and it should be stipulated in the deliverables all-inclusive.

DELIVERABLES

1. Workplan

1.1. Deliverables/Outputs: detailed work plan of the consultancy, with a detailed timetable, list of necessary data, and feasibility analysis.

1.2. Deadline: 30 days from contract beginning.

1.3. Estimate Budget: 10%

2. Technical material to guide states in the development of Cross-Sectoral Children and Adolescent Agendas

2.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Technical material to guide four pilot states in developing the first version of the Cross-Sectoral Children and Adolescent Agendas through CONSEPLAN. This deliverable includes the production of technical materials, as well as conducting four workshops with state officials to present and guide the use of the materials. The workshops will provide orientation on templates and processes for drafting the first versions of the cross-sectoral agendas for each state, that will subsidize deliverables 3 and 4.

2.2. Deadline: 120 days from contract beginning.

2.3. Estimate Budget: 25%

3. Technical report on 2 states PPA Cros-cutting children agenda

3.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Report analysing the Children and Adolescents agenda marking in two Brazilian states, assessing sufficiency. This includes identifying overmarked or undermarked attributes and highlighting important issues and themes missing from the Pluriannual Plan (PPA)

3.2. Deadline: 180 days from contract beginning.

3.3. Estimate Budget: 20%

3. Technical report on 2 additional states PPA Cros-cutting children agenda

3.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Report analysing the Children and Adolescents agenda marking in two Brazilian states, assessing sufficiency. This includes identifying overmarked or undermarked attributes and highlighting important issues and themes missing from the Pluriannual Plan (PPA)

3.2. Deadline: 240 days from contract beginning.

3.3. Estimate Budget: 20%

4. Methodological Reference Guide to States (and municipalities)

4.1. Deliverables/Outputs:  Methodological and technical framework with guidelines for developing the Children and Adolescents Agenda at state level

4.2. Deadline: 330 days from contract beginning.

4.3. Estimate Budget: 25%

 

DURATION OF CONTRACT:  Eleven months.

TRAVEL PLAN: This includes two trips to four Brazilian States (2 to each), most probably to Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Sul, and Amapá.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT

• Advanced degree in economics, social sciences, political sciences, public management, or other related fields.
• At least five years of proven experience in public management, public planning, public budget in Brazil. Extra years of experience are considered an asset.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Fluency in Portuguese

UNICEF’S CORE VALUES

Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS)

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: PROCEDURES AND LOGISTICS

• Consultant will work from home using own equipment and stationery. UNICEF will provide office space for consultative meetings when needed.
• Consultant’s, travel costs should be included in the consultant’s fee.
• No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both UNICEF and the consultant and mandatory courses are completed.
• Consultants will not have any representative, certifying, or approving authority, or supervisory responsibilities or authority on UNICEF budget.
• The consultant will work remotely on a delivery basis.

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

• Costs indicated are estimated. Final rate shall follow “best value for money” principle, i.e., achieving the desired outcome at the lowest possible fee.
• A financial proposal including the fee for the assignment based on the deliverables and number of days must be submitted. Consultants are asked to stipulate all-inclusive fees, including lump sum, administrative cost, travel cost and subsistence costs, as applicable.
• The payment will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

INSURANCE AND HEALTH COVERAGE

• The contractor is fully responsible for arranging, at his or her own expenses, such life, health, and other forms of insurance covering the term of the contract as he or she considers appropriate.
• The contractor is not eligible to participate in the life or health insurance schemes available to UNICEF and United Nations staff members.

RESTRICTIONS

• Consultants may not receive training at the expense of UNICEF.  Notwithstanding, consultants must complete the applicable mandatory trainings before the signature of the contract. 
• In case of government officials, the contract cannot be issued without prior written clearance by the Government​, or unless on leave without pay.

 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.