INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT NOTICE
(NATIONAL)
Date:
09 April 20134
Country: Kenya
Description of the assignment:
Request for Recruitment of National Individual Consultant – Natural Resources &
Conflicts: 6 weeks assignment; 30 Consultancy days.
UNDP supports capacity development for the Government of Kenya in conflict prevention and peace
building. Recently there have been many conflicts related to the exploration and
exploitation of Kenya’s natural resources including oil and gas exploration in Northern
Kenya. UNDP using funding from DFID would like to recruit a consultant to undertake a
rapid 6 weeks assessment of natural resources and conflicts in Kenya
Project name: PBCP
1. BACKGROUND
1) GENERAL BACKGROUND
UNDP’ role in natural resources management and conflict prevention
UNDP’s broader mandate involves addressing conflicts over natural resources within a development
framework. This is because there is a connection between competition for natural resources and
conflicts. The overall impact of conflicts on development may be negative and yet the disputes over
natural resources could be managed. In that respect, UNDP’s role in supporting national and local actors
in conflict prevention becomes critical. In the Kenya case, conflict prevention could help mitigate the
effects of violent conflicts and to harness the potential of natural resources for sustainable
development, to create a just, equitable and peaceful society.
UNDP Kenya has been and will continue being at the forefront of supporting national and local
institutions in conflict prevention and peace building. In the last 10 years, capacities for national and
community-based institutions and civil society organizations in Kenya have been strengthened to deal
with conflicts, promote reconciliation and promote peaceful co-existence. The experiences and the
successes of those conflict prevention initiatives, strategies and frameworks would be useful in the
context of addressing potential and real natural resource based conflicts and threats.
For UNDP and its partners in Kenya to address conflicts over natural resources, it is imperative that any
initiatives, interventions, strategies and plans are designed based on solid understanding of the
particular situations and contexts. This would require information and evidence gathering. The
information could be on the following aspects: nature and types of resources; the conflict situation in
the country and in those regions with natural resources; factors or causes of natural resources based
conflicts; the various actors, their relationships and influences on conflicts and natural resources;
strategies and institutions at local and national level for conflict management and peace building; and
any challenges and opportunities for conflict prevention and peace building within the context of
natural resources exploitation and management.
It is within this background and context that UNDP and its partners seek the services of a National
consultant to undertake research and appraisal of the status of natural resources and conflicts in Kenya.
The consultant will focus on exploration and exploitation of resources such as oil, gas, minerals, wind
and solar energy potential found in Kenya and in the specific localities affected.
2) OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Objectives of the Research and Field Assessments/ Surveys
1.To collect relevant data on the status of natural resources (Oil, gas and other minerals) and conflicts (
actual or potential, real or perceived) in the country
2.To assess the nature and extent of natural resources based disputes and conflicts in selected localities
/ counties in Kenya
3.To interact and profile critical actors (communities, multi-national and local corporations,
government, activists, CSOs etc) in the natural resources-based conflicts, the powers and influences
4.To understand and document various local and national level initiatives, strategies, plans etc for
prevention of natural resources driven conflicts (mediation, negotiations, peace committees etc) and
peace building in those particular regions.
3) SCOPE OF WORK
In order to achieve the above objective, under the overall guidance of the UNDP the consultant will be
assigned specific duties and is expected to perform the following tasks :
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To conduct a desk review of existing information, literature and data on natural resources in
Kenya focusing on extractive industry
To collect relevant data on the status of natural resources (Oil, gas and other minerals) and
conflicts ( actual or potential, real or perceived) in the country
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To undertake field studies and to assess the nature and extent of natural resources based
disputes and conflicts in selected localities / counties in Kenya.
To undertake stakeholder-analysis in the extractives industry and in the conflict prevention and
peace building sector i.e. identify, interact with and profile the goals, powers and influences of
critical actors (communities, multi-national and local corporations, government, activists, CSOs
etc)
To understand and document various local and national level initiatives, strategies, plans etc
for prevention of natural resources driven conflicts (mediation, negotiations, peace committees
etc) and peace building in those particular regions.
To make presentations of the research findings to the management of UNDP and critical
stakeholders as directed by UNDP
To finalize and submit to UNDP the final concise report to on the status of natural resources
and conflicts in Kenya
4) DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT, DUTY STATION AND EXPECTED PLACES OF TRAVEL
Duration: 6 Weeks months overall and subject to extension on a need-to basis
Consultancy days: The successful consultant will be paid based on the number of Consultancy days
agreed upon for this assignment. The Unit proposes 30 Working Days based UN rates for National
Consultants.
Duty station: Field-based with regular reporting to UNDP Gigiri Offices in Nairobi
Travel: The consultancies are expected to undertake reasonable travels within the country particularly
in the selected regions (the list will be provided by UNDP). UNDP will cater for costs of travel and
Accommodation authorized by PCBP.
5) FINAL PRODUCTS
Expected results
1. Inception report
2.A comprehensive report on the status of natural resources and conflicts in Kenya ( detailing the types
of resources, where they are found, actual and potential conflicts, the communities affected,
companies involved in exploration, interventions for conflict management etc)
3. A complete data bank of the critical actors in the extractive sector (who is doing what where and
how) and their influences in generating conflicts and/ or preventing conflicts
4. Presentation of the report to UNDP management and key stakeholders and validation of the same
through at least 2 workshops
5. Final consultancy report with clear and practical conclusions and recommendations to guide the
design and implementation of UNDP’s programmes and partnership strategies in the addressing
conflicts and development challenges associated with Kenya’s extractive industry.
Work Breakdown Schedule
Task
Desk Review
as per TORs
Field
Research as
per TORs
Compilation
and
presentation
of reports
Validation
and
publication
of
report/
assessment
4
Total
consultancy
days
Consultancy Days
5
Expected product
Inception report
14
Field research report
7
Draft final Assessment Report
4
Validation workshop report and revised
Final Assessment report
30
6) PROVISION OF MONITORING AND PROGRESS CONTROLS
The work of the consultants will be interactive and they will be supervised by the Team Leader of the
Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Unit.
7) DEGREE OF EXPERTISE, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
Qualification requirements for the consultants
•Higher education (at least a master’s degree) in, conflict management, law, natural resources
management, political science and economics, public administration, governance and any social sciences
related to the subject of this research
•Knowledge of conflicts, conflict analysis and resolution within natural resources management contexts
•Extensive knowledge of natural resource based conflicts in Kenya and the local environment
•Competencies in research and publications
•Knowledge of gender, conflict sensitive and human rights dimensions of natural resources extraction
and management
•Minimum of 5 years professional experience in results based development
•Demonstrated analytical, communication and report writing skills;
•Fluency in written and spoken English and any other local languages in Kenya.
•Competencies in team work, communication, strategic partnerships and networking.
8) LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
•Excellent ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili
9) EVALUATION CRITERIA
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 points will be considered
Criteria
Weight
Max. Point
Technical
100%
100
Post –graduate degrees (PhD or Masters) 20%
in Development Studies, Sociology,
Economics and other relevant degrees.
At least 5 years of professional work 20%
experience in results based development
20
Extensive knowledge of natural resource 30%
based conflicts in Kenya and the local
environment
and Competencies in
research and publications
30
Knowledge of gender, conflict sensitive 10%
and human rights dimensions of natural
resources extraction and management
10
Demonstrable
writing skills
10
analytical
and
report 10%
20
Language proficiency in English and 10%
Kiswahili and any local languages
10
10) PAYMENT TERMS
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20 % after acceptance by the UNDP of the inception Report
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30 % upon delivery of the draft report and after validation
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50 % upon delivery of the final report, after acceptance by the UNDP.
11) APPLICATION PROCESS
1. Qualified and interested candidates for this consultancy are hereby requested to send in their
applications addressing them to: Procurement Unit, UNDP Kenya Country Office and emailing
them to consultants.ken@undp.org
2. The application should contain the following:
 Brief proposal addressing the requirement (Methodology)
 UNDP Personal History Form (P11)
 Detailed achievement based CV