Posting Date: 16/05/2022
Reference number: CfE0522/F350/Strategy Development Expert
Deadline for Applications: 12/06/22
Duty Station: home based
Contract Duration: June 2022 – December 2022
Organisational overview
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organisation that develops and promotes innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and solutions to key migration challenges. With 19 Member States and over 60 projects active throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, ICMPD is a growing and strategic partner in the migration field. The organisation’s greatest assets are its 460+ staff members, who personify its values of commitment,
integrity, partnership, respect, and innovation in migration actions and decisions.
Project background
In 2016 the African Union Commission (AUC) evaluated the 2006 Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA). Among others, the evaluation produced three key findings/observations, and respective recommendations as follows: a) The bulk of migration in Africa (about two thirds) takes place within the region, and less than 22 percent of migrants from Africa emigrate outside of Africa. b) There is limited reliable and up-to-date migration data and analysis on Africa, which continues to hinder evidence based policy-making. c) In line with these findings, the evaluation recommended that there is need for the Continent to establish a continental facility that would conduct research and generate data on migration in order to facilitate evidence based migration policy formulation and programming.
Organisational overview
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organisation that develops and promotes innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and solutions to key migration challenges. With 19 Member States and over 60 projects active throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, ICMPD is a growing and strategic partner in the migration field. The organisation’s greatest assets are its 460+ staff members, who personify its values of commitment, integrity, partnership, respect, and innovation in migration actions and decisions.
Project background
In 2016 the African Union Commission (AUC) evaluated the 2006 Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA). Among others, the evaluation produced three key findings/observations, and respective recommendations as follows:
a) The bulk of migration in Africa (about two thirds) takes place within the region, and less than 22 percent of migrants from Africa emigrate outside of Africa.
b) There is limited reliable and up-to-date migration data and analysis on Africa, which continues to hinder evidence based policy-making.
c) In line with these findings, the evaluation recommended that there is need for the Continent to establish a continental facility that would conduct research and generate data on migration in order to facilitate evidence based migration policy formulation and programming.
Following the evaluation, the AUC revised the 2006 MPFA, which included formulating a plan of action for its implementation: The Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) of the revised MPFA. The revised MPFA and its plan of action were adopted by the AU Assembly in January 2018. One of the priority activities in the MPFA Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) is the establishment of a continental migration observatory and research/study centre.
Given the magnitude of intra-Africa migration on the Continent, the dearth of information on the phenomenon, the appetite of Member States to manage migration (and the need for evidence[1]informed and evidence-based policy formulation and programming) and the scope of human trafficking and migrant smuggling, in 2006 the AU endorsed a decision to establish the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration (the Centre) in Mali (Executive Council decision Doc. EX.CL/290 (IX) ADD.2).
In January 2018, the Executive Council reaffirmed this decision through Executive Council Decision EX.CL/987(XXXII), and urged the Commission to expedite the establishment of the Centre by submitting to the relevant AU entities the administrative, financial and legal implications of establishing the Centre. The 33rd Ordinary Session of the AU of February 2020 adopted the statute establishing the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration as a Specialized Technical Office of the Commission (Assembly/AU/Dec.758 (XXXIII)).
Purpose of the Mali Centre: to improve the overall migration governance regime in Africa
Objectives of the Mali Centre:
- Advance the knowledge base of the African Continent on migration and mobility issues;
- Contribute to evidence-based interventions on migration in Africa
Functions and Activities of the Centre: Working collaboratively with the African Migration Observatory, the Continental Operational Centre for Combating Irregular Migration and other migration research and capacity building institutions in Africa and beyond, the Centre shall have the following core functions:
- Interpret migration data and compile periodic reports on migration trends and patterns in Africa and between Africa and other regions;
- Undertake empirical, applied research on all aspects of migration and mobility and facilitate actionable migration policy formulation and implementation for Member States and RECs;
- Prepare and disseminate a journal and periodic reports the state of migration and migration governance in Africa;
- Prepare position papers on migration and mobility for the African Union;
- Promote policies that foster the development impact of migration and address its negative impacts on the Continent;
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of migration policies on the Continent;
- Establish a platform for sharing and disseminating information on migration;
- Provide technical assistance, training and capacity building on migration and mobility to the AU Commission, AU organs, Member States and RECs;
- Provide a platform for experts and the political, diplomatic and academic communities to debate migration and mobility issues on the Continent;
- Serve as an interface between Members States, RECs, African/African Diaspora think tanks and civil society organizations on the migration debate;
On 19 March 2021, the AU Commission inaugurated the Centre, paving the way for its operationalization. The first step towards operationalizing the Centre is the development of a five[1]year strategic plan. As prerequisite for such a plan, a mapping exercise consisting of five components is being conducted over a period of five months (February – June 2022) as follows:
Component 1: Compilation of an annotated bibliography of research on migration in Africa based on the AU MPFA thematic areas.
Component 2: Mapping of migration research institutions in Africa.
Component 3: Mapping of African journals on migration.
Component 4: Updating the 2018 AUC «Assessment of the Capacity Building Needs of AU Member States and Regional Economic Communities on Managing Migration».
Component 5: Validating of the «Mapping Issues for Formulating a Strategic Plan for the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration» report.
Following the validation of the mapping exercise in June 2022, the AUC, with support from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), will formulate the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration» (the 5-year strategic plan). Pursuant to this activity, the ICMPD and the AUC plan to engage an expert, consulting firm or consortium of consultants to formulate the five-year strategic plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration, and hereby call for expressions of interest from qualified service providers as detailed below.
Objective of assignment
The assignment calls for an expert, consulting firm or consortium of consultants, to formulate the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration», building on the results of the abovementioned mapping.
Scope of work and tasks
The formulation of the Five-year Strategic plan will have two phases with the respective tasks:
- Component 6: Formulating the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
Following the validation of the mapping exercise report, the Mali Centre will embark on formulating its five-year strategic plan. Based on the thematic and focus areas identified in the mapping report (which constitutes a situation analysis), a five-year strategic plan shall be drafted. The expert(s) is(are) expected to work in close coordination with, and under the overall guidance of the Strategy Development Team (SDT)1 , leveraging on the expertise of the respective members of the SDT. Tasks within this phase include:
i) Identification of relevant stakeholders that would inform the elaboration and formulation of the strategic plan.
ii) Elaboration of the strategic intervention areas, informed by the abovementioned mapping, that the Centre will prioritize over the 5-year period in line with its mandated areas, which are research, capacity building/training and establishing a journal on migration and mobility in Africa.
iii) Establish the key result areas for the strategic intervention areas identified in (ii), the indicative resource requirements for the respective result areas, and the potential financing arrangements, including financing projections and the anticipated financing gap.
iv) Identify, the critical success factors for implementing the planned activities through an analysis of the Centre’s strengths, opportunities, threats and opportunities (SWOT 1 The Strategy Development Team (SDT) will be overseeing the work on this project, including the work delivered by the expert(s). The SDT will be composed of expert staff from ICMPD as well as the Senior Migration Advisor to the AU Commission, and will ensure alignment and comprehensiveness of the strategy. 4 analysis); and in order that the Centre ensures the attainment of (a) regular information flow, (b) regular feedback on implementation, (c) decision making, (d) value for money and (e) impact assessments, the strategic plan will include a framework for monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) and reporting.
2. Component 7: Validating the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
On its completion, the draft five-year strategic plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration will be subject to validation by stakeholders in a 2-day workshop. Stakeholders participating in the workshop will include AU Member States, RECs, regional CSO umbrella bodies, African academic institutions conducting research and training on migration, and the AU Commission (the AU Coordinating Committee on Migration). Tasks within this component will include:
i) Support the organization of the workshop, including identification of relevant stakeholders to participate
ii) Prepare documentation and presentation of the strategy for the workshop
iii) Draft the report on the stakeholder workshop
iv) Integrate any final feedback provided to the strategy document, as needed, to finalise the Five-year Strategic Plan Deliverables
The Strategy Development Expert is expected to provide the following deliverables per component:
Phase 1: Timeframe: June – October 2022
- A draft «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
Phase 2: Timeframe: October – November 2022 o
- Methodology and agenda/programme for the stakeholder validation workshop for the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
- Report of the stakeholder validation workshop for the «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
- Final «Five-year Strategic Plan of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration».
The documents shall be submitted to ICMPD for review and validation, in editable MS Word format in English. The deliverables for phase 1 shall be submitted by 31 October 2022, and by 30 November 2022 for phase 2. The final deliverables must be submitted no later than 31 December 2022.
Reporting lines
The Expert will work under the supervision of the Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration, in close coordination with the Senior Technical Adviser – Migration Governance & Liaison in the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development, and the Strategy Development Team. For ICMPD, s/he shall address ICMPD’s Senior Coordinator and Project Manager, Support to the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD).
Qualifications and Experience
Interested experts, consulting firms, or consortia of consultants must provide information demonstrating the required qualifications and proven experience and track-record in conducting 5 assignments of a similar magnitude. Bids must provide the qualifications and experience of individual experts proposed for the assignment.
- Academic qualifications:
- Minimum of a Master’s degree in the field of social sciences, organizational development, international relations, migration or related fields
- Technical experience/competencies:
- Minimum work experience of 10 to 12 years working in the area of organizational development in Africa;
- Demonstrable technical experience in the areas of organizational development, strategic planning, training and capacity building;
- Experience in managing large organizations, establishing organizations and/or implementing turnaround strategies for large organizations; o Significant experience developing MEL frameworks to ensure implementation, monitoring, and assessment of strategic frameworks and plans;
- In-depth knowledge of contemporary migration issues in Africa; o Strong oral presentation, interpersonal and networking skills.
- Other skills/competencies: o Experience on similar assignments in Africa;
- Experience and ability to interact with senior government officials, the AUC, inter[1]governmental organizations and representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies in Africa;
- Experience and ability to navigate political processes in highly sensitive settings;
- Excellent drafting/writing and analytical skills;
- Strong interpersonal, networking and presentation skills; o Previous experience working with the AUC, other inter-governmental organizations; the UN and other multi-lateral organizations would be an added advantage.
- Language skills:
- Fluency in English and French, and good command of other AU official languages is an asset.
Background information/documentation to be provided by ICMPD upon signature of contract
- Mapping validated under component 5
- Concept note of the Establishment of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration
- Strategy Development Team: Composition and Scope of Work
Administrative Information
The assignment is home-based, with the possibility of travel in accordance with COVID-19 travel restrictions and protocols in countries of travel. The Expert shall receive from ICMPD a travel itinerary and be entitled to receive a daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for the foreseen activities abroad. Travel and mission related payments will be processed according to ICMPD Travel Rules applicable at the time when the travel takes place.
Payment
Fees for the assignment are paid upon satisfactory delivery of services, in line with the payment schedule stated in the contract and upon submission of required documentation.
Application Process
Interested experts should send their CV with a reference to this announcement in the subject line of the email to Sara.Landstroem@icmpd.org, and address it to Ms. Sara Landstroem.
ICMPD may check references for first time recruitments.
Interested Experts/ Consulting Firms / consortiums are required to submit the following:
1. Technical Proposal
a) The consulting firm’s / consortium’s capability statement;
c) The consulting firm’s / consortium’s understanding of the assignment and proposed methodology;
d) Curriculum Vitae of ALL experts proposed for the assignment.
- The technical proposal shall not exceed 10 pages (excluding CVs).
- CVs shall not exceed 5 pages per CV, and must clearly show the tasks that the proposed experts will undertake, and the number of days.
Written Samples
In addition to the technical proposal, experts, consulting firms or leads of consortia of consultants should provide two (2) written samples of reports undertaken for similar assignments.
Financial Proposal
A financial proposal detailing all costs, including travel as envisaged. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The applicants should be available for a face-to face meeting or an interview via videoconference. The assignment is subject to project funds availability and/or final approval by the donor. The invitation to an interview does not establish any right to future employment.