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Improvements in governance and associated reforms are among the most important factors for inclusive and sustainable growth in Sudan. Poverty and social exclusion are inextricably linked to weak governance, as there is exclusiveness for some geographic areas such as Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur from having their fair share of national resources. Now after the signing of Juba peace agreement in October 2020, which stated clear distribution of resources for these areas that have been affected by the conflict for a long time. Therefore, the economic policy should address and link to SDGs, focusing on strengthening the responsiveness and accountability of the state through good governance.
LEEN in partnership with GIZ is looking ahead to support the transition government towards democratic change through developing and improving the capacity of government, national and public institutions which includes government staff, media groups and civil societies. This initiative will assist in introducing the values and principles for transparency, accountability and participation in budget development and execution. LEEN is referring to the chant of the Sudanese revolution “freedom, peace and justice” as guiding principle to achieve the goals of revolutionary youth, to overcome the problems that were caused by 30 years of corrupt government. LEEN and GIZ will leverage existing resources to promote knowledge transfer in public financial management to support the reforms. LEEN initiative will bring synergy between the best practices of the international, regional and country level initiatives on budget analysis and management, Anti corruptions measures, international financial reporting standard, transparency and gender responsive budgeting and sharing knowledge on budget types and socio-economic programs monitoring.
The overall objective of this initiative is to "Contribute to improvement of public finance sector in terms of planning, budgeting, execution, reporting, in order to increase efficiency, transparency and accountability and improve the delivery of public services as set out in the constitutional document of transition government “.
The aim is to enhance ability to analyze and understand the government budget and associated processes. The aim is also to enhance the transfer of knowledge on topics that Sudanese government institutions and citizen were not expose due to the Sudan context before revolution. This surely will impact the allocation and utilization of resources for the benefit of all Sudanese.
To enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Finance and line ministries and states in the methods of budget formulation, resource mobilization, ensuring transparency and accountability, and assist the Sudanese people who involve in budgeting apply the international standard.
To ensure that civil society, journalists and interest groups are aware of their rights and able to actively participate in the budget formulation process, having the necessary capacities to analyze public budgets and monitor its implementation. In addition, to ensure that media and civil society interest groups are aware of anti-corruption measurement, international financial standard and gender budget analysis.
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive public budget analysis report emphasizing on Values and Principles of Public Financial Management and public budget formulation method. The principles of financial management provide a high-level guide for senior government official and senior managers, to help them make sure that their institutions are using funds effectively and that staffs are working appropriately this consultancy is part of LEEN’s tailor – made services that we provide for the government of Sudan.
The Consultant will perform a thorough contextual analysis of the public budget formulation for 2022 to identify the major problems and challenges which can illustrate the weaknesses and deficiencies in the process of formulating, decision making and monitoring of budgets. The findings of this assessment will be presented and discussed in a two-day validation workshop aiming at creating awareness on the importance of and challenges for a proper budgeting process.
The consultant will conduct in coordination with local consultant and LEEN staff the public budget analysis survey and provide comprehensive report including recommendation and lesson learnt.
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Details
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Payment Schedule
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Desk information review, tools development and data collection and analysis
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30% |
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Data collection and analysis
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20% |
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Public budget analysis workshop and 3eviewed and finalized comprehensive roadmap
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20% |
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Recommendations for public budget guides policy
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20% |
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Final comprehensive report
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30% |
The international consultant is expected to meet the following minimum requirements, and provide references for related work undertaken recently as supporting information.
The number of billable days in which this work will be completed is 30 days. This work, as outlined in this term of reference, will be completed between 15/02/2022 and 15/06/2022.
Interested individual candidates or firms should send their application (cover letter, CV and sample report) to the LEEN through e-mail job@leen-sd.org. Individual candidates or firms should indicate in their cover letter how they fit the criteria outlined in this advert.
