Author: Veronica Tomescu

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Call for an IT company: Development of an e-platform for trainings and support services for LPAs and SPs

Call for an IT company: Development of an e-platform for trainings and support services for LPAs and SPs

Title: Development of an e-platform for trainings and support services for LPAs and SPs

Location: Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Application deadline: September 30, 2021, 17:00 (EEST). (update: extended deadline October 15, 2021, 17:00)

The Project on civic engagement in local governance “MA IMPLIC” (2019-2023), implemented by Skat Consulting Ltd., financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (hereinafter “SDC”), supports the development of the Congress of Local Authorities in Moldova (CALM) as a local self-governance and municipal management expertise center for setting good standards, technical support, and advice and experience dissemination. During October 2020 – January 2021, MA IMPLIC has supported a market research analysis of available/used e-learning platforms in Moldova, and also a needs assessment in the context of the e-platform development. This was followed by the development of a concept for the CALM e-platform for trainings and support services for local public administrations (LPAs) and communal service providers (SPs), including a general Action Plan for its establishment and implementation (attached in Annex 1). The analysis and development of the concept was done with involvement of CALM – the organization to host and own the e-platform.

Therefore, the Project on civic engagement in local governance Mă Implic is seeking an IT company to design, develop, configure, and deploy an e-platform for trainings and support services for LPAs and SPs as described in the Terms of reference, available for download here.

Interested companies are invited to submit their proposals according to the requirements specified in the attached Terms of reference. The proposal must be submitted in two separate .pdf file formats and must comprise:

  1. Technical proposal, according to the template provided in Annex 1 of the Terms of reference;
  2. Financial proposal, according to the template provided in Annex 2 of the Terms of reference.

Both parts of the proposal must be submitted electronically via email (non-encrypted, no password-protection) to the address: info@int.skat.ch, with the subject line: PROPOSAL [name / abbreviation of your organization] for the e-platform. Proposals could be presented either in English or in Romanian languages.

Deadline for submission of proposals: September 30, 2021, 17:00 (EEST) (update: extended deadline October 15, 2021, 17:00). Incomplete proposals or proposals received after the specified time and date will be not be considered. Any questions or requests for clarification must be submitted not later than October 10, 2021, 17:00 (EEST), by email to diana.toma@int.skat.ch .

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Administrative-territorial reform All Communal service providers DESPRO

Mă Implic Project visitited DESPRO project to learn about the Ukrainian experience in implementing local government reform

Mă Implic project visited DESPRO Project to learn about the Ukrainian experience in implementing local government reform

During the last week, the team of the Mă Implic Project, paid a study visit to Ukraine to learn about the Ukrainian experience in implementing local government reform, as well as the contribution of the DESPRO project to this process. For several days, DESPRO’s partners and experts shared with Mă Implic team their experience and knowledge, in the following areas:
 
🗹 Integrated support for decentralization,
🗹 Communal public services
🗹 Capacity building of the community staff (Local Government School, Community of Sustainable Development Practice, Network of Women Leaders in Local Administration)
🗹 Communication on supporting the reform
As the activities of the DESPRO project target not only the national level, during regional community visits, DESPRO experts introduced guests from several communities, where the Mă Implic team learned about:
🗹 Particularities and results of the development of the water supply system in Snitkov (Murovanokurilovetska community)
🗹 Organization of solid waste management in Tulchin, Vinnytsia region,
🗹 The results of reform and implementation of the development strategy in the Novoborivska united community (Zhytomyr region).
 
Both projects, DESPRO and MĂ IMPLIC are funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by Skat.
The Ukrainian experience in the field of decentralization will certainly be very useful in planning the future activities of the Mă Implic project.
We thank our colleagues from DESPRO for the thorough preparation of the agenda, open and constructive communication. We hope that this visit will be the beginning of a lasting friendly collaboration.