Consultancy opportunities EBRD funded project: 

Reform Support Teams, Technical Assistance to the Government of Moldova in advancing Infrastructure Reforms

1. Objective and Scope of the project

In response to a request from the Government of Moldova, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development has launched a pilot project to support the government’s reform capability with the establishment of targeted Reform Support Teams (RSTs) in key government ministries. The RSTs will initially be piloted in the State Chancellery and Prime-Minister’s office (SC), Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Ministry of Energy, Public Property Agency (PPA).

The experts (the “Consultants”) will be embedded for an initial period of 36 months, with a view to potentially integrating their roles into the administration in the longer term as part of wider Public Administration Reform efforts.  The experts will provide strategic advisory and implementation support on energy sector and SOE reform projects, including successful implementation of conditions for EBRD loan disbursements.  

• Available Positions

The experts will be hired through competitive processes in line with EBRD’s Corporate Procurement Policy, in close cooperation with the Government of Moldova. EBRD together with the Government will select qualified individual experts for the following list of positions: 

TC Assignment 1: A team of four experts will be embedded in the State Chancellery focusing on Legal aspect of the policy, energy and transport, state property management, and institutional transformation/deregulation and will have a coordinative role focused on areas of priority for EBRD (energy security and market reform; SoE reform; institutional capacity building) and its specific transaction-linked policy dialogue objectives.

RST support to the State Chancellery focus on Energy, Transport and Deregulation sector reforms and due date for applications: Link to positions: https://eu.smart.gep.com/publicrfx/ebrd?oloc=215#/

TC Assignment 2: The RSTs will comprise of 8 experts embedded in the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development and focusing on energy sector (heating, electricity, gas, energy efficiency/Renewables) and transport sector (railways, roads, ports, financial modelling). The Experts will provide policy advice and implementation support to the MIRD/MoE on the implementation of key energy and transport sector reforms and support at securing the achievement of the National Energy Action Plan.

RST support to MoE focus on Energy sector reforms, and due date for applications:

RST support to MIRD focus on Roads and Infrastructure sector reforms, due date for applications:

Link to positions: https://eu.smart.gep.com/publicrfx/ebrd?oloc=215#/

TC Assignment 3: A team of 8 experts will be embedded into the Public Property Agency) with the objective to support the Government to prioritise, develop, adopt and implement its reforms in the state property management sector concerning state-owned assets and enterprises, as identified in the National Development strategy “Moldova 2030”. The Experts will support the PPA in the drafting of new laws on state property management, as well as supporting efforts to evaluate and optimise SOE property management through the implementation of necessary corporate norms to help enhance competitiveness in the economy.

RST support to SoE sector reforms, due date for applications:  Link to positions: https://eu.smart.gep.com/publicrfx/ebrd?oloc=215#/

• Submissions Details  and Instructions:

Interested individual consultants must submit the CVs to demonstrate their qualifications following the guidance as below:

1. The full details of the assignment, Terms of Reference, contract template are included in the procurement dossier, which can be accessed by registered Consultants on the at EBRDs recruitment portal SMART by GEP – https://eu.smart.gep.com https://eu.smart.gep.com/publicrfx/ebrd?oloc=215#/ 
2. To register please use the link to the EBRD’s SMART portal.  Primary Registration Form (gep.com) https://eu.smart.gep.com/Nexus/Registration/PartnerRegistration?dd=YnBjPTcwMDIxODY5JnNwYz0wJmZjPTE1&oloc=102
3. Once registered, please access the recruitment portal  EBRD | Public Bid Site (gep.com), Login (upper right corner of the screen) and search for  job reference number of the relevant procurement notice e.g. Senior Legal Expert, PR 008850, thereafter download the Terms of Reference, and contract templateand follow the instructions to submit your application, which should consist of: Qualification Questionnaire, Technical Proposal (CV) and Financial Proposal.
4. Additional details and procurement guidance can be accessed at: https://www.ebrd.com/procurement/corporate-procurement.html

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