​​​​​​​Call for Experts, Preselection of Local Consultants for the Provision of Technical Assistance

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About the Programme

LERII-TAF is a 4-year £10m programme funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) as a result of the UK’s pledge at the CEDRE Conference. The programme started in January 2020 and will run until January 2024. LERII-TAF offers demand driven technical assistance to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) within the Government of Lebanon that are responsible for implementing fiscal, structural and sectoral reforms. LERII-TAF will help MDAs identify and deliver successful economic reforms to mitigate the economic and financial crisis as well as the secondary impacts of COVID-19. To support its future interventions, LERII-TAF is seeking a broad range of specialist consultants to provide targeted consulting services in Lebanon. The experts must demonstrate a deep understanding of their fields and technical expertise, as well as proven ability to provide consulting services in a targeted, specialized and results-oriented manner.

Possible areas of technical and advisory assistance may include:

Fiscal Policy Reforms:

• Tarrifs Review
• Designing and modernizing tax and customs systems
• Tax revenue mobilization
• Public expenditure and budgeting
• Deficit containment and financing
• Expenditure, budget reform
• Determining fiscal transfers from higher to lower levels of government.
• Tax administration Reform
• Public Expenditure Management

Structural Reforms:

• Open Governance, access to information, and transparency
• Accountability and anti-corruption
• E-government
• Public Procurement
• Public sector restructuring
• Internal control mechanisms and audit
• Strengthening Justice System
• Business investment climate reforms
• Social protection systems
• Corporate governance
• Competition policy, liberalisation, competition intervention
• Labour Market Development

Sectoral Reforms:

• Telecom
• Energy
• Transport
• Electricity Sector
• Waste management
• Water and wastewater
• ICT sector

Cross-cutting:

• Internal Audits
• Climate and environment policy
• Gender and Social Inclusion
• Environmental Sustainability
• Statistics/Demography/Econometrics
• Information Systems (Database development/management, Analytics, GIS)

Roles and Qualifications  

• Experts/consultants in the areas and themes aforementioned
• Research and Policy Advisors
• Experience of implementing either country or regional donor-funded projects, with experience of working in the MENA region and specifically Lebanon
• Experience working on FCDO (previously DFID), USAID, EU or other donor-funded programmes desirable
• Proficient in Arabic and English language; spoken and written

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further qualification process

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