Post Title:	Framework Assignments - Various Short Term
Project Title:	EU Framework Contracts - LOT 13: - Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Management & Post-Crisis Assistance
Reference Number:	FRM/LOT13
Location:	Humanitarian Aid (LOT 13) Worldwide
Funding Agency:	EU
Duration:	Short term - up to eight weeks
Anticipated Start Date:	Approx September 2005
Description of Duties:	• Humanitarian aid needs assessment (i.a. medical and health-related matters, nutrition, water and sanitation, shelter…) • Mediation, conflict resolution and reconciliation • Emergency support needs assessment (including phsyco-social, physical and economic damage assessment, reconstruction/rehabilitation planning and assessment of local implementation capacity and structure; socio-political situation among the population - “peace dividend”) • Monitoring/observing cease-fire/peace accords and agreements • Information/media support in crisis/emergency situations • Demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR of armed forces, including child soldiers. Point 6 hereunder is dealing with arms disseminated within civil populations) • Collection, storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons (including the reduction of illicit flow and supply of weapons) • Clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance and related activities (including mine awareness, marking of minefields,
Project Description:	ULG is a partner in a consortium which has been retained to provide services under the new EU Framework system under LOT 13: - Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Management & Post-Crisis Assistance. We will be responding - at short notice and under accelerated Framework procedures – to invites to provide short term experts in the following generic fields: the entire EU project cycle (programme / project identification and preparation / formulation, assistance with implementation, preparation of Terms of Reference (services, works and supplies) and evaluation of offers (Procurement), evaluations (ex-ante, interim, ex-post etc.) and monitoring. A number of cross cutting (horizontal) aspects will also be covered including: Cross-sectoral policies and reforms, appraisals / studies, legislation, regulations and law enforcement, approximation of legislation (acquis communautaire), institutional building, training and research, awareness-raising, (incl. information and communication), information systems and technological issues, gender issues, environmental issues, HIV/AIDS issues (impact, prevention, mitigation).
Present Status:	Ongoing
Closing Date:	N/A
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