The Council of Europe project “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in Ukraine” – Phase II (hereinafter “the Project”), implemented within the Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021, is launching a tender procedure for purchase of local consultancy services on Ukrainian electoral legislation and practice.
Expected duration of the provided services: 20 April 2020 – 31 December 2021
All offers should be sent to
All questions shall be submitted by 13 April 2020 and shall be exclusively addressed to the email address
Eligibility criteria
- Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in law, international law, international relations, public administration, public policy, political science or other related field;
- Minimum five years of relevant experience related to functioning and/or development of the Ukrainian electoral system, legislation and practice.
Expected services
Expert advice and technical support to the Project team on issues related to Ukrainian electoral legislation and practice, which may include but not be limited to
- providing legal and policy advice;
- assessing and commenting on legal and policy documents, preparing overviews in line with the Council of Europe’s standards and identified good practices;
- preparing analytical reports and recommendations;
- developing policy documents and other publications;
- developing training courses and materials;
- conducting trainings / workshops / seminars;
- developing strategies and methodologies, as well as providing follow-up for their implementation;
- conducting needs assessment and preparing summary reports on specific issues;
- legal proofreading and editing researches and Project related documents;
- developing content for infographics and other Project’s public awareness raising materials;
- participating in events organized with the support of the Project (meetings, round tables, workshops, seminars, working groups, trainings, conferences, high level meetings, study visits, regional events, online events), preparing and making presentations;
- moderating / facilitating discussions.
Documents to be provided
- A completed and signed copy of the Act of Engagement (See attached);
- A detailed CV in English, preferably in Europass Format, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer fulfils the eligibility criteria;
- FOR PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS only: scanned copy of registration documents (proving the tenderer’s ability to carry out the respective types of economic activities);
- A list of previous expert work of the tenderer (e.g. expert opinions, articles, legislation assessments, reports, researches and/or other alike materials) with active links to them to the extent possible (but not less than 2 links to the publications in Ukrainian) on the topics covered by this tender.
All documents shall be submitted in English, except registration documents for private entrepreneurs to be submitted in Ukrainian and samples of previous work to be submitted as specified above, failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender.
Attachments to the present announcement contain full description of the terms and conditions of the providers’ involvement:
