The Council of Europe project “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in Ukraine” – Phase III (hereinafter “the Project”), implemented within the Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2022, is launching a tender procedure for purchase of local consultancy services on Ukrainian electoral / referendum legislation and practice.
Expected time period for the provision of services: 1 March 2022 – 31 December 2023.
All offers should be sent to
All questions shall be submitted by 23 February 2022 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 /referendum 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);
- For legal persons and private entrepreneurs: Registration documents (scanned copy of originals in Ukrainian and/or English, proving the tenderer’s ability to carry out the respective types of economic activities);
- For legal persons: A detailed professional portfolio in English, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer (proposed staff) fulfils the eligibility criteria;
- For natural persons, including private entrepreneurs: A detailed CV in English, preferably in Europass Format, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer fulfils the eligibility criteria;
- 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 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. If any of the documents listed above are missing, the Council of Europe reserves the right to reject the tender.
The Council reserves the right to reject a tender if the scanned documents are of such a quality that the documents cannot be read once printed.
Attachments to the present announcement contain full description of the terms and conditions of the providers’ involvement:
Act of Engagement
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