Individual Contractor for Localization Strategy

General Background of Assignment:

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has led the response to the Ukrainian refugee situation in coordination with the Government of the Republic of Moldova.
Two years after the beginning of the war, UNHCR is concentrating efforts on its localization strategy, which aims at strengthening the capacities of local actors, including authorities, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and other stakeholders, to increase their role of leadership and coordination of refugee protection and inclusion in Moldova, and enhance the sustainability and efficiency of interventions.
As part of this effort, UNHCR is working with municipalities across Moldova to establish a network of cities committed to champion the protection and inclusion of refugees – the Cities of Solidarity Initiative (CoS).
To this purpose, UNHCR collaborates with municipalities and local actors to support them developing local action plans aligned with national development strategies, and offers technical assistance, partnership building, fundraising support, and training in areas related to refugee protection and inclusion.
Duration of Assignment: 01 June 2024 - 31 December 2024
Full time: 40 hours/week
Location: UNHCR Moldova, Chisinau

Overall Purpose and Scope of Assignment:

Position Overview
The Localization Strategy Contractor will report to the Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer. The incumbent’s primary responsibility is to design in collaboration with key stakeholders 6 local action plans within the framework of the Localization Strategy to refugee protection and their inclusion in local policies and strategies of intervention and support its implementation -each action plan will be tailored to the specificities of each municipal context. This involves gaining buy-in of the initiative by local actors, adapting it to existing needs, conducting workshops, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring effective inclusion of forcibly displaced persons and host communities in local development plans.

Key Responsibilities
1. Workshops Design and Implementation:
o Designing –jointly with stakeholders- action plans for the localization strategy
o Prepare and conduct 6 workshops in localities where CoS Memoranda of Understanding are being signed.
o Topics covered in these workshops include:
 Mainstreaming protection information.
 Inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in public spaces using an Age-Gender-Diversity approach.
 Inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in policy and strategy design.
 Participatory mechanisms for forcibly displaced persons and host communities.
 Fundraising strategies.
 Implementation and monitoring of projects.

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