Management Systems International (MSI) is a Washington, D.C.-based development firm founded in 1981 with a corporate commitment to improving public sector management in the U.S. and abroad. MSI has significantly expanded its technical expertise to include implementation of a range of analytical and field projects in results based management including strategic planning and program performance monitoring and reporting, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), policy implementation, institutional development, and training. The firm recently joined Coffey International Ltd., a global multi-specialist consulting business, headquartered in Australia with more than more than 4,000 people working in more than 80 countries around the globe.

MSI is implementing the Good Governance in Georgia (G3) program under contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The G3 program works with national and local governmental agencies to improve services, efficiency and instill good governance practices. G3 will help improve transparency, accountability and institutional efficiencies at all levels of government of Georgia institutions, stakeholders, civil society and citizens.

The Local Government Component of the G3 Program promotes more responsive and engaged local governance, developing local government capacity for informed decision-making in response to community needs. For this purpose, G3 has signed letters of agreement with four partner self-governing cities (Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti and Rustavi) and six municipalities (Marneuli, Telavi, Gori, Akhaltsikhe, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Zugdidi) which cover a range of capacity development assistance, including training on different areas of local government public management and governance.

This Request for Proposals is for designing and carrying out a training program for civil servants and elected officials in G3's ten partner local self-governments. The training will cover ten areas of local government management and governance and will include a tool for identifying training needs, and another tool for evaluating training outcomes. To the extent possible, the design of the ten training modules will be carried out in consultation with the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure to ensure compatibility with MRDI's recently established Training Mechanism.

Proposal submission date/time: October 23, 2012 at 17:00.

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