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 multispecialist 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. Through Component 2 of the program, G3 supports capacity development and policy reform for strengthening local selfgovernance.

In Year 3 of the G3 program, Component 2 activities will include activities to assist the Government of Georgia (GoG) to design and implement a reform of local self-government that will include: 1) the establishment of a new level of government through Village Councils; 2) a territorial reform to optimize city/municipal governments; 3) reform of the electoral system for local self-government; 4) devolution of additional competencies to city/municipal governments; 5) the establishment of Regional governments; and 6) reform of inter-governmental finances to channel more fiscal resources to local self-governments. To this end, the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure (MRDI) has requested support from G3 for the creation and operation of a Secretariat to the Advisory Council for Local Self Government Reform (ACLSGR), made up of representatives of the GoG, the Parliament, civil society organizations, and research institutes.

This Request for Proposals is for operating the ACLSGR Secretariat, by providing management and administrative personnel; managing the functioning of the Council and its various technical working groups; designing terms of reference and contracting experts for policy analysis, operational research, cost-benefit evaluations and other technical inputs into draft policy papers; collecting information, creating databases and processing and analyzing data for territorial reform; and technical oversight of drafting and submission of policy papers with recommendations to the GoG on reform of local self governance.

source: jobs.ge