1) PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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1 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT POST TITLE: PROJECT NAME: COUNTRY OF ASSIGNMENT: International Consultant Integrity Education Consultant Improving Culture of Integrity in Thailand through Strengthened Integrity Education of the Youth (Under the project Advancing Anti-corruption efforts in Thailand - A Multifaceted Approach (AAA)) Home Based with travel to Thailand 1) PROJECT DESCRIPTION Anti-corruption is a national agenda and the first priority of the current government of Thailand, a nation of 60 million population and the second largest economy in the ASEAN region. Many measures to address the corruption and improve the performance of the public sector have been adopted. While a variety of anti-corruption policies are implemented in the public sector, civic engagement is another key pillar to address corruption in the country. Youth, in particular, is an important population group that will shape the future of the country. Empowering the youth to refuse corruption in Thailand is a pre-condition for changing attitudes in the wider society and promoting a culture of integrity. However, attitudes of youth against corruption becomes a key challenge. A poll of 2,100 people across Thailand in 2013 reported that 63.4 percent of the Thai population accept corruption as long as they also benefit from it percent of young people aged under 20 share the same attitudes. To address this issue, UNDP has signed an MOU with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the responsible government agency mandated to improve integrity education in the country, to provide technical support to NACC in variety of issues including the review and development of mandatory integrity curriculum for students at university level throughout the country. With support from GAIN in this project, UNDP will provide technical assistance in developing quality integrity curriculum that will be institutionalized into the education system in collaboration with NACC. The mandatory integrity curriculum to be developed by UNDP will help enable new Thai youth in formal education to develop their own sets of ethics and civic responsibilities shaping their engagement and involvement as adult citizens in the future to work actively against a corrupt society. The Thai youth with newly strengthened integrity will also benefit the expansion of the Thai youth anti-corruption network, which offer extra-curricular activities for youths, to become an influential CSO that can immensely strengthen civic engagement in anti-corruption in Thailand and change attitude of wider society on corruption issue. Implementation plan to improving attitude of youth against corruption results key outputs; 1) Integrity curriculum developed and provided to university students across Thailand, and 2) The Thai Youth Anti-Corruption network strengthened and expanded.

2 The NACC is presently developed learning curriculum and materials to standardize for corruption prevention and aims to disseminate to the educational agencies at all level to apply into their own curriculum. To align with the National Anti-Corruption Strategy phase 3 ( ), each curriculum shall comprise 4 main topics; 1) Zero tolerance and shame of corruption, 2) Differentiation of personal and public interests, 3) STRONG: mind of sufficiency against corruption, and 4) Citizens and responsibility for corruption. To advance the design and implementation plans in working with key implementing partners and their beneficiaries, specifically the undergraduate students on Integrity and Anti-Corruption Education, UNDP Thailand has been working on developing curriculums in collaboration with the NACC Sub-committee on Learning Curriculum and Materials preparation for corruption prevention, together with The Rajabhat University Presidents Council of Thailand, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education, and other academic institutions. In fully designing and implementing these key aspects of improving culture of integrity in Thailand through strengthened integrity education of the youth, the project requires expertise to review and assess the existing curriculum and to provide recommendations for improvement of design and develop curriculum outcomes, standards, competencies, objectives, contents and assessment for improving Integrity education outcomes based on international experience and evidence from implementation of similar programs elsewhere in the world. 2) SCOPE OF WORK The international consultant is to support the AAA Project to develop a standard integrity curriculum of the existing curriculum which either developed by NACC and other universities. S/he will work closely with the relevant NACC, professors/lecturers from Rajabhat universities and undergraduate level from other academic institutions and UNDP officials as well as national consultants (if any) to provide technical inputs and assist in reviewing the current and proposed curriculum in line with the NACC s strategy main topics. Under the guidance of the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative and in close collaboration with UNDP colleagues, the consultant will perform following major tasks; Conduct an Integrity Curriculum Assessment, and provide recommendations for improvement of the existing anti-corruption curriculum which developed by; o NACC Sub-committee on Learning Curriculum and Materials preparation for corruption prevention (developed together with The Rajabhat University Presidents Council of Thailand and Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education) o The specific needs and expectations of three interested universities/academic institutions (Chiang Mai University/ Rajabhat Valai Alongkorn University/ Rajabhat Yala University) where will be the pilot. Prepare and organize a 3-day workshop to develop standard integrity curriculum in Thailand to o Support key partners and/or involving universities in their efforts (design/re-design, develop curriculum outcomes, standards, competencies, objectives, contents and assessment tools) to develop interactive and detailed learning modules/learning session plan of the integrity and anti-corruption curricula tailor to their context of various subjects; Support key partners in their efforts (incorporation of the feedback from them) as part of the training of trainers by deliver the learning/training guidelines in addition to content and tools; Facilitate five-day training of trainers; o Coverage the Rajabhat Universities o For interested universities as a pilot to deliver for their developed integrity and anticorruption curricula tailored to their context; Conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption and student assessment.

3 3) EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES Deliverables/ Outputs Target Due Dates Review and Approvals Required February 2018 (Q1/18) 1. A 20 pages report and presentation of the integrity curriculum assessment to engage discussions on detail of the specific areas to develop the curricula 2. Incorporation of the feedback from key partners to the final version of integrity and anti-corruption curricula (NACC version) tailored to; a. Coverage all the Rajabhat Universities b. Specific to pilot universities 3. Integrity and anti-corruption learning module guideline and assessment tools (handbook for trainer, using for training of trainers) 4. Presentation and facilitation of 3-day workshop to develop integrity education 5. Facilitate a five days training of trainers (including training modules and training materials) and training workshop report with recommendations 6. Conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption curricula and student assessment, and report with recommendations. March 2018 (Q1/18) April 2018 (Q2/18) April 2018 (Q2/18) May 2018 (Q2/18) September to October 2018 (Q3-4/18) 4) INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS. The consultant will report directly to the Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Thailand and shall work under overall supervision of Governance and Social Advocacy, UNDP Thailand and Project Manager on Anti-Corruption. The Programme Specialist will review the progress and quality of assignment upon outputs prior to issuance the payment. Review/approval time required to review/ approve outputs prior to authorizing payments is 7 10 days. 5) DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT, DUTY STATION AND EXPECTED PLACES OF TRAVEL AND ESTIMATED COST Duration of Assignment: The duration of the contract is from 1 February 2018 to 31 October 2018 with maximum of 40 working days. Duty Station and expected place of Travel: The consultant will be home based with travel to Bangkok, Thailand for facilitate a 3-day workshop to develop standard integrity curriculum in Thailand (in April 2018), 5 -day facilitate a training of trainers workshop (in May), and conduct an evaluation of the integrity and anti-corruption curriculum in September 2018 (5 working

4 days). The consultant have to propose appropriate working days, activities and number of trips required for the assignment. 6) DEGREE OF EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATIONS I. Academic Qualifications: Advanced degree in Education or any social development related field, preferably with specialization in sustainable development. II. Years of experience: At least 5 years of documented experience in developing, facilitating/delivering interactive/participatory training sessions in area of integrity education, curriculum development; Ability to engage with anti-corruption mainstreaming issues; Expertise in reviewing and assessing integrity curriculum development; Excellent skills in presenting complex technical information in an easily comprehensible way; Adaptability and flexibility in working within complex and dynamic environment; Prior experience and knowledge of the Thai education system is an advantage. III. Language: Excellent command of spoken and written English (Thai language skills are an advantage). 7) REQUIRED DOCUMENTS Interested individuals must submit the following documents /information to demonstrate their qualification, experience and suitability to undertake the assignment. All supporting documents (ad) must be part of the detailed CV and uploaded as one document a) Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP; b) Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references; c) Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment; d) Methodology to conduct the assignment and sample of past work e) Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP. Incomplete proposals may not be considered. The short listed candidates may be contacted and the successful candidate will be notified 8) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF THE BEST OFFER

5 The award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: a) Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and b) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. * Technical Criteria weight; 70% * Financial Criteria weight; 30% Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 350 technical points would be considered for the Financial Evaluation Criteria Criteria Weight Max. Point Technical 70% 700 Education 10% 100 Experience related to services 30% 300 Expertise and availability 30% 300 Financial 30% 300 9) CONSULTANT PRESENCE REQUIRED ON DUTY STATION/UNDP PREMISES 10) PAYMENT TERMS NONE PARTIAL INTERMITTENT FULL TIME Lump sum Currency: USD Consultant must send a financial proposal based on Lump Sum Amount. The total amount quoted shall be all-inclusive and include all costs components required to perform the deliverables identified in the TOR, including professional fee, travel costs, living allowance (if any work is to be done outside the IC s duty station) and any other applicable cost to be incurred by the IC in completing the assignment. The contract price will be fixed output-based price regardless of extension of the herein specified duration. Payments will be done upon completion of the deliverables/outputs and as per below percentages: The payment shall be paid by upon submission of the deliverables: Deliverable 1-2: 30 % of total contract amount Deliverable 3-5: 30 % of total contract amount Deliverable 6: 40% of total contract amount In general, UNDP shall not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources In the event of unforeseeable travel not anticipated in this TOR, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and the Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

6 Travel costs shall be reimbursed at actual but not exceeding the quotation from UNDP approved travel agent. The provided living allowance will not be exceeding UNDP DSA rates. Repatriation travel cost from home to duty station in Bangkok and return shall not be covered by UNDP. 11) ANEXES TO THE TOR N/A