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1 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A CONSULTANCY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMMUNICATION PLAN A. Background AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Statistics Department (ESTA) Avenue Joseph Anoma 01 B.P Abidjan 01 Cote d ivoire k.l.kouakou@afdb.org; k.balugun@afdb.org c.baradandikanya@afdb.org The goal of the Statistics Department (ECST) of African Development Bank (AfDB) is to position the institution as the leader and partner of choice for statistical development work in Africa. To that end, its activities focus on: (i) responding to the ever-increasing demand for good statistics to facilitate the design of effective policies and programs and to serve as a tool for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development results geared towards fostering more inclusive and transformative growth in African; (ii) providing technical and financial support to African countries to meet the data needs for the AfDB s High 5s agenda, as well as the post-2015 SDGs agenda; and (iii) paying a close attention to post-conflict and transitional states, which need targeted and customized support for statistical capacity building. Activities are conducted within the two divisions of the Department: Economic and the Social Division (ECST.1) focusing on providing technical and financial support to AfDB s Regional Member countries (RMCs) in generating data to inform the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development results of policies and strategies. Activities include but not limited to: a) Managing and disseminating data for the AfDB s High 5 and SDGs agenda in RMCs through the Africa Information Highway (AIH) initiative, which aims at revolutionizing data management and dissemination in Africa and serves as a central repository and hub for easy access to real-time development data on African countries ;

2 b) Coordinating the One Bank Data System, once set up, to ensure quality and consistency of the data that inform the Results Measurement Framework ; c) Providing support to RMCs on conducting surveys and generating poverty profiles of RMCs to inform the design and implementation of national poverty reduction strategies ; d) Providing systematic statistical support for country programming and project cycle activities ; e) Building partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and engage at the appropriate levels to coordinate the Bank s statistical activities to enable consistent monitoring and evaluation of the Bank s strategic goals ; f) Leading the process of tracking economic and social development on the continent and generating projections of macroeconomic indicators for RMCs for the purpose of informing the African Economic Outlook process and other flagship publications of the Bank ; g) Providing the Bank and member countries with comparative research analysis, socioeconomic data and projections of the most widely used socio-economic parameters relating to Africa s economy and Bank Group operations ; Statistical Capacity Building Division (ECST.2), which as suggested by its name, deals with issues of statistical capacity building, especially in agricultural statistics, economic and social statistics. Activities include but not limited to: a. Implementing the Action Plan for improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa to inform agricultural and rural development policies in Africa ; b. Supporting RMCs to improve Environment and Climate Change Statistics to inform the green growth and transformation agenda in Africa ; Supporting RMCs in collaboration with UNIDO s Statistics Division in the generation of industrial statistics to inform the Bank s High 5 agenda. c. Improving national accounts in RMCs by fostering the use of international standards and methods to measure value added and by providing support for the GDP rebasing to better reflect the ever-evolving economic landscape. d. Improving harmonized price statistics in RMCs

3 e. Coordinating the International Comparison Program for Africa (ICP-Africa) to generate purchasing power parity statistics (PPPs) for all RMCs and to facilitate cross-country comparison of GDP and related economic aggregates. f. Lead the implementation of the Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA 2) to inform the continent s regional integration agenda B. Objectives of the Assignement The consultant will: 1. Develop a communication plan for the Statistics Department. The consultant, in collaboration with the AfDB Communication Unit, will propose an effective communication plan, including ensuring effective dissemination of development data for easy access by users for their decision making and other statistical products/tools to be easily accessed by data producers in African countries as reference materials for their work. 2. Propose a template and prepare a brochure to be published by latest mid-january The brochure is intended to showcase the full breadth of the Department s statistical activities across the Bank and in African countries. The template will also include provision of information on where various users and country statistical officials can easily access the various data resources and methodological guidelines and manuals for statistical development activities. 3. Support the Department in ensuring the relevance of the content (data & statistical resources/tool etc) on the departmental website (intranet & internet) to data users and producers alike across the bank and in African countries. 4. Any other duties in this line that may be deemed necessary by the Department s Increase the visibility of the Department s activities and its products: A first objective will therefore be to increase the visibility of the Department to various stakeholders and current and potential data users and to improve the use of the data and the generated information. 5. Promote exchanges on more effective methods and procedures for data collection and information generation, capitalization and use of results as an extension of institutional and individual capacity-building activities.

4 C. Selection Criteria Skills Required 1. Professional competence and at least 10 years working experience in the communication sector in Africa. The candidate must have the ability to develop and edit documents for online and printed publications ; and good skills for planning and organization of his/her own work and meeting deadlines ; 2. Ease of working in a collaborative style and with good interpersonal skills ; ability to work in a multicultural environment and ability to establish effective working leadership with a team ; 3. Sound experience and competence in the use of standard softwares ; and, 4. Ability to work in both English and French and complete tasks on a timely basis. Qualifications The candidate must possess at least a Master s degree in communication, with a good information dissemination background. S/he must have a minimum of 10 years relevant professional experience in communication, especially in the development and implementation of a communication plan. Language The candidate should have an excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and/or French; and, a good working knowledge of the other language. D. Reporting The Consultant will be required to prepare and submit activity progress reports as appropriate and a Consultancy Report for the period of the consultancy. E. Duration of assignment The services of the incumbent will be required for a maximum period of 6 months. F. Missions

5 The Consultant would be entitled to any travel/mission needed for his/her fulfilment of the duties, particularly to RMCs for providing support in communication, and attending meetings/workshops as needed. G. The Statistics Department (ECST) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.). H. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank s Procurement Policy for Recruitment of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.. I. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 Hours, Abidjan Local Time.Expression of interest must be received at address not later than 20 September 2018 at 15:00 hours Abidjan local time, and specifically mentioning: Consultancy in the Department of Statistics of African Development Bank to develop and implement a communication plan. For Attention of Mrs. Balogun Karim Bassiratou Statistics Department (ECST) Avenue Joseph Anoma 01 B.P Abidjan 01 Côte d Ivoire Phone: (+225) K.BALOGUN@AFDB.ORG Requests for clarifications may be sent to: C.BARADANDIKANYA@AFDB.ORG ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST 1. A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume. Level of education in general 20% Educational level compared to the field of mission 20% Years of experience in general 20% Number of years of experience relevant to the mission 40%

6 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A CONSULTANCY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMMUNICATION PLAN 1. Background The goal of the Statistics Department (ECST) of African Development Bank (AfDB) is to position the institution as the leader and partner of choice for statistical development work in Africa. To that end, its activities focus on: (i) responding to the ever-increasing demand for good statistics to facilitate the design of effective policies and programs and to serve as a tool for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development results geared towards fostering more inclusive and transformative growth in African; (ii) providing technical and financial support to African countries to meet the data needs for the AfDB s High 5s agenda, as well as the post-2015 SDGs agenda; and (iii) paying a close attention to post-conflict and transitional states, which need targeted and customized support for statistical capacity building. Activities are conducted within the two divisions of the Department: Economic and the Social Division (ECST.1) focusing on providing technical and financial support to AfDB s Regional Member countries (RMCs) in generating data to inform the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development results of policies and strategies. Activities include but not limited to: h) Managing and disseminating data for the AfDB s High 5 and SDGs agenda in RMCs through the Africa Information Highway (AIH) initiative, which aims at revolutionizing data management and dissemination in Africa and serves as a central repository and hub for easy access to real-time development data on African countries ; i) Coordinating the One Bank Data System, once set up, to ensure quality and consistency of the data that inform the Results Measurement Framework ; j) Providing support to RMCs on conducting surveys and generating poverty profiles of RMCs to inform the design and implementation of national poverty reduction strategies ; k) Providing systematic statistical support for country programming and project cycle activities ; l) Building partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and engage at the appropriate levels to coordinate the Bank s statistical activities to enable consistent monitoring and evaluation of the Bank s strategic goals ; m) Leading the process of tracking economic and social development on the continent and generating projections of macroeconomic indicators for RMCs for the purpose of informing the African Economic Outlook process and other flagship publications of the Bank ; n) Providing the Bank and member countries with comparative research analysis, socio-economic data and projections of the most widely used socio-economic parameters relating to Africa s economy and Bank Group operations ; Statistical Capacity Building Division (ECST.2), which as suggested by its name, deals with issues of statistical capacity building, especially in agricultural statistics, economic and social statistics. Activities include but not limited to:

7 g. Implementing the Action Plan for improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa to inform agricultural and rural development policies in Africa ; h. Supporting RMCs to improve Environment and Climate Change Statistics to inform the green growth and transformation agenda in Africa ; Supporting RMCs in collaboration with UNIDO s Statistics Division in the generation of industrial statistics to inform the Bank s High 5 agenda. i. Improving national accounts in RMCs by fostering the use of international standards and methods to measure value added and by providing support for the GDP rebasing to better reflect the ever-evolving economic landscape. j. Improving harmonized price statistics in RMCs k. Coordinating the International Comparison Program for Africa (ICP-Africa) to generate purchasing power parity statistics (PPPs) for all RMCs and to facilitate cross-country comparison of GDP and related economic aggregates. l. Lead the implementation of the Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA 2) to inform the continent s regional integration agenda Even though the department is providing technical and financial support to African countries to meet the data needs and trying to respond to the ever-increasing demand for good statistics, strengthening the communication with data users and beneficiaries is essential to achieve the expected results; hence the need to have developed and effectively implemented a robust communication plan. The aim of this communication plan is in fact to maximize the visibility of the activities and products of the Department through: Timely communication activities; The use of accurate and targeted information; Adequate audience targeting; Maintaining flexibility to take advantage of new opportunities that may arise. 2. Main Objectives The consultant's activities will pursue to achieve the following two objectives: 6. Increase the visibility of the Department s activities and its products: A first objective will therefore be to increase the visibility of the Department to various stakeholders and current and potential data users and to improve the use of the data and the generated information. 7. Promote exchanges on more effective methods and procedures for data collection and information generation, capitalization and use of results as an extension of institutional and individual capacitybuilding activities. 3. Tasks of the Consultant The consultant will:

8 Develop a communication plan for the Statistics Department. The consultant, in collaboration with the AfDB Communication Unit, will propose an effective communication plan, including ensuring effective dissemination of development data for easy access by users for their decision making and other statistical products/tools to be easily accessed by data producers in African countries as reference materials for their work. Propose a template and prepare a brochure to be published by latest mid-january The brochure is intended to showcase the full breadth of the Department s statistical activities across the Bank and in African countries. The template will also include provision of information on where various users and country statistical officials can easily access the various data resources and methodological guidelines and manuals for statistical development activities. Support the Department in ensuring the relevance of the content (data & statistical resources/tool etc) on the departmental website (intranet & internet) to data users and producers alike across the bank and in African countries. Any other duties in this line that may be deemed necessary by the Department s management team. 4. Selection Criteria Skills Required 5. Professional competence and at least 10 years working experience in the communication sector in Africa. The candidate must have the ability to develop and edit documents for online and printed publications ; and good skills for planning and organization of his/her own work and meeting deadlines ; 6. Ease of working in a collaborative style and with good interpersonal skills ; ability to work in a multicultural environment and ability to establish effective working leadership with a team ; 7. Sound experience and competence in the use of standard softwares ; and, 8. Ability to work in both English and French and complete tasks on a timely basis. Qualifications The candidate must possess at least a Master s degree in communication, with a good information dissemination background. S/he must have a minimum of 10 years relevant professional experience in communication, especially in the development and implementation of a communication plan. Language The candidate should have an excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and/or French; and, a good working knowledge of the other language.

9 5. Reporting The Consultant will be required to prepare and submit activity progress reports as appropriate and a Consultancy Report for the period of the consultancy. 6. Duration of assignment The services of the incumbent will be required for a maximum period of 6 months. 7. Missions The Consultant would be entitled to any travel/mission needed for his/her fulfilment of the duties, particularly to RMCs for providing support in communication, and attending meetings/workshops as needed.