The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Supporting constitutional and legal reforms, constitutional justice and assisting the Verkhovna Rada in conducting reforms aimed at enhancing its efficiency” (hereinafter – the Project) and is launching a tender procedure for procurement of national consultancy services.
The DEADLINE for submission of tender proposals is 23:59, 15 July 2020 (Kyiv time)
Tender PROPOSALS shall be submitted by email only to the e-mail address [email protected], with the following reference in the subject line: Call for national consultants_8716/2020/01FC. Proposals addressed to any other e-mail address will be rejected.
All QUESTIONS shall be submitted at least 5 (five) working days before the deadline for submission of the tenders and shall be exclusively addressed to the [email protected] e-mail address with the following reference in the subject line: Questions national consultants_8716/2020/01FC.
The topics for consultants are divided into the following two lots. Tenderers may submit a tender offer for one or all (two) lots subject to the fulfilment of the criteria listed in the Tender Rules (attached below). The Council of Europe is looking for up to 20 providers per each lot (provided enough tenders meet the criteria indicated in the Tender Rules) in order to support the implementation of the Project with a particular expertise in the fields listed below.
Lot 1 Expert support in implementing constitutional and Parliamentary reforms in line with standards of the Venice Commission.
Topics within this lot will include but are not limited to the following:
- Implementation of the principles of legality, legal certainty, proportionality and other components of the rule of law in the work of the Parliament of Ukraine on the basis of the Rule of Law Checklist (developed and approved by the Venice Commission)
- Analyze and make recommendations for the development of new draft laws and their implementation based on the components of the rule of law (Rule of Law Checklist)
- Understanding the specifics of law-making and law-enforcement activities and practices in other countries
- Ways to introduce best practices in international law-making practice in Ukraine
- Analysis of the system of normative legal acts of Ukraine, principles of its construction, legal nature and status of its separate elements
- Prevention of violations of the rule of law and democracy in parliamentary activities
- Development of standards for the assessment of regulations adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine, law enforcement agencies, primarily courts
- Information support of law-making and law-enforcement processes
- The issue of liability for law-making activities that do not meet the criteria of the Rule of Law Checklist
- The issue of increasing the competence of parliamentarians in law-making activities
- Standards and documents of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission) and their implementation in Ukrainian legislative practice
- Analysis of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in accordance with international and European principles and standards
- The nature of constitutional changes and the international experience of amending the Constitution
- Comprehensive vision of prospects for improving the Constitution of Ukraine.
Lot 2 Expert support in implementing the reforms of electoral legislation in line with standards of the Venice Commission.
Topics within this lot will include but are not limited to the following:
- Electoral systems in parliamentary and local elections
- Formation of election commissions
- Complaints of violations of election legislation
- Financial and logistical support for the preparation and conduct of elections
- Information support of elections and pre-election campaigning (agitation)
- The role of social networks and the Internet in the election process;
- Preparation and conduct of voting and counting of votes
- Citizen participation in elections
- The issue of liability for violations of election law
- Protection of the voting rights of IDPs and migrant workers
- Ensuring a balanced representation of articles in elected bodies (ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the electoral process).
- Voter lists, voter registration, state voter register
- Issues related to the competence of the Central Election Commission
- Formation of a network of territorial representations of the CEC.
- Issues of financing political parties in Ukraine
- Training and professionalization of election commission members
- Introduction of the possibility of using electronic services and innovative technologies in the election process;
- Improving the election administration process
- Elimination of dicrepancies and gaps in the provisions of the Electoral Code of Ukraine, in particular, on appeals against decisions, actions or omissions relating to the election process; formation of election commissions; the procedure for nomination and registration of candidates; making a cash deposit; territorial organization of elections; establishing election results and other aspects of the election.
- Issues of legislative regulation of national and local referendums in Ukraine
- Standards of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission) and Ukrainian legislation
- Best practices in the electoral field
More detailed information about the Project, details on tender procedure and assessment criteria are in the enclosed Tender file / terms of reference 
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You are encouraged to apply and submit the following documents by e-mail to [email protected] by 15 July 2020, 23:59 (Kyiv time):
- The enclosed Act of Engagement completed and signed
; - Copy of identity card;
- Detailed CV in English;
- At least two samples of the previous work (relevant deliverables / links to publications etc.);
- Motivation letter;
- Registration documents of the private entrepreneur (in case the person is a private entrepreneur).
Please note that Act of Engagement, CV and motivation letter shall be submitted in English, failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender. Other supporting documents can be provided in English or Ukrainian.
If any of the documents listed above are missing, the Council of Europe reserves the right to reject the tender.
For more details and full description of the terms and conditions of the consultants’ involvement please refer to below attachments to this announcement.
