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Capacity Development of Local Governments (CDLG) is part of larger efforts, supported by development partners including the European Union, The World Bank, and the British Council. CDLG project is fully supported by the European Union and implemented in 134 local authorities in four provinces – North, North Central, Eastern and Uva, covering almost half the geographic area of the country. CDLG is being implemented alongside the Local Development Support Project (LDSP) of Government of Sri Lanka.
CDLG Project focuses on strengthening the capacities of local authorities to be inclusive, responsive, and accountable and enables them to plan, enhance resilience and deliver better services. The key aim of the project is to improve local governance systems, making local governments “fit for future.” It will focus on improving institutional, organizational, and individual capacities of LAs. Additionally, the project is committed to encouraging improved public engagement in local decision-making processes, and to enhance downward accountability of elected officials and local governments, by building capacities of society to hold LAs to account. Throughout the project, peer to peer learning and learning by doing will be facilitated.
The project seeks to achieve the below goals:
- Local planning, budgeting cycles, and local service delivery are improved and responsive to gender and marginalization issues;
- Local governance system is innovative and provides services that address multidimensional challenges;
- Legal and policy framework facilitate systems change and strengthen the process of decentralization.
The project will also focus on enhancing the capacities of women officials to participate in decision making processes, which currently remains low. The project will also work to enhance accountability of local government by improving skills of CBOs and CSOs to participate in local government processes.
With regard to making local governments “fit for future,” CDLG is keen on making partnerships with stakeholders who are able to provide innovative and homegrown solutions to local issues. CDLG works closely with the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) in Sri Lanka and the State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs (SMPCLGA) to develop sustainable IT solutions for local authorities to achieve its objectives.
ICTA in Sri Lanka in collaboration with the State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs (SMPCLGA) has identified the e-Local Government 2.0 (eLG 2.0) project as a priority since the impact of the project enables the services of Local Government to be more effective and efficient. In line with the e-Local Government 2.0 project implementation, UNDP decided to collaborate with ICTA of Sri Lanka in order to support the development and deployment of eLG 2.0 system successfully.
The proposed eLG 2.0 system will be developed with the support of 3 pilot sites and implemented at 100 Local Authorities by December 2023.
To this end, UNDP intends to obtain the services of an Individual Consultant to provide technical and project management support for eLG 2.0 project implementation on fulltime basis as an external consultant for a period of 20 months.
Scope & Objectives
The Consultant is required to engage and facilitate the overall implementation of eLG 2.0 project including active engagement in requirement re-validation process and system design, develop, deploy and maintenance activities.
Main objective of this assignment is to provide technical and project management assistance to the eLG 2.0 project team located at ICTA and ensure the smooth implementation of the project and the achievement of the expected outcomes of the project.
The Consultant is required to:
- Provide project implementation support to the eLG team throughout the contract period (minimum 40 hours per week);
- Engage in coordination and facilitation of eLG 2.0 project management activities in close collaboration with assigned personnel from ICTA and other stakeholders;
- Ensure the procurement activities, and contract management are duly adhered to the standard guidelines approved by ICTA;
- Provide support in Requirements Re-validation Process;
- Liaise with software development team (vendors) and ensure that each module is developed exactly matches with the business requirements of Local Authorities as identified;
- Liaise with selected community groups with the support of UNDP CDLG Provincial offices to understand the service demand from Las;
- Constantly Liaise with selected LAs to prepare for the implementation of eLG 2.0 system with the support of SMPCLGA;
- Take preventive and corrective actions as and when required;
- Ensure the eLG 2.0 project is implemented as per the plan and maintain constant contact with stakeholders for their feedback for the purpose of future updates to the system and foreseeing potential problems in the system and implementation process;
- Collaborate with the Director LoB, Senior Manager LoB, Technical teams, procurement division, and any other stakeholders to understand and plan tasks, determine proposed schedule and approach to scope;
- Develop and maintain project documentation and key artifacts;
- Any other tasks assigned by Team Lead related to eLG 2.0 Project.