Egypt objectives set out in the National Sustainable Development Agenda (NSDA) are an ambitious agenda for Egypt to achieve its national targets and SDGs by 2030. With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) there is an opportunity to strengthen the focus of national goals on human development and sustainable development.
Egypt is among few countries which reported twice on the SDGs (2016 and 2018), through the Voluntary National Review. The United Nations welcomes the government’s early and strong commitment to the sustainable development agenda, which is also reflected in the timely appointment of the SDG national Committee chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MPED) in charge of the coordination of the Government’s joint implementation of the Egypt Vision 2030 and SDGs.
Egypt has outlined its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its National Sustainable Development Agenda Egypt Vision 2030, which aims to build an inclusive, competitive, innovative, resilient and diverse Egypt. In February 2016, Egypt launched the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030.
In early 2019, The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MPED) has started to revisit the SDS with the objective to better align NSDA with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as taking into consideration the economic changes due to the implementation of the reform stabilization program in 2016 and COVID impact in 2020.
The updating process of the NSDA is being conducted by the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) at MPED in a methodological way. The revised NSDA will incorporate more complete Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, comprised of a set of indicators, methodologies for calculation and links to automated dashboard system. MPED has selected a set of quantitative strategic and sector performance indicators, some preexisting in previous MPED and sector strategies and some new. Those indicators contribute to the SDS Result-Based Monitoring System which allows for all concerned sectors and level of Government to contribute to the monitoring.
Before finalization and roll-out, the exact methods, sources and responsibilities for providing regular measure for indicators is required in a detailed manner.
The scope of the work is summarized as follows:
The consultant will be in a daily interaction with MPED team and will work with MPED in finalizing the M&E framework of the NSDA.
The consultant will ensure that submitted deliverables are of high quality and are submitted on time.
Institutional Arrangement
The M&E consultant will work for UNDP and be in daily interaction with MPED team. The M&E consultant will liaise with MPED for high quality deliverables and report to UNDP.
For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1
III. Competencies:
Job Knowledge & Expertise:
Analytical skills:
People skills:
Language requirements:
Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked. Travel;
All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.
In general, UNDP should 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 case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed
When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
| Criteria | Weight | Max. Point |
| Technical | 70 | |
| Adequacy of competencies for assignment | 40 | |
| Relevant experience and education | 30 | |
| Financial | 30 |
Egypt has outlined its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its National Sustainable Development Agenda: Egypt Vision 2030, which aims to build an inclusive, competitive, innovative, resilient and diverse Egypt. In February 2016, Egypt launched the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030. In early 2018, The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MPED) has started to revisit the SDS with the objective to better align Egypt Vision 2030 with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as taking into consideration the economic changes due to the implementation of the reform stabilization program in 2016. The updating process of the NSDA is being conducted by the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) at MPED in a methodological way. The revised NSDA will incorporate more complete Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, comprised of a set of indicators, methodologies for calculation and links to automated dashboard system.
MPED has selected a set of quantitative strategic and sector performance indicators, some pre-existing in previous MPED and sector strategies and some new. Those indicators contribute to the SDS Result- Based Monitoring System which allows for all concerned sectors and level of Government to contribute to the monitoring.
Before finalization and roll-out, the exact methods, sources and responsibilities for providing regular measure for indicators is required in a detailed manner.
The consultant will be in a daily interaction with MPED team and will work with MPED in finalizing the M&E framework of the NSDA. This will include:
The consultant will ensure that submitted deliverables hold a high quality and are submitted on time.
| Deliverables/ Outputs | Estimated Duration to Complete | Payment (in EGP) (based on lump sum or daily rates quote) | Review and Approvals Required (Indicate designation of person who will review output and confirm acceptance) |
| a. Review and check indicators at the strategic level | 5 days | UNDP Officer | |
| b. Develop based on the template provided a manual for each of the indicators’ definition, scientific references, data sources, computation methodology and aggregation formulas when using lower level indicators, indicating the lowest level of disaggregation available (geographical, gender, socio-economic group). | 20 days | UNDP Officer | |
| c. Link the national indicators with SDGs’ indicators at different tiers, wherever relevant | 5 days | UNDP Officer | |
| d. Align the indicators with the SDU’s Strategic Dashboard. | 5 days | UNDP Officer |
The M&E consultant will work for UNDP and be in daily interaction with MPED team. The M&E consultant will liaise with MPED for high quality deliverables and report to UNDP.
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