Consultancy to draft an Action Plan for Digital Transformation in Principal Education

Result of Service The report prepared should be in Arabic and in electronic format. - The report submitted should not be less than 30 pages. - A 2 to 4 pages executive summary of the report.

The completed parts should be edited and saved in MS-Word (*.docx file) or an alternate compatible format. PDF format will not be accepted. It should include a table of contents to be automatically updated followed by a list of all tables and figures. The various parts should be submitted in electronic form and sent to the email address of the designated focal point.

Attention is kindly drawn to the need to ensure that the final draft of the outputs be thoroughly reviewed prior to submission and to indicate the sources of tables and diagrams. References to reports and other substantive material should be clearly indicated within the text and noted at the end. It is also essential to send, with the completed output, photocopies or scans of at least the first page of books, reports and bulletins, used as reference material as well as copies of the pages quoted. The content of the generated document shall be the sole property of ESCWA.

The consultant shall keep in mind that UN-ESCWA routinely checks all deliverables for plagiarism, using readily available electronic tools. All previously published content, even if written by the selected consultant, must be clearly referenced where required within the text and end-noted at the end of the study. The report submitted by the consultant must not contain quoted and/or previously published text equaling more than 20 per cent of the total number of pages.

The consultant shall not publish or announce or reveal the content of the report, partly or entirely, on social media or any other public channel, without ESCWA permission.

The content cannot and must not be presented, discussed or published by the consultant without ESCWA authorization of.

Work Location Mauritania

Expected duration 3.5 months

Duties and Responsibilities Recently, many Arab countries started developing/updating their national plans and strategies to reflect the aspects of digital government transformation. The Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration (MoDTIMA) in Mauritania has issued its Digital Transformation Strategy in 2022 and has started its implementation. One of the strategy programs is related to digitalization of education and to provide an advisory service to assist ESCWA team in the context of preparing an advisory report to MoDTIMA that includes a suggested action plan of digital transformation in principal education. The consultant shall propose to the designated ESCWA focal point a detailed version of the report outline.

To produce the draft plan, the consultant is requested to conduct, among others, the main following tasks:

(1) Review best regional and international practices of digital transformation in education. (2) Hold interviews with the various stakeholders and realizing a summary of their remarks and observations. (3) Suggest the needed action plan based on best practices, gap analysis and national needs. (4) Present the draft report in a national workshop or meeting and capture the main comments and findings of the discussions. (5) Update the draft proposal according to all received feedback and comments during the reviewing process by ESCWA and MoDTIMA.

ESCWA promotes gender equality and integration of youth through its publications and therefore the consultant should pay attention, with the help of ESCWA staff, to gender considerations and youth dimension throughout the research work and thereby ensure that the narrative language should be gender sensitive.

Qualifications/special skills A Master’s degree or equivalent in technology or any other related area is required.

All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of five years of experience and research in Technology is required. A previous experience with principal learning and e-learning platforms is required. A concrete knowledge in the domain of planning and strategies is desirable.

Languages Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA.

For this position, fluency in Arabic is required, a good knowledge of French is desirable.

Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.