This was issued online on july 28th 2005 for a deadline of Aug 19th (as
below)
the verbatim tasks were given away to WB USAID, NIPFP, Janaagraha and to WSP
itself by the letter from PIO MoUD dtd Aug 31st So was the WB and WSP
awarding itself these tenders throuigh GoI
so even the tasks and ToRs for NURMare outsourced.
==============================================================
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTANT SERVICES)
INDIA
Informing the reform of water and sewerage services: Fiscal and Financial
Environment for Reform
Water and Sanitation Services
CONSULTING SERVICES
Trust Fund No. TF051599 (SIDA)
Expressions of Interest
As part of its support to the Government of India, the Water and Sanitation
Program – South Asia (WSP-SA) has secured donor funding to provide
consulting services to assist several Indian state and city governments to
reform their institutions of water and sanitation service delivery in urban
areas to enhance the equity, efficiency and sustainability of service
delivery.
WSP-SA, in partnership with the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of
India, is now seeking expressions of interest from qualified firms to assist
the Government of India, selected state governments and urban local bodies
to carry out following task:
Development of urban services reform strategies and action plans in selected
cities: Under this assignment, the Consultant would work with key
stakeholders and service providers in selected cities *(likely to include
Bangalore and Hyderabad)* to build on the findings of existing rapid city
assessment studies in order to develop, in a consultative manner with city
and state level stakeholders, reform strategies that address the following
outcomes identified by Government of India under the National Urban Renewal
Mission:
*• Modern, transparent, budgeting, accounting and financial management
systems across city functions
• City-wide framework for planning and governance
• All residents obtain access to basic services such as water and sanitation
• Financially self-sustainable cities
• Well-functioning, efficient and equitable urban land markets
• Transparent, accountable governance and service delivery*
This activity will require: (a) context sensitive, consultative
methodologies to be developed and deployed to rapidly assist stakeholders to
compile and finalize key aspects of local urban reform agendas, (b)
strategies to identify or promote convergence between local reform agendas
and the outcomes identified under the NURM, (c) compilation of relevant
material for submission to the NURM for city specific funding.
These tasks are expected to be implemented over a period of eight to twelve
weeks, starting in October 2005.
The Water and Sanitation Program – South Asia now invites eligible firms to
indicate their interest in providing the above-mentioned services.
Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified
to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments,
experience in similar conditions, particularly in the Indian environment,
availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.) Consultants may
associate to enhance their qualifications.
Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in
the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by
World Bank Borrowers (current edition).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by August 19,
2005.
Water and Sanitation Program – South Asia
Attn: Mr. S.V. Raman, Administrative Officer
55 Lodi Estate
P.O. Box 416, New Delhi 110003, INDIA.
Tel: (91) (11) 24690488/24690489
Fax: (91) (11) 24628250
E-mail: sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web site: www.wsp.org
====================================
Job Title: STATE COORDINATOR (4 nos.)
Appointment Type: Coterminous Term (initially, 2 years)
Department/Division:EWDSA
Duty Station: Current locations - Mumbai (two), Hyderabad (one) and
Trivandrum (one) (Note: the position can require shifting at short notice to
other state capitals in India if WSP engagement so warrants).
Background
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is an international partnership that
uses technical assistance to improve policies, practices and capacities in
the water and sanitation sector. The objective is to support governments to
develop policy frameworks and implementation strategies that make services
work for poor people. The Program's main funding partners are the
Governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United
Kingdom, the United Nations Development Programme, and The World Bank.
The WSP is led by a Program Manager located in the World Bank's Energy and
Water Department in the Private Sector Development and Infrastructure (PSI)
vice presidency. The Program works closely with the Bank's regional
operations and its partners. It has four regional offices in South Asia,
East Asia, Latin America and Africa. The WSP in South Asia (WSP-SA)
currently operates through a regional office in Delhi and country offices in
Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In India, WSP-SA supports the formulation and implementation of reform
policies and strategies at the level of Government of India, several states
and local governments in both the urban and rural context. Government of
India influences the reform agenda in the sector (which falls in the domain
of the states under the Constitution) through funds made available under
centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Current CSS initiatives for reform in the
rural context include the 'Swajaldhara' programme which promotes local body
responsibility for service delivery and demand-responsive approaches to
rural water supply. Swajaldhara is sought to be scaled up across the country
by entering into Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with each state. The
'Total Sanitation Campaign' (TSC) is another CSS which aims at shifting the
focus from subsidy driven toilet construction to behavior change that in
turn encourages demand for rural sanitation. On the urban side, a major
reform initiative announced in the last national budget is the National
Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) that will require states to facilitate city
ownership of service delivery and for cities to develop appropriate
strategies and plans to deliver quality services.
WSP-SA is supporting the Swajaldhara and TSC programs nationally through a
Strategic Alliance with the GoI. This consists primarily of technical
support to the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (Department of
Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, GOI) in the
implementation of these reforms. However, as water and sanitation are
primarily state subjects, the effectiveness of centrally sponsored
initiatives is largely determined by the local context in which these
reforms are adopted. WSP-SA is therefore extending its support to the GoI
programs by providing implementation policy support at state level and
policy feedback to the GoI on the status of the reform agenda within various
states.
In a similar fashion, WSP-SA is also endeavoring to support the reform
agenda of the Government of India on the delivery of urban water and
sanitation programs. The NURM will require 60 cities to develop development
plans and WSP-SA will be directly supporting five of these cities. WSP-SA is
also involved with advice in evolving state level policy frameworks for
solid waste management and piloting regional sanitary landfill approaches.
In piloting new approaches and in conducting studies and evaluations to feed
into its policy advisory role, WSP-SA engages at a local level in different
geographical locations in the country.
Currently, WSP has a strategic alliance with several states. WSP-SA provides
ongoing policy implementation support to the state governments of Andhra
Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra in both urban and rural situations cutting
across water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. It also has
specific engagements in rural water supply and sanitation in Himachal
Pradesh and in sector transformation work in Goa and Maharashtra. In
addition, it is assisting in water and sanitation sector assessment studies
in several other states at the request of the Government of India and
responding to state requests for assistance in formulating innovative total
sanitation strategies. WSP-SA's immediate activities in India also envisage
pilots in urban water and sanitation in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra as
well as solid waste related engagement in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It is
also conducting studies related to water quality in Kerala, Maharashtra and
West Bengal, a detailed study on health impact of sanitation in Maharashtra
and assisting with an approach to social accountability in the context of
district level rural bodies in Maharshtra. All these state and local level
engagements require hand holding for implementation support in vanguard
states as well as ground level presence in managing pilots and studies.
Key responsibilities
The key responsibilities for state coordinators stem from the background
details elucidated above. The state coordinators are expected to function
under the guidance of the India Country Team leader and specialists on the
India Country Team.
1. Provide key/demand based technical, advisory and operational support for
the implementation of demand responsive approaches to the delivery of water
and sanitation services.
2. Provide policy support (under the guidance of the India Country Team
leader and specialists on the India Country Team) to states for the scaling
up, integrating, monitoring and evaluation of WSS reforms initiated under
different GoI programs, World Bank or other development partner assisted
programs (wherever WSP support is sought).
3. Provide guidance and implementation support in select districts/cities
for piloting innovative approaches and strategies in both the rural and
urban context (this may entail either direct support or out-sourcing of
technical assistance, training, review studies, IEC, cross-visits, …).
4. Provide an independent monitoring and review of the status of reform
initiatives in the state/s allocated (including problem analysis and
recommended actions).
5. Channel the global knowledge of WSP and other agencies to the state level
context.
6. Support the sharing of information across districts, cities and states.
7. Liaison between the respective state government, WSP-SA and concerned GoI
ministries.
8. Apart from this, other appropriate work may be allocated as deemed fit by
the WSP-SA task manager.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. Annual work plan outputs as arrived at with the India Country Team Leader
and concerned Task Manager.
2. Effective liaison and dialogue with concerned State Government/s and
their agencies.
Work Relationships
1. Report to the India Country Team Leader;
3. Liaison with the sector thematic coordinator and other network members.
4. Liaison with governments, donors, private sector and NGOs.
5. Liaison with other staff at the WSP-SA and India Country Team staff, and
Bank staff at large.
Personal Specifications
1. Qualifications: Postgraduate degree or higher qualifications in a
relevant discipline, such as – Public Policy, Planning, Institutional
development, Social Sciences
2. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience working on policy and sector
issues related to infrastructure and service delivery in general and water
and sanitation in particular in the context of multi-tiered governments.
Essential specialized skills/knowledge/competencies
• Strong Project Management skills, and in particular the skills of
strategic planning, management, coordination;
• Understanding of the administrative systems of government and ability to
operate within these;
• Strong relationship building skills, specially with regard to forming and
maintaining relationships with government officials and civil society
personnel involved with the WSS sector;
• Ability to coordinate between state departments and district societies,
within and outside of government;
• Good organization and communication skills;
• Knowledge of, and 'hands on' experience in, the water and sanitation
sector and the reform agenda;
• Ability to work independently, seeking guidance on complex projects/issues
from senior specialists;
• Able to travel extensively within the state and outside the state as
necessary.
below)
the verbatim tasks were given away to WB USAID, NIPFP, Janaagraha and to WSP
itself by the letter from PIO MoUD dtd Aug 31st So was the WB and WSP
awarding itself these tenders throuigh GoI
so even the tasks and ToRs for NURMare outsourced.
==============================================================
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTANT SERVICES)
INDIA
Informing the reform of water and sewerage services: Fiscal and Financial
Environment for Reform
Water and Sanitation Services
CONSULTING SERVICES
Trust Fund No. TF051599 (SIDA)
Expressions of Interest
As part of its support to the Government of India, the Water and Sanitation
Program – South Asia (WSP-SA) has secured donor funding to provide
consulting services to assist several Indian state and city governments to
reform their institutions of water and sanitation service delivery in urban
areas to enhance the equity, efficiency and sustainability of service
delivery.
WSP-SA, in partnership with the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of
India, is now seeking expressions of interest from qualified firms to assist
the Government of India, selected state governments and urban local bodies
to carry out following task:
Development of urban services reform strategies and action plans in selected
cities: Under this assignment, the Consultant would work with key
stakeholders and service providers in selected cities *(likely to include
Bangalore and Hyderabad)* to build on the findings of existing rapid city
assessment studies in order to develop, in a consultative manner with city
and state level stakeholders, reform strategies that address the following
outcomes identified by Government of India under the National Urban Renewal
Mission:
*• Modern, transparent, budgeting, accounting and financial management
systems across city functions
• City-wide framework for planning and governance
• All residents obtain access to basic services such as water and sanitation
• Financially self-sustainable cities
• Well-functioning, efficient and equitable urban land markets
• Transparent, accountable governance and service delivery*
This activity will require: (a) context sensitive, consultative
methodologies to be developed and deployed to rapidly assist stakeholders to
compile and finalize key aspects of local urban reform agendas, (b)
strategies to identify or promote convergence between local reform agendas
and the outcomes identified under the NURM, (c) compilation of relevant
material for submission to the NURM for city specific funding.
These tasks are expected to be implemented over a period of eight to twelve
weeks, starting in October 2005.
The Water and Sanitation Program – South Asia now invites eligible firms to
indicate their interest in providing the above-mentioned services.
Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified
to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments,
experience in similar conditions, particularly in the Indian environment,
availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.) Consultants may
associate to enhance their qualifications.
Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in
the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by
World Bank Borrowers (current edition).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below.
Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below by August 19,
2005.
Water and Sanitation Program – South Asia
Attn: Mr. S.V. Raman, Administrative Officer
55 Lodi Estate
P.O. Box 416, New Delhi 110003, INDIA.
Tel: (91) (11) 24690488/24690489
Fax: (91) (11) 24628250
E-mail: sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web site: www.wsp.org
====================================
Job Title: STATE COORDINATOR (4 nos.)
Appointment Type: Coterminous Term (initially, 2 years)
Department/Division:EWDSA
Duty Station: Current locations - Mumbai (two), Hyderabad (one) and
Trivandrum (one) (Note: the position can require shifting at short notice to
other state capitals in India if WSP engagement so warrants).
Background
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is an international partnership that
uses technical assistance to improve policies, practices and capacities in
the water and sanitation sector. The objective is to support governments to
develop policy frameworks and implementation strategies that make services
work for poor people. The Program's main funding partners are the
Governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United
Kingdom, the United Nations Development Programme, and The World Bank.
The WSP is led by a Program Manager located in the World Bank's Energy and
Water Department in the Private Sector Development and Infrastructure (PSI)
vice presidency. The Program works closely with the Bank's regional
operations and its partners. It has four regional offices in South Asia,
East Asia, Latin America and Africa. The WSP in South Asia (WSP-SA)
currently operates through a regional office in Delhi and country offices in
Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In India, WSP-SA supports the formulation and implementation of reform
policies and strategies at the level of Government of India, several states
and local governments in both the urban and rural context. Government of
India influences the reform agenda in the sector (which falls in the domain
of the states under the Constitution) through funds made available under
centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Current CSS initiatives for reform in the
rural context include the 'Swajaldhara' programme which promotes local body
responsibility for service delivery and demand-responsive approaches to
rural water supply. Swajaldhara is sought to be scaled up across the country
by entering into Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with each state. The
'Total Sanitation Campaign' (TSC) is another CSS which aims at shifting the
focus from subsidy driven toilet construction to behavior change that in
turn encourages demand for rural sanitation. On the urban side, a major
reform initiative announced in the last national budget is the National
Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) that will require states to facilitate city
ownership of service delivery and for cities to develop appropriate
strategies and plans to deliver quality services.
WSP-SA is supporting the Swajaldhara and TSC programs nationally through a
Strategic Alliance with the GoI. This consists primarily of technical
support to the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (Department of
Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, GOI) in the
implementation of these reforms. However, as water and sanitation are
primarily state subjects, the effectiveness of centrally sponsored
initiatives is largely determined by the local context in which these
reforms are adopted. WSP-SA is therefore extending its support to the GoI
programs by providing implementation policy support at state level and
policy feedback to the GoI on the status of the reform agenda within various
states.
In a similar fashion, WSP-SA is also endeavoring to support the reform
agenda of the Government of India on the delivery of urban water and
sanitation programs. The NURM will require 60 cities to develop development
plans and WSP-SA will be directly supporting five of these cities. WSP-SA is
also involved with advice in evolving state level policy frameworks for
solid waste management and piloting regional sanitary landfill approaches.
In piloting new approaches and in conducting studies and evaluations to feed
into its policy advisory role, WSP-SA engages at a local level in different
geographical locations in the country.
Currently, WSP has a strategic alliance with several states. WSP-SA provides
ongoing policy implementation support to the state governments of Andhra
Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra in both urban and rural situations cutting
across water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. It also has
specific engagements in rural water supply and sanitation in Himachal
Pradesh and in sector transformation work in Goa and Maharashtra. In
addition, it is assisting in water and sanitation sector assessment studies
in several other states at the request of the Government of India and
responding to state requests for assistance in formulating innovative total
sanitation strategies. WSP-SA's immediate activities in India also envisage
pilots in urban water and sanitation in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra as
well as solid waste related engagement in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It is
also conducting studies related to water quality in Kerala, Maharashtra and
West Bengal, a detailed study on health impact of sanitation in Maharashtra
and assisting with an approach to social accountability in the context of
district level rural bodies in Maharshtra. All these state and local level
engagements require hand holding for implementation support in vanguard
states as well as ground level presence in managing pilots and studies.
Key responsibilities
The key responsibilities for state coordinators stem from the background
details elucidated above. The state coordinators are expected to function
under the guidance of the India Country Team leader and specialists on the
India Country Team.
1. Provide key/demand based technical, advisory and operational support for
the implementation of demand responsive approaches to the delivery of water
and sanitation services.
2. Provide policy support (under the guidance of the India Country Team
leader and specialists on the India Country Team) to states for the scaling
up, integrating, monitoring and evaluation of WSS reforms initiated under
different GoI programs, World Bank or other development partner assisted
programs (wherever WSP support is sought).
3. Provide guidance and implementation support in select districts/cities
for piloting innovative approaches and strategies in both the rural and
urban context (this may entail either direct support or out-sourcing of
technical assistance, training, review studies, IEC, cross-visits, …).
4. Provide an independent monitoring and review of the status of reform
initiatives in the state/s allocated (including problem analysis and
recommended actions).
5. Channel the global knowledge of WSP and other agencies to the state level
context.
6. Support the sharing of information across districts, cities and states.
7. Liaison between the respective state government, WSP-SA and concerned GoI
ministries.
8. Apart from this, other appropriate work may be allocated as deemed fit by
the WSP-SA task manager.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. Annual work plan outputs as arrived at with the India Country Team Leader
and concerned Task Manager.
2. Effective liaison and dialogue with concerned State Government/s and
their agencies.
Work Relationships
1. Report to the India Country Team Leader;
3. Liaison with the sector thematic coordinator and other network members.
4. Liaison with governments, donors, private sector and NGOs.
5. Liaison with other staff at the WSP-SA and India Country Team staff, and
Bank staff at large.
Personal Specifications
1. Qualifications: Postgraduate degree or higher qualifications in a
relevant discipline, such as – Public Policy, Planning, Institutional
development, Social Sciences
2. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience working on policy and sector
issues related to infrastructure and service delivery in general and water
and sanitation in particular in the context of multi-tiered governments.
Essential specialized skills/knowledge/competencies
• Strong Project Management skills, and in particular the skills of
strategic planning, management, coordination;
• Understanding of the administrative systems of government and ability to
operate within these;
• Strong relationship building skills, specially with regard to forming and
maintaining relationships with government officials and civil society
personnel involved with the WSS sector;
• Ability to coordinate between state departments and district societies,
within and outside of government;
• Good organization and communication skills;
• Knowledge of, and 'hands on' experience in, the water and sanitation
sector and the reform agenda;
• Ability to work independently, seeking guidance on complex projects/issues
from senior specialists;
• Able to travel extensively within the state and outside the state as
necessary.