Government of Kenya's Poverty and Environment Initiative Project (PEI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are seeking proposals from qualified and highly experienced firms/ Consultants to carry out a Public Expenditure Review of Kenya's Environment Sector.
Background
The Government of Kenya's Poverty and Environment Initiative Project (PEI) aims to enhance the contribution of sound environmental management to poverty reduction, sustainable economic growth and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Led by the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR)), among the intended outcomes of PEI is the integration of environment into national policy, planning and budget processes in order to support the implementation of the District Development Plans, and the Medium Term Plan towards the realization of Kenya's long term development blueprint-the Vision 2030.
Different economic instruments such as the Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), involve the analysis of allocation and management of public expenditures and may cover all government expenditure or focus on a few priority sectors such as agriculture, water, infrastructure, etc.
Information obtained from PERs is used to provide guidance to strategic planning and budget preparation and to identify ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of resource allocations.
Increasingly, PER processes are applied to expenditure management systems and institutions, since institutional framework, organizational capacity, and everyday expenditure management
The expenditure analysis and recommendations are intended to demonstrate how GOK and donor resources are currently used, and to recommend how to improve resource utilization for the realization of MDGs, Vision 2030 and overall sustainable development in the country.
The output of the exercise will be a tool to enable MOF, MSPND&V2030, MEMR and NEMAto improve prioritization, efficiency and effectiveness of all public resources in support of the environment sector.
The review should be extensive and cover the period 2002-2009 i.e. the previous MTP period through to the current financial year (FY).
A key aspect of the PER is to analyse expenditure allocations, efficiency of budget execution, as well as the role played by different stakeholders in the budgeting processes.
A particular issue to look at is the extent to which resources allocated to particular activities are utilized and accounted for, and whether the quality and timeliness of accountability and technical reporting have been or are in any way likely to constitute a constraining factor in the smooth execution of the budget.
It is in this context that GOK/UNDP/UNEP through PEI project is looking for a qualified firm with a team of national consultants to undertake the activities outlined below.
Objectives
The objective of the assignment is to conduct a Public Expenditure Review (PER) of the environment sector in order to evaluate the extent of and the appropriateness in the use of funds in the environment sector.
The PER will provide a baseline for future trend analysis in budget allocation and execution and effectively monitor progress on the contribution of environment towards sustainable development, the achievement of MDG targets and Vision 2030.
Trends and issues to be analysed will follow the major standard PER themes of; public expenditure trends, public expenditure composition, efficiency of public spending, poverty targeting of expenditure and public expenditure management.
3. Application process
For the full Terms of Reference (ToR) and requirements please visit UNDP Kenya's Website: www.ke.undp.org/procurement.htm or on the UN Global Market
Place: www.ungm.org/Notices/Notices.aspx
Sealed proposal documents comprising the technical proposal and the financial proposal in separate sealed envelopes clearly marked "RFP/047/2009: "PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW OF KENYA'S ENVIRONMENT SECTOR" should be dropped at the UNDP TENDER BOX placed at the main entrance reception of UN Complex in Gigiri and addressed to:
The Deputy Country Director (Operations) United Nations Development Programme Kenya, Block Q, UN Complex Gigiri, PO Box 3O218, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
The closing date for submissions is Monday, 30thNovember 2009 at 12.00 noon Kenya time.
UNDP Kenya reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Request for Consultancy: Public Expenditure Review of Kenya's Environment Sector
