Individual Consultant for the Formulation of ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (EMMDA) at ECOWAS Bank

Background

• As part of the mandated activities towards the realization of the main objective of ECOWAS, the Commission is soliciting the services of a reputable and highly competent person(s) to assist the Directorate of Mining & Geo-extractives Development draft a comprehensive Technical Feasibility Report/implementation Strategy for an ECOWAS Geo-extractives Observatory & Cadastre System which aligns with the Community's vision of - "create a borderless, peaceful, prosperous and cohesive region, built on good governance and where people have the capacity to access and harness its enormous resources through the creation of opportunities for sustainable development and environmental preservation"
• For this purpose, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seeks to engage the Services of an Individual Consultant for the formulation of ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (EMMDA)(1st Benchmark Result - Complete Draft EMMDA/Implementation Strategy)
• The general objective of the study is to assist the Community develop and adopt a comprehensive and useful, internationally acceptable ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (Code) for the realization of the Community's vision.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Consultant
Within the above context the consultant will be required to do the following:

• Draft an ECOWAS Mining & Minerals Development Act (Code) as described above and its Implementation Strategy, then submit It through the Commissioner, Energy & Mines within a specified number of days
• Assist the Directorate of Mining as the commission’s Resource Person(s) in the review and statutory validation
• process of this document (at intervals as required)
• Assist the Directorate of Mining as a Resource Person in the internal ECOWAS Commission Technical Retreats on this
• draft document.

Qualifications
The qualifications of the Consultant(s) should include, among others:

• Demonstrated academic competence from a related field(s) within the geo-extractives sector,
• Demonstrated appreciation of the developmental policy-orientation for the sector.
• Demonstrated practical experience in multi-sector policy conceptualization and programme development within an international best practice context.
• Proven ability to write reports in clear and concise legal and technical context, communicate effectively, present concept with limited slides ad meet operational deadlines.
• Proven ability to maintain excellent interpersonal skills and to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a multi-lingual and cultural environment of an international development organization.

The ECOWAS Commission now invites eligible Consultants (Individual) to indicate their interests in providing these services:

• The interested Consultants must provide all information supporting their qualification to perform the services (Kindly attach detailed Curriculum Vitae that highlights the following:
  • Curriculum and Certificates;
  • Past Experiences of similar jobs over the past ten (10) years;
  • Computer knowledge; knowledge of the area; language and any other information useful for the accomplishment of this project).

Please note that if individual consultants are proposed by firms, only the experience and qualifications of the individuals shall be used in the selection process, their corporate experience shall not be taken into account, and the contract, If given, will be signed with the proposed individuals.

The selection will be done on the basis of a comparison of curricula vitae and the selected Consultant will be invited to produce Technical and Financial Proposals which will serve as the basis for negotiation for the conclusion of the Contract Agreement. (Method Based on the Qualification of Consultant). Please note that the selected consultant will be expected to submit all required reports in English or French.

Deadline
11:00 am (GMT +1) Thursday 27th August, 2015.