BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

The Ministry of Finance of Angola (MINFIN) is the Government institution responsible for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the State’s fiscal, budgetary, financial and public-asset management policies. It therefore plays a central role in economic governance, macro-fiscal stability, the efficient allocation of public resources and the sustainability of public finances.

The proposed Sector Development Plan 2028–2032 will provide this missing strategic framework. It is expected to translate relevant priorities of the National Development Plan (PDN) and other Government policy instruments into practical strategic directions for MINFIN, while taking into account applicable recommendations from development partners and international good practice. Furthermore, the Plan will integrate principles of gender-responsive public financial management (PFM), ensuring that fiscal policies and budget processes promote gender equality and address the differential needs of women, men, and vulnerable groups. The Plan should strengthen coherence across fiscal, budgetary, financial, administrative and institutional reforms; reduce fragmentation and duplication; promote results-based management; and enhance transparency, accountability and institutional performance.

The assignment will be implemented through a participatory process involving MINFIN’s leadership and organisational units, the competent planning and monitoring function, relevant public-sector institutions, subnational administrations where appropriate, and active development partners, including the World Bank. Stakeholder ownership will be essential to ensure that the resulting Plan is credible, implementable and sustained beyond the consultancy period.

The consultancy will also address organisational and behavioural dimensions of reform. In particular, it will support the development of a stronger culture of strategic planning, evidence-based decision-making, performance reporting and accountability. Capacity development and change management will therefore be integrated throughout the assignment rather than treated as stand-alone activities.

Within the framework of its support to stronger public financial management in Angola, including through the Pro PALOP-TL programme financed by the European Union, UNDP Angola intends to engage a qualified consulting firm to provide this specialised technical assistance to MINFIN, working closely with the relevant organisational units and development partners active in this field.

SCOPE OF WORK AND METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS

The firm shall apply a participatory, evidence-based and utilisation-focused methodology. The technical proposal may refine the approach but shall, at a minimum, cover the following workstreams:

·   Inception and mobilisation. Confirm the assignment’s scope, governance, detailed work plan, allocation of working days, document requirements, stakeholder engagement plan, quality-assurance arrangements, risks and mitigation measures.

·   Desk review and institutional diagnostic. Review relevant laws, policies, strategies, plans, organisational mandates, reform assessments, budget and performance documents, systems and prior diagnostic reports. Assess the alignment and functionality of planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting processes. In addition, assess the extent to which existing PFM instruments incorporate gender analysis and identify entry points for strengthening gender-responsive budgeting (GRB)

·   Stakeholder analysis and consultation. Map key internal and external stakeholders. Include- Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (MASFAMU), womens civil society organizations, and parliamentary committees focused on gender equality; undertake structured interviews, focus groups and workshops; and establish an auditable consultation and response matrix showing how material inputs are addressed.

·   Strategic framework and prioritisation. Facilitate agreement on institutional vision, mission, values, strategic priorities and a theory of change. Develop a results framework with SMART indicators disaggregated by sex where feasible baselines, targets, data sources, reporting frequency, and institutional responsibilities."

·   Planning–budget alignment and implementation. Translate the strategic framework into a prioritised implementation plan linked to medium-term and annual planning and budgeting processes. Include indicative costing/resource requirements, sequencing, governance, partnership and resource-mobilisation arrangements, risks, assumptions and change-management actions.

·   Monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting. Design a proportionate institutional performance management system, including reporting templates, indicator metadata sheets, a dashboard prototype, escalation mechanisms, annual review arrangements, learning loops and a user manual.

·        Capacity development and institutionalisation. Conduct a rapid capacity needs assessment, prepare practical training modules and job aids, deliver hands-on sessions including fundamentals of gender analysis and gender-responsive budgeting, assess learning before and after training, and identify measures for sustained internal ownership and transfer of knowledge.

·   Validation, finalisation and dissemination. Facilitate technical and senior-level validation, revise all products in response to consolidated comments, prepare an executive summary and strategy map, and present the final package at a dissemination seminar.

Throughout the assignment, the firm shall ensure national ownership, methodological transparency, gender-responsive and inclusive participation, realistic prioritisation, interoperability with existing MINFIN processes and systems, and practical usability of all tools. Recommendations shall be evidence-based, implementable and proportionate to MINFIN’s institutional context and available resources.

The evaluation method and evaluation criteria are described in Anexx 1 and 5 of the RFP document and will follow the structure of: