Evaluation of UNESCO’s Standard-setting Work of the Culture Sector - Part V –1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols (1954 and1999)

The United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified companies/individuals to submit proposals to conduct an Evaluation of UNESCO’s Standard-setting Work of the Culture Sector - Part V – 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols (1954 and 1999).

The time schedule for the evaluation is planned between May and September 2018. The evaluation team should possess the following profile:

Mandatory

 Advanced university degree in fields of culture, social science, law, public policy, knowledge management, international relations or related fields;

 At least 10 years of policy and programme evaluation experience on an international basis of relevance to policy making;

 Demonstrated knowledge of international legal instruments in the field of cultural heritage (previous evaluation, research, article, etc. on the subject area);

 Excellent oral communication and report-writing skills in English (as demonstrated in the technical proposal for this evaluation and in examples of previous evaluations submitted)

Desired

 Experience with the evaluation of international conventions or other standard-setting instruments (previous evaluation, research, article, etc. on the subject area)

 Experience with the UN (previous work assignments)

 Demonstrated knowledge of the 1954 Convention and its two Protocols (previous evaluation, research, article, etc. on the subject area)

 Understanding and knowledge of the UN mandates in relation to Human Rights and Gender Equality (for example through certification, training, examples of assignments)

 Understanding and knowledge of international humanitarian law (previous evaluation, research, article, etc. on the subject area)

 Understanding and knowledge of the workings of the United Nations Security Council in relation to mandates on the protection of cultural property

 Knowledge of innovative methods, information systems and technology in public administration (previous work assignment in this area)

 Working knowledge of French (oral communication and reading)

 Other language skills (Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese)

Please refer to attached procurement notice.