The migration landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean has changed rapidly over the last decade, representing important challenges for the governments of the Region.

In 2019, the number of international migrants reached 272 million worldwide, of which 43 million are nationals of a Latin American country. Immigration has also been increasing. Most of the change is due to the Venezuelan migration crisis. Since 2015 an estimated 5.5 million Venezuelans have left their country and about 85% of them have moved to another country in the Region. 

The rapid increase in the number of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean and the measures adopted to combat the contagion have contributed to increasing the vulnerability of the international migrant population in the region. 

The overall objective of this contract is to Support the identification, analysis, and systematization of publications, as well as research on human mobility issues, and the participation in regional spaces related to migration, to strengthen UNDP's positioning at the regional level in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

This IC includes the following documents:

File 1: Invitation Document

           • Annex I: Terms of Reference

           • Annex II: Offeror´s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual Contractor (IC) Assignment

           • Annex III: Statement of Health Form

           • Annex IV: Designation of Beneficiary for IC Contract

           • Annex V: Model of Contract for the Services of an Individual Contractor and General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of                            Individual Contractors

           • Annex VI: Evaluation Matrix

       File 2: Application Form - Offeror Letter´s to UNDP

       File 3: Statement of Health

       File 4: Designation of Beneficiary for IC Contract

 We kindly invite you to submit your offer for the Consultant on Human Mobility and Institutional Employability Capacity - Guyana, as detailed in Annex 1 of this Individual Contract Procurement Notice; when preparing your offer, please be guided by the form attached hereto as Annex 2.

Quotations may be submitted on or before August 24, 2021 no later than 15:00 (UTC /GMT -5), time of the Republic of Panama via e-mail to the following address with subject line as follows:

Subject Line: 18877-2021 – RESEARCH ASSITANT ON HUMAN MOBILITY

Email:  procurement.rblac.regionalhub@undp.org

The procedures for the acquisition of services will be the ones indicated by the United Nations Development Program.

This process is directed only to one individual.  Any proposal received by more than two individuals jointly or legal entity will be rejected.  Likewise, all the proposals from consultants involved in the elaboration of the present Terms of Reference will be rejected.