Auftragsänderung 1: 81307506-Set-up and management of an Expert Platform for Ukraine's EU alignment in the Rule of Law, with focus on chapters 23 and 24 of the acquis communautaire

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The project in the context of which the tender is being held supports Ukraine's EU-alignment in the rule of law and in particular the alignment to the core chapters of the acquis communautaire regarding the fundamentals of the EU Membership compiled in the chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamentals) and 24 (Justice, Security and Freedom). To this end, the project aims to provide the necessary expertise and capacity building for relevant key stakeholders in the accession process with focus on the chapters mentioned above. The approach of the project refers to three action areas: "Expertise", "Experience" and "Exchange". The services which are put out to tender belong to the action area "Expertise". An Expert Platform as a flexible and adaptable structure will be established to mobilise the knowledge of EU and Ukrainian renowned legal experts and researchers for the benefit of the Ukrainian key stakeholders responsible for the preparation of an effective EU-alignment and the negotiation process. The subject of the tender represents the core of the Expert Platform: three pools of short-term experts are expected to be established and managed by the contractor. One short-term pool of experts with international experience (STEP) consists of 10-20 international legal short-term experts (350 working days), one STEP of experts with national experience also consists of 10-20 national legal short-term experts (350 working days) and the third STEP includes translators for English-Ukrainian-English (80 working days). As the legal short-term experts shall provide measures for capacity development as well as strategic and legal advice in the following thematic areas of the chapters 23 and 24 with regard to the rule of law, the contractor is committed to identify short-term experts with relevant expertise in anti-corruption, fundamental rights, criminal law and law enforcement with focus on organised crime as well as EU law as such. The experts shall be identified and contracted based on Terms of Reference (ToR) for each expert's assignment which are elaborated by the project with the support of the contractor, following the needs-oriented demand of the Ukrainian partners. The contracting of the appropriate short-term experts is expected to follow a defined number of working days after the submission of the ToR to the contractor. Depending on the concrete support the short-term experts should provide, the contractor is responsible for the creation of tandems, consisting of internationally and nationally experienced short-term experts working together with key stakeholders on defined reform projects incl. strategic documents. The contractor is also monitoring the work results of the expert"s tandems. In addition, the contractor is expected to organize hands-on trainings in different formats to improve the skills of Ukrainian officials, facilitating effective reform implementation with regards to specific topics of chapters 23 and 24. These trainings will be conducted by the short-term experts of the expert pools. Besides the management of the three short term expert pools, it is expected that the contractor facilitates an active exchange and networking among the experts of the STEPs. The information flow among the experts and to the responsible project staff shall be ensured and a smooth cooperation with the project staff as well. Capacity building measures will be organized by the contractor and carried out by the short-term experts of the STEPs. The contractor shall contract a Coordinator of the Expert Platform with responsibility for the overall management of the short-term expert pools (130 working days), supported by an administrative and technical backstopping structure. The Coordinator of the Expert Platform will ensure the smooth cooperation and the fulfilment of all contractual obligations such as monitoring, reporting, etc.

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