Tender announcement: Activity-based Financial Flows in UN System: A Study of Select UN organisations

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the current financial planning and budgeting processes and structure of financial flows of a select group of UN entities that are important partners for Norway. The scope of this study is limited to a set of UN entities including UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNFPA, WFP, UN Central Emergency Trust fund CERF, and a subset from the UN Secretariat.

The consultants will mainly make use of publicly available documentation. The study shall map the financial flows both at the headquarters and the country level. The study shall cover the time period 2001 to the present. Assessment of the development results achieved by the concerned organisations is beyond the scope of this study. The consultants shall in consultation with the client identify two country case studies for analysing the country level issues in this study. Consultants are expected to have competence in accounting/auditing in public sector and knowledge about the UN system. The study is budgeted with a maximum input of 30 person weeks. The primary users of the study are Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad.

The complete tender document may be obtained from post-eval@norad.no .