## TERMS OF REFERENCE Procurement Specialist (Consultant) Contract Identification No.: M4Y-5-CS-INDV Municipalities for Youth in Kosovo Project

- I. Background

The Government of Kosovo (GoK) has received a grant in the amount of US$ 2.79 from the Japan Social Development Fund, administered by the World Bank, to support socioeconomic inclusion of marginalized youth in Kosovo. The grant is being implemented by a Project Management Unit (PMU) in the Ministry of Local Government (MLG). The Municipalities for Youth (M4Y) in Kosovo project aims to improve cooperation and trust between youth and local governments by enabling local governments to address youth socioeconomic needs through better-targeted youth initiatives and services. Building on the Municipal Performance Management System (MPMS) – a performance-based incentive grant system implemented by MLG to provide financing for municipal capital investments, the M4Y project will earmark funds to selected municipalities for youth-driven and youth-selected subprojects with the purpose of improving the delivery of youth-related small infrastructure and services at the community level.

The M4Y is predicated on a demand-driven approach to local youth programming. All initiatives prioritized for funding will be identified by youth through a participatory planning process that involves targeted beneficiaries, community stakeholders and local governments. The objective of the M4Y is to improve the socioeconomic inclusion of at least 3,000 marginalized youth in vulnerable communities in Kosovo through youth-driven civic engagement and skills building activities. The project will be implemented in minimum 10 municipalities across all 7 regions of Kosovo and include municipalities from minorities. Within selected municipalities, the project will target about 50 vulnerable communities to benefit from the positive and productive engagement of local youth. The project will complement the IDA-funded Connecting Youth Project (CYP) with a proposed budget of US$20 million. The two projects will have geographical overlap in 10 municipalities (CYP will cover all 38 municipalities), coordinated outreach activities and M&E systems with aligned indicators.

The project is structured around 3 components, implemented over a period of 3 years.

Component 1: Subgrants for Youth-Driven Community Development Initiatives 1: Subgrants for Youth-Driven Community Development Initiatives finances subprojects prioritized by youth to improve youth-friendly facilities and services. The component will finance two rounds of subgrants to establish youth- driven community development initiatives that support youth inclusion and livelihoods at the community level. Through these subgrants, the project will finance about 200 youth-driven initiatives. Through these community-level activities, minimum 5,000 youth will gain greater access to youth-related services or community infrastructure. This component will also finance an objective community needs and mapping assessment to identify target communities.

Component 2: Youth Stakeholder Training 2: Youth Stakeholder Training will support youth mobilization, skills development, training of 3,000 youth, and coaching activities to support the engagement of young women and men in the subgrants described in Component 1. This will include: (i) community mobilization and outreach activities; (ii) soft skills training and project preparation/management training for youth in target communities; (iii) technical support for youth groups and CBOs; and (iv) follow-up support for youth throughout subproject implementation, including opportunities for work experience.

Component 3: Project Management and Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination 3: Project Management and Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination will cover the costs of a PMU, establishment of operational support mechanisms (MIS), travel, telecommunications, printing and other office expenses, processes to respond to beneficiary feedback, as well as managerial oversight and external audits.

- II. Objective of assignment

To support the Project Management Unit (PMU) on all procurement aspects of the Municipalities for Youth (M4Y) project. The Procurement Specialist will work with and support the Project Coordinator to conduct procurement activities under the project and update Procurement Plan for guiding and supporting purchases made under the project. S/he will provide advice on all procurement related matters, will help drafting bidding documents and requests for proposal (RFP), including