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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms/institutions/organizations to conduct
<b>Viet Nam Common Country Assessment (CCA): Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights in Middle Income Viet Nam.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The overall objective of the assessment is to
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">produce a Common Country Assessment to inform development of the next UN plan to cover the period 2017-2021. The CCA will analyse the SDG and human rights situation in
middle-income Viet Nam within a framework focusing on equity, equality and inclusion. The five programming principles of UN development assistance (human rights based approach, gender equality, environmental sustainability, capacity development and results
based management) will support the people-centered framing of this analysis. <u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RFP and addendums (if any) are posted on the following website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=21966">http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=21966</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Submission deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">18 May 2015 (Hanoi time)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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