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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 01 qualified
<b>national firm/institution/organization to Support Redefining UN role and engagement in MIC Viet Nam</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The overall objective of the consultancy is to provide strategic analysis of the Viet Nam context, facilitating consultations and dialogues
with national/Government stakeholders, conducting rigorous qualitative data collection and analysis; based on these and the inputs from an international expert to produce an Option Paper entitled ‘Redefining the role of the UN and the modalities of UN engagement
to Deliver as One in MIC Vietnam’. In the Paper and the process, the consultancy will aim to enable the UN to be perceived and recognized as a partner, not a donor<a name="_GoBack"></a>, identify the various kinds of support that the UN can offer in the current
context, along with the most suitable and feasible business models and modalities of engagement between the VN-UN to ensure an optimal VN-UN partnership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Full solicitation documents can be obtained by visiting UNDP website at:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><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=22395">http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=22395</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Contact for inquiries:<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"">Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UNDP Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tel. 84 4 3 942 1495 Ext. 226<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Email:
<a href="mailto:nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org">nguyen.thi.hoang.yen@undp.org</a><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"">Submission deadline: 5 June 2015 (Hanoi time)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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