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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">Dear Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">UNDP Viet Nam is seeking 01 National Consultant for proposing criteria of performance-based incentive for the Project: "<i>Removing Barriers Hindering Protected Area Management Effectiveness
in Viet Nam" (PA financing project).<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">The objectives of this assignment include (i) review international best practice on performance-based incentive criteria and technical reports to draw lessons learnt for Viet Nam,
(ii) review current practice in Viet Nam in performance assessing/award criteria for PA staff, especially the year-end assessments, and (iii) provide comments on the gap in performance-based assessment criteria between Viet Nam and international best practice
as well as provide technical and managerial recommendations for further improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">The assignment is expected to start in October and complete in November 2015. Details of the assignment can be found in the attached solicitation documents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send technical and financial proposals following guidance in the Procurement Notice to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">Ms. Huynh Huong Thanh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#33669A"><a href="mailto:huynh.huong.thanh@undp.org">huynh.huong.thanh@undp.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Submission deadline: </span><span style="color:red">24 September 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#333333">Note: Bidders are requested to send notification by email (without attachment) to:
<a href="mailto:procurement.vn@undp.org">procurement.vn@undp.org</a> informing that they have submitted proposals. UNDP will not be responsible for the missing of proposal if the bidder does not send notification email to the above address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">We appreciate your cooperation and assistance in circulation among your colleagues and possible bidders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Huynh Huong Thanh</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">United Nations
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