Hire a consultant to develop the social protection bill

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT (NATIONAL) TO DEVELOP NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION COUNTRY: Republic of South Sudan NAME OF THE PROJECTS: Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities (SNSOP) CONSULTING SERVICES: A consultant to develop the National Social Protection Bill (NSPB) TYPE OF CONSULTANCY: Individual Consultant (National). DUTY STATION: MGCSW PCU, Juba, South Sudan Ref No: SS-MGCSW-504347-CS-INDV 1. Background. The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of implementing the Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project (SNSOP). The Project Development Objectives (PDO) are to reduce consumption gaps and increase economic participation of poor and vulnerable households and strengthen the National Safety Net Delivery System. The project has the following four components: (i) Cash Transfer and Complementary Social Measures, (ii) Provision of Economic Opportunities, (iii) Strengthened Institutional Capacity and Social Protection System; and (iv) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Generation. The project aims to build on the experiences and lessons learned from previous World Bank-funded safety net projects and other relevant interventions in the country and move beyond meeting immediate consumption gaps and strongly support productive inclusion and human capital development of poor and most vulnerable households with emphasis on inclusivity, gender, and climate change adaptations. The implementing agencies of the project are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) and the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Welfare (MGCSW). Based on the aforementioned and some previous works done, including a developed National Social Protection Policy Framework (NSPPF), MAFS and MGCSWS intend to engage the services of a national individual consultant to provide technical support to the MGCSW in the development of a Nation