An Individual consultant to develop an integrated and digitalized information system with links at national, regional, and continental levels.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) Name of Project: Eastern Africa Regional Statistics Program-for-Results (EARSPforR) Grant No : P176371 Assignment Title: Individual Consultant (IC) to perform the Consultancy services to Develop an Integrated and Digitalized Statistical Information System for STATAFRIC. Reference No .TN-STATAFRIC-AUC-481115-CS-INDV. Background The African Union (AU) is committed to strengthening African statistical systems across the continent to support evidence-based policy-making, regional integration, and sustainable development. African statistical systems encompass national statistical offices (NSOs), regional economic communities (RECs), and continental institutions. However, data management systems across these entities are frequently fragmented, heterogeneous, and insufficiently interoperable. These structural challenges constrain the efficient exchange, consolidation, and dissemination of reliable and timely statistics at the continental level Key challenges include: Lack of standardized data formats and metadata schemas across NSOs and RECs. Weak or absent automated data exchange mechanisms between national and continental systems. Limited data governance frameworks governing quality assurance and access management. Inadequate tools for real-time data visualization and dissemination to end-users. Insufficient technical capacity within STATAFRIC to manage and maintain digital platforms. To address these gaps, STATAFRIC intends to develop an integrated and digitalized statistical information system connecting national statistical systems, regional data platforms, and continental-level repositories. The system will support improved data collection, integration, analysis, and dissemination while ensuring interoperability and compliance with international statistical standards. STATAFRIC therefore seeks to recruit a qualified individual consultant to design, develop and implementation of this int