Recruitment of One (01) Social Development Expert for the Phasaoc Project

REPUBLIC OF NIGER Fraternity-Work-Progress MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE GENERAL MANAGEMENT HARMONIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STATISTICS IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA PROJECT (PHASAOC) - CREDIT IDA 73140 NE 182, rue de la Sirba - BP 13416 Niamey - NIGER • Tel. : (227) 20 72 35 60 • Fax: (227) 20 72 21 74 • https://www.ins.ne • Email: ins@ins.ne NOTICE OF SOLICITATIONS FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST RECRUITMENT OF A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATIONS: The Government of Niger has requested support from the International Development Association (IDA) for the implementation of the Project for the Harmonization and Improvement of Statistics in West and Central Africa (PHASAOC) Niger (HISWACA SOP 1). The project is a regional project that aims to support West and Central African countries jointly to improve the statistical performance of national and regional statistical systems, particularly data sources and data infrastructure, while ensuring that the statistics produced are harmonized and made more comparable. Phase 1 of the regional project will focus on supporting the following West African countries: Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Gambia. HISWACA SOP 1 will also support the statistical department of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the AU Institute of Statistics (STATAFRIC) and the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) in their coordination and advocacy role to improve the comparability and harmonization of statistics. The objective of this project is to improve statistical performance, regional harmonization, access to data and their use and to strengthen the modernization of their statistical systems. II. MISSION OBJECTIVE: