Technical Consultants
The engineering and environmental services section EESS maintains a roster of some 500 individual consultants and consultancy companies, covering the following disciplines:
- agriculture, fisheries and livestock
- community and social services
- development planning and project planning
- economics and finance
- education
- emergency planning
- energy
- health/nutrition
- income generating activities
- environmental sanitation
- site planning, shelter and other infrastructure
- social sciences
- transport and logistics
- water supply
Names are constantly being added to the roster which is updated every six months to ensure that all consultants continue to be available. A short list of some 10 persons experienced in each of the major sectors and prepared for immediate deployment is maintained as a sub-category of the roster for emergency response.
Consultants may be deployed as part of contingency planning or needs assessment missions, as well as part of Emergency Response Teams. In the response phase, they will often be called in on mission to provide the necessary technical input into programme development.
How to request
Once the need has been identified, requests for consultants will be detailed in a memorandum from the Desk and EESS to DRM through PCS. EESS will normally recommend one (or more) consultants which will need the approval of one or more members of the Consultancy Committee (made up of EESS staff). The submission will include the terms of reference, the timing of the assignment, estimated cost and proposed source of funds and the CV of the prospective consultant. Where consultancy firms are thought to be more appropriate for the task, the selection of suitable candidates or firms must be in accordance with UN Financial rules.
