Provision of Public Sector Advisory Services to the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Planning and Development (GSSCPD)

Narrative Description of Project

Detailed Description:

The overall purpose is to provide UNDP and UNDP’s partners (Kuwait Government and public-private institutions) with best-in-class advice and analysis, and innovative recommendations that may help State of Kuwait to achieve its development objectives. In order to contribute to this objective, the contractor will provide technical assistance and high-quality consultancy services and intervene in various service lines (business areas), of public sector theme.

The service lines (but not limited to below) where the focus will be concentrated, and level of expertise required are listed below:

Public administration/policy development
Public Procurement/Supply Chain
Public private partnerships
Labor market policies
Security and rule of law
Migration policies
Law enforcement/legislation reform
Education development policies
Development and review of investment and investment promotion strategies
Development and innovative financing;
Financial pre-feasibility study
Impact investment
Inclusive growth and private sector development
Sustainability and sustainable development strategies and policies
Public sector transformation
Development of stakeholders and public engagement strategies
Development of innovation strategies
Impact assessment
Public sector financing
Food security
Project identification for financing (Bankable projects)
Urban development and planning
Industrial development

In line with the service lines rendered above, the contractor shall be required to respond to the requirements of specific assignments requested by UNDP, in a team approach. For each assignment UNDP will develop detailed Terms of Reference, rendering requirements and tasks to be delivered by the contractor.

Description of Actual Services Provided

The scope of work includes, inter alia:

Assessment and development of various tools, plans and policies for specific sectors and/or entire institution, with aim of improving their management and organizational capabilities.
Desk research and development of appropriate analytical approaches/methods for assessment of the underlying issues relating to the sectorial and/or institutional development challenges.
Provision of comparative knowledge between the State of Kuwait relevant institutions and good example countries, followed with a road map to reach these goals.
Provision of technical assistance and advisory in-service lines rendered above, and assist various agency sectors, and/or entire institution to reach the operational excellence.
Provision of technical assistance and high-level advisory to the senior leadership in various ministerial and public-private institutions, in line with service lines rendered above.
Development of specific strategies to address and/or overcome the development challenges, including identification of key success factors.
Conducting benchmark analysis and assessment of good practices for strategy making based on the good examples/benchmarks agreed with the UNDP partners; Identification of root causes of the differences, and development of actionable proposals and recommendations to bridge the gaps that the benchmarking exercise reveals.
Designing, organizing, delivering and/or facilitating training programs, workshops, focus group meetings, project management.
Designing, and organizing study visits to the benchmark countries, regions, institutions.
Suggesting and in agreement with the partners, organize conferences and seminars relevant to the assignments.
Development of short, medium and long-term action plans for specific assignment in accordance with the strategies to be developed with their monitoring framework.

Case Study

Provision of Public Sector Advisory Services to the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Planning and Development (GSSCPD)

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