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Individual National Consultant for Business & Human Rights and ADR AssessmentClosed
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Overview
Procurement of an Individual National Consultant to map Eswatini’s Business & Human Rights landscape and assess grievance/remedy mechanisms (ADR) to inform a national BHR programme. The assignment covers policy/legal/institutional mapping, stakeholder identification, rapid ADR assessment, and practical recommendations on responsible business conduct, ESG integration, and implementation planning. Experience in BHR, ADR, and ESW/ESG-driven policy work in Eswatini or similar contexts is highly relevant.
Requirements
- Demonstrated expertise in Business & Human Rights, ESG integration, and due diligence.
- Ability to map legal/policy/institutional frameworks and identify key stakeholders.
- Experience assessing grievance mechanisms and ADR systems with attention to inclusion and gender considerations.
- Capacity to deliver actionable recommendations and an implementation roadmap; fluency in English; national/local eligibility for Eswatini preferred.
How to Apply
- Submission deadline: 11 September 2026 at 14:59.
- Submission method: email proposals to procurement.sz@undp.org; bid documents available on the UNDP Quantum portal (see metadata for access).
- Documents to submit: refer to the Quantum portal bid documents for required formats and forms.
- Pre-qualifications/registrations: not specified in metadata; check Quantum portal for any requirements.
- Briefing session: not indicated in metadata.
- Where to obtain bid documents: UNDP Quantum portal (as per metadata).
Individual National Consultant for Business & Human Rights and ADR Assessment Description of the Assignment: The main objective of the assignment is to generate preliminary data to inform the development of a national Business and Human Rights Programme for Eswatini. This will be done through a mapping of the national BHR landscape and a rapid assessment of grievance and access-to-remedy mechanisms, including judicial, administrative, operational, community-based and ADR systems. The assessment will help UNDP and national stakeholders identify priority entry points for strengthening responsible business conduct, ESG alignment, access to remedy and efficient dispute resolution. The key issues to be examined are consolidated into three areas. Mapping the national Business and Human Rights landscape, including the legal, policy and institutional framework, alignment with the UNGPs, key stakeholders, priority sectors, business-related human rights risks, levels of awareness and implementation capacity among relevant actors.Rapidly assessing grievance and access-to-remedy mechanisms for business-related human rights impacts, including judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative, operational, community-based and ADR mechanisms, with attention to effectiveness, accessibility, inclusiveness, credibility, linkages between customary and formal systems, and barriers affecting women, youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.Identifying practical opportunities and recommendations to strengthen responsible business conduct, corporate human rights due diligence, ESG integration, stakeholder coordination, gender equality and inclusion, investor confidence, enterprise competitiveness and future BHR programming, including a practical implementation roadmap. Map the national Business and Human Rights landscape in Eswatini Assess the legal, policy and institutional framework relevant to Business and Human Rights, including alignment with the UNGPs and regional frameworks.Map key stakeholders, including government institutions, judiciary and ... Documents available on UNDP Quantum portal: https://undp.sharepoint.com/sites/Docs-Public/Procurement/Forms/AllItems.aspx?env=Embedded&isAscending=false&FilterType1=Text&sortField=Modified&FilterField1=NegotiationNumber&FilterValue1=UNDP-SWZ-00259
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