Background
In 2012, within the overall efforts to make progress in the accession process to the EU, a High Level Accession Dialogue (HLAD) was opened as a policy reform roadmap, mutually agreed between the Government and the EU Commission. The HLAD process managed to reinvigorate the national response to the EU accession agenda whereby authorities committed to demonstrate notable progress in five policy areas within a very short time frame. Having in mind that developing national capacities to respond and effectively manage the EU accession agenda represent the overarching objective of the UNDP’s country programme along with the track record of UNDP’s work in some of the policy areas tackled with the HLAD process, upon request of the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA), UNDP took this opportunity to assist the national institutions in this process.
Responsibilities
- Preparatory desk work related to the assignment including analysis of best comparative practices
- Conducting a 5-day field mission to the country, to conduct interviews/meetings with main stakeholders to obtain information needed for
the assessment study
- Providing a first draft of the assessment study for comments for the relevant institutions
- Finalization of the assessment study with clear recommendations on the next steps, including analysis of the national legislation (laws,
bylaws, contracts, strategies, action plans, relevant to the cybercrime); the degree of harmonization of the national legislation with the EU
legislation in the area of cybercrime or cybersecurity in general; assessment of the current state of affairs and the capacities of institutions
to deal with the challenges of cybercrime and computer security at the national level;
Requirements
- Academic level or higher education (Master studies will be considered as an asset) in relevant areas, including business and public
administration, IT expertise or equivalent
- Specific training/additional education relevant for the topic will be an asset
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience; including substantive and extensive experience specifically in issues related to the area
of cybercrime or cybersecurity and designing and preparation of assessment and feasibility studies or national strategies in the area of
cyber security
- Experience as a key expert in at least two projects/assignments in the domain of cyber security/related assessment/feasibility studies, with
a list of reference assignments/projects , his/her role and the duration of the project/assignment
- Language proficiency in both written and oral English
Deadline: 27 February 2014