Under the leadership of the overall project manager and in close cooperation with Expertise France’s Headquarter, the selected Expert will contribute to the implementation of activities of the intervention area 2 “Property mapping, property valuation, property record automation and property information management”. The selected Expert will lead the implementation of the following activities:

Sub-Task 2.2: Complete an inventory of existing paper-based property and tax records in the four cities

The Consultant work will: (i) complete a comprehensive review of each City Councils’ land records and information to understand extent of existing paper-based property inventory and volume of work to be done; (ii) identify and classify records; and (iii) compile a complete and thorough inventory of the City Rates records at each city. The Consultant will convene meetings with relevant agencies responsible for with access to geospatial database that cover the city area to determine its usefulness in developing a georeferenced digital property map, including the Ministry of Lands (Department of Physical Planning for layout plans, and Survey Department), Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), Airport Development Limited, Press Properties, utility agencies/authorities bodies (Water Boards, ESCOM and Telecom Networks) and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority and others to identify gaps in completing an inventory of existing paper-based property and tax records.

Sub-task 2.5: Develop a cost-effective mass property valuation for tax assessment methodology

The Consultant will design and fully develop a modern, simplified, automated and cost-effective mass property valuation methodology to be used for City Rates assessment which seeks to attain fairness and equity in the distribution of the tax burden, will support voluntary compliance and can be implemented in a cost-effective and efficient mass approach. The methodology developed in this Sub-task will be used in the design/development of the property assessment campaigns in Sub-task 2.8 and implemented as part of the City Implementation Plans.

Sub-Task 2.6: Develop a training program on the mass property valuation for tax assessment methodology

The Consultant will develop a training program and training materials/presentations on the mass property valuation for tax assessment methodology developed in Sub-Task 2.5 including identifying the objectives, timelines and phases, sessions and timeline of the training.

Sub-task 2.7: Develop and present a Valuation Methodology Workshop with the Land Economy Board 

The Consultant will: (i) develop a plan and implement a valuation methodology workshop on the cost-effective mass property assessment methodology designed in Sub-task 2.5, as well as various models for determining the value of properties and various approaches for carrying out property valuation campaigns for City Rates assessment purposes on a massive scale (Automated Valuation Methods (AVM) and mass appraisal approaches); (ii) prepare workshop technical materials and agenda for the sessions; (iii) define workshop purpose and goals; and (iii) work with the City Councils, MCA-Malawi II and the Ministry of Lands to determine participants (up-to 50 participants from City Councils, Ministry of Lands, Land Economy Board/ Surveyor Institute of Malawi, academia and other relevant stakeholders), choose a location, prepare and deliver invitations to the workshop and manage registration.

Sub-task 2.8: Design of Property Assessment Campaign Implementation Plans for each city 

The Consultant will fully design detailed plans for carrying out property assessment campaigns for each city using the modern, simplified, automated and cost-effective mass property valuation methodology developed in Sub-task 2.5. It is expected that the Consultant will work in direct collaboration with the City Councils to take into consideration the information from the existing valuation rolls of each city and the data presented in Table 9 to divide the geographic area of the cities into feasible work zones and prepare a detailed Plan with programmatic timelines for completing the campaigns in each city. At minimum the Plan will include: (i) identification of resources needed (number and types of expert-level and technician-level specialist, mobilization and computer equipment and software to be used); (ii) the process and forms/templates for technical field data collection; (iii) office data processing and quality control and assurance methods to be used; (ii) recruitment and training of enumerators-data collectors; (iii) designing and conducting awareness/sensitization/engagement mechanisms related to on-site property visits for data collection; (iv) maps and expected number and types of properties per work zone, schedules and targets for completing the work zones and clusters of properties for enumerators; (v) schedule of public review process; and (vi) the schedule of approval process at City Council. The Consultant will ensure that the property assessment campaigns are developed in close collaboration with international Social and Behavioral Change personnel and is consistent with the overall Social and Behavioral Change strategy and specific Social and Behavioral Change interventions.

Base period (12 months)

Optional Period (24 months)