The role of the Key Expert will be to support and reinforce the capacity of the authorities of Cyprus to coordinate, manage and implement the Project “Reforming, developing, and enhancing the civil protection system”. The Key Expert will be responsible for the overall coordination for the programming (development/adjustment of plan of actions), the quality control of the work undertaken and the successful implementation of the Project’s activities (expertise, technical support, drafting and finalisation of concept notes for each output, mobilisation of experts, organise meetings of the respective working groups, organise workshop and seminars, draft minutes and reports, review of the reports, contribute to the elaboration of the inception, progress and final reports, as appropriate). He/She will also provide direct advice notably in the form of fact-findings and analytical reports containing proposal for actions, and preparation and deployment of workshop and other similar activities.

The Key Expert will work in close cooperation with the other project experts and the Local Management Team and he/she will coordinate with the Expertise France Project coordinator for the contacts and reporting to SG REFORM. The Key Expert will be supported in his/her work by Expertise France Management Teams in Paris and Athens.

Deliverables

The expert is responsible for coordinating and or support drafting Project outputs as described in the Description of the Action, in the Inception report, and in further workplan revisions as agreed in the course of the implementation, with SG Reform :

For the elaboration of the Project deliverables the expert receives the support of other Project experts, as needed.

In addition, the expert shall produce:

1.       Concept notes for Project outputs, clearly indicating the type of support, timeframe, content of the deliverable(s) and expert inputs (as and if appropriate)

2.      Mission plans for international and local experts as appropriate, and review of experts’ mission reports before submission to Expertise France

3.     External Coordination Meetings – (ECM) agendas, documentation (when needed) and reports

4.       Working group meetings agendas, documentation, and reports

5.       Ad-hoc meetings documentation and reports

6.       Workshops, seminars and study visits documentation and reports

7.       Technical inputs for Progress Reports, and the Final Report of the project

All deliverables shall be submitted using the templates provided by Expertise France.