Consultant in Administration for the Africa Migration Governance Conference - 3095787

The AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) in South Africa from African region had released this tender for Tenders are invited for Proposed Terms of Reference for Consultant in Administration for the Africa Migration Governance Conference Closing Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 11:00 Sector: Research, Consultancy and Professional Services Description: Proposed terms of reference for consultant in administration for the Africa Migration Governance Conference Tender number: EOI/ APRM/AUC/CAGC/05/2023 Closing date and time: 31 May 2023 at 11.00 am Assignment: Consultant in Administration for Africa Migration Governance Conference Reporting Division: Office of the CEO Date: May 2023 Duration of Project: 5 months I. INTRODUCTION 1. Migration is a phenomenon that always existed and is characterized by “ the movement of persons away from their place of usual residence, either across an international border or within a State”1 . This movement of persons can be justified by push and pull factors. On one hand push factors driving people away from an area can be determined by conflicts and war, political and economic crisis, social inequalities or again natural disasters and infectious diseases. On the other hand, pull factors of migration that attracts people in an area or country are defined within the economic, political, cultural and environmental framework of a State. 2. In the past two years the scale of international migration has risen to 272 million globally due to major migration and displacement events such as conflicts, causing hardship, trauma and even death2. The last two years have also been characterized by a transformation in the global migration governance with the two Global Compact on refugees and migration calling for dedicated international cooperation and commitment to address migration challenges. 3. Although political narratives and media images often focus on the purported “exodus” of Africans to Europe, the bulk of African migrants move within the continent, with the latest figure putting the volume of intra-African migration at more than 80% Africans are underrepresented in the world migrant population and the continent has the lowest extra continental out-migration rates of all the world regions, despite popular representations of Africa as a “continent on the move”. The number of international migrants living on African soil has been growing, from an estimated 20.3 million in 1990 to an estimated 32.5 million in 2015 . These figures reflect the low levels of development and the high constraints poverty and border controls tend to put on people’s ability to migrate over long distances. 4. At the same time, it is important to note that Africa has made notable progress in terms of free movement. The Visa Openness Index indicates that Africans do not need a visa to travel to 25 per cent of the African countries (up from 22 per cent in 2017, and 20 per cent in 2016). Africans can get visas on arrival in 24 per cent of African countries (also 24 per cent in 2017, and 25 per cent in 2016). Africans need visas to travel to 51 per cent of the African countries (down from 54 per cent in 2017, and 55 per cent in 2016). The free movement agenda of necessity entails ever more liberal visa regimes, including issuance of visas at ports of entry for all citizens of African Union Member States. On this ambitious road to continental integration though, a lot of challenges in facilitating free movement of persons have been noted, including, but not limited to: national security, public health threats, socio-economic disparities between Member States. 1 https://www.iom.int/key-migration-terms 2 World Migration Report (2020) https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/wmr_2020.pdf Applications must be submitted via email: tender@aprm-au.org on or before 31 May 2023 at 11.00 am South Africa Time. The EOI Shall be opened on 31 May 2023 at 11.00 am South Africa time. Submission to be titled: Procurement No: PROCUREMENT No: EOI/ APRM/AUC/ CAGC/05/2023: PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTANT IN ADMINISTRATION FOR THE AFRICA MIGRATION GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE All applications in writing should be accompanied by up-to-date Curriculum Vitae and supporting documents (Note: do not send originals) with the names and addresses of three referees, one of which should be the last or current employer and addressed to: African Peer Review Mechanism Secretariat Private Bag XO8, Halfway House Physical Address: 230 15th Road, 1st Floor, Randjespark, Midrand, 1685, South Africa Tel: 27 11 256 3401 Email: tender@aprm-au.org see document for more details see: https://www.sa-tenders.co.za/sites/default/files/final_advert_tors_admin... Attachments:  final_advert_tors_administration_consultant_migration_revised.pdf with tender notice no. EOI/ APRM/AUC/CAGC/05/2023 published on 08 May 2023. The tender expired on 31 May 2023. 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