Additional Financing for Second Serbia Health Project
Loan No.: 8830-YF
Assignment Title: Financial Officer 2
Reference No.: RS-AFSSHP-8830YF-CS-IC-20-1.2.4
Date: September 4, 2019
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT
Republic of Serbia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Additional Financing for the Second Serbia Health Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) of the Financial Officer 2 should provide MoH / Component 1 of the AF-SSHP - Improvement of Health Financing with:
- Support to project activities related to further implementation and development of the Capitation payment system in primary healthcare level;
- Analysis of the previous activities related to the introduction of capitation formula as a payment system at the primary health care level and making recommendations for improvement;
- Support for further training of the staff of the central institutions (MOH, HIF, IPH) related to improvement of Capitation formula, as well as support to primary health care management in capacity building through designing and conducting financial management trainings in line with healthcare financing reform as well as on-site visits.
- Participation in the development of economic analyses (cost effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, etc.) and economic evaluations in health care;
- Supporting the process of revision and further development of the Price list of services on the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare levels;
- Support to public health institutions in the transition from line to program budgeting. Cost analysis by programs and development of guidelines for financial management for health care institutions.
- Participation in improvement of the matrix and system of cost centers in all public health institutions, data analysis and continuous management training for the application of this tool in the management of health care institutions;
- Performing any other appropriate tasks determined by Coordinator of Component I, PCU Coordinator and/or officials of the Ministry of Health;
The consultant is expected to work full time until December 31, 2021.
The detailed Terms of Reference for the above referenced consulting services is posted on the website of the Ministry of Health of Republic of Serbia at http://www.zdravlje.gov.rs.
The Ministry of Health of Republic of Serbia through its Project Coordination Unit (PCU) now invites individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The qualification requirements are:
- University degree in the field of economics;
- Minimum four (4) years of professional experience;
- Good command of written and spoken English and Serbian language;
- Previous experience in working in health sector would be an asset;
- Knowledge of Capitation payment system would be an asset;
- Knowledge of Cost Centers tool would be an asset;
- Previous experience in projects financed by IFIs would be an advantage;
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers – Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, World, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services, July 2016, Revised August 2018 (“the Regulations”) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Open Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants as set out in the Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 09.00 to 15.00 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by September 18, 2020.
Dom zdravlja Savski venac
Ms. Žana Cvetković, Procurement Specialist
Drugi projekat razvoja zdravstva Srbije
Pasterova 1 Str., 11000 Beograd
Republic of Serbia
Tel 1: +381 11 36 06 403
Tel 2: +381 11 36 06 402
Fax: +381 11 36 06 400
E-mail: office_pcu@zdravlje.gov.rs