Administrative and Technical Assistance Facility

Administrative and Technical Assistance Facility - Reference: ATA 2025. Call for expression of interest for multiple expert lots to provide services to the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro. The sub-lists of experts will be valid for four years from the dispatch of this notice. During the validity of the sub-lists, a contract for up to €15,000 may be signed through a very low value negotiated procedure with at least 1 candidate (€1, €15,000).

In case of a high number of candidates, only a limited number of top-ranked candidates will be invited to submit an offer in the negotiated procedure. Indicative start dates, durations and contract values are indicated under each expert profile below.

• Lot 1 - Democracy and Rule of Law
  Requirements: University degree (minimum three years) in law; at least 3 years, preferably 5 years of professional experience in legal research, analysis and report drafting. Skills: strong knowledge of EU policies regarding Electoral reform, Democracy, Government and Rule of Law (incl. Judiciary, Anti-Corruption, Fundamental Rights); familiarity with the EU accession process/Negotiations; excellent reporting and drafting skills. Language: excellent Montenegrin and English. Indicative start date: 01/10/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 2 - Public Administration Reform (PAR)
  Requirements: University degree (minimum three years), preferably in political science or public administration. Experience: at least 5 but preferably 8 years in working with public administration; at least 5 years in monitoring and evaluating relevance and credibility of PAR reform programmes; experience in assessing achievement of indicators. Language: fluent in local language and English. Indicative start date: 01/11/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 3 - Public Finance Management (PFM)
  Requirements: University degree; at least 5 years of experience in good governance (public finance management). Skills: knowledge of PFM developments in Montenegro; experience in monitoring and evaluating PFM reforms. Language: English. Indicative start date: 11/2025. Duration: 11 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 4 - Competition and State Aid
  Requirements: University degree; at least 5 years of experience in competition/state aid. Language: English. Indicative start date: 11/2025. Duration: 11 months. Maximum contract value: €6,000.
• Lot 5 - Data collection and encoding of EU financial assistance (2 experts)
  Requirements: University degree; at least 3 years of relevant experience related to visibility, communication and/or data collection; ability to transform complex technical language into accessible texts. Language: English. Indicative start date: 10/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 6 - IT expert
  Requirements: University degree (IT/sciences or electrical engineering); at least 7 years in IT, with minimum 3 years developing IT systems for public administration; experience drafting technical specifications for tenders. Language: English; Montenegrin asset. Indicative start date: 10/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 7 - Monitoring of human rights and civil society grants/sub-grants (2 experts)
  Requirements: University degree; at least 2 years, preferably 5 years in monitoring and evaluation of projects. Language: English. Indicative start date: 12/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 8 – Chapter 27 – Environment and climate change
  Requirements: University degree; at least 7 years general work experience, with at least 3 years in environmental protection (policies/implementation/monitoring). Skills: knowledge of environmental protection developments in Montenegro; strong data collection and drafting skills. Language: English. Indicative start date: as soon as practicable. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 9 – Reform and Growth Facility (2 experts)
  Requirements: University degree; at least 3 years in stakeholder engagement and coordination; experience in monitoring reform processes (Reform and Growth Facility and internal market-related accession negotiations). Language: English. Indicative start date: as soon as practicable. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000 per contract.
• Lot 10 – Administrative Support and data collection
  Requirements: University degree; minimum 3 years of experience related to administrative support, data collection, organizing meetings and follow-up. Skills: EU policies and project implementation; IT literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet). Language: English. Indicative start date: 10/2025. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.
• Lot 11 - Education, Employment and Social Policies
  Requirements: University degree; at least 10 years, preferably 5 years in policy development and/or implementation in the areas above. Language: English. Indicative start date: as soon as practicable. Duration: 12 months. Maximum contract value: €15,000.

Interested candidates should provide: full contact details and indication of the Lot of interest; completed Declaration on honour on exclusion and selection criteria (see Annex for General Criteria), duly signed; CV in EU format. Email expressions of interest to delegation-montenegro- no later than 16:00 hrs on 30/09/2025.

Protection of personal data: Processing will comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and related privacy statements. See privacy details and data subject rights information in the notice. The tenderer's personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) where applicable.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job function: Administrative
• Industries: International Affairs

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