#009 A national consultant to provide consultancy services in technical support to Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT to promulgate National Technical Regulation and regulations on inspection and supervision of clean water quality used for domestic purposes

Background

The Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT promulgating the National Technical Regulation QCVN 01-1:2018/BYT and regulations on the inspection and supervision of domestic water quality on 14 December 2018 with 99 water quality parameters applicable to organizations and individuals performing part or all of the exploitation, production, transmission, wholesale and retail of clean water under a centralized system.

According to Clause 1, Article 35 of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations, "the agency promulgating technical regulations shall review technical regulations every 05 years or sooner when necessary, from the date of promulgation". In 2023, the Ministry of Health reported about the implementation of the Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT and QCVN 01-1:2018/BYT in effect for 05 years in 63 provinces/cities. The report had reviewed the existence and problems in the process of implementing the Circular and QCVN 01-1:2018/BYT; difficulties in applying and complying clean water quality parameters regulated in QCVN 01-1:2018/BYT. The report showed the need to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT to suit the characteristics and actual situations in Viet Nam.

In this regard, Viet Nam Health Environment Management Agency (VIHEMA) requests WHO for continuing support to VIHEMA through hiring 01 national consultant to provide technical support to a new Circular by amending and supplementing a number of articles of the existing Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health promulgating the National Technical Regulation and regulations on inspection and supervision of domestic water quality.

Objectives of the consultancy activity

To provide consultancy services in technical support to Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BYT to promulgate National Technical Regulation and regulations on inspection and supervision of clean water quality used for domestic purposes

Timelines: 

Start date: 22 May 2024 (subject to confirmation) 

End date:   25 September 2024

Number of working days as a consultant: 40 non-consecutive days

Please refer to the background document for more details.

Application letters and updated CVs in English should be received on/or before 8 May 2024 and should be addressed to:
Administrative Officer World Health Organization
UN Building, 304 Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam
OR
wpvnmapplicants@who.int

For further information on this Call for Expressions of Interest, please contact:
wpvnmwr@who.int