UN Women: National Consultant/ Group of consultants on Strategic Planning for Local Public Authorities .Vacancy Number: Pr21/02205
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, the empowerment of women and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. The work of UN Women in Moldova is guided by its Country Strategic Note for 2018-2022, aligned with the Republic of Moldova–United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development 2018–2022, the Global Strategic Plan of UN Women for 2018-2021, the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2017-2021 (NSGE), the National Strategy for prevention and combating violence against women and domestic violence for 2018-2023 elaborated in line with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). UN Women Strategy for Moldova 2018-2022 focuses on three main areas: 1) strengthening women's participation in politics and decision making, 2) economic empowerment of women and 3) ending violence against women and girls. To achieve progress under these areas, UN Women works with a variety of national and international partners and as part of different national and regional initiatives. Based on the European Commission Decision ENI/2018/041-302 regarding the Annual Action Programme 2018 in favor of the Republic of Moldova for support for the implementations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, UN Women Moldova CO is implementing a three-year project (January 2020 – December 2022) under the name "Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts" (hereinafter EVA). The project is implemented in line with and in contribution to the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II) of European Commission "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the lives of girls and women through external relations 2016-2020", adopted in September 2015. The project started in January 2020, being funded by the European Union, co-founded and implemented by UN Women Moldova Country Office and in partnership with UNICEF. The overall purpose of the EVA Project is to promote gender equality, women's empowerment through strengthened implementation of gender mainstreaming in local policies and combating gender-based and domestic violence affecting women and children in two focal regions: Ungheni and Cahul. The principles of gender equality and women empowerment are central to the EVA Project, as women in Moldova continue to face gender inequalities when it comes to decision-making, the labor market, the gender pay gap, as the regulatory framework still impedes women to participate and have certain occupations and allows for discrimination based on age, disability, marital status, etc. One of the expected results under the EVA Project is that gender equality is promoted and mainstreamed in local policymaking and decision-making. Thus, it is envisaged to integrate gender equality in local policies and budgets (or in local policy making), through training elected and appointed representatives of the LPAs on gender equality and gender mainstreaming and its implications for decisions taken by the LPAs; supporting LPAs to contribute to the principles of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life; raising the awareness and capacities of local CSOs and gender advocates – as rights holders - to monitor the implementation of policies and budgets from the gender equality perspective and demand accountability of duty bearers; raising awareness of local population from selected regions on gender equality and empowering women to actively participate in local decision-making processes. Another set of expected results under the EVA project refers to greater access to effective survivor-focused multidisciplinary services for domestic violence victims, including sexual violence and violence prevention programmes piloted in local schools and communities. These should be achieved through a range of interventions, inclusively through strengthening the capacities of the multidisciplinary teams for an effective protection of women/children victims of domestic violence, empowering domestic violence survivors, and using innovative tools to raise the capacities of local civil society to change attitudes and behaviors on violence against women and gender-based violence. RATIONALE Women and girls constitute more than half of the population of Cahul and Ungheni localities, yet they are under-represented in the bodies that make key decisions affecting their lives, representing circa 36% of the members in the Local Councils and 31,4% of mayors. Gender stereotypes negatively affect women's participation in politics and public life. Besides this, the low level of knowledge of the local public authorities and civil servants on how to mainstream gender equality principles and gender responsive budgeting leads to gender blind Local Strategies which do not respond to different needs of men and women, girls and boys, and adversely affects the access of women to services and economic opportunities. An evaluation of the local strategic plans in 24 localities of the Cahul and Ungheni district, partners of UN Women in the framework of EVA project, revealed that seven of them do not currently have a Local Development Strategy, as the previous document expired, or they never had one. The localities that do have a Local Development Strategy, on the other hand, do not use gender data or gender analysis in the elaboration process as LPA representatives fragmentally acquainted with the principles and tools of gender analysis and interpretation of gender disaggregated data. In order to support localities from Cahul and Ungheni districts to become gender champion communities, UN Women EVA Project will support seven LPAs in the process of developing Local Strategies in a participatory and gender sensitive manner. Scope of work
UN Women within EVA project seeks to contract one consultant/team of consultants (hereinafter "the Consultant") to support seven LPAs to develop Local Strategies in a participatory and inclusive manner. The Consultant will work closely with the UN Women partners to align the strategic documents to gender equality principles ensuring gender mainstreaming of the Local Strategies from the early stages of the strategic planning process. The Consultant/ team of consultants is/are expected to work under the EVA Programme Officer on Gender Mainstreaming supervision and in close collaboration with the EVA Local Coordinators and partner organizations to effectively achieve results. More specifically, the consultant/consultants will be responsible for the following main tasks:
DELIVERABLES The assignment should be carried out within a period of 12 months, not exceeding 150 working days, with the incumbent being responsible for delivering services in agreement with the weekly work plans established, including the deliverables stated in the table below. The consultant/consultants should be ready to conduct the assignment inclusively if the COVID-19 restrictions are maintained.
Requirements for experience
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