UN Women: Local Individual Consultants on civil society to provide programmatic support to UN Women within EVA project .Vacancy Number: Pr21/02214
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. 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 externa relations 2016-2020”, adopted in September 2015. The project started in January 2020, 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 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. One of the expected results under the EVA project is that gender equality is promoted and mainstreamed in local policy making and decision-making. The project supports Cahul and Ungheni localities to integrate gender equality in their policies and budgets through training elected and appointed representatives of the LPAs on gender equality and gender mainstreaming and its implications for decisions taken by the LPAs; coaching LPAs to adhere to the principles of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life; raising the capacities and knowledge on women’s rights of local CSOs; raising awareness of local population on gender equality and empowering women to actively participate in local decision-making processes. Another set of expected results under EVA project refers to a greater access to effective survivor - focused multidisciplinary services for the victims of domestic violence, including sexual violence; and violence prevention programmes piloted in local schools and communities. In this sense, UN Women EVA project supports strengthening the capacities of the multidisciplinary teams for an effective protection of women and children victims of domestic violence, empowering domestic violence survivors, and the usage of innovative tools to raise the capacities of local civil society to change attitudes and behaviors on violence against women and gender-based violence. RATIONALE Civil society plays a pivotal role in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment (GEWE) and has been at the forefront of shaping the global rights architecture on gender. The partnerships with civil society organizations are of strategic importance for UN Women in the on-going efforts for mainstreaming gender in local public policies and in raising awareness among the general public on gender equality and women empowerment. In this sense, UN Women will award at least eight Small Grants to Civil Society Organizations (CSO) from Cahul and Ungheni districts in the range of USD 5,000 to USD 10,000 to support the development/ strengthening of their institutional capacity, so that they become vocal advocates of GE at local level. In the period May – October 2021, at least eight local CSOs will undertake activities for the improvement of their organizational systems, tools and processes, training of the workforce in technical and managerial skills, and will be supported in the procurement of IT equipment. For the efficient implementation of the Small Grants, UN Women will contract two (2) national consultants with experience in monitoring small grants and support to civil society organizations in strengthening their institutional capacity.
Scope of work
Under this announcement, the UN Women within EVA project seeks to contract two (2) Consultants on Civil Society (hereinafter “the Consultants”) to provide support in the implementation of the Small Grants Agreements with civil society organizations from Cahul and Ungheni districts. The consultants will work under the supervision of the EVA Programme manager and in close collaboration with EVA Local Coordinators in Cahul and Ungheni. Each of the Consultants will be responsible for supporting four CSOs in the successful implementation of the activity plan for their institutional development as given by CSO’s Small Grant Agreement. More specifically, each of the consultants will be responsible for the following main tasks: Task 1: Provide expert analysis of the institutional capacity of four (4) CSOs beneficiary of the Small Grant Agreements. Task 2. Support CSOs in the development of the Small Grant Utilization Plan including a list of allowed activities, completion dates and budget. Task 3. Offer the necessary technical support to the CSOs to implement the small grant in accordance with the Small Grant Agreement. Task 4. Guide and mentor the CSOs in writing narrative reports, as well as financial reporting, tracking of expenditures.
If the Covid19-situation keeps being an obstacle for safe physical meetings, the sessions/trainings will be conducted online. The Consultants are solely responsible for arranging the visits in Cahul and Ungheni districts to meet the beneficiary CSOs. UN Women reserves the right to select more candidates for similar assignments. DELIVERABLE The assignment should be carried out within a period of 8 months, not exceeding 65 working days for each Consultant, with the incumbent being responsible for delivering services in agreement with the deliverables stated in the table below.
DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT It is expected that the consultant shall begin work in April 2021 with work being completed by the end of November 2021, in conformity with the indicative timeframe described under “Deliverables and Timeframe” section. Note: The mentioned number of working days has been estimated as being sufficient/ feasible for the envisaged volume of work to be completed successfully and is proposed as a guideline for the duration of the assignment. It cannot and shall not be used as criteria for completion of work/assignment. The provision of envisaged deliverables approved by the UN Women EVA Programme Manager shall be the only criteria for the Consultant’s work being completed and eligible for payment/s. INPUTS UN Women will provide the Consultant with the background materials, UN Women project documents, proposals submitted by the Grantees, as well as other relevant materials with regards to implementation of the tasks under this TOR. Requirements for experience
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VALUES AND COMPETENCES Core Values
Core Competencies
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf Documents to be included
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