Deadline: 17-Feb-21
Within, the Engendering Governance for Peace and Security in Zimbabwe project, UN Women aims to support, in partnership with a CSO, the establishment of provincial chapters of the African Women Leaders Network to facilitate the convening of local and provincial stakeholders on gender and development, women’s political representation and leadership in peacebuilding.
Further the project seeks to contribute to fostering a cadre of young and senior women with the capacity to lead mediation, dispute resolution efforts, election observation and as well as training of women political candidates in line with the priorities of the Chapter. Inclusive of this is an intergenerational mentorship programme, which will pilot its first cohort.
Recognizing the diversity of women, the CSO must have the capacity to elevate different voices and perspectives – in particular those most marginalized and facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. The selected CSO must have the capacity to galvanize the women’s movement, including women in academia, public and private sectors and civil society around gender equality, women’s empowerment, ending violence against women and girls and leadership.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 100,000.00 – 165,000.00
Eligibility Criteria
The eligible CSOs should also meet the legal, programmatic and technical criteria defined below:
- Duly registered under the laws of Zimbabwe
- Demonstrates relevant programmatic experience for at least 5 years in specific ALWN priority areas identified above (in the introduction)
- Knowledge and experience in programme design and management, community mobilisation, organisational development
- Clear understanding of community contexts and the needs of women and girls with respect to leadership, political participation, peacebuilding, development, mentorship and gender-based violence.
- Substantive knowledge and understanding of social accountability, movement building and campaigns
- Technical expertise on gender equality issues and more broadly, women’s meaningful participation in decision-making and leadership, women, peace and security and ending violence against women and girls.
- Have a proven track record of advocacy work on gender or related issues in Zimbabwe
- An established organisational culture of accountability and commitment to delivery of results
- Administrative and financial capacity to manage budgets of more than $50,000 annually supported with a track record of quality and timely project results and unqualified audit reports in the preceding 2 years.
- Demonstrates experience in facilitating constructive and inclusive engagement, dialogue and peace building processes with the goal of contributing to socio-economic development
- Demonstrable capacity – human, financial and technical to deliver results at national and sub-national levels
Mandatory Requirements
- Confirm that the services being requested are part of the key services that the proponent has been performing as an organization. This must be supported by a list of at least two customer references for which similar service is currently or has been provided by the proponent
- Confirm proponent is duly registered or has the legal basis/mandate as an organization
- Confirm proponent as an organization has been in operation for at least five (5) years
- Confirm proponent has a permanent office within the location area
- Proponent must agree to a site visit at a customer location in the location or area with a similar scope of work as the one described in this CFP.
- Confirm that proponent has not been the subject of a finding of fraud or any other relevant misconduct following an investigation conducted by UN Women or another United Nations entity. The Proponent must indicate if it is currently under investigation for fraud or any other relevant misconduct by UN Women or another United Nations entity and provide details of any such investigation
- Confirm that proponent has not been the subject of any investigations and/or has not been charged for any misconduct related to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA)
- Confirm that proponent has not been placed on any relevant sanctions list including as a minimum the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List(s), United Nations Global Market Place Vendor ineligibility and the EU consolidated Sanction list.
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2021/02/call-for-proposals—implementation-of-a-leap-project-in-zimbabwe