Deadline: 15-Jul-23
UN Women Bangladesh seeks to partner with a National organization/Women rights-based organization/Women-led national organization in a consortium/coalition of women-led CSOs at the grassroots level with the objective of strengthening the leadership and organizational skill of the grassroots women-led CSOs in implementing the community led locally adaptation projects in the climate-vulnerable districts of Bangladesh.
The project aims to expand the scope for women and other marginalized and gender-diverse groups to shape decisions and build resilience, including through new access to finance, technology, and renewable energy as a driver of better livelihoods. To continue its prodigy, in the second phase, the project aims to create a national platform where the women-led CSOs from different parts of the country will join hands to create a national platform to build a collective voice and actions against the negative impact of climate change as a “Change Maker” that would demonstrate their leadership and organizational skill which they have developed throughout the first phase.
“EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies (Phase-II)” project would broadly contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 5: gender equality, 7: affordable and clean energy, 10: reduced inequalities, 13: climate action, and 17: partnership for the goals.
The project aims to initiate the following activities to strengthen the process of gender-responsive climate change actions both at the local and national level:
- Strengthen linkages among national, sub-national, and local CSOs to promote women CSO’s leadership to advance the Gender Responsive Resilience Agenda through formalizing the Community of Practice (CoP) and organizing training, meetings, learning exchanges, local, national, and regional level consultations and dialogues, and joint advocacy on gender-responsive Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and climate-resilient livelihood options.
- Facilitate inclusion of youth and adolescent girls and other marginalized groups of the community.
- Provide technical and financial support to partner grassroots women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to implement gender-responsive and inclusive adaptation schemes including the implementation of small-scale adaptation projects followed by a Need-Based Approach.
- Ensure participation of women-led CSOs, youth and adolescent girls, and other marginalized groups of people representing and demonstrating their leadership skills, climate actions, and community of Practice (CoP) at various platforms including national, regional, and global levels.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be (19,000,000 BDT –20,100,000BDT).
- Time Frame: 3 Years: 01 October 2023- 30 September 2026.
Activities and Expected Deliverables
- The detailed activities are mentioned below:
- Provide Capacity Development Interventions
- Capacity development support will be provided to 500 project participants in the five most climate-vulnerable areas including women, women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) leaders, youth, adolescent girls, indigenous communities, people with disability on social norms, gender-based violence and discrimination, gender-responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation, gender-responsive disaster risk reduction, and renewable energy and climate resilient livelihood options.
- Expected Deliverables
- Training Need Assessment Report;
- Training Manual;
- Training Completion Report.
- Provide support to implement gender-responsive and inclusive adaptation schemes
- Technical and financial support to grassroots women-led CSOs will be provided to implement gender-responsive and inclusive adaptation schemes including the implementation of small-scale adaptation projects followed by a Need-Based Approach. The number of adaptation schemes will be determined based on the requirement, scale, and cost agreed with the community.
- Expected Deliverables
- Community Need Assessment Report.
- Establish/execute Small Scale Adaptation Projects in the five most climate-vulnerable districts.
- Document the best practices and Most Significant Changes (MSCs) in the adaptation schemes.
- Organize the annual CoP Network Convention
- Organize three annual Community of Practice (CoP) Network Conventions at the national level in three years to facilitate engagement between governments, private sectors, media, development partners, policymakers, women’s organizations, civil society organizations, youth groups, and other marginalized groups of the community to ensure meaningful and effective participation in the decision-making process on gender-responsive climate-resilient approaches.
- Expected Deliverables
- Organize three CoP Network Conventions;
- Initiate Award Giving Ceremonies;
- Ensure Media Coverage;
- Documentation of the CoP Network Convention.
- Create a Network of women and other marginalized groups of People
- A network will be created among 100 women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) both at local and national levels that included the existing 56 grassroots women-led CSOs of Empower. The participants of this network will have access to knowledge, tools, and financing to effectively engage in policy advocacy and implement DRR, CCA, and humanitarian actions to reduce risks and build resilience among women and girls. The responsible party will ensure their participation at various platforms including national, regional, and global levels to represent and demonstrate their leadership skills, climate actions, and community of Practice (CoP).
- Expected Deliverables
- Creation of a Network (both manually and virtually) that includes the CSOs from different backgrounds.
- Ensure the participation of women and other groups of communities in different platforms including national, regional, and global levels.
- A detailed list and data of this Network will be provided by the RP along with a social media group/page on Facebook.
- Organize meetings, consultations, and dialogues
- Organize meetings, consultations, and dialogues between government institutions working on climate change/ DRR and gender equality institutions, climate change and gender equality professionals, and policymakers, including women-led CSOs, women groups, youth indigenous communities, people with disability and other marginalized groups of people on Gender Equality (GE), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to ensure better collaborations and coordination among the relevant stakeholders with an aim to exchange learning sharing, capacity building, replicating the best practices, and maintaining the network to influence the decision-making.
- Expected Deliverables
- Organize meetings, consultations, and dialogues at different levels.
- Meeting/Consultation/Dialogues Report.
- Demonstrate the outcome of these meetings/consultations at the implementation level through policy advocacy.
- Produce Knowledge Products and Communication Materials
- Knowledge products and communication materials will be developed based on the best practices, Most Significant Challenges (MSCs) that would include photographs, videography, case studies, and influencing stories including media coverage.
- Expected Deliverables
- Knowledge products, and communication materials through photographs, videography, case studies, and influencing stories.
- Media Coverage will be ensured of the significant events.
- Facebook Post, Blog, twitter.
- Provide Capacity Development Interventions
Target Areas
- Koyra and Dacope Upazila of Khulna District
- Shyamnagar and Kaliganj Upazila of Satkhira District
- Chokoria and Teknaf Upazila of Cox’sBazar District
- Islampur and Dewanganj Upazila of Jamalpur District
- Kurigram Sadar and Chilmari Upazila of Kurigram District
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in implementing programmes on gender responsive climate change, disaster risk reduction, gender equality, and women empowerment, and in formulating result-oriented, and monitoring programmes based on indicators and quality reporting.
- Demonstrate experience in policy advocacy through evidence-based research, and providing capacity development support through organizing capacity development interventions including training, meeting, dialogues, seminars, conferences, consultations, and conventions.
- Proven organizational experience in closely working with grassroots women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), women groups, youth and adolescent girls, and other marginalized groups of people including people with disability and indigenous communities both at the local and national levels.
- Demonstrates commitment to working with women and girls that are economically, politically, socially, culturally, or otherwise excluded, marginalized, and/or disempowered.
- Tested approach on rights-based approaches to advance women’s economic and political empowerment and ensure the voices and needs of women as rights-holders.
- Operational competencies required
- Demonstrated track record of supporting UN and other International/National NGOs.
- Organizational profile having adequate permanent human resources and other office equipment and logistic support.
- Financial Capability should be shown as financial turnover supported by a registered audit firm for the last three years.
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