Deadline: 23-Nov-23
UN Women is seeking proposals to engage the services of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to implement activities to enable it to achieve the following goal: “to strengthen and build the capacity of national and subnational infrastructures for peace and conflict prevention, with a special focus on borderland communities”.
Key emphasis is on targeting and working with women and youth aiming to strengthen existing mechanisms and the capacities of youth and women-led organizations and networks in the target districts to support their active participation and representation in decision-making processes and socio-economic opportunities. All these interventions will be underpinned by an effort to mobilize and support women and youth in target districts as agents of peace at the district and community levels.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 50,000 (min) – USD 180,000 (max).
Timeframe
- Start date and end date for completion of required services/results
- January 2024 – December 2024 (12 months)
Outcomes, Output and Activities
- This will be achieved across Outcomes 1 and 2 of the PBF project in the target districts of Mangochi, Machinga and Karonga. Here below are details of the outcomes, outputs and focus actions:
- Outcome 1: Malawi’s Infrastructure for Peace (National Peace Architecture) to Support Peace Building and Human Rights Protection in Borderland Communities Strengthened.
- Output 1.4: Women and Youth participation and representation in peace infrastructure at all levels enhanced.
- Main Activity 1.4.1: Provide the Government of Malawi (GoM) technical expertise for the implementation of the UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and development of a National Action Plan for UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. The main actions to include:
- Developing women and youth peacebuilding situational analysis and mapping in the target borderland districts to support the implementation of Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan (WPS NAP).
- Partnering with women and youth-led organizations/groups to support knowledge creation and sensitization engagements through community dialogues and media campaigns to reinforce gender-responsive conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
- Supporting youth and women-led engagements, including inter-religious and community dialogues in conflict prevention and management, peacebuilding, and diffusion of radicalization and prevention of harmful practices.
- Ensuring that women and youth organizations and groups are supported to produce and share regular evidence of their impact through a community of practice for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
- Main Activity 1.4.2: Mobilize and capacitate women to actively participate in conflict prevention and peacebuilding processes. The main actions to include the following:
- Supporting the strengthening of coordination of and linkages among existing women-led organizations and groups, structures to facilitate consolidated agency, collaborative advocacy and voice of women in peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
- Supporting capacity building through training, peer to peer learning and facilitating their representation and participation in district and national level conflict prevention and management platforms and early warning systems in target borderland districts.
- Reviewing and integrating women-inclusivity into existing resources/tools, structures for training and activities carried out under this project.
- Outcome 2: Women and youth in target districts are activated as drivers of peace at the district level.
- Output 2.2: Youth and Women led organizations and networks in the target districts mobilized and capacitated to support their active participation and representation in decision making processes and socio-economic opportunities.
- Main Activity 2.2.2: Focus is on supporting political empowerment and opportunities for women and youth to enhance their participation in local governance and decision-making processes. The main actions to include:
- Conducting a gap analysis of district gender strategies and processes and supporting local councils with expertise to review and strengthen their gender strategies.
- Training the youth and women representatives in council structures in key areas like gender responsive budgeting, budget analysis, social accountability mechanisms and advocacy.
- Training the youth and women representatives in council structures, women counsellors, women leaders and project beneficiaries on human rights mechanisms, reporting, advocacy and linking women networks to the Malawi Human Rights Commission processes.
- Training the youth and women beneficiaries from project support economic empowerment on advocacy and how to engage the local councils and area committees on women issues.
- Identifying and capacitating youth and women members of the MPUC and DPUCs as peace ambassadors in targeted borderland districts using the AU Model and orienting them on their work in the MPUC and District Peace Councils, as a means to galvanize youth representation and participation in conflict prevention and peace processes.
- Outcome 1: Malawi’s Infrastructure for Peace (National Peace Architecture) to Support Peace Building and Human Rights Protection in Borderland Communities Strengthened.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required.
- The CSO’s should demonstrate and have the following elements:
- Proven and demonstrable relevant experience of not less than 5 years, in Results Based Management approach to project management, sound and prudent funds management, community engagement utilising participatory methods, and capacity building, among others.,
- Demonstrable experience in implementation of conflict prevention and peace building aligned to UNSCR 1325 pillars and principles, gender equality and women empowerment initiatives at community levels including a clear understanding of the National Peace Architecture
- Demonstrated (previous) experience in carrying out similar projects working with national, district and community level structures and stakeholders.
- Be well established with strong and evident operational presence in the targeted districts
- Understanding of UN global and national development priorities.
- Demonstrable previous experience as an implementing partner to UN Women or other UN Agency will be an added advantage.
- The CSO’s should demonstrate and have the following elements:
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