Deadline: 29-Apr-23
UN Women is seeking a registered non-government organization (or joint application from several organizations) to support UN Women, as part of its collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and the local communities, in strengthening community-led efforts in gender-responsive and survivor-centered prevention and response to human trafficking in Timor-Leste, and promoting transformed attitudes and social norms to eliminate stigmatization and discrimination against survivors of trafficking at the community level.
Through this program, UN Women will apply a community-based approach as a holistic, collaborative method for combating human trafficking, to ensure support to victims and survivors, raise awareness and build capacity to prevent and respond, and build partnerships between local stakeholders. The aim of this approach is to reduce the vulnerability of VoT’s by increasing the capacity of local communities to identify, respond, and protect by empowering the communities and women leaders to take an active role as agents of change. To mainstream this approach throughout the project implementation, in its inception phase, a national Civil Society Organization (CSO) will be contracted to carry out selected parts of the community-based work. This approach also aims to increase national ownership, collaboration between government and non-governmental organizations and ensure an effective and comprehensive response with a long term, sustainable impact.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be USD 100,000.00 – 110,000.00
- Duration: 1 May 2023 to 31 December 2023
Description of required services/results
In order to implement the components of this program, UN Women Timor-Leste Country Office requires an organization or partnering organizations with capacity to carry out the following activities:
- Capacity Building for Strengthened Community-led Action & De-Stigmatization:
- Awareness Raising & Transformative Leadership
- Community-based Gender-Responsive and Survivor-Centered Data Collection
Eligibility Criteria
- Technical/functional competencies required
- Organizational experience and credibility on programming for preventing and responding to human trafficking and gender-based violence in Timor-Leste
- A proven commitment to delivery of results in a professional manner (able to provide records of successful projects)
- Expertise in results-based management for CSOs and grassroots groups
- Proven experience and success in capacity development and technical support to CSOs and grassroots groups
- Relevant experience in partnerships with UN Women, other UN agencies, government of Timor-Leste, or other development actors
- Has internal programmatic, administrative, and financial processes in place to ensure delivery of quality, cost-effective and timely programme results
- Has grassroots presence/outreach in relevant communities
- Has adequate numbers of professional staff with adequate qualifications and experience
- Previous experience with UN Women, other UN agencies or significant non-government donors
- Governance and management structures:
- Officially registered in Timor-Leste (in a consortium or joint proposal one organization must have this status)
- Has a Board of Directors/ managing committee or an appropriate governance structure which are politically impartial, and review key decisions affecting strategy, partnerships, programmes, finance, and procurement.
- Key decisions are subject to review by a committee of the Board.
- Has no conflict of interest between staff in the organization and UN Women.
- Has an anti-fraud and corruption policy and consistently implements the policy
- Has in place policies and procedures regarding data privacy and data protection
- Has gender considerations reflected by proportion of women in management and Board of Directors.
- Has the capacity to follow the UN Protocol on Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, including reporting requirements to UN Women
- Financial and administrative structures:
- Has and follows written and transparent financial and administrative rules and regulations
- Has a clear system for procurement and subcontracting with appropriate checks and balances Has clear documented procedures and internal controls governing the payment cycle (requisition, approval, disbursement versus cash, vouchers etc.;
- Has segregation of duties in receipt and management of funds. Payments require two or more signatures;
- Is subjected to regular external audits (separate from donor mandated programme specific audits);
- Previous unqualified audits available for the past 3 years.
- Has a sustainable financial position
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Joint applications or consortium involving organizations representing diverse stakeholders are strongly encouraged (noting that submission should be made by one organization as the overall lead or coordinating entity)
- Proponents must include an acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined in the template Partner Agreement or their reservation or objections thereto.
- Submission of any such reservations or objections does not mean that UN Women will automatically accept them should the proponent be selected as a Responsible Party.
- UN Women will evaluate any reservation or objection during its evaluation of the proposal and may accept or reject any such reservation or objection.
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