Deadline: 19-Oct-22
UN Women Nigeria CO seeks the service of an I/NGO as a responsible partner for the implementation of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Programme in Kaduna and Plateau states.
The programme seeks to realise a more peaceful and gender-equal society by creating an enabling environment for the implementation of WPS commitments through strengthening policy frameworks, capacity, coordination and oversight function of state entities for a meaningful participation of women in governance, and peace and security.
Programme Objectives
In the next three years, UN Women would reinforce multi-layered interventions to consolidate the gains of the WPS agenda in Nigeria. The programme will support the development of Nigeria’s 3rd National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security, including mechanisms to enhance coordination in implementation, monitoring and reporting. It will enhance legislative engagement and actions on WPS, enable secured environment for women’s leadership and participation in politics and support women’s mediation capacities, networks, and actions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be $190,000 – $210,000
- Timeframe: Start date and end date for completion of required services/results: The start date is 21st November 2022 – 30th September 2024 (22 months)
Outcomes
The Programme seeks to achieve the following results at outcome levels:
- Outcome 1: Government institutions at the Federal and State levels are strengthened to provide strategic leadership and effectively coordinate the development and localisation of Nigeria’s 3rd National Action Plan and updated State-level Action Plans on WPS.
- Outcome 2: Representation and leadership of Women Peace building Networks and WPS advocates in conflict prevention and mediation are increased.
- Outcome 3: State-level structures sustained to effectively lead on integration and accountability for women, peace and security.
- Outcome 4: Representation and participation of women in political leadership are strengthened.
Eligibility Criteria
UN Women is soliciting proposals from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Women’s organizations or entities are highly encouraged to apply.
- Technical/functional competencies required.
- Reputation of Organisation and Staff
- Documented successful track record (for newly formed organizations, the personnel to be assigned to the UN Women project should have a proven track record of 5 years in the subject field);
- A proven commitment to results (able to provide records of successful projects);
- Proven credibility in the Northern region especially credibility in terms of working towards gender equality and the empowerment of women, policy and practice level engagements on women peace and security, mediation, women’s political participation, Women’s rights, governance and women’s leadership, elections security, strategic planning and policy influencing, mobilising and network management and other relevant thematic areas
- Reputation of Organisation and Staff
- General Organizational Capability:
- Strength of project management on creating or managing knowledge networks, convening a wide range of stakeholders, and generating policy advice.
- Track record of working with governments, civil society, UN, and other major multilateral or bilateral actors, other networks on women peace and security, mediation, women’s political participation, governance and women’s leadership, elections security, strategic planning and policy influencing, mobilising and network management.
- Record and evidence of the organizational culture of accountability, such as a written code of conduct, measures on anti-corruption and sexual harassment policy and accountability to the affected population.
- A track record of delivering quality and timely project results.
- Capacity to integrate intergenerational learning, social inclusion and localisation in programming
- Organizational expertise in specified programme Area:
- Evidence that the organization has previous experience and expertise of successfully managing projects of the same nature, related to capacity building of women civil society networks, women, peace and security, mediation, governance and women’s leadership and election security.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services.
- Accountability and Financial Control:
- A functioning internal control framework and process to deliver quality and timely project results against budget.
- Evidence of registration in Nigeria with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
- Audit reports for last two years
- Certificate of job completion issued to the organization in the past for similar activities implemented
- Acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined in the template Partner Agreement
- 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.
- Accountability and Financial Control:
For more information, visit https://africa.unwomen.org/en/programme-implementation/2022/10/unw-wca-nga-cfp-2022-008-women-peace-and-security-programme-phase-2