CFPs: Platform Development for Human Rights and Gender Courses

Deadline: 10-Jul-2025

The United Nations Development Programme has announced a call for proposals for its Platform Development for Human Rights and Gender Courses in Indonesia.

UNDP is looking for vendors to develop an e-learning platform to enhance the capacity of CSS-HR program implementers at all levels. This online learning media for Principal Recipients Indonesia AIDS Coalition (PR IAC) will consist of several learning courses on human rights and gender.

The platform developed is web-based and can be accessed via digital devices (desktop computers, laptops, or smartphones) online and offline. It uses a Digital Platform in the form of an LMS (Learning Management System) that contains animated content (videos or recordings, visual materials, and infographics). Then, the learning course developed needs to use an assessment and graduation system.

The initiative provides support to 20 countries including Indonesia to scale up to comprehensive levels of programs to remove human rights-related barriers to HIV. According to its theory of change, human rights-related barriers increase the vulnerability of people to HIV infection and hinder the access to, uptake of, and retention of HIV services, in particular to certain vulnerable and key populations.

To reduce those barriers effectively, countries must implement evidence-based, globally recognized, human rights and gender-related interventions. Actions taken to eliminate obstacles associated with rights will additionally safeguard and improve investments made by the Global Fund, as well as fortify health and community systems.

Through online learning courses, it is targeted that staff can increase their knowledge and capacity in identifying barriers related to gender and human rights and be able to design and implement relevant strategies. Therefore, PR IAC can ensure that all staff involved have the minimum standard of knowledge required to carry out their respective roles to achieve these targets.

The e-learning content needs to be SCORM-compliant or compatible with other learning systems. Platform host all content internally, hosted on IAC’s existing server infrastructure, can storage data/information (i.e. participants who have accessed and submitted; or certificates of graduation that can be downloaded multiple time) and has data privacy standard (i.e. post-test results and anyone who has passed learning, except senior management). Direct contributions of developing an e-learning platform are:

Strengthens capacity of program implementers from national to sub national level regarding human rights and gender program, and the new paralegal and advocacy field officers to apply human rights and gender approaches in their work. Provides standardized training to new staff across 38 districts.
Responds to Global Fund recommendations for renewed funding to build capacity of implementers on human rights and gender and establish clear documentation guidelines. This demonstrates commitment to strengthening program impact.

Objectives

To develop a platform that can be used as an online learning medium for Principal Recipients Indonesia AIDS Coalition (PR IAC). This platform will consist of several learning courses regarding human rights and gender in the form of:
- Massive, open, online course learning (but allow for offline content download), independent (not facilitated by trainers)
- Using a Digital Platform in the form of LMS (Learning Management System)
- Videos (animations and/or recordings), visual materials, and infographics
- Can be done anytime and anywhere, individually
- Using an assessment and graduation system

Topics

Syllabus human rights include:
- Basic Human Rights:
  - Social context and analysis:
    - Understanding context mapping/social analysis, the importance of social analysis of human rights and its examples
    - How to conduct context mapping or social analysis
  - Basic Concepts, Definitions and History of Human Rights:
    - Understanding the basic concepts of human rights
    - The relationship between the concept of human rights and the context of the rights of people with HIV and key populations
- Advanced Human Rights:
  - Understanding the Concept of State Obligations and Human Rights Violations:
    - The Concept of State Obligations in Human Rights Law
    - Human Rights Violations and Forms of Human Rights Violations
  - Recognizing the Basic Human Rights Instruments at the National Level:
    - Types of basic human rights instruments at the national level
    - Scope of the contents of the Constitutional Amendment on Human Rights State Obligations
- CSS HR (Community and Human Rights System Strengthening):
  - CSS HR foundations:
    - Community Systems Strengthening Framework
    - CSS core components
  - Community Led Monitoring (CLM):
    - CLM core principles
    - routine data collection and analysis
Syllabus gender include:
- Basic gender:
  - The concept of gender:
    - Concept of gender and sex
    - Gender spectrum known in society
  - Gender inequality:
    - Understanding and Concept of Gender Injustice in General
    - Forms of Gender Injustice
- Advanced gender:
  - Gender Based Violence (GBV) and HIV:
    - Definition, root causes and forms of GBV
    - GBV and HIV
  - GBV as a vulnerability factor for HIV infection:
    - The relationship between GBV and HIV risk
    - Case examples of GBV in HIV infection vulnerability

Expected Outcomes

Establishment of e-learning platform (web based) for human rights and gender.
Increased knowledge of human rights and gender concepts among implementers.
Improved skills in applying human rights-based and gender-transformative approaches.
Curriculum development (Aug – Oct 2025):
- Develop learning modules needed to improve PR IAC competency in human rights and gender
- Develop material for certification for each learning module to measure the minimum standard of competency for staff who have completed it
Content development (Sep – Dec 2025):
- Based on the modules, develop pictorial content with audio and moving animations and/or recording that is easy to understand and interesting in accordance with PR IAC’s needs
- Dissemination to UNPD, UNAIDS, IAC, and TWG HIV for technical input and approval
- Final contents based on input given that has been presented and approved by UNDP and IAC
Platform architecture design (Oct – Nov 2025):
- Assess the IAC’s website/infrastructure to verify the compatibility of the existing website with the technical requirements of the e-learning platform
- A new design technical architecture to supports the desired features and functionalities of the e-learning system with the following considerations:
  - Follow recommended technical, design and accessibility WCAG standards.
  - Provide alternative solutions to learners with technological/location-related challenges
E-learning platform prototype (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026):
- Developing the human rights and gender transformative e-learning platform prototype including post-test and certification features based on the learning curriculum developed for the platform
- Initial testing to gain feedback from users (IAC) and UNDP UAT testing (a subset of the target audience uses the platform under real conditions). Feedback from this phase should be used to adjust, ensuring the platform is well-tuned to user needs and technical requirements
Launch and hand over (Jan 2026):
- Preparation and the launching of Human Rights and Gender Transformative Approach e-learning platform
- Detailed training modules covering all aspects of the platform, from basic navigation to complex troubleshooting and content updating
- Conduct a final review meeting to discuss the platform’s performance and gather feedback from all stakeholders
11 months maintenance and user support:
- Fixed errors and bugs including revision of layout, labelling, content that discovered after launching – as requested.

Eligibility Criteria

To produce a good quality of work, the agency/company must have a good and clear understanding of the technical areas with following requirements:
- The agency must be legal entity with a valid registration certificate.
- Has experience working with ministry or national and local institution in Indonesia.
- Having minimum 5 years work experience in information technology and data management systems
- Have experience in developing animated content and e-learning platform (please attach in the company profile).
- Have experience in developing functional requirements or features of an LMS platform (such as Moodle, Blackboard, etc), including platform management.

For more information, visit UNDP.