Deadline: 2-Dec-21
UN Women in Albania, in the framework of “Gender Sensitive Post-Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction” project, funded by the Government of Sweden, through the UN Albania SDG Acceleration Fund, is planning to collaborate with partner non-government organizations with experience in supporting national authorities at the central and local levels in the area of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), environment and climate change, including gender mainstreaming in relevant policies, programmes and response mechanisms.
The project aims to strengthen resilience by reducing inequality and the vulnerability of women affected by the earthquake and at risk of other natural disasters. Part of this intervention includes provision of support to the Albanian government to mainstream gender, ensure women’s participation and leadership in existing and future humanitarian/crisis response frameworks at the central and local levels and ensure the authorities and society are well prepared to addresses gender-specific capacities and needs of the population. The scope of this intervention will be reached also by liaising with other UN agencies that are involved in DRR interventions in Albania.
In this respect, UN Women is planning to collaborate with a Civil Society Organisation with experience in supporting national authorities at the central and local levels in the area of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), environment and climate change, including gender mainstreaming in relevant policies, programmes and response mechanisms.
Funding Information
The budget for this proposal should be 5,300.000 ALL
Eligible Projects
The projects considered eligible to receive a maximum of 5,300,000 ALL shall:
- Conduct a desk review of national and international documents and processes for guidance on gender mainstreaming and women’s participation and leadership in DRR frameworks;
- Conduct an assessment of the gender dimension in the DRR frameworks in consultation with various stakeholders to collect their views, observations and recommendations with a focus on existing challenges and opportunities for gender mainstreaming;
- Provide advice and technical support to central government, including through development of practical guidelines and tools for gender mainstreaming in documents, policies and plans that are being developed at the central level, focusing in particular on the draft strategy on DRR;
- Engage in discussions with representatives of local government and conduct an assessment of the institutions’ capacities at municipality level in guaranteeing the gender specific needs and the inclusion of these needs in local DRR plans.
- Provide recommendations, including practical guidance on gender sensitive measures to be mainstreamed in local DRR plans;
- Capacity building of local stakeholders and sensitization and education of the local population on gender specific needs in DRR actions, in at least three of the earthquake-affected municipalities.
Deliverables
- Short report related to the methodology of desk review and assessment conducted through consultations at the central level;
- Report/position paper, including recommendations for gender mainstreaming in DRR frameworks, including the DRR strategy and entry points on climate change frameworks (in English and Albanian);
- Short report of the methodology of assessment conducted through consultations at the local level;
- Detailed guidelines and tools for gender mainstreaming on documents, policies and plans that are being developed at the local level in in at least three of the earthquake affected municipalities;
- Practical general guidelines and tools for gender mainstreaming on documents, policies and plans that are being developed at the local level targeting at least 8 earthquake hit municipalities; Reports of capacity support work and awareness raising activities;
- Lists of participants for all capacity building activities disaggregated by sex.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required;
- Proven experience in promoting women’s rights and gender equality;
- Specific knowledge and experience related to support to (central and local) government authorities in the context of disaster risk management, as well as environment and climate change;
- Experience in conducting research, preparing and delivering training programmes and other capacity building initiatives in the area of gender mainstreaming in DRR, environment and climate change;
- Previous experience with the UN and other international organizations related to gender mainstreaming, DRR and environment and climate change;
- Communication and visibility experience.
- Other competencies:
- Human rights-based and gender-responsive approaches that place first priority on promoting, protecting and fulfilling human rights, including the rights of women and girls;
- Holistic responses that address women and girls’ inter-related rights and needs, including safety, access to health, education and economic security;
- Evidence-based programming, building on lessons learned and recommended practices, to ensure optimal results and use of resources;
- Coordination and multi-sectorial partnerships, including among government organizations, nongovernmental organizations, women’s and other civil society groups;
- Commitment to knowledge sharing, by documenting, evaluating and disseminating results, and working with UN Women staff in the process.
For more information, visit https://albania.un.org/en/158141-call-proposal-cfps-gender-mainstreaming-disaster-risk-reduction-drr-albania