Deadline: 23-Oct-20
UN Women Timor-Leste Country Office is looking for a registered non-government organization led by people with disabilities or partnership between different organizations led by an organization of people with disabilities (DPO), particularly women with disabilities, to strengthen essentials services for women and girls with disabilities (WAGWD) who experience violence in Timor-Leste.
This partnership will support the National Action Plan on GBV, and strengthen services which are guided by The UN Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence.”
Outcomes
In support of these efforts, the UN Women Timor-Leste Country Office is looking for a national non-government organization or collaboration between organizations to deliver the following project results:
- Outcome 1: Relevant government authorities and women’s rights organizations at national and sub-national levels have better knowledge and capacity to deliver quality and coordinated essential services to women and girls experiencing violence, especially those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. This outcome is looking for changes in terms of improved knowledge and attitudes toward WAGWD. This will result in an improved understanding of the needs of women and girls with disabilities and how to work from a survivor-centered perspective.
- Outcome 2: Improved access to inclusive essential services for WAGWD. This output is looking for a change in terms of access for women and girls with disabilities to quality and coordinated essential services. This is a key part of the Leave No One Behind approach. Relevant authorities and service providers receive training and support to adapt services to meet the needs of WAGWD and will work together with WAGWD to guide responses to ensure that services are more accessible.
- Outcome 3: Improved policies and laws are in place and implemented to enable greater inclusion of WAGWD in VAWG prevention and support services as a result of collaborative policy influencing, putting women and girls with disabilities at the center of advocacy. This outcome is looking for changes to ensure policies are more inclusive of VAWG and disability rights issues. Advocacy will target inclusion of disability in the next NAP GBV, in other national action and strategic plans, and their implementation at the Municipal and sub-municipal levels.
Funding Information
- The budget for this proposal should be no more than USD 30,000.
Competencies
Technical/functional competencies required:
- Organizational experience and credibility on programming for ending violence against women and girls, disability rights, gender, and development;
- Leadership by people with disabilities, and particularly women;
- Experience, staff, and/or networks in municipalities of focus for Spotlight (Ermera, Bobonaro, Viqueque)
- A proven commitment to the delivery of results in a professional manner (able to provide records of successful projects);
- Knowledge, experience, and success in capacity development of grassroots groups, including people with disabilities;
- Has internal programmatic, administrative, and financial processes in a plan to ensure delivery of quality, cost-effective and timely program results;
- Financial and administrative structure: has written and transparent financial and administrative rules and regulations, has a 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, vouchers, etc).
- 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, programs, 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 the capacity to follow the UN Protocol on Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, including reporting requirements to UN Women.
Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- Experience managing programs funded by the European Union;
- Joint applications or consortium involving organizations representing diverse stakeholders are strongly encouraged (nothing that submission should be made by one organization as the overall lead or coordination entity).
Mandatory/Pre-Qualification Criteria
- The mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria have been designed to assure that, to the degree possible in the initial phase of the CFP selection process, only those proponents with sufficient experience, the financial strength, and stability, the demonstrable technical knowledge, the evident capacity to satisfy UNWOMEN requirements and superior customer references for supplying the services envisioned in this CFP will qualify for further consideration. UNWOMEN reserves the right to verify any information contained in the proponent’s response or to request additional information after the proposal is received. Incomplete or inadequate responses, lack of response, or misrepresentation in responding to any questions will affect your evaluation.
- Proponents will receive a pass/fail rating in the mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria section. In order to be considered for Phase I, proponents must meet all the mandatory requirements/pre-qualification criteria described in this CFP.
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