Deadline: 4-May-23
UN Women is looking to partner with a local NGO to strengthen the capacities of the Iraqi government and CSOs in advocacy, awareness raising, documentation, communication and ensure their active and effective engagement in the implementation of INAP II. Interventions include implementing sensitization campaigns in partnership with governmental and non-governmental actors at national and local levels.
This proposal aims at sensitizing media actors and enhancing their skills in gender-sensitive communication focusing on the impact of conflict on women and the role women play in a post-conflict and peacebuilding setting.
The project will also strengthen the government and civil society’s capacity in advocacy, awareness raising, documentation, and communication to ensure their active and effective engagement in the implementation of INAP II. This includes implementing awareness raising and sensitization campaigns in partnership with governmental (including the Communication and Media Commission (CMC) and the Iraqi Media Network (IMN)) and non-governmental actors at national and local levels.
Outcome: Government and civil society actors create an enabling environment for the effective implementation of the INAP II.
Output: General public have increased awareness on WPS and INAP II through the active engagement of the media and CSOs.
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be [$130,000- $150,000].
Activities
- Activity 1.1: Sensitize media actors on the impact of the conflict of women and the role of women in relief, recovery, reconstruction and peacebuilding and build their knowledge and skills on gender-sensitive communication.
- Target: 70% of targeted media actors who report increased knowledge on the impact of conflict on women
- Activity 1.2: Support government counterparts including CMC and IMN as well as civil society organizations on advocacy, awareness raising, documentation and communication.
- Target: Develop and publish at least 30 communication materials with dissemination to targeted audience
- Activity 1.3: Carry out advocacy and awareness-raising activities and campaigns in partnership with governmental, non-governmental and civil society actors at national and local levels
- Target: Organise and conduct 15 awareness-raising and advocacy initiatives across Iraq on INAP II.
- Activity 2.1: Coordinate with relevant governmental and non-governmental entities including media and ministries in the implementation of the INAP II communications plan (Partner is expected to support in implementing some of the activities in the comms plan and not the entire plan).
- Activity 2.2: Organise and carry out joint activities and events in partnership and coordination with UNWomen for women day events including and not limited to International Women’s Day (IWD), UNSCR1325 anniversary and 16 Days of Activism.
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:
- Soundness of technical competency described in the approach to the project as described in the Terms of Reference for the Call for Proposals, to be demonstrated by a track record of successful programmatic interventions
- Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency, demonstrated by previous partnerships with UNWomen or other donor organisations.
- Relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results, demonstrated by expertise in gender-related work and community outreach
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
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