UN Women inviting Civil Society Organizations from Georgia

Deadline: 23 April 2020

UN Women is seeking to engage a CSO or a coalition of CSOs which will contribute to the achievement of following result – to capacitate CSOs to monitor and lobby for the implementation of CRPD, in the context of national and international commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment (CEDAW, BPfA, UPR, CSW Agreed Conclusions).

The selected responsible party is expected to deliver on the following objectives:

To mobilize a network of women’s organizations and disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs) to effectively lobby for the implementation of CRPD, especially in the context of international and national commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
To strengthen capacity of women’s CSOs and PDOs on the rights of women and girls with disabilities with focus on inter sectionality of gender and disability discrimination and linkages between SDGs, CRPD and Georgia’s international and national commitments on GEWE.
To strengthen capacity of women’s CSOs and PDOs on research methods with a special focus on qualitative research methods and gender statistics and data on PwDs.
To conduct assessment of implementation of GEWE commitments under CRPD aligned with SDGs, CEDAW and BPfA in Georgia.

Deliverables

The selected responsible party is expected to produce the following deliverables:

Deliverable 1: A network of CSOs – including CSOs and DPOs established DPOs to effectively lobby for the implementation of CRPD, especially in the context of international and national commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The network shall include at least 30 CSOs including region based CSOs and shall meet on regular basis.
Deliverable 2: Capacity development needs of the network members assessed, and a capacity development plan developed. The plan should outline a list of trainings and workshops to be conducted during the first phase of the project in order to capacitate CSOs to effectively monitor and lobby for the implementation of CRPD in the context of gender equality.
Deliverable 3: A series of trainings and workshops on gender equality and disability issues provided to the network as per the capacity development plan. The trainings should be based on the needs of the network member SCOs and should also cover: CRPD, SDGs, CEDAW and BPfA principles and should focus on inter linkages between SDGs, CRPD and Georgia’s national and international commitments to gender equality as well as on intersection between gender discrimination and disability.
Deliverable 4: A series of trainings and workshops on qualitative research methods and data analysis conducted for CSOs.
Deliverable 5: Joint CSO report on gender and disability in Georgia that critically assesses the implementation of gender commitments under CRPD aligned with SDGs, CEDAW and BPfA developed, published and disseminated to a wide range of stakeholders including government, development partners, CSOs and media.

Funding Information

The maximum budget for this proposal should be from USD 70,000 to USD 80,000 equivalent in GEL.
Timeframe: June 01,2020 – August 31,2021

Competencies

Requirements for the lead applicant Civil Society Organization (CSO):
- An officially registered legal entity/CSO as per Georgian regulations.
- At least 5 years of proven experience and results in working on issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
- At least 3 year of proved experienced and results in working on issues related to the rights of women and girls with disability.
- Specialized knowledge of gender equality, gender discrimination and disability issues.
- General organizational capacity (minimum staffing and structure of the organization) which is likely to affect the implementation: organization can demonstrate that it has already developed and implemented similar projects.
- Experience in working in the regions of Georgia will be an asset.
- Previous working experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations will be an asset.
Requirements for the co-applicant(s) Civil Society Organization(s) (CSO):
- An officially registered legal entity/CSO as per Georgian regulations.
- At least 3 years of proven experience and results in working on issues related with gender equality and/or disability.
- General organizational capacity (minimum staffing and structure of the organization) which is likely to affect the implementation: organization can demonstrate that it has already developed and implemented similar projects.
- Experience in working in the regions of Georgia will be an asset.
Qualified coordinator (team leader) with:
- At least Master’s Degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Law or related field.
- At least 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing donor funded projects in the field of human rights/social development.
- At least 5 years’ experience in working with multi-stakeholders: government, civil society and community-based organizations.
- Sound understanding of gender equality in the context of disability in Georgia.
- Sound understanding of CRPD, SDGs, CEDAW, BPfA and other gender equality commitments.
- Language qualifications: Fluency in Georgian and English.
- Familiarity with results-based management and human rights-based programming will be an asset.
- Previous professional experience with development agencies and/or the United Nations will be an asset.
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods and data analysis will be an asset.