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EXTENDED DEADLINE - LOCAL CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT THE CONDUCTION OF A TRAINING WORKSHOP AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLKIT ON GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING (GRB) FOR CSOS
Location :	Skopje, FYR MACEDONIA
Application Deadline :	18-Jun-12
Type of Contract :	Individual Contract
Post Level :	National Consultant
Languages Required :	English
Expected Duration of Assignment :	1 July – 15 September (estimated 12 working days)
Background
Over the past years, UN Women has provided support to national and local stakeholders in strengthening democratic governance and advancing women’s rights through initiatives aimed at mainstreaming gender in policy planning and budgeting. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) has been identified as important tool for advancing gender equality in key national documents as in accordance with existing Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) national policy documents on social inclusion and gender equality. In accordance with government priorities stated in the national and local plans and strategies, UN Women has been supporting government efforts (at central and local level) in using GRB as a tool to advance gender equality and ensure that women’s needs are incorporated in policies and related budgets. At the same time, technical assistance was provided to non-governmental organizations and gender experts in developing and using GRB as a tool for carrying out different analyses such as piloting costing studies, monitoring existing sectoral policies and budgets from gender perspective and advocate for policy change. The long-term result of these initiatives is the incorporation of gender equality principles, perspectives and priorities not only in policy making, but also in budgeting at national and local level, leading to greater accountability and transparency of public finances. In the framework of the Regional Project on Gender Polices in CEE countries financed by Austrian Development Agency and UN Women, a three day training workshop with CSOs in FYR Macedonia will be supported with an aim of increasing capacities on how to analyze public policies/budgets and making them gender responsive. Further to that, development of a GRB advocacy toolkit for CSOs would also be supported. This GRB tool kit will serve as a guide for the introduction of how SCOs can use GRB to do gender analyses, policy and budget monitoring in order to get the information needed to become a voice of the community. To this effect, UN Women is seeking to recruit a local consultant that will support an international consultant in delivering two and half day training for CSOs in FYR Macedonia and developing GRB toolkit for CSOs.
Duties and Responsibilities
Working under the supervision of the GRB Regional Project Manager and the UN Women FYR Macedonia National Project Coordinator on GRB, and in coordination with an International consultant, the local consultant will be responsible to support the delivery of two and a half day training for CSOs and development of a GRB toolkit for CSOs. The training should be interactive and offer: 1) Theoretical background for policy analysis and budget monitoring from gender perspective 2) Practical tools on how to carry out gender budget analysis, based on budgetary systems of CEE countries as well as resources needed for assessing impact on beneficiaries; 3) Practical tools on how to mainstream gender in budget based on budgetary system of FYR Macedonia with examples of successful GRB initiatives globally; 4) Reflections on possible GRB advocacy work of CSOs in the future with examples of CSO work on GRB globally. With regards the training component on the budgetary process in FYR of Macedonia, the local consultant will provide e necessary support to the international consultant. Further to that the local consultant will advise the international consultant on issues of interest of CSOs in FYR Macedonia and the GRB specificities of the local context. The GRB toolkit should provide: 1) Practical tools for CSOs on how to carry out gender analyses step by step using GRB as a tool; 2) Methods for: monitoring of policies and budgets from gender perspective including gender indicators and sex disaggregated data. 3) Examples of good practice of GRB results used as advocacy for policy change 4) Each chapter should have short boxes with steps and short examples on how to do it. Deliverables The local expert will be assigned the following tasks: 1) Supprot international consultant in the delivery of a training workshop for CSOs: • Drawing from national experiences, provide advise to the international consultant in the preparation of a draft agenda and training materials in English for a two and half day training workshop on GRB for CSOs; • Give inputs to the preparation of all required presentations and materials for two and a half day training with CSOs in close cooperation with international consultant and UN Women; • Support the international consultant in the conduction of the training; o give inputs in the preparation of the report in English including the results of the pre and post evaluation and recommendations for the future work in close collaboration with the international consultant and UN Women o Support the international expert with translation form ?ac?donian to ?nglish and vice versa as needed. The local consultant shall support the international consultant in ensuring the following training outputs: o Pre-training evaluation of CSO capacities on GRB; o Improved knowledge of CSOs on how GRB tools can be used for mainstreaming gender in policies and budgets cycle, including monitoring systems; o Strengthened capacity of CSOs with particular emphasis on how to develop and use GRB tools when they do budget watch dog activities; o Developed and presented eexercises with tools and practical steps on how to carry out gender budget analysis, based on budgetary systems of FYR Macedonia and assessing the impact on beneficiaries; o Identified steps for possible CSO advocacy activities in this area; o Post-training evaluation of CSO capacities on GRB. 2) Support the international consultant in the development of a GRB advocacy toolkit for CSO incorporating: a) tools for GRB analysis, b) methods for monitoring of policies and budgets from gender perspective; and c) GRB advocacy strategies used by CSO; and revise as per comments of UN Women. 3) Support the international consultant in the preparation of a report - in English - on the training and subsequent advocacy, including suggestions to UN Women for future work in the area of strengthening CSO capacities as GRB advocates and the results of pre and post evaluation with focus on knowledge change.
Competencies
Competencies, Core values • Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modeling UN values and ethical standards. • Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results. • Display cultural, gender, nationality, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability. Core competencies • GRB: strong expertise in the application of gender responsive budgeting methodologies and gender mainstreaming at national level. • Policy and budget cycle: knowledge and expertise on policy development and budgetary processes in FYR Macedonia, as well as budget analysis and budget advocacy from the perspective of civil society. • Communication, writting and training delivering experience: a) excellent communication and writting skills, b) experience in designing and delivering training for civil society, and c) experience in developing advocacy capacities of civil society. • Report writing skills
Required Skills and Experience
Qualifications Education • Advanced degree in economics, international law, development studies, and/or gender studies and/or international relations, or similar; Experience • A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience; • Previous training experience on public policies analysis and monitoring with gender perspective; • In-depth knowledge of the policy development and budgeting processes in FYR Macedonia; • Knowledge on local government policies specifically gender policies and legal frameworks.; • Previous experience with development of advocacy materials for CSO; • Experience on report writing; • Demonstrated interest and/or experience in gender work; • Demonstrated ability to work in a team; • Strong analytical, writing and communication skills in English and Macedonian; • Good computer skills in Windows environment, knowledge of internet communications and command of MS Office applications (Power Point, Word, Excel). Evaluation of Applicants: Individual consultants will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal. The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: • responsive/compliant/acceptable • having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. Only the highest ranked candidates who would be found qualified for the job will be considered for the Financial Evaluation. Technical criteria – 70% of total evaluation – max 45 points: Criteria A – Relevant education max points: 5 Criteria B – Expertise on GRB, gender mainstreaming and budgeting of public policies form a gender perspective max points: 15 Criteria C - Knowledge of budgeting processes max points: 10 Criteria D – Experience with adult learning and participatory training methods max points: 10 Criteria E – Knowledge of/previous experience in Macedonia and in the region of CSEE max points: 5 Duration and remuneration: The duration of the contract is maximum 12 working days in the period 1 July – 15 September. The payment will be made upon satisfactory completion of all tasks in the assignment, and submission and approval by UN Women of final report. Application Interested candidates are requested to apply online through this site no later than COB 11 June 2012. The application should contain: • Short Letter of interest, including financial proposal, indicating a total lump sum for the delivery of outputs as per above description. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (consultancy fee per number of anticipated working days, travel and any other possible costs). • Completed UN Women Personal History (P11) form, that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment/ UN Women applies fair and transparent selection process that would take into account the competencies/skills of the applicants as well as their financial proposals.

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