Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.  Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action globally. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Republic of Serbia is a signatory to a number of important international treaties, which guarantee the equality of men and women and prohibit gender-based discrimination, most notably the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Istanbul Convention. National commitments on gender equality are in place, such as the National Strategy and Action Plan for Gender Equality and the Gender Equality Law. Despite the existing legal and policy framework, gender inequalities are prominent in Serbia and present in all spheres of life, in access to resources, in participation to decision-making processes and in interpersonal relations.

Through its programmes and projects, UN Women is providing technical assistance to national partners (governmental and non-governmental) in the implementation of existing international and national commitments to women’s rights and gender equality, it facilitates networking and exchange of good practices and advocates for women’s rights and gender equality in all areas of life. 

In the period 2018-2019, UN Women Programme Office in Serbia works towards selected development results in the framework of several projects to effectively coordinate and promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitments and advancing gender responsive policies and budgeting in Serbia. UN Women places a special focus on the position of vulnerable groups of women and is investing efforts in advocacy for their rights. Many great results have been achieved related to gender responsive budgeting, combating violence against women and strengthening mechanisms for gender equality which need to be captured and distributed to broader audiences for their learning and use in the future. 

UN Women Programme Office in Serbia is implementing a three-year Project “Support to Priority Actions for Gender Equality in Serbia”, funded by the European Commission within the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) II. The Project supports the Government of the Republic of Serbia in effective implementation of the EU Gender Equality Acquis and the National Strategy for Gender Equality 2016-2020. UN Women Serbia is implementing the Project, in close cooperation with the Coordination Body for Gender Equality, the Ministry of European Integration, the EU Delegation in Serbia and other partner institutions and women's organizations’. Furthermore, the project provides ongoing support to institutions and civil servants in achieving gender equality.

In order to ensure the systematic introduction of gender perspective in drafting new regulations, the Republic Secretariat for Public Policies has developed a Gender Equality Test. The proposer submits the completed Gender Equality Test form to the Republic Secretariat for Public Policies with the Report on the conducted analysis of the effects of regulations, as part of the material submitted for opinion. UN Women Serbia will provide support to republic Secretariat for Public Policies for systematic introduction of gender perspective in drafting new regulations and technical support to relevant ministries in fulfilling Gender Equality Test. 

Objective

The objective of this assignment is to strengthen civil servants to ensure the systematic introduction of gender perspective in drafting new regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Working under the overall supervision of the President of the Coordination Body for Gender Equality and UN Women Gender Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following:

• To develop training agenda, pre and post assessment for measuring change in participants` knowledge as a result of the training, training materials/PPT and hand-outs for a training on usage of Gender Equality Test for Republic Secretariat for Public Policy. 
• To organize and deliver online one-day tailor-made training for up to 10 participants.
• To prepare the brief Training Report in English with the overview of the training goals, summary of key discussions points and recommendations, and change in participants` knowledge.
• To provide technical support to civil servants from relevant ministries, who are in role of regulation proposers, in fulfilling Test for Gender Equality. 

Deliverables and Timeline:

Competencies

Core Values:

Integrity - Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism - Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity - Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Additionally, the individual should have an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity

Core Competencies:

Planning & Organizing – Develops clear goals in line with agreed strategies, identifies priorities, foresees risks and makes allowances accordingly.

Organizational Awareness - Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Teamwork - Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Accountability – Takes ownership of all responsibilities and delivers outputs in accordance with agreed time, cost and quality standards.

Functional Competencies:

Good knowledge of gender equality and women's rights issues;

Strong analytical skills;

Strong report writing skills;

Required Skills and Experience

• University degree in in the area of gender studies, management, international relations, political sciences, social sciences, or others. Master degree will be taken as advantage.
• At least 3 years of of experience in designing and delivering trainings in the area of gender equality and human rights.
• At least 3 years of experience in gender analysis, including collection and systematization of complex data and identification of sources of information.
• Experience in preparing and writing reports.

Language:

• Fluency in English and Serbian (written and oral).

Application procedure:

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:

• P11 with past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment, a signed copy should be submitted.
• Financial Proposal Specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this Terms of Reference. Can be downloaded from the following link: http://www.undp.org.rs/download/ic/Confirmation.docx. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days, travel costs for any part of the assignment outside of Belgrade, and any other possible costs).

In order to apply please merge your P11 and the financial proposal into a single PDF file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded.

Any request for clarification must be sent by standard electronic communication to the e-mail vacancy.rs@undp.org.

Evaluation of applicants:

Consultants will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: 

a) Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and 

b) Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria. 

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.

Financial Evaluation (30%) – max. 30 points:

The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion. A suggested formula is as follows:

p = 30 (µ/z)

Using the following values:

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated