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- Country: Albania
- Summary: National Consultant to Support the Preparation of Mid-Term Review of CO Strategic Note 2017-2021
- ALT Ref No: 30494094
- Deadline: 19 Feb 2019
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: United Nations Secretariat
- Purchaser Ownership: -
- Tender Value: Refer Document
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- Tenders are invited for National Consultant to support the preparation of Mid-Term Review of UN Women Albania CO Strategic Note 2017-2021. Background UN Women Albania-s Strategic Note (SN) 2017 -2021 is a forward-looking document that underscores the integrated nature of the Country Office (CO) programme within the UN Programme of Cooperation for Sustainable Development (PoCSD) 2017-2021. The CO SN is a forward-looking programmatic document that clearly embeds UN Women-s role in the context of supporting the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI), the National Strategy for Gender Equality (NSGE) 2016-2020, the context of EU integration and supporting the implementation of the 2030 Development Agenda and the SDGs. As such it underscores the importance of key partnerships with government and supporting its drive towards normative standards. Similarly, it places the opportunity afforded by partnerships across the spectrum from Civil Society and UN Partners to development agencies and donors as well as private sector noting the value of partnerships for not merely normative standards, proving models through implementation, coordination, advocacy and resource mobilization, but critically also for political support. The SN outlines the overall strategy and plan of action for the CO for the years 2017-2021 and includes a Development Results Framework (DRF) focused on programmatic plans, an Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework (OEEF) focused on coordination mandate and operations, each with expected results and targets/ indicators/ baselines. Under UN-Women-s policies and procedures in relation to programme management, a mid-term review (MTR) is mandatory for Strategic Note of at least three years duration. The objectives of the UN-Women Albania MTR are as follows: 1. Analysis and reflection on the progress of the programme and the validity of UN-Women-s strategy in Albania. 2. A re-examination of the offices theories of change for each of the relevant impact areas (WLPP, EVAW, WEE, Governance, National Planning and Budgeting). 3. Engagement with partners and beneficiaries in consideration of #1. 4. Recognition and response to changes in the programming context, particularly noting normative developments. The following is the overall timeline of MTR process in UN Women Albania CO in 2019. Task Time Finalization of ToR and agenda 31 January Recruitment of national consultant for the MTR 28 February Survey of partners 31 March Development of Position Papers and Agenda for the MTR meeting 30 April MTR meeting 16 - 17 May Finalization and sharing of MTR report 31 May Prior to the MTR meeting in May, some preparatory work need to be completed. This includes preparation of discussion papers and conducting a survey of key partners and stakeholders. UN Women Albania CO seeks a consultant to undertake key elements of the preparatory work for SN MTR in May 2019. Duties and Responsibilities Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of Office of UN Women Albania CO, the consultant will be responsible for following tasks to assist the preparation of the MTR: Desk review of key documents, including: · Guidance Note: Mid Term Reviews of Strategic Notes · UN Women Albania Strategic Note (2017-2021) · UN Women Albania Annual Reports (2017, 2018) and project annual reports · Albania PoCSD 2017-2021 · Prodocs of exisiting and pipeline projects and programmes · UN Women Global Strategic Plan SP (2018-2020) · ECA Regional Strategic Note 2019-2021 · ECA Regional Advocacy Paper “Building more inclusive, sustainable and prosperous societies in Europe and Central Asia” (2017) · Quality Assessment of UN Women Strategic Notes and Annual Reports (2017 and 2018) · UNDAF annual reports · UN Development System reform - Repositioning of the UN system Document Prepare a short questionnaire based on the sample questions in the Annex of the UN Women MTR guidance, and conduct a survey of key UNW CO partners, analyzing and synthesizing results for feedback. Develop a short and focused Positioning Paper outlining relevance and programme balance. Review and make recommendations on position papers to be prepared together with the CO team on Programme, Partnerships, Normative Issues, Coordination Issues, Operations and Communication. Capture the main findings and issues identified for all papers in a powerpoint presentation and brief the CO team. Conduct specific sessions within the Mid Term Review workshop, and participate fully in discussions. Expected Key Deliverables by the Consultant and its timeline: Key Deliverables Timeline Questionnaire drafted and finalized, and the questionnaire being distributed to key partners By 10 March Responses from key partners being collected and consolidated By 31 March Summary of key findings and recommendations generated from the analysis of questionnaire responses being drafted and finalized in Word Document By 15 April 2-3 page positioning paper in Word prepared and finalized by answering the following questions (as specified in the MTR guidance): · Is UN Women relevant in the country and making a difference? · Is the office succeeding in striking the right balance between its programmatic, normative, advocacy, and coordination roles? · Are the Theories of change that underpin the programme still valid? · What are the issues and challenges? · Does something need to change? Are we responding to the right issues at the right level? By 30 April One-page position papers on Programme, Partnerships, Normative Issues, Coordination Issues, Operations and Communication. By 7 May Conduct key sessions with MTR workshop and contribute to discussions. 16 - 17 May Prepare and finalise SN MTR report including summarising findings from the MTR workshop discussions. 31 May Duration and remuneration: UN Women will fund the costs of the consultancy work and maintain overall oversight and monitoring of the consultancy work. The duration of the consultancy will be from 1 March - 31 May 2019 with an estimated 20 working days. Competencies Core Values: · Respect for Diversity · Integrity · Professionalism Core Competencies: · Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues · Accountability · Creative Problem Solving · Effective Communication · Inclusive Collaboration · Stakeholder Engagement · Leading by Example Please visit this link for more information on UN Women-s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf Functional Competences · Excellent analytical and research skills · Strong facilitation skills; · Strong interpersonal and good communication abilities · Excellent writing skills both in Albanian and in English · Proven ability to work within limited time constraints in the preparation of high quality documents; · Ability to organize work efficiently and deal with multiple tasks; Required Skills and Experience Education: · Master-s degree or advanced university degree in social science, gender/women-s studies, programme management, or other related fields Experience: · At least 10 years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities; · Experience working on gender equality and women-s empowerment issues in Albania. · Proven experience in guiding and documenting programme reviews and evaluations · Proven knowledge of programme monitoring and evaluation theory, including theories of change, methodology, technology and tools; · Experience working programming, monitoring and evaluation with the UN agencies, similar international organizations, NGOs, multi/bilateral and/or government institutions would be an advantage. Language requirements: · Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Albanian is mandatory. Evaluation of Applicants: Candidates will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of the applicants- qualifications and financial proposal. The evaluation of technical criteria will include interviews with the candidates, to confirm their experience in the areas of gender equality, women-s empowerment and ending violence against women. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: · Responsive to and compliant with the ToR; and · 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. Evaluation Criteria: Technical Evaluation (70%) - Maximum Obtainable Points 70 Education - Master-s degree or advanced university degree in social science, gender/women-s studies, programme management, or other related fields: 10 points Experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities: 15 points Experience working on gender equality and women-s empowerment issues in Albania.: 15 points Proven experience in guiding and documenting programme reviews and evaluations (knowledge of programme monitoring and evaluation theory, including theories of change, methodology, technology and tools): 20 points Experience working pr
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