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National consultant to conduct a Final Evaluation of the programme “Standards and Engagement for Ending Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina”

Home Based - May require travel

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: Home Based - May require travel
  • Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Gender-based violence
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
  • Closing Date: Closed

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination and violence 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. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programs and services needed to implement these standards.Violence against women and girls and domestic violence are widespread social problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), constituting serious violations of fundamental human rights. This type of violence is still seen and tolerated as “socially acceptable behaviour” and is justified by the prevailing socially accepted gender norms on the role and status of women in the family and in society. Results of the first and only countrywide Survey on Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Women (2013) indicated that almost half of women older than fifteen have been subjected to one or more forms of violence at least once in their lifetime. This research confirmed that women in BiH are exposed to a high risk of experiencing violence, primarily through their immediate, intimate relationships with partners and family, and secondarily in their broader community. Women who suffer multiple forms of discrimination such as women with disabilities, Roma women and rural women are at greater risk of experiencing such violence.The most common violence experienced by women and girls is domestic violence / intimate partner violence. It is estimated that 47.2% of women in BiH aged 15 and over have experienced some form of violence: physical, psychological, sexual or economic. 11.9% of women experienced some form of gender-based violence in the year preceding the Fist study on the Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against women in BiH (2013). The risk of such violence is worse for younger women: women, aged 18-24, experience such violence at a rate of 56.36%, compared to 44.2% of women over the age of 65. Women in disadvantaged households are at a greater risk of becoming targets of such violence. Violence against women is largely considered culturally acceptable behaviour, and crimes often go unpunished or unreported due to lack of understanding among women of their legal rights, social stigmatization of victims, insufficiency of witness protection measures, and lack of police support for victims. There is also an absence of understanding about women’s rights and vulnerabilities among judges, lawyers and prosecutors, and the legal definitions of and punishments for forms of violence against women and domestic violence in BiH are not in line with international standards.The entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) in 2014 has marked an important milestone in the efforts to curb violence against women and domestic violence in BiH. The Convention sets legally binding standards and calls upon state parties to take action to prevent and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence. By ratifying the Istanbul Convention, Bosnia and Herzegovina assumed an obligation to adopt the relevant standards and take decisive action to comprehensively address gender-based violence against women – to prevent it, to protect and socially integrate its survivors, and to prosecute and work to rehabilitate its perpetrators.Despite the fact that new legislation  on protection from family violence was adopted in 2012 in both of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entities, relevant institutions have failed to harmonize these laws at all levels and implement their necessary provisions, and thus do not provide the legal security, equal?treatment and protection of rights of the women and children who are? recognized as the most frequent victims of family violence. There is also a?notable lack of availability of specialized services for other types of violence?against women such as rape, sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Certain striking characteristics in the cycle of violence include: women, as the majority of victims, have high levels of tolerance of violence and are unable to find ways to leave the vicious cycle of violence because they lack clear perceptions of themselves as victims and fail to realize that they have rights and opportunities to receive protection; men, as the majority of perpetrators, are not appropriately prosecuted nor do they receive adequate counselling and rehabilitation services; and institutions and CSOs do not have sufficient capacities and do not coordinate their efforts enough to provide comprehensive and standardized responses to violence and its consequences.“Standards and Engagement for Ending Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, is a three-year programme (2016-2019) developed by the UN Women Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and financially supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The programme aims to strengthen the institutional and social response mechanisms to violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV) in BiH by contributing to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Furthermore, the proposed activities of the programme build upon the initiatives identified in the entity strategies on combating violence against women and domestic violence. The programme presents a comprehensive, transformative approach towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Programme was extended in two instances, in October 2016 to support a knowledge exchange international conference “Involvement of Men and Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence" and in November 2017 to upscale the current work, support the consolidation of results on the work on EVAW as well as to pilot a Gender Equality Facility concept in BiH.The programme builds on the previous work of UN Women and other UN agencies in BiH since 2008. The programme has two main components that are focusing on protection of survivors and prevention of gender-based violence (GBV).

Duties and Responsibilities

Outcome 1: Survivors of VAWG and domestic violence have access to better quality multi-sectoral services.Output 1.1: Women and girls have increased access to institutional and non-institutional services for VAWG in line with international and regional standards.Under this output, UN Women provides technical assistance to working groups at the state and entity levels, as well as in the Brcko District, to prevent and combat VAWG and domestic violence. • Cantonal bodies to respond and prevent domestic violence are fully operational in two cantons (Canton 10 and Central Bosnia Canton).• Eighteen multi-sectoral teams at the local level were set up and are being strengthened (Canton 10 and Central Bosnia Canton).• Capacities of targeted service providers at the local level was strengthened to respond to domestic violence • Local protocols on multi-sectoral cooperation have been signed in three target municipalities in Republika Srpska: Zvornik, Sokolac and Bratunac.• Local Action Plans for preventing and combating VAW are adopted by the local councils in Lopare and Foca.• The Law on Protection against Domestic Violence in Brcko District is adopted.• The Local Action Plan for Preventing, Protecting and Combating VAW and domestic violence and the Protocol on Cooperation and Action in VAW cases is developed and signed by all responsible service providers.

Output 1.2: Relevant service providers in selected communities have strengthened capacities to respond to VAWG and domestic violence.The Programme supports capacity building of professionals from institutions mandated to respond to VAWG and domestic violence, as well as works with perpetrators of VAWG and domestic violence. • In the Republika Srpska, Federation of BiH and District Brcko, service providers from target locations have raised their capacities on how to work with survivors of VAWG and domestic violence through tailor-made trainings.• Module for multisectoral response to domestic violence developed by the Gender Centre Republika Srpska within this Programme was endorsed as a part of official curriculum in the Department for Social Work of University of Banja Luka• Knowledge products for enhancing the service providers’ response to domestic violence in line with Istanbul Convention were finalized and widely disseminated in Republika Srpska.

Output 1.3: Gender Equality Agency and Directorate for EU Integration have capacities for gender sensitive policy making in line with the EU acquis and EU Gender Action Plan• Process of analysis of links between various reform and EU integration targets is initiated, including early draft of recommendations within Gender Equality Brief.• Secretariat of the “Regional Network” of the Balkan Region has been set up in Belgrade and is fully functional.

Outcome 2: Men, women and youth demonstrate increased intolerance towards VAWG in their attitudes and behaviours.Output 2.1: Men, women and young people in selected communities engaged to foster favourable social attitudes and behaviours towards ending VAWG.Under this output, UN Women aims to work with young people, especially men and boys in the education system, focusing on programmes that promote human rights, gender equality and respectful relationships.• All required MoUs were signed (with Entity and Cantonal Ministries of Education and high schools in the target locations).• Eight “Be a Man” clubs with 154 members were established in four target locations. Knowledge of members on gender stereotypes and violence against women and girls was increased.• Selected teachers and students from all high schools in Canton 10 and Central Bosnia Canton increased their capacities to become trainers on the topic of gender-based violence (GBV).• Video messages of prominent Bosnian men raising their voice against violence were produced and disseminated.

Output 2.2: Media actively involved to make general public more aware of the negative consequences of VAWG and the importance of the role of men as agents of change.UN Women focuses on providing technical support and funding to implement innovative media advocacy approaches that engage men and boys in promoting gender equality.• A Media Coverage Handbook for responsible reporting on gender-based violence and a corresponding training package for various types of media professionals was finalized.• Local media professionals have received training to become more equipped to report on VAW. Additionally, professionals from VAW related institutions and CSOs had the opportunity to connect and discuss the issue with local media.• A network of journalists dedicated to raising public awareness on VAW and GBV was established.• New tech solutions to combat violence against women and girls were generated at a 48-hour hackathon in Sarajevo, which brought youth from all around the country together with gender and IT experts.

Project beneficiaries and key stakeholdersThe programme targets women and girls survivors of gender-based violence in target locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It aims to strengthen the institutional and social response mechanisms to violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV) in BiH by contributing to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention.The programme has established the following formal partnerships with governmental institutions: Gender Centre of the Federation of BiH and Gender Centre of Republika Srpska, and non-governmental organizations: Foundation Lara Bijeljina, Foundation United Women Banja Luka, Association Zene (Woman) BiH from Mostar, Association Buducnost (Future) Modrica and its partner organization Association Vive Zene from Tuzla,  Association Medica Zenica and its partner organizations: Association of Women Bosansko Grahovo and Association New Vision from Travnik, and Association XY and its partner organizations: Care International, Association Youth Power from Mostar, Association Perpetuum Mobile from Banja Luka. Additionally, the programme closely collaborates with the Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Budget, geographical scope and timeframeThe programme activities are being implemented in several locations: municipalities of Central Bosnia Canton and Canton 10, Brcko District, Bijeljina, East Sarajevo, Bratunac, Foca, Lopare, Milici, Rogatica, Srebrenica, Visegrad, Vlasenica and Zvornik. The programme has two main areas of work that are focusing on protection of survivors and prevention of violence against women and domestic violence.Total programme budget is USD 1,969,563 contributed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) from March 2016 to February 2019.

Project managementOperational Management of the programmeOverall management responsibility rests with UN Women Representative to BiH. A Project Manager is responsible for day-to-day management and implementation of the programme. The Project Manager is supported by a Field Coordinator, who is responsible for implementing and monitoring the activities in the selected communities, as well as a Project Assistant, who is responsible for financial and administrative issues related to the programme implementation. Other experts are hired on a short-term basis, as needed, according to contracting modalities that UN Women is applying. With receiving an additional funds in 2018, two additional team members were hired to support the implementation of the programme - Project Associate and Project Assistant. Finally, project coordinator was hired to support the implementation of the Gender Equality Facility component of the programme.

Steering Committee

A Programme Steering Committee is set up and chaired by UN Women Representative in BiH.The members of the Steering Committee include:• Representative of UN Women to BiH,• Representative of the Agency for Gender Equality of BiH,• Representative of the Gender Center of Republika Srpska,• Representative of the Gender Center of Federation of BiH,• Representative of the Government of Brcko District of BiH,• Representative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies of the Federation BiH,• Representative of the Government of Republika Srpska – Ministry for Economic Relation and Regional Cooperation.

Members of the Steering Committee are responsible to:• Provide supervision to ensure that the programme and the projects implemented by the partners maintain their relevance and priorities outlined in the documents, and that they respond to developments in the country;• Provide advice on any developments and external environment (political, social, economic) factors that can affect implementation of the programme and the sustainability of the results;• Provide forum for discussion and guide the possible adjustments in the programme strategies resulting from any such developments, in order to ensure achievement of planned results;• Review and endorse work plans and budgets of the programme.

EVALUATION PURSPOSE, OBJECTIVES AND USE

A final evaluation of the programme “Standards and Engagement for Ending Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in BiH” is conducted with a special focus on lessons learnt. The main purpose of this final evaluation is to assess in more detail the programmatic progress and performance of the above described intervention considering the following evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness, impact, organizational efficiency and sustainability. The evaluation will not be able to fully assess the programme’s performance, as some activities will still be ongoing when the evaluation takes place.

Specifically, the objectives of this evaluation are to:• Analyse the relevance of the programme objectives, strategy and approach at the local, cantonal, entity and state level for ending violence against women and domestic violence in BiH• Assess effectiveness and a potential measurable impact of the programme intervention on the target groups• Assess organizational efficiency and coordination mechanisms in progressing towards the achievement of the programme results as defined in the intervention• Assess the sustainability of the results and the intervention in advancing gender equality in the target group• Identify and document lessons learned, good practices and innovations, success stories and challenges within the programme, to inform future work of UN Women on ending violence against women in BiH• Identify strategies for replication and up-scaling of the programme’s best practices• Provide actionable recommendations with respect to UN Women’s work on addressing Violence against Women in BiH.The findings of the evaluation are expected to contribute to effective programming, organizational learning and accountability. It will also be a key input to knowledge management on ending violence against women and domestic violence programmes in BiH. The findings of the evaluation will moreover be used to engage policy makers and other stakeholders at local, national and regional levels in evidence-based dialogues and to advocate for developing a sustainable response to and prevention of gender-based violence and domestic violence in BiH.Targeted users of the evaluation are the personnel of UN Women in BiH, the responsible parties, and the government counterparts at local and national levels, CSOs, and other UN agencies, donor community and development partners present in BiH, and the programme beneficiaries. The evaluation should also provide specific recommendations as to the priority areas that should be considered to inform future programming in this area in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This would include interventions that require continued support, successful interventions for expansion, and recommendations on prioritizing interventions to maximize impact. It should also define recommendations to improve project management and maximize ownership by partners in the country. 

 EVALUATION SCOPE, METHODOLOGY AND QUESTIONS

3.1 Scope of the evaluation

The final evaluation of the Programme Standards and Engagement for Ending Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in BiH will be conducted in the final stage of its implementation and will cover the period from March 1st 2016 to October 1st 2018. The evaluation is scheduled between October 2018 and January 2019. The evaluation includes a data collection mission to Sarajevo and up to six additional selected programme locations in BiH (in total duration of 12 days). Evaluation team will be responsible for the organization of the travel.The evaluation shall cover all aspects of the programme, and broadly allocate resources (time) in relation to the relative expenditure between the various components of the programme.

3.2 Evaluation methodologyThe evaluation will be a transparent and participatory process involving relevant UN Women stakeholders and partners in BiH. The evaluation will be based on gender and human rights principles and adhere to the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards and Ethical Code of Conduct and UN Women Evaluation Policy and guidelines .The evaluation is a final programme evaluation and both a summative approach focusing on capturing the lessons learned during the implementation and assessing the achievement of the results at output and outcome levels, as well as a formative, forward-looking approach assessing the applicability of the results will be employed. The evaluation methodology will furthermore follow a ToC approach and employ mixed methods including quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and analytical approaches to account for complexity of gender relations and to ensure participatory and inclusive processes that are culturally appropriate.Methods may include but are not limited to:• Desk review of relevant documents such as project and programme documents, progress reports, financial records, meeting minutes and monitoring reports, and secondary data or studies relating to the country context and situation• Semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, surveys with direct and indirect beneficiaries, implementing partners, donor and other stakeholders• Field visits and observation at selected programme sites

Data from different research sources will be triangulated to increase its validity. The proposed approach and methodology has to be considered as flexible guidelines rather than final requirements, and the evaluators will have an opportunity to make their inputs and propose changes in the evaluation design. The methodology and approach should, however, incorporate human rights and gender equality perspectives. It is expected that the Evaluation Team will further refine the approach and methodology and submit a detailed description in the inception report.Comments provided by the Evaluation Reference Group (ERG) and Evaluation Management Group (EMG) are aimed at methodological rigor, factual errors, errors of interpretation, or omission of information and must be considered by the evaluators to ensure a high-quality product. The final evaluation report should reflect the evaluator’s consideration of the comments and acknowledge any substantive disagreements.

3.3. Evaluation questions

Considering the mandates to incorporate human rights and gender equality in all its work and the UN Women Evaluation Policy, which promotes the integration of women’s rights and gender equality principles, these dimensions will have a special attention in this evaluation and will be considered under each evaluation criterion.

It is expected that the evaluation team will develop an evaluation matrix, which will relate to the questions below (and refine them as needed), the areas they refer to, the criteria for evaluating them, the indicators and the means for verification as a tool for the evaluation. Final evaluation matrix will be validated by EMG and approved in the evaluation inception report.

Relevance

• To what extent was the design of the intervention and its results relevant to the needs and priorities of the beneficiaries? Was the choice of interventions relevant to the situation of the target group?• To what extent is the intervention consistent with the national development strategies in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment, ending violence against women and domestic violence, and reflect national/subnational priorities and commitments on GE/VAW, new aid modalities and the UNDAF?• To what extent key national partners were involved in the programme’s conceptualization and design process?• To what extent has gender and human rights principles and strategies been integrated into the programme design and implementation?• To what extent has the programme been catalytic in addressing some of the root causes of inequalities related to violence against women and domestic violence?• To what extent is the intervention aligned with international agreements and conventions on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of ending violence against women and domestic violence?• To what extent does the UN Women possess the comparative advantage in the programme’s area of work in comparison with other UN entities and key partners in the BiH?

Effectiveness • To what extent have the expected results of the programme been achieved on both outcome and output levels?• What are the reasons for the achievement or non-achievement of the programme results? Has programme achieved any unforeseen results, either positive or negative? For whom? What are the good practices and the obstacles or shortcomings encountered? How were they overcome?• How effective have the selected strategies and approaches been in achieving programme results?• How well did the intervention succeed in involving and building the capacities of rights-holders, duty-bearers, as well as the programme partners?• To what extent are the programme approaches and strategies innovative for responding to and preventing violence against women and girls?  What -if any- types of innovative good practices have been introduced in the programme for the achievement of the results? 

Impact

• What evidence exist that the programme has delivered longer term results from processes through to benefits? Have any unintended results been delivered? • Is there a potential measurable impact of the programme intervention on the target group across all dimensions of empowerment?• To what extent is the programme changing the dynamics of power in relationships between different groups? • To what extent is the programme bringing about gender transformative changes that address the root causes of gender inequalities – including prevailing social norms, attitudes and behaviours, discrimination and social systems?

Efficiency

• Have resources (financial, human, technical support, etc.) been allocated between the implementing partners strategically to achieve the programme outcomes?• Has there been effective leadership and management of the programme including the structuring of management and administration roles to maximize results? Where does accountability lie?• Have the outputs been delivered in a timely manner?• To what extent are the programme’s monitoring mechanisms effective for measuring and informing management of programme performance and progress towards targets? To what extent was the monitoring data objectively used for management action and decision making?

Sustainability • What is the likelihood that the benefits from the programme will be maintained for a reasonably long period of time after the programme phase out? • To what extent the intervention succeeded in building individual and institutional capacities of rights-holders and duty-bearers to ensure sustainability of benefits and more inclusive practices to local development and water governance?• How effectively has the programme generated national ownership of the results achieved, the establishment of partnerships with relevant stakeholders and the development of in-country capacities to ensure sustainability of efforts and benefits?• What voice and influence do key national partners including women’s movement etc. have within the programme’s decision-making structure and hierarchy?• What steps were taken to develop and/or reinforce the operating capacities of in-country partners during the implementation of the programme?• What local accountability and oversight systems have been established?• To what extent has the programme been able to promote replication and/or up-scaling of successful practices?• To what extent has the exit strategy been well planned and successfully implemented?

EVALUATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS

4.1 Evaluation governance structure

A twofold evaluation governance structure for the evaluation will be established. An Evaluation Management Group (EMG) comprising of senior management of UN Women, Evaluation Task Manager and Programme manager will be established to oversee the evaluation process, make key decisions and quality assure the different deliverables. In addition, the evaluation will be quality assured by the UN Women Regional Evaluation Specialist for the ECA region, who is a member of the UN Women Independent Evaluation Office. Designated UN Women focal point who has not been involved in direct management of the programme, will serve as the evaluation task manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the evaluation and in enduring that the evaluation is conducted in accordance with the UN Women Evaluation Policy, United Nations Evaluation Group Ethical Guidelines and Code of Conduct for Evaluation in the United Nations system and other key guidance documents.

The establishment of an Evaluation Reference Group (ERG) will facilitate the participation of the key stakeholders in the evaluation process and will help to ensure that the evaluation approach is robust and relevant to staff and stakeholders. Furthermore, it will make certain that factual errors or errors of omission or interpretation are identified in evaluation products. The reference group will provide input and relevant information at key stages of the evaluation: inception report, draft and final reports and will support UN Women with the dissemination of the results.

4.2 Phases of the evaluation process

The evaluation process has five phases:

1) Preparation: gathering and analysing programme data, conceptualizing the evaluation approach, internal consultations on the approach, preparing the TOR, establishment of the Evaluation Management Group (EMG) and the Evaluation Reference Group (ERG), stakeholders mapping and selection of evaluation team. 2) Inception: consultations between the evaluation team and the EMG, programme portfolio review, finalization of stakeholder mapping, inception meetings with the ERG, review of the result logics, analysis of information relevant to the initiative, finalization of evaluation methodology and preparation and validation of inception report.3) Data collection and analysis: in-depth desk research, in-depth review of the programme documents and monitoring frameworks, in-depth online interviews as necessary, staff and partner survey/s, and field visits. 4) Analysis, validation and synthesis stage: analysis of data and interpretation of findings and drafting and validation of an evaluation report and other communication products.5) Dissemination and follow-up: once the evaluation is completed UN Women is responsible for the development of a Management Response to evaluation recommendations within 6 weeks after the final approval of the evaluation report, publishing the evaluation report, uploading the final evaluation report on the UN Women GATE website and the dissemination of evaluation findings amongst key stakeholders.

The evaluation team will be responsible for phases 2, 3 and 4 with the support of UN Women while UN Women is entirely responsible for phases 1 and 5.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES AND EVALUATION TIMEFRAME5.1 Evaluation deliverablesThe evaluation team is responsible for the following deliverables:• An inception report: The evaluation team will present a refined scope, a detailed outline of the evaluation design and methodology, evaluation questions, and criteria for the approach for in-depth desk review and field work to be conducted in the data collection phase. The report will include an evaluation matrix and detailed work plan. A first draft report will be shared with the evaluation management group and, based upon the comments received the evaluation team will revise the draft.  The revised draft will be shared with the evaluation reference group for feedback. The evaluation team will maintain an audit trail of the comments received and provide a response on how the comments were addressed in the final inception report. • Presentation of preliminary findings: A PowerPoint presentation detailing the emerging findings of the evaluation will be shared with the evaluation management group for feedback. The revised presentation will be delivered to the reference group for comment and validation. The evaluation team will incorporate the feedback received into the draft report.• A draft evaluation report: A first draft report will be shared with the evaluation management group for initial feedback. The second draft report will incorporate evaluation management group feedback and will be shared with the evaluation reference group for identification of factual errors, errors of omission and/or misinterpretation of information. The third draft report will incorporate this feedback and then be shared with the reference group for final validation. The evaluation team will maintain an audit trail of the comments received and provide a response on how the comments were addressed in the revised drafts.• The final evaluation report: The final report will include a concise Executive Summary and annexes detailing the methodological approach and any analytical products developed during the course of the evaluation. The structure of the report will be defined in the inception report.• Evaluation communication products: A PowerPoint/Prezi presentation of the final key evaluation findings and recommendations, and a 2-pager/infographics on the final key findings, lessons learned and recommendations. Consultants might be requested to do an online presentation of the preliminary findings at the closing event of the programme in February 2019 (date and event TBC).

5.2. Evaluation timeframe

The national consultant will be expected to complete the tasks within the indicative timeframe:

Tasks/deliverables Days to be allocated by national team member Expected delivery dateInception phaseDesk review of background documentation 3 October 10thInception meeting with EMG  1 October 15th Inception report (including two rounds of revision)  1 October 25th Data collection phaseAdditional documents review, (online) interviews 3 November 10thVisit to programme sites, debriefing with EMG and ERG and presentation of preliminary findings 12 November 30thAnalysis and reporting phaseDraft report (including two rounds of revision) 2 December 20thFinal report and Evaluation communication products (brief PPT, two-pager)  1 January 10th 2019Total 23 

EVALUATION TEAM COMPOSITION AND REQUIREMENTS An evaluation team consisting of an international consultant as a Team Leader who will be the main responsible person for the satisfactory delivery of all the deliverables listed above and a national consultant as a Team Member who will support all substantive aspects of the evaluation. Both need to relevant experience of each of the following: conducting evaluations, gender equality, prevention of and responding to ending violence against women and domestic violence. The international consultant as team leader is responsible for overall coordination of the production of deliverables during all phases of the evaluation process, ensuring the quality of outputs and application of methodology as well as timely delivery of all evaluation products in close collaboration with the evaluation task manager and the evaluation management group. The national consultant will provide support to the international consultant.

6.1. Duties and responsibilities of the national consultant are as follows:• Supporting team leading during inception phase gathering documents, following up with UN Women BiH CO and synthesizing relevant information;• Assisting in the preparation of the mission with BiH CO;• Supporting the team leader during data collection, before, during and after field mission;• Following up with pending interviews and additional data collection in the country after field mission;• Attending and supporting the preparation of all meetings and presentations;• Supporting the team leader while undertaking the analysis the evidence.

Competencies

  • Strong analytical, writing and reporting abilities;
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to lead a team and negotiate amongst a wide range of stakeholders;
  • Commitment to quality products and deadlines;
  • Builds strong relationships;
  • Focuses on impact and results and responds positively to feedback;
  • Approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
  • Demonstrates/safeguards ethics and integrity;
  • Demonstrated corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
  • Acts as a team player and facilitates team work;
  • Facilitates and encourages open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
  • Learns and shares knowledge and encourages learning of others;
  • Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
  • Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments; observing deadlines and achieving results;
  • Displays cultural, gender, nationality, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability.

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

Required Skills and Experience

  • At least a master’s degree related to one or more of the following: economics, social sciences, development studies, gender studies or a related area;
  • 5 years of relevant experience in the area of EVAW and relevant knowledge of the EVAW legislation and normative frameworks in BiH;
  • Knowledge and experience of gender-responsive and human rights-based approaches to evaluation;
  • Experience of conducting gender-responsive evaluations and/or applied research utilizing a wide range of approaches and methods;
  • Ability to produce well written reports;
  • Demonstrated facilitation and communications skills, experience in participatory approaches and ability to negotiate amongst a wide range of stakeholders;
  • Experience within the United Nations system will be considered an asset;
  • Proficiency in English.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents:

  1.  Expression of interest
  2. Detailed financial proposal (which includes consultancy fees, travel, accommodation, subsistence etc.)
  3. UN P11 form

Please note: All documents have to be uploaded in 1 single file.

Consultant is responsible to financially cover and organize local travel within BiH to the locations that will be decided in the duration of 12 days.

EVALUATION OF OFFERS

UN Women applies a fair and transparent selection process that takes into account both the technical qualification of potential consultants as well as the financial proposals submitted in support of consultant applications. Candidate applications will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of applicant qualifications and financial proposal. The contract will be awarded, based on the desk review,  to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

  • responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
  • having received the highest score out of below defined technical, interview and financial criteria.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 50 points in the technical evaluation will be considered as qualified and evaluated further. Top 3 candidates (with highest number of points in the technical evaluation) will be interviewed. The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal will be allocated to the lowest price proposal among top three candidates. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion.

Criteria:Technical Evaluation – documents and interview based (80%).Financial evaluation – based on submitted offer (20%).Financial Evaluation (20%); Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 20S - score received on financial evaluation; Fmin - the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round; F - financial offer under the consideration.

Please note that all travel costs should be covered by the consultant.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply. 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.Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

NOTE: Impartiality of the final evaluation will be ensured by evaluating only those applicants who were not previously involved in implementation of the activities under the programme Standards and Engagement for Ending Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence in BiH.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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