INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO PREPARE GENDER STRATEGY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE SUB-SECTOR IN UGANDA
Background | |
The constitution of Uganda (1995) guarantees equality between women and men and also prescribes temporary affirmative action in favor of women for purposes of redressing imbalances created by history, tradition and other factors. Uganda is a signatory to various International commitments and it has a gender policy (2007) which provides for a framework for gender responsive development. Despite all the above actions and interventions, gender inequalities have persisted with negative implications on Uganda’s development process.
Over the years, unsustainable use of natural resources has resulted into substantial resource degradation and even depletion. A case in point is the reduction of wetland coverage from 15.6% Sq km of the land surface in 1994 to 10.9% of the land surface to date (Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE, 2012). Similarly forest cover and other ecosystems are being degraded mainly by human activity. The quest for industrialization, rapid urbanization and economic development has also led to extensive pressure on environmental resources consequently leading to climate change as some of the sensitive ecosystems are threatened.
The triple gender roles of women at home and in the society make them major users of the environment and thus unsustainability and mismanagement of the environment impact a lot on them and their children. This affirms the fact that women are key stakeholders in the environment and natural resource sub-sector and therefore failure by development actors and agencies to involve women in the management and use of natural resources affects the development process.
In the recently concluded Joint Sector Review (JSR), of October 2012, gender mainstreaming was identified as an area requiring improvement as evidenced by the inadequate gender mainstreaming interventions within the Environment and Natural Resource (ENR) subsector. Following the Uganda Gender Policy (2007) that mandates all Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to mainstream gender in all its activities, an undertaking on gender was accordingly adopted requiring the ENR sub-sector to develop a gender strategy and to mainstream gender concern in the ENR activities by the end of FY 2012/13.
It is based on the above background that the ENR sub-sector is seeking for a consultant to develop a gender strategy for the ENR sub-sector.
Major objective of the consultancy.
To develop a Gender Strategy and gender mainstreaming guidelines for the Environment and Natural Resource Sub Sector.
Other objectives of the Assignment:
Purpose
The purpose of the strategy is to mainstream gender in the sector through planning implementation, monitoring and evaluation so as to attain adequate participation of men and women in management and benefits sharing of ENR subsector resources leading to poverty reduction while sustaining the environment; natural resources and reducing climate change.
Stakeholders of the Strategy:
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Duties and Responsibilities | |
The ENR gender strategy development process will be participatory, ensuring that as much as possible MWE/ ENR subsector staff and stakeholder are involved. An individual consultant will be procured to facilitate the process. The Consultant will make consultations with relevant MWE and ENR staff and stakeholder institutions aimed at gender situational analysis of the subsector as well as generating data and information for the strategy development.
Relevant documents within the Water and Environment sector and in other relevant stakeholder institutions / sectors will be reviewed to obtain further information for the development of the strategy.
The findings from the above processes will be presented and discussed at a stakeholder’s workshop by the consultant where he/she (consultant) will facilitate the participants to draft the ENR gender strategy with an action plan. The draft strategy will be presented to the relevant thematic working group and thereafter to the sector working group for final approval. The strategy is proposed to be published and launched in October 2013 at the Annual Joint Review.
Major outputs
The consultant will produce the ENR gender strategy and mainstreaming guidelines as the main output. In addition, the consultant will also be required to produce:
Expected tasks
The consultant will undertake to do the following:
Expected outputs and deliverables:
Institutional Arrangement
The consultant will report to a thematic working group appointed by the ENR sub- sector working group. The group will be responsible for the supervision and co-ordination of activities under this contract;
The draft inception report will be presented to the technical committee within 4 Days of acceptance of the contract and the consultant shall present preliminary findings and recommendations in a meeting with relevant stakeholders prior to completion of the draft strategy;
The consultant will consult with the relevant ENR authorities / institutions mentioned in (1.4), CSOs and the private sector through meetings / individuals consultations in order to identify gender issues and concerns;
The consultant is expected to liaise with all stakeholders and departments in ENR sub sector and facilitate ENR stakeholder participants in workshops organized by ENR subsector to review and analyze findings during consultations and drafting of ENR gender mainstreaming strategy;
The Ministry of Water and Environment through support from UNDP will provide workshop logistics, support personnel and support services for the workshops during inception report presentation; drafting of the gender strategy and presentation of the final draft;
The final strategy will be presented to UNDP and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water and Environment not later than close of business 31st October 2013;
It’s important that the interested candidate works within the stipulated time because it will be required for use in the Annual Joint Technical Review due to take place around end of October or early November.
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Competencies | |
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Required Skills and Experience | |
Education:
Experience:
Language Requirements:
Price Proposal
Evaluation method and criteria
Cumulative analysis The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points (70% of the total technical points) would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.
Technical Criteria– Maximum 70 points:
Criteria B - Special skills, Language, etc.- Max 5 Points; Criteria C - Relevance of experience – Max 20 points; Criteria D - Description of approach/methodology to assignment – Max 30 Points. Financial Proposal (Maximum 30 points): To be computed as a ratio of the Proposal’s offer to the lowest price among the proposals received by UNDP
The ENR gender strategy development process will be participatory, ensuring that as much as possible MWE/ ENR subsector staff and stakeholder are involved. An individual consultant will be procured to facilitate the process. The Consultant will make consultations with relevant MWE and ENR staff and stakeholder institutions aimed at gender situational analysis of the subsector as well as generating data and information for the strategy development.
Relevant documents within the Water and Environment sector and in other relevant stakeholder institutions / sectors will be reviewed to obtain further information for the development of the strategy.
The findings from the above processes will be presented and discussed at a stakeholder’s workshop by the consultant where he/she (consultant) will facilitate the participants to draft the ENR gender strategy with an action plan. The draft strategy will be presented to the relevant thematic working group and thereafter to the sector working group for final approval. The strategy is proposed to be published and launched in October 2013 at the Annual Joint Review.
Major outputs
The consultant will produce the ENR gender strategy and mainstreaming guidelines as the main output. In addition, the consultant will also be required to produce:
Submission Procedure
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