Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 20 Aug 2018
The Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) is a joint initiative of Plan Nederland, Terre des Hommes Netherlands and Defence for Children - ECPAT Netherlands. The GAA is led by Plan Nederland and is implemented in strategic partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Dialogue and Dissent framework (2016-2020).
The GAA programme is implemented in Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and the Philippines, and at regional levels in Asia and Africa.
In the Africa Regional Programme, the Girls Advocacy Alliance consists of Plan International, Terre des Hommes, Defence for Children – Sierra Leone and ECPAT International. The regional programme aims to influence regional governance bodies in Africa (African Union and Regional Economic Communities) and is complementary to the GAA influencing in the six African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone).
The long-term goal of the Girls Advocacy Alliance on an African Regional level (2030) is: Girls and young women in Africa and their civil society organisations use regional monitoring and accountability mechanisms to hold their governments accountable on the fulfilment of their protection and rights.
The project has a long term plan of capacitating girls and young women in Africa and their civil society organizations use regional monitoring and accountability mechanisms to hold their governments accountable on the fulfilment of their protection and rights.
Gender based violence is widespread across Africa, with varying degrees of gravity depending on ethnicity, religion, tradition, and socio-demographic factors. Although not exhaustive, gender-based violence includes, sexual and emotional violence, rape, and intimate partner violence, trafficking of women, sexual exploitation and forced prostitution. Although the causes of gender based violence vary according to specific context of a country, poverty, deep rooted traditional practices, inadequate enforcement of laws and policies, and relatively lower levels of educational attainment among girls and women are specifically relevant to Africa.
The project aims to ensure that young people and their civil society are using regional accountability mechanisms to hold their governments accountable on GBV. This will entail promoting access for young people and their civil society to lobby and advocate towards these mechanisms and linking these initiatives to country specific actions. Interventions towards the achievement of this goal will include promoting and strengthening regional CSO networks, conducting regional research and targeting stakeholders such as donors, INGOs, media and regional private sector platforms as partners towards the fulfilment of this goal.
1.Outcomes of the GAA Regional Africa Programme
The expected outcomes
Enhanced capacity of African regional and sub-regional CSO-networks to influence regional policy making and monitoring on child marriage, CSEC, trafficking and economic exclusion
Improved monitoring and accountability mechanisms and practices by regional and sub-regional bodies (ECOWAS and EAC) on GBV and EE of girls and young women
Selected ECOWAS and EAC countries (focus on GAA countries) have harmonized migration policies and procedures to address the cross-border issues of CSEC and trafficking affecting girls and young women, feeding into the AU regional policy on children on the move
2.Objectives for the Mid Term Review
Halfway its programme, the GAA wishes to engage in a review and reflection process that feeds plans and strategic decisions on the remaining period of implementation 2019-2020.
The MTR is intended to contribute to the following objectives:
● Assess the effectiveness of the GAA regional Africa programme
● Identify lessons learned in lobby and advocacy and CSO capacity development
The Mid Term Review process for Africa Regional is planned for the period June - December of 2018 to allow for the recommendations to influence the 2019 planning process. The MTR will focus on progress of outcomes, how outcomes are achieved, the interlinkages between the regional advocacy and the country GAA advocacy efforts and the effectiveness of the partnership relations within the GAA.
3.Intended use of the Midterm Review
The results of the MTR will be used to:
● Inform strategic decisions on the direction of the Africa Regional GAA programme in 2019-2020 and beyond
● Inform activity planning of the Africa Regional GAA programme for 2019-2020
● Inform the overall GAA MTR Generate new insights and learning on how change really happens at the level of the regional governance institutions targeted by the regional Africa GAA programme.
For detailed Terms of Reference, please click here.
How to apply:
The proposals for this MTR will include two submissions; as electronic files (in Pdf format) with a heading ‘Mid Term Review of Girls Advocacy Alliance Regional Africa Programme as follows:
i) A technical proposal, containing;
The understanding of the ToR, the main goals and tasks of the MTR and of, the proposed methodology, team, detailed timetable, and steps for the MTR.
The CV of the proposed team (education background, expertise and experience in relation with the scope of the MTR and the geographical location); with a description of why experience is relevant to the task and using a matrix indicate how the proposed team complements each other as well as how they correspond to the profile.
ii) A financial proposal for the provision of the service.
Please note that the rate of non residence tax for a management or technical fee is subjected to 15% withholding tax of the service value. For local consultant the withholding tax would be as per the applicable law of Ethiopia.
For details, please refer to the consultant selection criteria for this MTR.
All proposals must be submitted to the following address: AULiaisonoffice@plan-international.org no later than August 20, 2018, 17:00hrs Addis Time.