EVAWG TZ 2018/001 on Tubadilike Tupinge Ukatili Program 2018 - 2021 CALL FOR PROPOSALS (CFP) - Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAW/G) UNIT

1.       Background/Context:                                                                                                                            

UN Women (UNW), 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 are translated into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts while building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Violence against women and girls (VAW/G) is one of the most systemic and endemic human rights’ issues which disproportionately affects women and girls worldwide. Violence against women takes many different forms, manifested in a continuum of multiple, interrelated and sometimes recurrent forms. It can include physical, sexual and psychological/emotional violence and economic abuse and exploitation, experienced in a range of settings, from private to public, and in today’s globalized world, transcends national boundaries. Such violence is a form of discrimination against women which impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms. It is also an obstacle to national development and poverty reduction goals. Its health, social and economic impacts extend to children, communities and society as whole.

The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania demonstrated commitment to prevent and respond to VAWG through the development of appropriate legal and policy frameworks. In December 2016, the Government adopted a National Plan of Action to End Violence against Women and Children (NPA on VAWC 2017/18 – 2021/22) that integrated strategic actions both in relation to the prevention and response to violence against women and children.

Under its mandate to support Member States to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) gender- related targets in general and in particular SDG 5 target of Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation; UN Women Tanzania Country Office is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) with innovative and high impact programmes on the advancement of gender equality, protection of women’s rights. These initiatives will contribute to the implementation of the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Ending Violence Against Women and Children in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the selected regions of Shinyanga, Mara, Tabora, Kagera, Geita, Singida, Dodoma and Unguja/Pemba. These regions report percentiles are higher than the national average as per National Demography and Health Survey 2015/16.

Programme Focus

Through this Call for Proposals, UN Women seeks proposals from women-led NGOs and NGOs with strong track record in advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and in efforts regarding the prevention of violence against women and girls. NGOs will have proven capacity to develop and implement interventions with the overall objective of transforming the environment and social norms that perpetuate and contribute to violence against women and girls or put women and girls at risk of violence in public spaces, such as markets, streets, schools. Such initiatives should prioritize communication and community level initiatives and the development of partnerships focusing on engagement with religious, traditional and local leaders and women and men groups in the selected regions.

The objectives of the program are: 1) Favorable social norms, attitudes and behaviors are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent VAW 2) Attitudes and behavior related to women’s and girls’ rights to enjoy public spaces free from SVAWG improved. Through this program, women, men, girls, boys and other influential champions such as community leaders are engaged in transformative activities in their communities to promote respectful gender relationships, gender equality, and safety in public spaces.

Proposed intervention(s)

The Program envisages 4 key components to be implemented by either a single organisation or jointly in partnership with other NGO/CSO in which case they will have to show proof of the partnership at the time of submitting the proposal. The indicated budget estimates are for a 1-year period and interested CSOs/NGOs are expected to submit proposals covering this period.

With the overall outcome of A society that respects gender equality and protection of women and girls against all forms of violence, a proposal should address one of the following component:

Component 1: Mobilize women, girls, men and boys as well as community leaders in favor of respectful relationships and gender equality.

Component 2: Enhance capacity of women and girls, men and boys to recognize SVAWG in public spaces as violation of women’s rights, to respond and to prevent it.

Component 3: Develop transformative initiatives in relation to non-formal education and media messaging with a view to raising awareness about positive gender norms that protect women and girls from violence.

Component 4: Provide training and capacity-building for organizations and community members advocating for gender equality and the elimination of VAWG.

 

The Call for Proposals encourages innovative, multi-sectoral and multi-media campaign, communication and community level initiatives aimed at achieving behavioral change and transformation of social norms, attitudes and practices that fuel social acceptance of VAWG both among women and men. Such initiatives should target a large percentage of the population in the targeted communities, including men and boys as changing agents, community leaders, women and girls. The Call for proposals encourages advocacy campaigns that engage local government, local communities and traditional leaders at district levels to address and prevent violence against women and girls in public spaces especially in market places through establishment of mechanisms to protect women and children from all forms of violence.

The Call for Proposals encourages NGOs that have proven capacity to develop and implement a programme using new and existing VAW prevention packages and models to change social norms that condone VAW/G. The submitted projects should contribute to the thematic areas of NPA on VAWC specifically on promoting positive social and in particular, gender norms and values; and minimizing risks of violence against women and children in public spaces through strengthening institutional accountability to prevent violence against women and children in market places.

Amount and Technical Assistance

Budget Request Size

•                     Component 1-up to TZS 224,000,000

•                     Component 2-up to TZS 224,000,000

•                     Component 3-up to TZS 224,000,000

•                     Component 4-up to TZS 224,000,000

 

All applicants will have to demonstrate absorptive capacity and a financial management record commensurate with the grant request amount.

Technical assistance: Successful applicants will also benefit from the following support from UN Women Tanzania Country Office as follows:

·         Package of monitoring and technical support services

·         Impact tracking through Results Based Management Support

Eligible Programme Proposal

·         An overall thematic focus on eliminating violence against women and girls through prevention related initiatives in selected regions of Mara, Shinyanga, Kagera, Tabora, Geita, Singida, Dodoma and Unguja Kusini/Pemba Regions

·         A 1-year implementation schedule only

 

Please note: All applicants are advised to review UN Women’s website to familiarize themselves with the organizations’ strategic priorities www.unwomen.org

Application and Selection Process 

Who can apply?

·         Women-led and women’s rights organizations with a strong focus on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women that are legally registered in Tanzania, that have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working in women’s human rights and EVAW/G programming, including but not limited to: non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, advocacy and media networks (at national or sub-national level).

·         Legal status: Applicants must have valid legal status with the Government of Tanzania. (A valid Certificate of Registration under NGO Act 2002 is required)

·         Gender equality focus: Applicants must demonstrate experience implementing programmes on gender equality with a focus on ending violence against women and girls, media engagement and sensitization of community leaders through an organizational resume or CV of past implementing experience and areas of expertise in the selected regions of Mara, Shinyanga, Kagera, Tabora, Geita, Singida, Dodoma and Unguja Kusini/Pemba Regions. (Documents required)

·         Women’s leadership: Applicants must have at least 50% women in its Board and its staff, or with substantive representation of women in leadership positions. (Documents required)

·         Audit reports: Applicant must have certified audit reports for 2-3 previous fiscal years (and 2017 if available) (Audit reports required) 

·         Endorsement: Applicants must submit at least one Letter of Endorsement from a gender equality or women’s empowerment mechanism, governmental authority on gender equality, or other multi-stakeholder institution (including UN offices other than UN Women). Please note: To ensure fairness, Letters of Endorsement by UN Women offices will not be accepted. (Letters of Endorsement required). 

Experience on EVAW/G programming

·         Extensive experience in working on women’s rights issues, including on: policy and legislation review and/or communication on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls;

·         Experience in implementation of similar programmes for the promotion of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment;

·         Extensive experience in developing and implementing long term advocacy, communication and media engagement strategies on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, especially on EVAW/G;

·         Experience in working in the target districts in Kigoma Region;

·         Have presence (an office with staff capacity) in the target districts. Alternatively, applicants should demonstrate that they have existing partnerships or will establish partnerships (with Key Women’s rights Organizations (CBOs/CSOs/NGOs) based in the target districts. In such cases, applicants will indicate potential partnerships and will subsequently need to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding as part of this engagement.

Important notes

·         The application should be submitted by either a single organisation or more than one organisation working in a consortium on the above thematic areas.

·         Proposals should ideally reflect partnerships among civil society organisations and Government institutions. Special attention will be paid to organizations with a demonstrated record of working with local women’s organizations especially grassroots women’s organizations and specialized EVAW/G networks. Prioritization will also be given to organizations with a record of work in behavioral change targeting men and boys at community level as well as local and religious leaders.

·         Proposals from more than one organization or entity must clearly indicate which organization will take lead responsibility for project management and contractual obligations.

·         UN Women will sign contracts with and disburse funds to the applicant organization only.

·         Eligible organizations currently partnering with UN Women may apply under this call for proposals.

Non-eligible applicant organizations

The following are NOT eligible to apply to this call for proposals:

·         Government agencies or institutions

·         UN agencies

·         Bilateral or multilateral organizations, financial institutions, development agencies

·         Private sector entities

·         Private individuals

·         CSOs not focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals passing the eligibility criteria (see above) will be scored against the following:

1. Relevance of the proposal (30 points)

a.       Vision for structural change in a relevant thematic area

b.       Quality of the context analysis and gender assessment

c.       Relevance of strategic priorities to entry points for programming in this area

2. Implementation strategies (40 points)

a.       Linking local implementation to National, Regional and international Commitments, especially in the context of the National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children

b.       Adoption of a rights based approach

c.       Establishment of strategic partnerships with key actors from the Government, civil society and community organizations and groups

d.       Strategies of engagement with particularly vulnerable and marginalized groups,

e.       Strategies of engagement with men and boys as well as community, religious and traditional leaders.

 

3. Added value elements (30 points)

a.       Monitoring SDG implementation

b.       Innovation and ICT

c.       Evidence based interventions

d.       Development of sustainability strategies

Successful proposal(s) will be expected to be further developed as a Programme Document meeting UN Women standards and formatting requirements, with support from UN Women staff as required, to include high‐quality standards of programme strategy, monitoring and evaluation plans, results and resource framework, budget, etc.

Submission details

All submissions should be delivered through email address.

All proposal MUST be submitted through email procurement.tanzania@unwomen.org  with subject line REF: CFP No. EVAWG TZ 2018/001- Tubadilike Tupinge Ukatili Project for 2018 - 2021.”

All proposal applications without subject line indicating REF: CFP No. EVAWG TZ 2018/001 – Tubadilike Tupinge Ukatili Project will not be accepted within this call.

Interested CSOs/NGOs must provide the following:

·         Proof of legal status by Registrar of NGOs under NGO Act 2002 from Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender Elders and Children(MoHCDGEC)

·         Certified audit reports for 2-3 previous fiscal years (and 2017 if available)

·         List of all staff, board members of the applicant organisation, with gender and position (especially leadership positions)

·         An organizational resume or CV-showing mandate focus area, expertise of staff who will work on this programme and past experience (1-2 pages)

·         Letter of Endorsement from a Gender Equality institution (not including UN Women)

Applicants are expected to submit proposals in accordance with the guidelines for Call for Proposals using the Proposal submission templates below which are also found as Annexes to this Call for Proposals.

Call for Proposals should be submitted in English. The proposal currency shall be Tanzania Shillings (TZS).

Budget distribution between Programme and Administration/Operations should be 70:30 %.

Deadline

The Call for Proposals will be open until 16th May 2018 at 23:59 hrs (Tanzanian Time). Only those short listed shall be considered and further contacted.

Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.

Proposals will be selected in accordance with the procedure set out in the UN-Women Rules and Regulations.

This Call for Proposals does not entail any commitment on the part of UN-Women, financial or otherwise. UN-Women reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Call for Proposal without incurring any obligation to inform the affected applicant/s of the reasons. 

Note: Organizations that had responded to an earlier UN Women Request for Proposal on EVAW/G should re-submit following the guidelines specified in this Call for Proposals.