Terms of Reference
National Consultant to Mainstreaming Gender into Climate Change Programme and Plans in Indonesia
Duty Station: Jakarta, Indonesia
1. Background
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is guided by its mandates 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. A global champion
for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting
their needs worldwide. 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, programmes and services needed to implement
these standarts.
Climate
change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified
(e.g., by using statistical tests) by
changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists
for an extended period, typically decades or longer. The Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in its Article 1, defines climate change as: “a
change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity
that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition
to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.”[1]
Vulnerability
defines as “the propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected.
Vulnerability encompasses a variety of concepts and elements including
sensitivity or susceptibility to harm and lack of capacity to cope and adapt.”[2] Climate change affects differently on men and
women. Women’s limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility
and muted voices in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate
change.[3]
Further,
people who are socially, economically, culturally, politically,
institutionally, or otherwise marginalized are especially vulnerable to climate
change and also to some adaptation and mitigation responses (medium
evidence, high agreement). This heightened
vulnerability is rarely due to a single cause. Rather, it is the product of
intersecting social processes that result in inequalities in socio economic
status and income, as well as in exposure. Such social processes include, for
example, discrimination on the basis of gender, class, ethnicity, age, and
(dis)ability[4]
In 2015, countries
agreed to adopt a new sustainable development agenda; and they are expected to
adopt a new global agreement on climate change. Concluding a negotiating
process that has spanned more than two years and featured the unprecedented
participation of civil society, on 2 August 2015, governments united behind an
ambitious agenda that featured 17 new sustainable development goals (SDGs) and
169 targets that aim to end poverty, combat inequalities and promote prosperity
while protecting the environment by 2030. Including in the agenda, a
stand-alone goal on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as
well as gender sensitive targets in other goals.
The year 2015
is also critical for climate policy and the broader sustainable development
agenda. Women are agents of change and leaders that play a crucial, yet often
unrecognized, role in climate action. Women are key to the management of
natural resources and to spearheading sustainable practices, including through
the use and development of technology, at the household, community, national
and global levels to respond to and find common solutions to climate-related
crises.[5]
As a large number
of the poor in communities that are highly dependent on local natural resources
for the livelihood and are disproportionately vulnerable to an affected by climate
change, women’s has limited access to resources and decision-making processes
increases their vulnerability to climate change. But it was also recognized
that women are also effective agents of change in relation to both mitigation
and adaptation. Women have a strong body of knowledge and expertise that can be
used in climate change mitigation, disaster reduction and adaptation
strategies.
The key
challenge today […] is to systematically incorporate gender equality and
women’s empowerment into our operational responses to climate change at the
local, national, and international levels. This will require a paradigm shift
that puts women at the centre of our adaptation, mitigation, and disaster
risk-management efforts.[6]
Indonesia update. Responding to the impact of climate change is a global call for every
country. Commitments are made by countries with the ratification of United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) followed by The
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007. The Bali
Action Plan confirmed that effectively addressing climate change requires both
mitigation and adaptation action as well as technology and financing.
Indonesia ratified
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994,
followed by ratification of Kyoto Protocol in 2004, The Government Of Indonesia
has shown its strong commitment to further translated into government roadmap
on sectoral plan on climate change, inserted in the National Medium Term
Development Plan (RPJMN) of 2015-2019.
Integration gender
dimension is important to realize Government commitment in responding to impact
of climate change, especially by recognizing women’s vulnerability and
potential as agents of change. In line with this effort, UN Women Indonesia is
supporting the Government of Indonesia to mainstream gender equality principles
into national climate change policy. As a result, in 2012, a policy paper on ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Climate
Change Adaptation’ has developed. The paper outlining gender mainstreaming in
Indonesia’s Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) through raising awareness about the
need and practices and be source for new legal CCA policy documents, practices
and its implementation. Two years later in 2014 a National Action Plan on
Climate Change Adaptation (RAN-API) has also developed identifying priority
areas and consideration of integrating gender into CCA action programmes.
With the new global development goals framed as Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), Indonesia is undertaking process of linking the SDGs with the
national sectoral plans, priorities and programmes including developing each
indicators respectfully. The RPJMN approved last year yet to be synchronized
with the SDGs. Thus, the opportunity to link SDG goal 5 ‘achieve gender
equality and empower all women and girls’ with the Goal 13 ‘take urgent action
to combat climate change and its impacts’ and with the RPJM focus of
intervention that to increase people’s resilience to Climate Change.
To build upon the aforementioned efforts, and responding to the government
need of a more practical guidance for capacity building and programme development
on CCA in Indonesia while continuing good partnership with
the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), UN Women Indonesia is
looking for a qualified national consultant to support the Ministry in mainstreaming
gender into Climate Change Programme and Plans in selected sectors.
2. Objectives of the assignment
To design a comprehensive guideline on mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation programmes and plans that take into account
the policy paper on Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Change Adaptation developed
in cooperation between BAPPENAS and UN WOMEN. The guideline will be developed
in consultation with relevant stakeholders and to validate for feedback to
frame the final version for dissemination.
3. Scope of Work and Specific Task
The National
Consultant will work with UN Women Indonesia to support the Ministry of
National Development Planning to
do the following:
- Using policy paper on Gender Mainstreaming into Climate Change Adaptation as one of the main references, identify key issues, explore and suggest key strategies to mainstream gender in climate change programmes and plans in selected sectors in Indonesia.
- Develop guidelines to mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation programmes and plans that is user friendly and to higher extent, flexible for further adaptation and replicated by other sectors.
4. Duration of the assignment and Location
Time:
The overall
duration of the Consultancy covered by this TOR is a period of 6 months from 15 December 2015 to 31 May 2016 with total of 60 working days.
Location:
Jakarta with potential travel to selected sites, to
be proposed by applicants and determined in consultation with UN Women
5. Supervision, communication and reporting obligation
The national consultant
shall report directly to the UN Women Indonesia office under the auspices from
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and will work closely
with the office of the Deputy of Human Resource and Culture, Ministry of
National Development Planning (BAPPENAS).
The selected consultant will report
frequently to the Senior Gender
Advisor in close consultation with UN Women Programme Specialist, and overall under the supervision
of the Country Programme Manager a.i of the UN Women Indonesia office. Aside from
the deliverables, the selected consultant must maintain regular phone and email
contact with the Programme Specialist regarding the implementation of the consultancy work and must report and
seek prior approval from UN Women for any changes in its design.
6. Key Deliverables
All
deliverables, including PPTs for presentations, must be submitted in both
English and Bahasa Indonesia.
UN Women will not be responsible for translating these documents. Periodic
payments from UN Women to the selected institution will be tied to the timely
submission and satisfactory acceptance of of the deliverables.
7. Inputs
- UN Women will provide the Consultant with background materials.
- The consultant is expected to work using her/his own computer, accessing the UN Women office in Jakarta as required.
8. Performance evaluation
Contractor’s performance will be evaluated
based on: timeliness, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and
quality of the products delivered.
9. Required experience and qualifications
The consultant should fulfill the following
requirements:
Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of the constraints to gender equality and the particular barriers women face in fully benefiting from and participating in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries.
- Knowledge on International Conventions and National law on climate change and environment, to include also REDD and REDD+ schemes.
- Substantial knowledge on current Indonesia policies related with gender equality issues, and regulations, programmes, plans available on climate change mitigation and adaptation at the national and the sub-national level.
- Good knowledge on Government structure, functions and inter-ministerial linkages horizontally and vertically (national to sub-national) and key sectors dealing with issues on climate change.
Expertise and
Qualifications
- Minimum master’s degree in Gender and Development, Environment/Natural Resources, or other relevant field.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant working experience preferably in partnering with government agencies and/or other civil society organization on gender mainstreaming and environment.
- Familiar and experience working with UN agencies on climate change, sustainable development in programming and planning is preferred.
- At least 5 years experience organizing meeting, discussion and policy dialogue forums preferably on climate change and gender.
- Proven track record on development of policy recommendation, reviews and collating inputs for report writings.
Language and other skills
§ Good
command of English and Bahasa Indonesia both written and
oral;
- Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, IT tools, ability to use Internet and email.
10. Submission of application
Interested candidates are requested to submit
electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org and dian.heryasih@unwomen.org or
hardcopy to UN Women Indonesia, Menara Thamrin 3rd Fl, Jl. M.H.
Thamrin Kav.3 Jakarta Pusat, no later than 27 November 2015, 5:00pm WIB-Indonesia Western Time.
Submission
package
- CV
- Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience in the field of recruitment
- Financial proposal. The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount breaking down a daily professional fee and travel cost to proposed sites.
All applications must include (as an
attachment) the CV and the financial proposal. Applications without financial
proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further
assessment.
Please note that only candidates selected for
an interview will be contacted.
11.
Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated based
on the Cumulative analysis.
- Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
- Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]
A two-stage procedure is utilised in
evaluating the proposals, with evaluation of the technical proposal being
completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal
of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the
obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will
be evaluated.
Technical qualification
evaluation criteria:
The total number of points allocated
for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification
of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification
evaluation criteria:
|
Technical Evaluation
Criteria
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Obtainable Score
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Education
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20 %
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Experience
and skills
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60 %
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Language
and other skills
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20 %
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Total Obtainable Score
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100 %
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Only the candidates who have attained a minimum
of 70% of total points will be considered as technically-qualified candidate.
Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:
- Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
- The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
- The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
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