Ref.
2024/STIOPOGMB/11537
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Activity sectors
Género, derechos y modernización del Estado
Deadline date
2024/07/26 11:49
Duration of the assignment
Short term
Duration
5 months
Support to implement operationalisation phase on Gender Mainstreaming & Budgeting (Ireland) (M/W)
Département Gouvernance - GOUV > Pôle Transparence, Gestion et Redevabilité
Published on : 2024/07/17
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
IRELAND
Mission description
1) Planned activities
Under supervision of the Head of Project and the Key Expert in Gender Budgeting and in coordination with the Irish Authorities, the experts will undertake the following missions:
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N° |
Activity |
Estimated number of days |
Timeline |
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Priority area No.1. : Government Communication of Gender Mainstreaming Vision to Stakeholders |
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1 |
Conduct a Learning Needs Analysis for each pilot department. Identify training needs on gender mainstreaming in policy and budget cycle with an intersectional lens. (ref: PA2 - Act. 1, 2.i. / PA3 – Act. 1, 2) |
12 |
3Q24 |
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2 |
Online Training Round 1 - (Deploy training modules for implementation of Equality and Human Rights in the Public Service (online, self-learning, 3 hours) (ref: PA2 – Overview) |
6 |
3Q24 |
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3 |
Online Training Rounds 2-5 (PA3 – Act. 3.i., 3.ii. ), ( 2 hour each)- Building awareness and introducing/reinforcing key concepts regarding gender mainstreaming in public policy. (ref: PA2 – Act. 2.ii., 2.iii. / PA3 – Act. 3.i., 3.ii. ) |
12 |
3Q24 |
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Priority area 2 : Gender mainstreaming within the Policy Development Cycle – Pilot Departments |
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4 |
In-person Training Round 1 – Gender impact assessment. 5 (ref: PA2 – Act. 4.i.) |
6 |
3Q 2024 |
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5 |
In-person Training Round 2 – GIA Case studies with each pilot department. 5 (ref: PA2 – Act. 4.ii.) |
6 |
3Q 2024 |
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Priority area 3. Gender Mainstreaming within the Budgetary Cycle |
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6 |
In-person Training Round 4 on Gender budgeting with pilot departments. (ref: PA3 – Act. 3.iii.) Support DPENDR in their work to |
12 |
3Q24 - 4Q24 |
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7 |
In-person Training Round 5 on Gender budgeting case studies with pilot departments. (ref: PA3 – Act. 3.iii.) |
12 |
3Q24 - 4Q24 |
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Common Activities under Priority Area No. 2 & 3, covering gender mainstreaming in both policy and budget cycles |
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8 |
On-the-job Training , Online session (up to 10 sessions) – Application of learning with one-to-one support for pilot departments on their selected policies-in-progress (ref: PA2 – Act. 2.iv. / ref: PA3 – Act. 3.iii.) |
12 |
3Q24 - 4Q24 |
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9 |
In-person Training Round 6: Full day – Evaluation. Review of the trainings delivered and the effectiveness in re-application. (ref: PA2 – Act. 2.iv. / ref: PA3 – Act. 3.iii.), |
12 |
3Q24 - 4Q24 |
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10 |
Tailored guides and toolkits for application of GM through GB and/or GIA. |
22 |
4Q24 |
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Transversal |
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11 |
Provision of days for daily support and advising. |
58 |
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2) Coordination
Close collaboration must take place with the Head of Project and the Key Expert in Gender Budgeting personnel from assignment preparation right up to completion. Furthermore, regular exchanges must take place on assignment progress and any difficulties that may be encountered.
Assignment reports
Follow-up reports will be submitted by the expert every 6 months.
In addition, the expert will work on a report on Gender Mainstreaming practices in Ireland in relation with the EU Framework.
Project or context description
I. Context and justification of the need
The promotion of gender equality is a task for the Union, in all its activities, required by the Treaties. Gender equality is a core value of the EU, a fundamental right and key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The European Union is a global leader in gender equality. However, no Member State has achieved full gender equality and progress is slow.
The need to improve gender equality has also been highlighted in several Member States’ Country Specific Recommendations. Against this backdrop, the “Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policy and Budgeting” Project is designed in response to several Member States’ requests for technical support. The Project aims at supporting nine beneficiary authorities in seven Member States including administrations in charge of gender equality policies, sectorial policies or in charge of budgetary processes.
Expertise France is implementing a technical assistance project aiming at strengthening the integration of gender into public action though the application of Gender Mainstreaming (GM) tools such as Gender Budgeting (GB), Gender Action Plan (GAP) or Gender Impact Assessment (GIA).
The overall project is articulated in three components:
· Identification of practices and confirming specific needs of each beneficiary authority in order to improve gender mainstreaming (application of GM tools such as GB, GAPs or GIA)
· Operationalization: Capacity building and implementation of GB, GIA or GAP tools;
· Capitalisation: Embedding the new practices and enabling their duplication across institutions.
These terms of reference concern only the implementation of Component 2: Operationalization.
The first component led to the elaboration of an Action Plan, endorsed by the Irish administration during the National Steering Committee, held in February 2024. The present term of references details the activities to be conducted for the implementation of the Action Plan.
II. Objectives and desired results
1) General objective
The objective of the assignment is to support the implementation of gender and equality proofing in Irish Administration.
2) Specific objectives
- Ensure technical support to beneficiaries;
- Ensure information of the project team on the planning and implementation of activities;
- Prepare a technical assistance report documenting lessons learned and successful approaches in the course of project implementation.
Required profile
1) Number of experts per assignment: 2 (an assistant researched will possibly be involved without his/her days being invoiced.
2) Profile of the designated expert(s) responsible for contract execution
- Master's degree or equivalent in political science, economics, international cooperation or equivalent;
- Excellent knowledge of national political institutions;
- Excellent knowledge of gender equality related policies and mechanisms, and gender mainstreaming tools;
- At least one experience in technical support to public institutions;
- Extensive knowledge and experience in capacity building focusing on gender equality;
- Experience in organizing training sessions;
- Excellent ability to work in English (oral and written);
- Excellent command of the language of the country of assignment (oral and written);
- Writing and synthesis skills;
- Good knowledge of office software (Pack Office, Outlook, Internet), particularly Excel;
- Sense of organisation and rigour;
- Sense of diplomacy and ability to adapt;
- Reactivity, autonomy;
- Ability to work in a team.
Additional information
Missions will be organised to support the beneficiary. Expertise France will directly take in charge the related expenses.
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
- Candidate's knowledges related to local context (country or region intervention)
Deadline for application : 2024/07/26 11:49
File(s) attached : DAJ_F044ENG_v01 Candidature Form Individual Expertise.docx
Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:
- democratic, economic and financial governance;
- security and stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations;
- sustainable development;
- strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.
In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.
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