Call for Proposal for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Audit

Call for Proposal

for

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Audit

Date of publication: 2nd May 2024

Introduction of ADRA:

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization with a mission to work with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change. ADRA Nepal belongs to the worldwide ADRA network, comprised of 118 supporting and implementing country offices. ADRA’s five core sectors include Food Security; Health; Economic Growth; Education; and Emergency Management. ADRA Nepal has developed its expertise in these sectors and in various subsectors, specifically in agricultural development, economic development, livelihood, infrastructure development, scholarship program, humanitarian response, urban-DRR, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), infant young and maternal and child health and nutrition, gender equality and social inclusion and RH.

POWER II project:

The POWER-II Project is a collaborative action between Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS), International Nepal Fellowship (INF) Australia, Caritas Australia and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia and their in-country partners NGOs with financial support from Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). The project aims to advance women’s positions in Nepal to contribute effectively to good governance and inclusive development. This aligns with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) focus on gender and support for gender equality as a priority for the Australian Aid program.

This project aims to promote women’s empowerment through gender mainstreaming. It promotes women’s participation in community affairs through leadership quality development, critical engagement with local government, and evidence-based policy advocacy for gender-responsive development impacts. The project works with both the rights holders and the duty bearers. Poor and oppressed women, women at risk, persons with disabilities, single women and their families, women groups, CBOs, cooperatives, DPOs and networks, and their associations are considered rights holders.

The overall purpose of the participatory GESI audit is to provide information for progress on GESI mainstreaming and validate the usefulness of existing gender GESI practices in programs/projects, policies, and strategies among consortium members. The assignment will also seek the gender transformative approach and critically analyze the gender transformative tools practiced by the project.

Specific assignment objective:

• Develop standard GESI audit tools to be used for the GESI Audit.
• To assess the extent of integration of a GESI perspective in the policies, strategies and initiatives, documents, budgets, and decisions of consortium partners.
• Assess the extent to which the organizations engage with marginalized and vulnerable groups in their programming beyond just women.
• To document good practices, identify gaps in GESI mainstreaming, and build organizational ownership of GESI responsiveness.
• To identify the existence of consortium partners’ internal practices, policies, and related support systems for GESI mainstreaming and their effectiveness.
• To assess the progress in achieving gender equality and equity in access and retention
• To identify the current challenges and areas of concern regarding GESI.
• Provide a final GESI audit report and partners' status and recommendations.

Interested and eligible consultancy firms or individual consultants are requested to apply for the call for the proposal with a Cover letter, Technical Proposal including team/team leader CVs including Financial proposal as mentioned on ToR should be submitted via email to tenders@adranepal.org or dropped at ADRA Nepal Office Bakhundol, Lalitpur until 9th May 2024.

Furthermore, ToR can be accessed from ADRA Nepal Web Site www.adranepal.org at https://adranepal.org/get-involved/express-of-interest

Or, please click on the link below for TOR:

Link: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1TUBzLRtpULhAitvQGaFIvGb-7B_tTpFc

• Only shortlisted bidder/s will be contacted by ADRA Nepal at each stage of the selection process.
• Shortlisted bidder/s may be invited to deliver a presentation to the Procurement Committee on their technical proposal.

The proposals received after the deadline will not be considered. ADRA Nepal reserves all rights to make decisions and/or cancel the assignment without any information. Submission of false information and statements will disqualify.