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The UN Women Indonesia is seeking three Civil Society Organizations as Responsible Partners (hereafter refered to as 'proponent organization') to promote inclusive governance and resilient communities in Central Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

Funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), UN Women Indonesia developed a three-year programme, “Empowered Women for Sustainable Peace: Addressing the Peace-Humanitarian Nex.us to Enhance Community Resilience in Indonesia”, with the full implementation period from 2024 to 2026. The project aims to strengthen community resilience and reduce vulnerabilities in emergency and conflict-affected areas by addressing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in the context of Indonesia.

Objectives and Expected Results

• The core objective of this Call for Proposals (CFP) is to develop community-based models for strengthening community resilience and reducing vulnerabilities in emergency and conflict-affected areas by connecting the humanitarian, development, and peace building actors, in three targeted provinces: Central Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The models will contribute to the goal: women and girls are able to withstand the adverse impact of conflict and natural hazards and are able to contribute to a peaceful and just society.

• The three proponent organizations recruited under this Call for Proposals are expected to develop community-based interventions in building resilience to withstand the adverse impact of crises caused by natural hazards and to build communities’ cohesion to prevent violence and social conflict, with gender equality, women’s and youth leadership and empowerment at the centre. These context-specific interventions will become models for resilience building to inform policies at both national and provincial levels.

• The proponent organizations interested in this CFP will contribute specifically to four key outputs below, under two outcomes in the following section:

  • 1.1: Women’s groups capacities are enhanced to participate in the village forums.

  • 1.2: Village policies, plans/budget and/or preparedness mechanism developed with participation from women’s groups.

  • 2.1: Multi-stakeholder community-based and inclusive groups or coordination mechanisms are established and/or strengthened to promote gender-responsive social cohesion, conflict prevention, and resilience.

  • 2.2: Capacity of community-based groups to implement interventions to promote gender-responsive social cohesion, conflict and violence prevention and management, disaster preparedness and resilience building is strengthened.

Funding Information

• The budget range for the submitted proposal is between USD 375,000 – USD 400,000.

Timeframe

• April 2024 to March 2026 (24 months).

Scope of Interventions

• Outcome 1: Women are able to influence and gain benefits from local policies, plans, and mechanisms that build resilience

  • Output 1.1: Women’s groups capacities are enhanced to participate in the village forums

    • Conduct participatory mapping of organizations and networks representing marginalized groups in proposed project sites, including women-led CSOs and organizations of persons with disabilities;

    • Facilitate capacity development and technical assistance for diverse women-led and youth-led CSOs on gender responsive village-level planning and budgeting, introducing tools such as protocols for forecasted-based early action, gender-responsive budgeting, and planning for village action plans.

  • Output 1.2: Village policies, plans/budget and/or preparedness mechanism developed with participation from women’s groups

    • Establish and/or strengthen women-led planning and budgeting forums;

    • Develop and/or strengthen budget/plan/mechanism and/or protocols for resilience development (forecasted-based budgeting/gender budgeting, GBV);

    • Develop prototypes of targeted actions with the implementation of plan/mechanism/protocols.

• Outcome 2: Communities demonstrate commitment to advancing and implementing gender-responsive and social inclusive solutions/interventions/mechanisms to promote social cohesion, conflict prevention and resilience

  • Output 2.1 Multi-stakeholder community-based and inclusive groups or coordination mechanisms are established and/or strengthened to promote gender-responsive social cohesion, conflict prevention and resilience

    • Support the establishment of gender-responsive and inclusive “Village Working Groups” (Pokja) for monitoring early warning signs of radicalization and extremism, promoting community-based solutions for conflict prevention, disaster resilience/preparedness and inter and intra village coordination/dialogue; 

    • Support to establish a coordination mechanism between women’s groups, youth groups (e.g., Tagana) and village/provincial government on disaster risk reduction or prevention of violence extremism;

    • Facilitate the exchange of experiences between Pokjas from other villages.

  • Output 2.2 Capacity of community-based groups to implement interventions to promote gender-responsive social cohesion, conflict and violence prevention and management, disaster preparedness and resilience building is strengthened

    • Support community-based groups (women, youth, marginalized communities, people with disability) to increase their capacity in leadership, networking, and coordination;  

    • Provide capacity-building support for youth community members in creating and utilizing counter-narratives to combat intolerance and extremism, violence against women and/or disaster preparedness (using gender-sensitive approach, building media literacy and skill to combat misinformation and strengthen campaigns).

Locations and Target Groups

• The three proponent organizations will benefit at least 20 villages in total across Central Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). For direct beneficiaries, the proposed project will target approximately 17,000 people in the targeted locations, 10,000 women and 7,000 men. It is expected that each proponent organization works in seven villages in selected location, with no less than 6,000 direct beneficiaries (4,000 women and 2,000 men). To identify direct beneficiaries, the programme will ensure that gender equality and social inclusion will be the main considerations based on the vulnerability risk assessment and in coordination with other actors working within the proposed areas.

Eligibility Criteria

• Legally registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Indonesia with a proven track record in promoting women’s empowerment and existing operational capacities in targeted locations with relevant programme expertise in women’s empowerment and/or youth engagement in disaster management, disaster risk reduction, peace and security are eligible to submit proposals.

• Legally registered NGOs in Indonesia affiliated with Korean NGOs are also encouraged to apply. 

Eligibility

Competencies

• Organization Profile

  • Must be legally registered in Indonesia with a strong track record in understanding the specific local context in the areas of targeted locations.

  • At least 5 years of operation with a minimum of 3 years of specific experience working to promote women's peace and security (WPS), women’s empowerment, promoting social cohesion, disaster risk reduction (DRR), humanitarian actions, and preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization.

  • Strong experience in capacity-building, particularly for policy-makers and government officials in designing and implementing gender-responsive policies.

  • Proven organizational experience in working with a network of relevant civil society organizations, and local and national government agencies, including key local stakeholders in Indonesia.

  • Experience working in using humanitarian, development and peace nexus in the programmes and initiatives is an advantage

• Team members will be assessed on the following:

  • Team Leader, the overall team leader should have:

    • Master’s degree (or equivalent) in International Development Studies, Social Sciences, Politics, Law, Human Rights, Gender, Women Studies, Economics, Monitoring, and Evaluation or related field.

    • Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in women’s empowerment and/or building peaceful and resilient communities in Indonesia.

    • Experience in the humanitarian field.

    • Substantive experience managing and implementing similar projects with a strong gender focus is preferred.

    • Experience working in promoting peaceful and resilient communities is desirable.

    • Experiences in monitoring and reporting results following the UN/UN Women’s approach to results-based management (RBM).

    • Proven experience in producing coherent, clear analytic reports and knowledge products.

    • Excellent communication skills and fluent in English, fluency in Bahasa Indonesia is an advantage;

  • Team members, facilitators, and other members will be assessed on the following:

    • Bachelor’s degree in International Development Studies, Social Sciences, Politics, Law, Human Rights, Gender, Women Studies, Economics, Monitoring, and Evaluation, or a related field is preferred. High school graduation is required as a minimum for team members.

    • Experience working with civil society and community-based organizations, including project/programme management.

    • Professional experience in women’s empowerment, promoting local/community-owned initiatives to advance gender equality and empowerment of women and girls.

    • Experience in the humanitarian field is desirable.

    • Experience working in promoting peaceful and resilient communities is desirable.

    • Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia and other dialects as relevant.

Post Date: January 15, 2024