RFP - Resource Agency for Facilitation, Adoption and Implementation of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) by the Corporate Sector in India

Request for Proposal (RFP) for Resource Agency for Facilitation, Adoption and

Implementation of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) by the Corporate Sector in India

 

Background

UN Women, 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 centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent  leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

 

The WeEmpower Asia programme

The WeEmpower Asia (WEA) programme is a collaborative effort between the Regional Office of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) and the European Union (EU), which is funding the action under its Partnership Instrument. With this programme, the two entities will leverage their joint commitment to enhance women’s economic empowerment globally. They each have longstanding experience and partnerships in the Asian region. UN Women will apply its triple mandate of normative, operational and coordination actions and use its convening power to bring multiple stakeholders together for effective collaboration. EU brings valuable private and public sector partnerships across sectors as well as its solid expertise in trade and economic development

 

Objective of the Assignment

The objective of the assignment is to facilitate adoption and implementation of WEPs by existing and new WEPs signatories in India.

It is envisioned that the companies will need support throughout the cycle from their first introduction to the WEPs till they have committed and started to integrate changes into their business practice and culture. The ‘WEPs journey’ is expected to have these steps:

• Learning
• Considering
• Signing
• Activation
• Sustaining 

Target Group

• 37 existing WEPs signatory companies before the onset of the Programme that do not have information in the public domain on policies/ programmes/ practices aligned with WEPs /not part of the review by UN Women 
• 30 companies that signed up to WEPs due to WEA intervention until June 202090 new Indian and EU companies working in pan India locations to sign WEPs

 

Eligibility Criteria

Organisations who are registered as for-profit private companies with following experience will be

eligible.

Essential knowledge and experience for Organisation:

The organization should have:

• Specialised knowledge and at least 5 years substantive experience in promoting diversity and inclusion, economic empowerment of women in corporate sector in Indian context.
• At least 5 years demonstrated experience in supporting gender equality programming and
• conducting gender research and training in the corporate/formal sector specially on promoting women’s leadership and participation in companies/businesses. 
• Specific experience working on projects related to women’s economic empowerment in businesses with private sector, enterprises, industry networks, supply chains would be highly
• desirable.
• Professionally competent team of experts to support the above assignment.

 

Qualifications of Team Leader:

• Master’s degree in gender issues, economics, business administration, human resources, public policy, law, international relations or other related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with a demonstrable ability in working on issues of diversity and inclusion, conducting interactive trainings/workshops/ dialgoues, undertaking research and analytical reviews, and providing technical expertise in the areas of gender, economic empowerment, and multi-sector partnerships.
• Excellent command of English. Other UN languages an asset.
• Experience in similar assignments and producing reports (preferably policy-linked) to a publishable quality is a distinct advantage.
• Experience working with multi-national organizations, inter-governmental organizations, business companies and United Nations agencies is an advantage.

 

Qualifications of Team Member:

• Master’s degree in gender issues, economics, business administration, human resources, public policy, law, international relations or other related fields.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience with a demonstrable ability in working on issues of diversity and inclusion, conducting interactive trainings/workshops/ dialgoues, undertaking
• research and analytical reviews, and providing technical expertise in the areas of gender, economic empowerment, and multi-sector partnerships.
• Excellent command of English. Other UN languages an asset.
• Experience in similar assignments and producing reports (preferably policy-linked) to a publishable quality is a distinct advantage.
• Experience working with multi-national organizations, inter-governmental organizations, business companies and United Nations agencies is an advantage.

Deadline for Submission of Proposals

Date and Time: 21st July 2020; 1730 hrs

City and Country: New Delhi, India

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This is an absolute deadline. Any proposal received after this date and time will be disqualified

 

Address for Proposal Submission

Electronic submission of Proposal:

Dedicated Secure E-mail address(s):

Technical Proposal: procurement.india@unwomen.org 

Financial Proposal: procurement.india@unwomen.org 

To secure your financial offer please set up a password and share the same at the email ID mentioned above along with financial proposal.

 

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