Scope of Work
Under the overall guidance of the head of climate adaptation, UNDP and under the supervision of the lead Technical Specialist (NAP GSP) the Consultant will undertake the following tasks, including;
- The Gender Advisor, NAP-GSP (UNDP) will work together with the Gender Expert, NAP-Ag (FAO) to co-supervise the production of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package. This will include collaborating on writing the Policy brief, as well as on compiling and synthesizing the training materials (which have in part been developed and written, but require revising and streamlining as well as bringing in additional materials, experiences, cases, and examples from a broader range of countries. The Gender Advisor, NAP-GSP will take the lead on the case studies and collaborate on the production of the video.
- The Gender Advisor will also support the ongoing development and testing of the gender-responsive climate-resilience market Development Tool. This will include providing online and in-situ support on gender to the local facilitator and international value chains experts engaged in tool testing in up to two countries.
The Gender Advisor will also provide other technical backstopping support to the NAP-GSP and NAP-Ag programmes, including technical backstopping and capacity strengthening support to programme countries and communications and outreach support.
Expected Outputs and Deliverables
The expected outputs from this assignment are as follow:
Deliverable 1: Training guide (due date 30 April 2018, est. 10 working days)
As part of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package, the training guide will build primarily on the gender mainstreaming training materials and experiences that have been developed and tested in Kenya and Uganda together with upcoming missions to Zambia as well as possibly the Gambia, Nepal and the Philippines. The content will be designed to be relevant to any country and will be divided into four sections in line with the four elements of the NAP process (Lay the groundwork; Preparatory elements; Implementation strategies; Reporting, monitoring and review).
Within each section there will be modules or lessons, each consisting of a PowerPoint lesson and related exercise. Modules will be prepared in such a way as to be flexible, inter-changeable, and adaptable depending on the specific needs of the country and audience/training participants (e.g. central government planners and decision-makers, district level government planners and implementers, parliamentarians/policy-makers, staff from CSOs/NGOs working on adaptation planning, etc.). Links will be made to the case studies under the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package (See Deliverable 2 and Video, Deliverable 3. It will also be highlighted in an overall Policy brief under the same package, see Deliverable 4.)
The Gender Advisor will develop these materials through:
• Collaborating with the Gender Expert, NAP-Ag (FAO) to review and pull together materials in line with the four elements of the NAP process;
• Finalize user-friendly, adaptable Training Guide (modules) that builds on and incorporates examples, cases, materials from the different countries under the programme, including countries which have already had training as well as those planned/proposed for 2018. The final product will be a series of coherent, easily accessible and user-friendly modules for the web.
Deliverable 2: Four case studies, Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package (due date 30 June 2018, est. 16 working days)
As part of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package, four case studies will be produced that link to one of the four elements of the NAP process, and will document the lessons learned by countries on mainstreaming gender.
The case studies will function as independent publications that highlight how countries put gender on the agenda of their national adaptation planning processes for agriculture, highlighting 3-5 recommendations/lessons gleaned from their experience for policymakers in similar situations. The case studies will be thematically based and framed by the international climate change policy context. Recommendations will also be made wherever there are relevant lessons for reporting to UNFCCC or following through on commitments.
Each of the four case studies will be linked to one of the four elements of the NAP process. The theme of each case study will be narrowed down based on countries’ experiences; examples of possible themes include: building institutional buy-in; ensuring stronger voice and participation; gender-sensitive monitoring. The case studies will draw on the experiences/examples from different countries under the NAP-Ag Programme to highlight specific issues.
These will be useful stand-alone resources or companion pieces to the training guide and videos to be used in different learning environments.
The case studies will be released by 30th June 2018
The Gender Advisor will develop these case studies through:
- using literature review conducted by NAP-Ag team consultant (FAO) to provide context;
- working with NAP Ag Country Office teams and stakeholders to develop a focus and the case studies;
- designing case studies by end of Q2, 2018
Deliverable 3: Policy brief, Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package (due date 30 April 2018, est. 4 working days)
As part of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package, four case studies will be produced
As part of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package, a policy brief (4 pages) will be developed to provide a summary overview of the entire package and highlight key messages (see Concept Note for details).
The Gender Advisor will provide inputs to the policy brief by developing content based on the case studies, training guide and video.
Deliverable 4: Support to the development and testing of the gender-responsive climate-resilient market development (due date 30 September 2018, est. 30 working days)
As part of the Global Gender and Adaptation Capacity Development Package, four case studies will be produced
The Market Development Tool is being developed by an International Expert (UNDP) with expertise in value chain development.
The Gender Advisor will provide ongoing support to the development and testing of this tool by:
- providing technical backstopping to two programme countries (TBC, Zambia, Uganda) (x 4 days);
- providing technical support on gender to international expert on value chains and local facilitators conducting training on value chain development (2 x 10 days each preparation, in-country support, reporting = 20 days). This includes support to development of training agenda and materials, co-facilitation, inputs to report;
- providing gender inputs to revised text in tool based on testing (including specific examples, cases collected from field testing) (x 6 days).
Deliverable 5: UNDP briefing note with case studies (due date 30 September 2018, est. 10 working days)
This briefing note will build on the country work based on UNDP’s adaptation portfolio (including NAP-GSP, NAP-Ag), other organization’s efforts where relevant, literature reviews, and capacity strengthening (particularly training) efforts undertaken under NAP-GSP and NAP-Ag to understand and address the economic and social cost of the gender gap in agriculture and rural livelihoods, entrepreneurship and to strengthen women’s climate adaptation responses as part of UN groups UNDP’s programmatic work at the national and subnational levels. The resulting briefing note will provide a baseline and opportunity to develop a future output eligible for a GEN 3 rating by providing “business management training provided to local women’s producer groups and promoting women’s entrepreneurship.
The Gender Advisor will draft this note through:
- Engaging with UNDP CCA staff and COs;
- Utilizing the literature reviews undertaken for the Market Development tool, case studies under Deliverable 2, and literature review undertaken for gender trainings under NAP-Ag, experience supporting GCF proposals (e.g. developing Gender Assessments and Gender Action Plans);
- Consulting NAP-GSP team and UNDP CCA staff on the draft version of the note;
- Delivering a final note.
Deliverable 6: Technical backstopping on gender training to programme countries (due date 31 December 2018, est. 20 working days)
A number of trainings are planned/proposed for current and incoming countries under the NAP-Ag/NAP-GSP countries (e.g. the Gambia, Vietnam, etc.). These will support national adaptation planning processes, particularly for the agriculture sector.
The Gender Advisor will provide technical backstopping on gender to programme countries by:
- supporting the development and implementation of training needs assessments;
- contributing to the development/adaptation of training materials and agendas to meet the specific needs of each country context;
- providing on-site facilitation support in up to two countries to strengthen gender inputs and training outputs/outcomes;
- ensuring lessons learned, interesting examples and cases, etc. are recorded for inclusion in tools and case studies (under other deliverables under this TOR)
Deliverable 7: Other support to program (due date 31 December 2018, est. 10 working days)
The Gender Advisor will provide technical support on gender-related issues, including:
- providing comments, inputs including for mission and consultancy TORs, webinars, etc. to countries or core team that are interested in gender training, gender in relation to NAP, CBA/IA, VC/market enterprise, GCF, Global Gender and Adaptation Package, etc.
- contributing to communications/outreach (e.g. related to COP23 (including side event if accepted), International Women’s Day 2018), inputs to blog posts and other communications materials, etc.
Deliverables will be identified as needed in discussion with core team; ongoing technical support to FAO, UNDP, CO teams, partners.
Institutional Arrangement
The Consultant will carry out his/her tasks under the overall guidance of the UNDP/GEF’s Head for Climate Change Adaptation and the Lead Technical Specialist for the Global Support Programme for NAPs. He/she will work closely with UNDP Gender Team (Environment and Climate Change Policy Specialist and Gender Regional Advisors as defined), FAO Gender Focal Point and other staff involved in the process.
Duration of the Work: 30 January 2018- 30 December 2018 (Up to 100 working days)
Duty Station: Home- based with travel to countries targeted by the NAP- GSP and NAP- AG Programme.
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