For its project on “Euro-Mediterranean cooperation for the protection of women and girls against violence” implemented in the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint programme "Regional Support to Reinforce Human rights, Rule of Law and Democracy in the Southern Mediterranean" (South Programme IV), the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is looking for consultants on violence against women in the Southern Mediterranean.
Within its Women Empowerment programme, the North-South Centre is leading a project aiming at strengthening the capacities of civil society organisations in promoting the cooperation to reinforce the protection mechanisms for victims/survivors of violence against women and domestic violence in the Southern Mediterranean region.
To support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the projects’ activities, this call for tenders intends to set up a pool of experts on protection of victims and multi-sectorial coordination in the region. In the long-term, the project seeks to increase the understanding and competences of key national sectors in providing adequate support and protection for victims/survivors of gender-based violence in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia by relying on the expertise and experience of women-led grassroots organisations of the region and key Council of Europe standards, namely, the Istanbul Convention.
The consultants of this pool should demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience in combating violence against women in the Southern Mediterranean (in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia or at regional level for the Southern Mediterranean region). The expertise should be demonstrated from experience gained in drafting knowledge-based products, from field work and/or from experience in developing or applying international norms, methodologies, protocols, guidelines, toolkits, or from carrying out trainings.
Experience at international level will be considered as an added value.
The applicant can be a natural person, a legal person or consortia of legal and/or natural persons (within an organization for example).
Interested candidates are invited to consult the call for tender and submit the completed act of engagement accompanied with all documents to be provided listed in the call for tenders by email at nswomennetwork@coe.int before the 08 APRIL 2021 (23:59 GMT Time).
* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe and European Union member States on this issue.