BBRSO80911: Community Coordinator Tender, Barbados - 36486778

Procurement Summary

Country : Barbados

Summary : BBRSO80911: Community Coordinator

Deadline : 27 Sep 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 36486778

Document Ref. No. : 59430

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
United Nations Development Programme Subregional Office for Barbados and the OECS UN House, Marine Gardens, Christ Church, Barbados
Barbados

Tender Details

The UNDP supported project entitled "Being LGBTI in the Caribbean: Reducing Inequality & Exclusion Experienced by LGBTI People" falls under the Sustainable Human Development and Inclusive Governance portfolio and seeks to examine the experiences of LGBTI people in four select Caribbean countries: Barbados, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. This project willsimultaneously address LGBTI issues in the region from a human rights and development perspective, as well as contextualize the issues against the backdrop of civil society capacity development, community mobilization and government engagement.The project aims to strengthen the evidence base, develop capacity and public information materials, and convene regional andnational dialogues that bring together national decision makers from the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of government with LGBTI civil society organizations, their allies and other stakeholders. The proposed project will draw on UNDP`s work on human rights in the Caribbean in the context of HIV and experience in designing and implementing a similar ground-breaking regional initiative, Being LGBT in Asia.[1], [2], [3] While numerous reviews of the situation LGBTI people vis--vis laws, policies and practices have been carried out in the Caribbean, currently very little systemic/institutional data reflects the issues and circumstances of LGBTI people in the region. Governments often lack data and evidence needed to shape policies and programs for LGBTI inclusion. Many civil society organizations still need to develop solid coordination mechanisms, in order to increase their impact, to be recognised as full partners at national level and to develop joint strategies for advocacy and lobbying. Up to date data would enable analysis on the level of the rights and inclusion of LGBTI persons. Suchanalysis would enable the development of laws, policies, as well as advocacy programs that are more effective in instigating social, legal and politi...

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