National Consultant/Assistant Evaluator Tender in Georgia - 34180022

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Country: Georgia

Summary: National Consultant/Assistant Evaluator for the Final Evaluation of the Project “Unite to Fight Violence Against Women"

Deadline: 08 Jul 2019

Posting Date: 01 Jul 2019

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TOT Ref.No.: 34180022

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Competition: ICB

Financier: United Nations Secretariat

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Tender Value: Refer Document

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Tenders are invited for National Consultant/Assistant evaluator for the final evaluation of the EU/UN Women project “Unite to Fight Violence Against Women.
Background
In November 2016, UN Women - the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - with the generous support of the European Union (EU), launched a 3-year project “Unite to Fight Violence against Women.” The overall objective of the action is to prevent violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV) and to eliminate its causes and consequences in Georgia. The specific objective is to create an enabling legislative, policy and service delivery environment in line with internationally binding standards on ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG) at national and local levels (Guria and Qvemo Qartli regions) in Georgia.
The project is aimed at realizing two inter-related results: 1) Key stakeholders conduct awareness-raising, preventive and corrective actions, based on reliable data and in such a way that they contribute to increased disclosure and prevention of violence and 2) Capacity of key policy and service delivery institutions strengthened to promote and protect women-s right to a life free from VAWG, including DV.
Compliant to UN Women-s Strategic Note 2016-2020, the project ensured realization of project results with interventions on policy, institutions and grassroots- levels to bring about interrelated positive change and contribute to the achievement of the overall, as well as the specific objectives of the action. On level 1: Policies and Legislation - the action generated comprehensive data and evidence through conducting a National Study on VAW in Georgia and provided comprehensive support to the government of Georgia in streamlining national policies, laws and plans in line with generated evidence, as well as Georgia-s international and national commitments on EVAW. On level 2: institutions - capacity development - the project provided capacity development support to key institutional partners engaged in the national response against VAW/DV. On the level 3: grassroots, the project provided coordinated support to national and local partners on raising awareness to prevent and increase disclosure of VAWG and DV in Georgia.
Key partnerships with relevant government and civil society actors in Georgia have been strengthened or established to ensure delivery of project results and to enhance project sustainability and national ownership. In line with the project document, UN Women formalized frameworks of cooperation with responsible parties - the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT), the State Fund for Protection and Assistance of (Statutory) Victims of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, Legal Aid Service (LAS) and the Public Defender-s Office (PDO) - via Letters of Agreement. Effective and meaningful partnerships have been further sustained with the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence with UN Women providing robust technical assistance in development, implementation and monitoring of the national laws and policies on EVAW. The project further established partnerships with key state actors engaged in the national response against VAW/DV, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) providing technical assistance in the area of enhancing safety of and strengthening service provision to the victims/survivors of violence. On the local levels, UN Women established close partnerships with the local governments and civil society organizations in project target regions of Guria and Qvemo Qartli via regular consultation meetings, capacity development trainings and awareness raising campaigns around VAW/DV.
Throughout the project lifespan, UN Women completed its administrative and financial obligations and implemented all project-related activities specified in the project document. A summary of highlight results and achievements are listed below:
· The project bridged the national data gap on VAWG/DV by conducting the National VAW Study in Georgia, in partnership with GEOSTAT. The study findings provided data on the prevalence of intimate-partner violence (IPV), domestic violence and non-partner physical and sexual violence, sexual harassment and stalking, as well as the perceptions and awareness of women and men on gender and violence in Georgia. The findings generated by the study established baseline indicators for a number of the nationalized Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and offered evidence to inform the design of policies and programmes by national stakeholders;
· The project ensured coordination and unity of action by state agencies in delivering awareness-raising interventions on EVAWG by supporting the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in the development and adoption of two framework-setting documents: the National Communication Strategy and the National Communication Action Plan on EVAWG. To ensure effective implementation of these two documents, the project further supported the Inter-Agency Commission in the establishment and effective functioning of the EVAWG Communication Task Force. The project further contributed to encouraging disclosure of VAWG/DV by providing support to selected national partners and civil society organizations to promote zero tolerance for VAWG/DV and increase awareness around services available for the victims/survivors of violence nationwide, as well as in project target region of Guria and Qvemo Qartli;
· The project further provided coordinated support and trainings to policymakers and service providers in order to strengthen capacities for the implementation of laws and policies, as well as provide better service delivery. As a direct result of strategic technical support provided to the Inter-Agency Commission in the development of the 2018-2020 National Action Plan on the Measures to be Implemented for Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims/Survivors (hereinafter referred to as 2018-2020 VAW/DV NAP), the Government of Georgia adopted the VAW/DV NAP on 13 April 2018;
· The project resulted in a milestone policy shift in the police response to DV through its support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in developing and adopting the DV risk assessment methodology. The DV risk assessment methodology has been integrated into the restraining order protocol for DV offenders in accordance with the ministerial decree issued on 13 July 2018 (Decree of the Minister of Internal Affairs No. 81 on the Approval of the Restraining Order and Restraining Order Protocol issued on 13 July 2018. Available at https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/4262664?publication=0). It enables police officers to document the history of violence suffered and evaluate risks for lethality and re-offence, thereby informing restrictive measures to be applied using a standardized methodology;
· The project has further strengthened the police response to DV by contributing to the creation and effective functioning of the Human Rights Protection Department (HRPD), a specialized unit of the MIA to steer the ministry-s work, inter alia, on VAWG/DV issues. Strategic capacity development support has been provided to the HRPD via a series of specialized trainings and consultation meetings;
· The project contributed to improving the safety of victims/survivors via the introduction of Global Positioning System (GPS) ankle bracelets to monitor and track high-risk DV offenders. UN Women has further secured commitment from the ministry to take over the funding for the maintenance of the system after the project phaseout;
· The project expanded the geographic coverage of services available to the victims/survivors of VAWG/DV by supporting the State Fund in establishing two new crisis centers in the project target regions of Guria and Qvemo Qartli. The crisis centers provide psychological and socioeconomic assistance and rehabilitation, medical and legal services to victims/survivors of VAWG/DV as well as referral to shelters, as necessary. The project further contributed to bridging the gap on the provision of socioeconomic rehabilitation to the victims/survivors of domestic violence by supporting the State Fund in launching the development of the socioeconomic rehabilitation programme for the victims/survivors of VAW/DV.
· The project addressed the key gap in the provision of preventive interventions for the perpetrators of VAWG/DV by developing and piloting the rehabilitation/behavioral correction programme for perpetrators convicted of DV. The programme has been piloted in two penitential institutions of Georgia and is expected to become mandatory for VAW/DV offenders in 2019.
· The project addressed the key gap in the provision of the free-of-charge legal aid services to the victims/survivors of VAWG/DV by supporting the Legal Aid Service (LAS) in expanding its mandate to provide legal consultations and court representation services to the victims/survivors of VAWG/DV (regardless of their socioeconomic status) on civil and administrative legal matters related to their victimization. The project further strengthened the capacity of lawyers working for the LAS by conducting in-depth specialized trainings on VAWG/DV.
· The project further enabled Gender Equality Department (GED) of the PDO (Public Defender-s Office) to expand its geographic coverage and monitor implementation of the legislation in relation to GE and VAWG nationwide in 6 regions of Georgia (Adjara, Guria, Kakheti, Qvemo Qartli, Samegrelo and Samtskhe-Javakheti);
Evaluation purpose, objectives and use
The main purpose of this final evaluation is to assess the achievement of programme resu

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