Consultant for the Evaluation of the Strategic Note Vacancy Job Ref: VACUNWOMEN1831-10

Background

UN Women, founded on 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, peace and security.

Present in Côte d’Ivoire since 2011 following the transition of UNIFEM, UN Women aims to accelerate the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women through strategic partnerships, technical and political advisory services and advocacy with governmental, intergovernmental and civil society partners by focusing its interventions on the following strategic axes:

1) governance and participation in public life;

2) economic empowerment of women, 3) elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls;

4) women, peace and security, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction. In 2021, UN Women Côte d’Ivoire adopted a Strategic Note for the period 2021-2028 (SN 2021-2028) which is the result of the UN Women Corporate Strategic Plan 2022-2028[1] adapted to the national context and priorities.

It describes the action plan of the UN Women country office for the years 2021-2025 and includes a results framework and an organizational effectiveness and efficiency framework with expected results and indicators.

It is firmly anchored in the 2030 Agenda, drawing on UN Women’s comparative advantage to address specific gaps that limit national capacity to implement gender equality commitments.

In accordance with UN Women’s programme management policies and procedures, the country office intends to conduct the final evaluation of this Strategic Note, which is valid until December

The report and recommendations from the final evaluation will guide the development, from July 2028, of a new strategic note for the period 2026-2030. [1] UN-Women-Strategic-Plan-2022-2028-brochure-en.pdf (unwomen.org) Duties and Responsibilities

The evaluation of the strategic note is an independent systematic assessment of UN Women’s contributions to national development results related to gender equality to promote learning on what strategies are working well and what needs to be strengthened.

The strategic note responds to the triple mandate (normative, operational, coordination) of UN Women. The evaluation should focus on their individual and combined success in promoting gender equality in Côte d’Ivoire. A secondary objective is to identify the comparative advantages of UN Women in Côte d’Ivoire and to support decision-making for the office’s strategy in the future.

The specific objectives of this evaluation can be defined as follows: Assess the relevance of UN Women’s contribution to the national level intervention and the alignment with international agreements and conventions on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization in progressing towards the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment outcomes, as defined in the Strategic Note. Assess the sustainability of the achievements of the Strategic Note.

Support the UN Women Country Office to improve its strategic positioning to better support the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Analyze how human rights and gender equality principles and approaches are integrated into the design and implementation of the Strategic Note.

Identify and validate lessons learned, good practices and examples of innovation that support gender equality and human rights.

Provide an overview of the extent to which the UN Women Country Office has achieved synergies across its three mandates (normative, coordination and programme).

Provide concrete recommendations for the development of the next UN Women Country Office Strategy Note. Deliverables The following outputs are expected from this consultancy: Stakeholder analysis and inception report:

In consultation with the UN Women team and the Reference Group, the evaluators will conduct the stakeholder analysis and develop a methodology, data collection instruments and an evaluation plan in line with these terms of reference.

Presentation of preliminary findings: Upon completion of the data collection, the evaluators will facilitate a session to present the preliminary findings.

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