Strengthen the capacity of EU staff at headquarters and Delegations to mainstream gender equality and women’s empowerment in all EU external cooperation instruments and across development cooperation sectors, and to conduct an informed policy and political dialogue on gender, according to the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. Specific Objectives: A. Mainstream a gender perspective in core EU training courses: Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management and Peace building | Human Rights and democratization | Program and Project Cycle Management | Budget Support | Policy Dialogue | Water and sanitation | Private sector | Energy | Agriculture, environment, natural Read more [...]
Mid Term evaluation of the regional programme: incorporation of gender, racial and ethnic equality in programmes against poverty in Latin American countries
Place: Bolivia
La PazThe programme “Gender, race, ethnicity and poverty” coordinated regionally by the UNIFEM regional office for Brazil and Southern Cone (now UN WOMEN), aims at promoting systematically the incorporation of the dimension of gender, racial and ethnic equality in programmes and projects fighting poverty and inequalities. The programme, managed by UNIFEM Southern Cone, has the support of AECID as well the UNIFEM Headquarters. The programmes components are: Systematization of the concepts, analysis methodologies, poverty measurements and lessons learned Strengthening governmental and no governmental organizations Networking among organizations working on indigenous and black women’s rights as well as organizations working on public Read more [...]
Appraisal of Consolidation Phase for Human Rights and Democracy Programme 2011-2012 (Pro-Democracia)
Place: Guatemala
ChisecThe Human Rights and Democracy programme is organized around two thematic components – anticorruption and access to justice. In this last phase it foresees the establishment of a limited number of strategic partnerships within each component, to increase the impact of the activities and to ease the harmonisation with other donors. Moreover, it aims at increasing the knowledge base on human rights and democracy and at developing better indicators as well as civil society’s capacity to monitor sectorial public policy. This mission is carried out in the framework of the phasing out of DANIDA’s assistance in the region and aims Read more [...]
Human Rights Protection Strengthening Project – National and Specific Regional Thematic Studies – Lots 1,2,4,5
Place: Argentina
Buenos AiresThis contract is part of the Project Strengthening the System for the Protection of Human Rights in Argentina, the general objective of which is “to Strengthen the Human Rights Protection System at both national and provincial level by improving coordination between the Government and Civil Society”. Technical assistance will support the Human Rights Secretary of the Nation, those of the target Provinces, the Human Rights Observatories, social organizations and universities in carrying out 4 thematic regional studies on the situation of economic, social and cultural rights, as defined by the UN International Covenant, in the regions of Cuyo, Noreste, Pampeana Read more [...]
Human Rights Protection Strengthening Project – Capacity Building and exchange of Experiences – Lot 3
Place: Argentina
Buenos AiresThis contract is part of the Project Strengthening the System for the Protection of Human Rights in Argentina, the general objective of which is to “Strengthen the Human Rights Protection System at both national and provincial level by improving coordination between the Government and Civil Society”. Technical assistance supports the Human Rights Secretary of the Nation and that of the Province of Misiones, local personnel of Human Rights Observatories, local and national civil servants of the HHRR areas, social organizations and universities in coordinating capacity building and training on regional and sectorial themes in the field of HHRR. In particular, Read more [...]
Mid Term Evaluation of the Human Rights Programme 2006 – 2011
Place: Bogotá
BogotáUSAID/Colombia’s Human Rights Program (HRP) is one of the largest USAID Human Rights programs in the world, providing assistance to civil society organizations and government entities to implement a wide array of activities designed to promote respect for Human Rights and protect individuals and communities from Human Rights abuses. It began in August 2006 through a five year contract consisting of a two-year base period and three optional years. In this framework, the aim is to assess the progress of the USAID’s Human Rights Program (HRP) and to offer recommendations to increase the impact and effectiveness of the program, as Read more [...]