IC for Capacity Building of Civil Society Organizations on Social Accountability, strategic communication, participatory monitoring, and evaluation.
Procurement Process
IC - Individual contractor
Office
Gambia - GAMBIA
Deadline
18-Jun-21
Published on
07-Jun-21
Reference Number
79329
Overview
The CSOs in The Gambia emerged from the 2016 transition more confident and determined to hold the government accountable having regained their voice, strength and independence after 22 years of authoritarian rule that constrained the capacity of CSOs to hold the duty bearers and service providers accountable to the citizenry. Key challenges and capacity gaps in social accountability, strategic communication, participatory monitoring, and evaluation prevent CSOs from playing an active role in holding duty bearers accountable and advocating for policy proposals to advance the social justice agenda. Social accountability is about transforming relations between civil society and state actors by creating collaborative relationships but CSOs continue struggling to identify modes of engagement with the state and other stakeholders that could lead to a constructive and positive contribution to the process of change, beyond street mobilization. At the same time, traditional development funding (soft loans and grants) is still largely channeled to the government but CSOs are increasingly receiving a significant share of these resources to implement development projects in communities. This has opened opportunities for CSOs to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation capacities to improve performance, transparency and strengthen internal governance systems to have a competitive edge and attract more resources from donors and private sector. Additionally, CSOs have an important role and responsibility in the development of the information society through strategic communication methods. In this regard, TANGO with support from UNDP, is looking for a consultant to build the knowledge and skills of CSOs in social accountability, strategic communication, participatory monitoring, and evaluation. Specific Tasks and Scope of Service
Key deliverables:
Qualifications The qualified candidates must have:
Submit Technical and Financial Proposals to: bids.gm@undp.org Email subject: Capacity Building of CSOs
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