UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social and economic development of their communities and annually reports on the 17 common Performance Indicators. Programmatically and institutionally, UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan provides the main vehicle for integrating gender equality concerns into its operational processes and policies, guiding the organization’s contributions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Technical expertise provided by consultants and consultancy firms plays a critical role in supporting UNICEF’s work in gender equality, whether it relates to situational analysis, program and strategy design, communications, research and studies or monitoring and evaluations to achieve results for women and girls among other requirements.
UNICEF’s increasing involvement in national and global partnerships and increasing use of multi-sectoral approaches as well as an emphasis on innovation as a strategy to accelerate results, are leading to more demand for technical expertise, particularly through institutional contracts. To respond to the demand UNICEF seeks to establish non-exclusive Long Term Arrangements for Services (LTA) with sector-specialized organizations that maintain up-to-date rosters of gender experts with proven experience, credibility and identifiable skill sets
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