81313975-Womens' economic participation and prevention of gender-based violence in the Amazon (Implementation of Output 3 and 4)

The contractor is responsible for contributing to the overall project objectives and indicators. More specifically, the contractor will implement three work packages, concerning output 3 and 4 as well as planning, monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management for the entire project. Work package 1: Output 3 The contractor is responsible for the implementation and achievement of Output 3: Strategies to improve the equal economic participation of women selected priority groups in the context of Just Transition are applied. This includes the systematization and analysis of value chains, considering the impact of climate change on all dimensions of productive work, as well as the development of strategies to strengthen the economic empowerment of women in the pilot region of Pará, with a special focus on quilombola women in Marajó and collectors of recycled materials in the urban context (Belém and metropolitan region). In addition, the contractor is responsible for the development and implementation of professional, strategic and organizational training for members of the priority groups involved in the priority value chains, as well as the implementation of identified solutions for decent work and equal income. The contractor is responsible for developing methods and strategies adapted to the respective context to promote women"s equal economic participation, such as analyses, studies, skills development measures and the development of training materials, dialog formats with the private and public sector, among others. With regard to the training measures, the contractor develops a competence development plan based on a comprehensive gender-sensitive analysis to be carried out at the beginning of at least 4 value chains prioritized for the priority groups and relevant for the context of the Just Transition. This can include measures to expand competence in strategic, operational and management skills, as well as knowledge of the opportunities and requirements of public marketing mechanisms and in the area of communication and marketing. This requires extensive specific knowledge and experience in the field of gender-sensitive and participatory value chain analysis and promotion, as well as in the demand-oriented development and implementation of training and consulting services based on the specific requirements of the target audience (quilombola and collectors of recycled materials) and with a high level of sensitivity to their concerns. The contractor coordinates the development and implementation of these strategies and measures with other actors (including GIZ) and advises, in coordination with GIZ, the political and implementation partners on establishing and optimizing their strategies for the economic empowerment of women at the political level on the basis of the experience gained. Work package 2: Output 4 The contractor is responsible for the implementation and achievement of Output 4: Transformative strategies for the prevention of violence against women, tailored to the context of the priority groups, are available. This includes the analysis and systematisation of the causes of the different forms of gender-based violence in the pilot regions (Marajó and Belém Metropolitan Region) with regard to different spheres (domestic, public, workplace) and different levels (individual, family, organisational and political). Also, the contractor develops and implements differentiated prevention measures in pilot areas, based on existing initiatives and programmes on national, state or municipal level. In addition, the component includes the development and implementation of training sessions on concepts of gender-based violence adapted to the cultural context, taking into account a transformative multi-level approach and technical advice for (state and municipal) authorities in the development of transformative approaches to violence prevention based on the developed and tested strategies, as well as the processing of experiences from the pilot territories for the transfer of the strategy to the national level and transfer to other contexts at federal level. Work package 3: Planning, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management The contractor contributes to the development and implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system, as well as a knowledge management system for the project. The contractor prepares the contributions for the annual and final project reports, including aspects relevant to the project's do-no-harm strategy, which need to be updated regularly during project implementation. Furthermore, the contractor is responsible for the systematisation and processing of successful examples and strategies for equitable economic participation and violence prevention (outputs 3 and 4) at the local level for replication at the national level or in other contexts.