Call for tender: Consultancy support to develop a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Strategy
ECOS is seeking one or more consultants to provide technical assistance to strengthen and advance Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in organisational strategies and processes as well as in our positioning, partnering and advocacy work.
ECOS has grown rapidly since its inception and continues expanding the core team and operations.
We are currently undertaking a strategy review process, which includes:
- Development of a high level ECOS strategy for the period 2025-2030;
- Development of an HR strategy that is aligned with the overall organisational strategy, combined with a review of HR policies and processes;
- A review of other strategic documents such as the communications and membership strategies.
ECOS wishes to use this time of reflection and re-visioning to adopt a more explicit focus on the links between the environmental and equity agendas, and to strongly integrate attention to gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) issues in both our technical work and how we function as an organisation in relation to staff, partners, stakeholders, and the communities we aim to serve.
The consultant(s) will be asked to ensure that the GESI Policy Statement, Strategy and Workplan focus on advancing gender equality for women and men and incorporate an intersectional approach which brings attention to issues including poverty, disability, sexuality, gender identity, urban/rural location, ethnicity, and religion.
The work will be overseen by an in-house GESI Taskforce, and the consultant(s) will be expected to work collaboratively with this group, co-developing the principles, methodology and key outputs, and providing regular updates.
Tender preparation
Tenderers are requested to submit a proposal by 23:59 CET 31st of August 2023 to info@ecostandard.org
Please provide:
- CVs of the proposed consultant(s).
- A brief proposal responding to these ToRs (maximum six pages), detailing methodology and suggested workplan, total number of days needed to respond to the TORs, daily rate expectation and availability.
- Budgeting for each element of the work and proposed payment schedule.
Budget
This assignment is expected to take up to 60 days’ work. The budget available for this work is 30.000€ (including VAT). The consultant(s) can work remotely, but one or two trips to the ECOS office in Brussels will be required (covered by ECOS). The consultancy is expected to begin in September 2023 and conclude in April 2024.
