Introduction : The UN Secretary General António Guterres has placed the achievement of gender parity in the UN System as an urgent priority, both in terms of human rights and also as it is essential to the United Nations’ efficiency, impact, and credibility. To operationalize system-wide efforts to advance this priority, the Secretary-General launched the UN Strategy on Gender Parity, which was followed by a series of guidelines on creating a positive enabling environment to foster gender parity. Aligned with the global strategy, the UN System in Uganda developed a country-specific gender parity strategy and action plan. Among the priorities identified in this action plan are addressing unconscious bias that may be impacting on the recruitment and advancement of women in the UN system and addressing sexual harassment and the culture of silence that enables this abuse to continue.
In addition, the UN has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) perpetrated by staff and personnel of the UN and its implementing partners, contractors, and vendors against beneficiaries of assistance, affected persons, and other vulnerable groups, and is committed to actively preventing and responding to SEA. However, reporting and responding to SEA is negatively impacted by a culture of silence, with some evidence that only about a quarter of UN personnel who are aware of SEA instances have reported it.
It is against this background that UNDP, on behalf of the Resident Coordinator’s Office in Uganda, is contracting an external partner to create and conduct training for UN human resources personnel and gender, disability inclusion, and SEA focal points. Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link: http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.org using the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration. Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the contact details of this tender as indicated in the solicitation document. UNDP OFFICE UGANDA PROCUREMENT UNIT | This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system of UNDP Quantum. If you are interested in submitting a bid for this tender, you must subscribe following the instructions in the user guide. If you have not registered a profile with this system, you can do so by following the link for Supplier Registration. If you already have a supplier profile, please login to the Supplier Portal, then search for the negotiation using the reference number UNDP-UGA-00302, following the instructions in the user guide. | Deadline : | 16-Jun-24 @ 04:59 PM (New York time) | UNDP-UGA – UGANDA | To help us track our procurement effort, please indicate in your emall where (globalvacancies.org) you saw this tender/procurement notice.