The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Youth, Women, Civil Society and Private Sector Fora of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).

UN in support of peace and security in the Great Lakes Region is an EU-funded Programme with the overall objective to promote ongoing peacebuilding and consolidation efforts in the African Great Lakes Region, in support of ICGLR. It is implemented jointly by the UN (through UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA and the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in coordination with ICGLR. The three overall outcomes of the project are:

Outcome 1: The ICGLR Peace and Security Programme is strengthened.
Outcome 2: Control of the exploitation of selected mineral resources (tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold) is enhanced.
Outcome 3: The provisions of the Protocol on Prevention and Suppression of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children are effectively applied in the Great Lakes Region.

UNFPA is responsible for activities under Outcome 1, i.e. “A1.5 Support for the participation of the ICGLR Fora (multifunctional Youth Forum, Women Forum, Civil Society Forum and Private Sector Forum) in the ICGLR consultative process”. The activities are implemented during 2019-2020.

The Administrative and Programme Assistant supports the Policy, Strategic Information and Planning Branch by managing data inputs, providing administrative, programmatic and logistical support, and participating in research specific tasks including, but not limited to data collection, data processing and analysis. The assistant will also provide support in the preparation, editing and finalization of presentations, reports and policies.

Consultant provides operational and analytical support to a number of strategic initiatives managed by Policy and Strategy Division. He/she supports integration of the results of academic research into operational plans, organization of evidence-based advocacy and project management and works on substantial support to external partnerships managed by the division. Consultancy is located in the Directorate of the Policy and Strategy Division, New York. The consultant will be used in a polled manner to support, as and when required, the work of other branches in PSD and that of the directorate, specifically in the context of the Mid-Term review of the strategic plan.

The Intergovernmental engagement of UNFPA is coordinated from Policy and Strategy Division (PSD) in New York. UNFPA Liason office in Geneva implements important advocacy and reach out work to support intergovernmental reach out and advocacy. Consultancy will be recruited by UNFPA Policy and Strategy Division and will be managed from the UNFPA Office in Geneva

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