Background

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality for women, men and persons of diverse gender identities as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

As the lead UN agency on advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, UN Women works to promote peace by supporting women of all backgrounds and ages to participate in peace processes and security efforts to prevent conflict and build sustainable peace guided by ten UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCR)[1]. Within the global framework of UNSCRs on Women, Peace and Security, Indonesia has endeavored to localize the WPS agenda into the National Action Plan (NAP) for the Protection and Empowerment of Women and Children during Social Conflicts[2].

In 2021, Presidential Decree No 7 of 2021 introduced Indonesia’s first NAP on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism that Leads to Terrorism (P/CVE)[3] 2020-2024, shifting the country’s counterterrorism strategy towards a more comprehensive and integrated approach. NAP on P/CVE emphasizes collaboration across government entities and civil society organizations, using whole-of-government-and-whole-of-society approaches. It is also supported by a digital platform, I-KHub on CTVE, for effective data management and coordination. The NAP on P/CVE is structured around three main pillars: Prevention, Legal Framework and Law Enforcement, and International Cooperation, with broad participation from various ministries, state institutions, and civil society organizations in its implementation. The Joint Secretariat of the NAP on P/CVE is hosted by the Indonesia National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT), who oversees the implementation and coordinates all pillars and thematic Task Forces for the implementation of the NAP.

UN Women Indonesia has been supporting the integration of gender perspectives and human rights-based approaches into the NAP on P/CVE since its launch and during the localization process of the NAP on P/CVE in six provinces (West Java, East Java, Central Java, Banten, Aceh and Central Sulawesi). In addition to gender mainstreaming principles, the NAP on P/CVE takes into account eight fundamental principles during its design and implementation, namely: human rights principles; rule of law and justice; gender mainstreaming and fulfillment of children’s rights; security and safety; good governance; participation of multi-stakeholders; as well as diversity and local wisdom.

The year 2024 marks the last implementation year of the NAP on P/CVE. Concurrently, preparations are underway to develop the second phase, aimed at building upon the lessons learned and good practices laid by the implementation in the past three years, and continuing the evolution of the strategic countermeasures on preventing and countering violent extremism, radicalization and terrorism in Indonesia.

Against this backdrop, UN Women and BNPT aim to conduct an evaluation and assessment of the NAP on P/CVE 2020-2024, mainly focusing on its impact, effectiveness and coherence. The evaluator will assess the implementation of the NAP on P/CVE across three pillars, evaluating the extent to which the envisioned integrated approach has been realized, how the objectives of the NAP have been met, and identifying the impact achieved thus far. The findings and recommendations of this evaluation will be instrumental in informing future iterations of the NAP on PCVE, ensuring that Indonesia’s counterterrorism efforts are adaptive, robust, and aligned with good practices from the first implementation phase.

[1] UNSCR 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122, 2242, 2467, and 2493.

[2] Rencana Aksi Nasional tentang Perlindungan dan Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Anak dalam Konflik Sosial (RAN P3AKS)

[3] Rencana Aksi Nasional Pencegahan dan Penanggulangan Ekstremisme berbasis Kekerasan yang Mengarah Pada Terorisme (RAN PE)

Objectives

The main objective of this consultancy is to conduct the final evaluation of Indonesia’s NAP on P/CVE 2020-2024, with three main evaluation questions below:

• What (intended and unintended) impacts that RAN-PE 2020-2024 has achieved? If some impacts were made, what are the good practices and lessons learned? If not impactful, what are the issues, obstacles and challenges?
• How are objectives in the NAP on P/CVE (refer to five objectives in RAN-PE, Perpres No 7/2021) met, particularly on the localization of NAP on P/CVE? (effectiveness of the NAP on P/CVE)
• To what extent the initiatives on P/CVE from various organizations and institutions have supported and promoted complementarity in achieving NAP-P/CVE’s main objectives, at national and local level? (coherence)
• How NAP on P/CVE intersect and compliment with other NAPs, including NAP on WPS and NAP on Human Rights?
• How are the eight principles incorporated into the implementation of the NAP-P/CVE, particularly the gender mainstreaming principles?
• What are the recommendations to be provided for the development of NAP on P/CVE Phase II from this evaluation?

To answer the primary evaluation questions above, the evaluator is expected to:

• Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the project in achieving results;
• Assess the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming principle in the implementation of the NAP on P/CVE;
• Assess the sustainability and coherence of the NAP;
• Assess the current monitoring framework of the NAP-P/CVE and provide recommendations on the improvement to ensure effectiveness and practicality;
• Identify and validate important lessons learned, good practices and, strategies for replication and provide actionable recommendations for next phase of NAP on P/CVE;
• Offer concrete recommendations on how the design and implementation on P/CVE can be strengthened;
• Identify and validate innovative approaches in all aspects of the NAP-P/CVE;
• Assess the intersection and complimentary areas of NAP on P/CVE and other NAPs, such as NAP on WPS and NAP on Human Rights;
• Assess the effort of various organizations and institutions including the initiative of local government for the NAP PCVE localization.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of Policy Analyst, Secretariat of NAP on P/CVE at BNPT and the supervision and management from the Programme Analyst, Women, Peace and Security at UN Women Indonesia, the consultant will perform the following tasks, in close collaboration with the Management Group (mainly BNPT and UN Women liaison persons):

Task 1. Inception report which describes detailed methodology, instrument and workplan upon desk review and initial consultations with key stakeholders

• Conduct a desk review of existing relevant documents and reports relevant to the NAP on P/CVE development, implementation, and monitoring;
• Conduct preliminary consultations with NAP on P/CVE Secretariat, task forces, and stakeholders;
• Design the evaluation methodology;
• Develop instrument and evaluation tools with elaboration of key evaluation questions;
• Develop a consultancy work plan with concrete methods data collection;
• Submission of the inception report.

Task 2. Conduct evaluation of NAP on P/CVE as per key objectives listed above and detailed discussions during inception consultations

• Conduct data collection and analysis;
• Review current monitoring and evaluation framework of the NAP on P/CVE;
• Share preliminary findings and recommendations with the key stakeholders upon data analysis;
• Submit first draft report after first validation consultation with the Management Group;
• Address comments and inputs from BNPT and UN Women and finalize the report;
• Submit final evaluation report.

Task 3. Presentations of key findings in validation workshops and Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) related to next NAP on P/CVE development

• Present key findings in the validation workshop of the evaluation findings;
• Facilitate discussions on key findings as required;
• Present key findings in focused group discussions led by BNPT relevant to development of next phase NAP;
• Collect additional information from stakeholders and adjust the evaluation final report as necessary.

Key Deliverables and Timeline

Competencies

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Leading by Example

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications, skills and experience

• Master’s degree in public administration, economics, gender studies, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and/or any relevant field related to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum five years of relevant work experience undertaking evaluations, assessments, or reviews of programmes relating to violent extremism, peace and security issues, and preferably gender equality.
• Experience in gender-responsive and human rights evaluation.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in writing, in both Bahasa Indonesia and English.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Previous experience with the Government of Indonesia and UN agencies is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in gender mainstreaming principles and Women, Peace, and Security is an asset.

Submission of Application and Evaluation

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit an electronic application no later than 14 April 2024. The application must include (as attachment) the following documents:

• Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience in line with the scope of work and requirements.
• Updated CV.
• Technical proposal (3 pages maximum).
• Financial proposal
• P11 including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at this link.

(Please merge into one file with pdf format before uploading. Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment)

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated based on the Cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [80%]
• Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [20%]

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the proposals, with an evaluation of the technical proposal being completed before any price proposal is compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.