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29 February 2008 - Contract Netherlands Government for assessment and monitoring of grant projects under the MDG3 Fund (2008 – 2010)
Femconsult, as subcontractor of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has been awarded a contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the management of the Netherlands’ MDG3 Fund. Under this contract, Femconsult will be responsible for the technical assessment of grant proposals submitted under this Fund and the monitoring of the implementation of the awarded projects.
On 27 February 2008, at the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented this MDG3 Fund. The main objective of the MDG3 Fund is “Investing in Equality to support activities that lead to concrete results with regard to improved rights and opportunities for women”. The fund especially contributes to the following priorities:
• property and inheritance rights for women;
• gender equality in employment and equal opportunities on the labour market;
• participation and representation of women in national parliaments and political bodies;
• combating violence against women.
Priority target groups are:
• women and girls in situations of conflict;
• marginalized women;
• adolescents.
The total budget of the fund is € 50 million, which is available for multi-year proposals.
For more information see www.MDG3.nl
07 January 2008 - Contract UNFPA to conduct gender assessment of UNFPA - December 2007
Femconsult has been awarded a contract by UNFPA to conduct a gender assessment in order to provide an overview and baseline of gender mainstreaming throughout UNFPA and an analytical inventory of UNFPA' s strengths, potentials and shortages in addressing gender equality to inform implementation of the Strategic Framework on Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment 2008-2011 and provide information to measure progress against for monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy.
15 July 2007 - Extension of EC-funded Multiple Framework Contract (2005 – 2007)
We are pleased to inform you that The EC has renewed the Multiple Framework Contract with another two years (until 16-09-2009) in which Femconsult is participating for the following Lots:
Lot 1 Rural Development and Food Security
Lot 7 Culture, Governance and Home Affairs
Lot 8 Health;
Lot 9 Education, Employment and Social;
Lot 10 Support to Industry, Commerce and Services
lot 13 Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Management & Post-Crisis assistance
We shall continue to publish the requests on our website as they are received.
If you are not yet registered with us and would like to be considered for possible future assignments under these Lots, please send us your updated CV according to the EC standard format and
More information > > >
01 May 2007 - January 2006 – December 2007 - MATRA - Project : Technical assistance through training for increasing of the administrative capacity of national, regional and local authorities and court in the field of gender equality in Bulgaria
Femconsult is leading a consortium to assist Bulgaria in strengthening its institutional infrastructure regarding equal opportunities for women and men in accordance with the acquis communautaire. The project is executed within the framework of the Dutch funded MATRA Pre-accession Projects Programme (MPAP) awarded by the EVD (Agency for International Business and Co-operation / Unit for International Public Co-operation) on behalf of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The consortium consists of Femconsult (lead), SPAN consultants (Netherlands) and the Center for Women’s Studies and Policies ( Bulgaria) with the involvement of E-Quality as the mandated body for Gender Mainstreaming within the Netherlands Government.
The project aims to contribute to the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union by strengthening the institutional capacity of the Equal Opportunities Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy to:
provide technical expertise and administrative support to national, regional and local authorities and court in the field equal treatment of women and men and gender mainstreaming and
coordinate gender-sensitive policies in Bulgaria through the establishment of a co-ordination mechanism between the relevant parties with clear divisions of responsibilities and procedures to stimulate the development of an integrated gender equality policy.
include regional and local Police officers, prosecutors and judges.
27 April 2007 - New on-line registration system for experts
We have launched an on-line Experts' registration system to better identify candidates whose profile matches requests for services. This system will also allow the experts to adapt and update their profile.
If you wish to register into our database system please go to Experts' Database on our site and click on register and submit your contact details. A password will be send to your email address so that you can login.
We will be using this database for selection of experts from June 2007 onwards. |
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