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		<cbc:Description languageID="ENG">Since 2004, GIZ has been a reliable and trusted partner of the African Union (AU) to enhance inclusive growth and sustainable development on the African continent in line with the AU"s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. With more than 200 staff, GIZ African Union cooperates with the AU Commission (AUC), as well as AU Organs, including the Human Rights Organs and specialized institutions and agencies, such as the Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD, at continental, regional and national level in more than 35 member states. Key areas of engagement include Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, Governance and Migration, Sustainable Economic Growth and Employment, as well as Health and Social Development.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned GIZ to implement a project on "Promotion of Human Rights and Women"s Empowerment in Africa (AWARE)". Through a gender-transformative and human rights-based approach, the Project aims to support the AU, it"s specialized agencies, and continental civil society, including women"s organisations/networks in the implementation of measures that promote human rights and gender equality and women's empowerment in Africa. The Project is implemented within the broader context of AU-German Government Development Cooperation in collaboration with partners including the AU Human Rights Organs and the African Union Commission (AUC) Women Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD), as well as the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS).

The AWARE Project aims to improve the ability of the AU, its Member States, and other actors to implement continental commitments on human rights and gender equality. Therefore, it is using the 3Rs approach - rights, resources, and representation - to support human rights and women"s empowerment across Africa, in collaboration with the AU and its affiliates. It involves:

- enhancing women"s and girls" access to continental human rights redress mechanisms by improving the ability of women"s networks to promote and protect women"s rights,

- supporting the implementation of AU initiatives for financial and economic inclusion, specifically aiming to improve women"s access to financial resources and

- promoting increased participation of women in political and economic decision-making processes.

The AWARE Project in part provides technical assistance to partners, including availing advisory and thematic expert services. To facilitate the implementation of its objectives, the Project seeks to create an Expert Pool to, among others, provide consultancy services to partners within the context of the Project outputs and indicators.</cbc:Description>
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1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the procurement rules before submitting the application for review and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting authority within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected,
2. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that are evident in the tender notice are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, specified in the tender notice.
3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
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			<cbc:Name languageID="ENG">81309961-AWARE Expert Pool for human rights and gender equality with technical expertise, especially for advice to organs of the African Union</cbc:Name>
			<cbc:Description languageID="ENG">The Expert Pool will serve as a database of experts to support the implementation of the AWARE Project. Specifically, the expert will assist in providing support services in the fields of human rights and gender equality to the project partners, in an effort to implement continental commitments on the protection and promotion of human rights and on gender equality and women"s empowerment. The expert pool will provide services that address both institutional and programmatic priorities of project partners.

Due to the very broad landscape of partners, it was decided to make use of an expert pool as a support mode of delivery for partners. An expert pool will allow for more targets, efficient and responsive support to the requests of the various partners. 

The GIZ-AU AWARE Project includes interventions that implement continental policies and allow citizens to benefit from them. The project design is guided by Agenda 2063, and several policies and protocols addressing issues relevant to underserves communities in our societies such as women, youth, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and the elderly. Broader continental initiatives such as the Women &amp; Youth Financial and Economic Inclusion Initiative (WYFEI), along with smaller more targeted measures are supported in support of both citizens/CSOs and the "duty bearers" i.e. the institutions and agencies that have the mandate to implement the policies.

A Contractor is required to provide technical assistance in 3 key areas of support, namely access to rights, access to resources and access to representation. Within these areas, the expertise range from human rights, women and youth"s empowerment, women &amp; youth"s political and economic representation, organizational development, strategy development, facilitation of processes.

A team of experts shall be provided by the Contractor with expertise in the areas identified above. Detailed information on the profiles can be found in the tender documents: Output 1 "The capacities of the AU and other actors to protect and promote women"s rights in Africa are strengthened". Output 2 "The capacities of the relevant AU actors to improve women"s access to economic resources are strengthened". Output 3 "Women"s equal participation in economic and political decision-making processes at continental, regional and national levels is strengthened". 

Close collaboration with project partners as well as coordination with the GIZ project team in Addis Ababa will be required.

The Contractor may be a single firm or a consortium of various consulting firms. The involvement of consulting firms from African countries within subcontracting or joint venture arrangements will be permitted.

The estimated duration of the contract is 19 months from the contract award (anticipated late November 2024).</cbc:Description>
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			<cbc:Note languageID="ENG">The tender is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For technical reasons, "no" was selected above.</cbc:Note>
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